Litany for Third Sunday after Epiphany or Year B Fifth Sunday in Lent

Year C Third Sunday after Epiphany or Year B Fifth Sunday in Lent

One: Let us open our hearts to God’s new covenant,

All: That God’s law might be written on our hearts,

One: That God might fill us with the power of the Spirit.

All: Let us open ourselves to God’s way,

One: That we might bring good news to the poor,

All: And proclaim release to the captives.

One: Let us join our hearts and hands,

All: And worship God together as one people.

          From Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Luke 4:14-21

                Call to Worship by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year C

Call to Worship for 2016-03-13:

One: God is about to do a new thing!

All: God is making a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, 

One: So that those who sow in tears may reap with shouts of joy,

All: Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing,

One: Shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves.

All: God is about to do a new thing! Let us rejoice.

     from Isaiah 43:19 and Psalm 126:5-6

            Call to Celebration by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year B

Fifth Sunday in Lent, 2015
One: God, you make a new covenant with us.
All: You put your law within each of us.
One: You write it on our hearts.
All: You are our God and we are your people.
One: Let us worship God.
All: Amen.
          Jeremiah 31:31-34
                Call to Celebration by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 17 March 2013

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Call to Worship for 18 March 2013

One: God is about to do a new thing.

All: God will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

One: So that those who sow in tears may reap with shouts of joy,

All: Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing,

One: Shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves.

All: God is about to do a new thing! Let us rejoice.

from Isaiah 43:19 and Psalm 126:5-6

                                Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 25 March 2012

Fifth Sunday in Lent 25 March 2012

Call to Worship

L: Redeemer God, You desire truth in our inward beings;
P: Teach us wisdom in our hearts.
L: You have said that a grain of wheat must sink to the earth before it is fruitful,
P: And as it dies, it bears much fruit.
L: So let us offer up our lives to serve and follow You, O God,
P: And in so doing open our hearts to joy and gladness.
All: We rejoice in Your words, O God.
from Psalm 51:6-8 and John 12:23-26

                                             Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates 

Litany for 10 April 2011

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Call to Celebration

L: When we are at our deepest points, we cry out to God:

P: “Lord, hear our voices! Listen to our voices calling out in our hour of need!”

L: We are impatient even with God. Yet we know God forgives our impatience.

P: God lifts us out of our deepest despair saying,

L: “I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live.”

P: So we hope in the Lord. Our soul waits for the Lord.

All: With God there is steadfast love.

               from Psalm 130:1-7, Ezekiel 37:14

                                          Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates