Litany and Prayer for Proper 18, Year C

Call to Worship:

One: Loving Creator, you have searched us and known us,

All: You know when we sit down and when we rise up.

One: It was you who formed our inward parts,

All: And we are fearfully and wonderfully made!

One: In our lives today, we have choices that are before us.

All: We can choose between life and death.

One: We can choose between good and evil.

All: And because we have known you, God, we can choose to love as you have loved us,

One: And we can choose to walk in your ways.

All: Let us choose life so that we and our world might live abundantly! Amen.

                       from Deuteronomy 30.19-20 and Psalm 139

Community Prayer:

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

You know us from the inside out. You know our intentions and our difficult choices. You have been with us from the moment we were formed. You know when we are hurting and when we may have hurt others, when we need a healing touch and when we can give a healing touch to another. You know the anguish we feel when we see injustice, and you are with us when we search for ways to respond to that injustice. We pray that our hearts will be open as your Spirit nudges us always in the direction that leads to abundant life. This we pray, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Call to Worship and Prayer by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 8 September 2013

Call to Worship for 8 September 2013

Proper 18 - 16th Sunday

One: Happy are they whose delight is in God.

All: They are like trees planted by streams of water.

One: They yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither.

All: Happy are we when we are born of water and Spirit.

One: For by this path we may enter the reign of God,

All: And we walk in newness of life.

           from Psalm 1:1-3, Romans 6:4, and John 3:5
                          Call to Worship by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 9 September 2012

Proper 18 

Call to Celebration
L: Without Your love, God, we are broken.
P: Our mouths cannot speak, our ears cannot hear,
L: Our hands cannot feel, our feet cannot walk.
P: Without Your love, no sound comes from our throats: we are mute.
L: O God, for Your true love,
P: For Your faithfulness to us,
L: We rejoice.
All: O Praise be to You, O God!

                              Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Additional Litany for 4 September 2011

Litany for 2011-09-04 (Proper 18)
Call to Worship
L: Praise Yahweh! Sing to the Yahweh a new song,
P: Sing God’s praise in the assembly of the faithful.
L: Let them praise God’s name with dancing,
P: Making melody to God with tambourine and lyre.
L: Let Israel be glad in its Maker;
P: For Yahweh takes pleasure in humankind.
All: Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy!
                         from Psalm 149:1-5

                         Call to Worship by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 4 Sept 2011

Litany for 2011-09-04 (Proper 18)

Call to Worship
L: Teach us, O God, the way of your statutes, so that we may observe it to the end.
P: Lead us in the path of your commandments, that we may delight in it.
L: Turn our hearts to your decrees, and not to selfish gain.
P: Turn our eyes from looking at vanities; give us life in your ways.
L: Confirm to your servants your promise, which is for those who fear you.
All: God, give us understanding, that we may keep your law and observe it with our whole heart.
         from Psalm 119:33-38

                         Call to Worship by K.K. Hudson-Bates