Litany for 26 January 2014

Litany for 2014-01-26

Second Sunday after Epiphany

One: The people who sat in darkness saw a great light.

All: And they rejoiced, as with joy at the harvest.

One: Jesus called them, saying, "Follow me."

All: He called Simon and his brother, Andrew.

One: And immediately they left their nets and followed him.

All: He called James and he called John.

One: And right away they left their boat and their father, and followed him.

All: We are left wondering... What is God calling us to do?

             from Matthew 4:16-22

                         Call by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 20 January 2013

Second Sunday After Epiphany

Call to Worship for 20 January 2013

L: Your steadfast love, O God, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds!

P: How precious is your steadfast love!

L: All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

P: And yet, for Zion’s sake, let us not keep silent;

L: For Jerusalem’s sake, let us not rest;

All: Let us make righteousness shine out like the dawn!

            from Psalm 36:5-7 and Isaiah 62:1

                                             Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates 

Litany based on the Lectionary for 15 January 2012

Second Sunday after Epiphany     15 January 2012
Call to Celebration

L: O God, You have searched us and known us.
P: You know when we sit down and when we rise up.

L: You read our thoughts from far away;

P: Even before a word is on our tongues, O God, You know it completely.

L: For it was You who formed our inward parts,
P: You who knit us together in our mothers' wombs.

L: We are fearfully and wonderfully made!
All: Wonderful are Your works, O God!
         from Psalm 139

                  Call to Worship by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 16 January 2011

This begins my first posting.  Below is the litany written for tomorrow:

Second Sunday after Epiphany         16 January 2011

Call to Worship:

L: Listen to me, O coastlands; Pay attention, people from far away!

P: God called us before we were born,

L: While we were in our mothers' wombs God named us.

P: Yahweh put a new song in our mouths, a song of praise to God.

L: God tells us: "You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified."

P: We are chosen by the Holy One of Israel. 

L: “I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

All: Praise be to God!!

                          from Isaiah 49:1-6
                                             Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates