Litany and Prayer - Proper 25 year C

Call to Worship:

One:  O God, Answerer of Prayer! To you all people shall come. 

All: When we are overwhelmed by our own misdeeds, 

One: You forgive our wrong-doing.

All: Time and again, you answer our poor or misguided actions

One: With loving kindness rather than judgement.

All: And because you have clothed us in joy, we shout and sing together in praise of you!

                        From Psalm 65

Community Prayer:

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Let us pray:

God of Our Salvation,

You are the hope of all at the ends of the earth and the farthest seas. We are awed by your signs. But, like the tax collector in Jesus’ story, we are not blameless. We find ourselves turning our backs on people because we are uncomfortable. We judge others as not worthy of our time or money. We procrastinate so that we don’t have to make hard choices. We pray that we might learn to be more humble and caring in our relationships. We pray that we might open our hearts to all peoples, so that we might be avenues for your love in our world. This we pray, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

          from Psalm 65 and Luke 18

               Litany and Prayer by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for Proper 25, Year C

Call to Worship for Prop 25, Year C

One: God promised, “I will pour out my spirit on all flesh;

All: Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

One: Your old folks shall dream dreams,

All: And your young people shall see visions.

One: For surely I know the plans I have for you,

All: Plans to give you a future with hope.

One: I will gather you up from all places and bring you home.”

All: Let us open our hearts and minds to listen for God’s plan for us.

           From Joel 2:23-32 and Jeremiah 29:11-14 (not in the lectionary)

                  Call to Worship by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 28 October 2012

Proper 25
Call to Celebration

L:  By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land.
P: By faith the walls of Jericho fell after they had been encircled for seven days.
L: See, we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses!
P: Both here at Davis United Methodist Church and in the greater church.
L: By faith we too are called to establish God’s reign here on earth.
All: We rejoice, for God has done great things for us.
                from Hebrews 11:29-30; Psalm 126:3 

                                  Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 23 October 2011

19th Sunday After Pentecost - Proper 25

Call to Worship for 23 October 2011

L: God has been our dwelling place in all generations.

P: Before the mountains were brought forth, and still today God is our God.

L: And as God commanded Moses, God commands us today: to be just in our judgements,

P: Not to profit by the blood of our neighbors,

L: Not to hate or take vengeance,

P: But to love our neighbor as ourselves.

All: God is holy and everlasting. God is our God. Amen.

            from Psalm 90:1-2 and Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18

                    Call to Worship by K.K. Hudson-Bates