Litany for 15 June 2014

15 June 2014

First Sunday after Pentecost

Call to Celebration:

One: O God, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

All: When we look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,

One: The moon and the stars that you have established,

All: We wonder, what are human beings that you are mindful of us, that you care for us?

One: You have put us to care for your creation,

All:  For the fish of the sea, and the birds of the air,

One: For the sheep and the oxen, and the wild animals, too.

All: May we truly embrace our role as beings created by you in your image.

            from Psalm 8 and Genesis 1:27

                  Call to Worship by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 8 June 2014

8 June 2014

Pentecost

Call to Celebration

One: God, you send forth your Spirit,

All: And it is as if a great wind rushes through our gathering,

One: As if tongues of fire rest on each of us.

All: We feel the presence of your Holy Spirit among us, with us,

One: Calling to us each, in a language we can understand,

All: Calling us to share our gifts. Let us be inspired to do Your will.

            from Acts 2:2-8

                  Call by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 1 June 2014

Call to Worship for 1 June 2014

Seventh Sunday of Easter

(Partially from lectionary for this Sunday)

One: Sing to God! Sing praises to God's name!

All: Lift up a song to the one who rides upon the clouds!

One: Because now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. 

All: The flowers appear on the earth, 

      and the vines are in blossom, giving forth fragrance.

One: The time of singing has come.

All: Sing to God, sing praises to God's name!

          from Psalm 68:1-10 (lectionary for this Sunday) 

            woven with Song of Songs 2:10-13 (not from this lectionary)

                   Call by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 25 May 2014

25 May 2014

Sixth Sunday after Easter

One: O God of heaven and earth,  

All: O God, who made the world and everything in it, 

One: In you we live and move and have our being.

All: You know us intimately, as we are your offspring,

One: And you make yourself known to us each day.

All: You are never far from us. We raise our voices to worship you.

          from Acts 17:22-31

                Call to Worship by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Lectionary for 4 May 2014

4 May 2014

Third Sunday of Easter

One: In Easter, we search for new meaning.

All: As did the disciples during their walk to Emmaus.

One: In Easter, we hope for renewal.

All: When Jesus was at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

One: In Easter, we find transformation.

All: And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him.

One: Christ is risen!

All: He is risen indeed!

           from Luke 24:13-35

               Call to Worship by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 13 April 2014

Call to worship for 13 April 2014

One: Hosanna to the Son of David! 

All: Hosanna in the highest heaven!

One: On a donkey and a colt Jesus came.

All: A crowd spread their cloaks and branches on the road ahead of him.

One: In this way he entered Jerusalem.

All: Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! 

      Hosanna in the highest heaven! Hosanna!

               Call by K. K. Hudsin-Bates

Litany for 30 March 2014

Call to Worship

One: Do not look on appearances.

All: Do not look at height or stature.

One: For God does not see as we see.

All: God looks instead on the heart.

One: God chose the boy, David, saying, 

All: "Rise and anoint him, for this is the one,"

One: And God's spirit came mightily upon David from that day forward.

All: We pray that we also may look beyond appearances and to the heart.

          Call to worship by K. K. Hudson-Bates