Litany and Prayer for Fourth Sunday in Easter, Year C

Call to Worship:

One: With God as our shepherd,

All: We need nothing more!

One: God leads us to paths at the wetlands,

All: Or by the quiet waters of Cache Creek, for walks that might restore our spirits.

One: God guides us to work for justice,

All: To challenge - in God’s holy name - any wrongs we find in our world.

One: Even in the depths of our misery,

All: Even while walking through our darkest hours,

One: The God of Love is with us, comforting us, chasing away our fears!

All: Let us worship God together!

         from Psalm 23

Community Prayer:

The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray:
God of Love,

You are our Loving Shepherd.

Your creation beckons us, calling us to renew our spirits, to reconnect: to spend more time in our gardens, on pathways in nature, at the arboretum, on mountain trails or walking the labyrinth, to restore imbalances caused by too much work, too much screen time, too much time commuting on busy highways. You call us to better serve in our community and world: speaking justice, healing pain, and reaching out in love. We pray that we might answer your calls - to restore our souls so that we are energized, and to do your work in our world. This we pray, O God of All Creation. Amen.

                Litany and Prayer by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, 2015

Call to Worship for Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B

One: The priests asked Peter, "By what power or by what name did you heal this man?"

All: And Peter said, "This man is standing before you in good health by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth."

One: Those who do what is true come to the light,

All: So that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.

One: All of the people praised God for what had happened. 

All: For the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was now standing before them, fully healed. Let us worship God!

         From Acts 4:5-12 and John 3:16-24

              Call to Celebration by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 29 April 2012

4th Sunday of Easter  -  29 April 2012
Call to Worship
L: We know love by this, that Jesus laid down his life for us.
P: And so, let us lay down our lives for one another,
L: for God's love abides in those who see a brother or sister in need
P: and reach out to help them.
L: God’s love is shown in the healing of the sick,
P: and the feeding of the hungry.
All: Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. Amen.

from 1 John 3:16-18

                                       Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 15 May 2011

4^th Sunday of Easter      15 May 2011

Call to Worship

L: With God as our shepherd,

P: We will not be in need.
L: God is with us.

P: In green pastures and by still waters we renew our spirits.

L: God is at our side.

P: Even in despair we find courage, in darkness we find light.

L: God comforts us.

All: Let us share God’s love with others.

            from Psalm 23:1-4

                                   Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates