Litany and Prayer for the Sixth Sunday in Easter, Year A

Call to Worship:

One: May God be gracious to you and bless you.

All: May God’s face shine on you!

One: God has given us an Advocate, a Spirit of truth.

All: God is with us. We are not left orphaned;

One: God truly listens, and gives heed to the words of our prayers.

All: Through the many trials in our lives,

One: God’s loving Advocate, God’s Spirit of truth, remains with us always.

All: Let us all sing for joy and praise God! Amen.

                    from Psalm 67 and John 14:16-21

Community Prayer:

God of Spirit and Truth,

You have indeed given us an Advocate. Your Holy Spirit continues to reach out to us, teaching us, reminding us, guiding us. Your Spirit of truth is with us through drought and forest fires, through hunger, through the daily violence that shatters our world and lives, and through day to day conflicts that wear away at our center of balance. Your Spirit of truth nudges us to recognize the ways we are complicit in the causes of drought, violence, hunger, and daily conflicts. We pray that you help us loosen our tight grasp on the ways of the world, and open our hearts and minds to your way, that you might fill us with your peace and a clearer vision of your love for us and our world. This we pray, O Holy Spirit. Amen.

                            Call and Prayer by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for Sixth Sunday in Easter, Year C

Call to Worship for 2016-05-01

One: God’s face has shined upon us.

All: God, our God, has blessed us.

One: The earth has yielded its increase,

All: And we have eaten well.

One: So, like Lydia, the dealer in purple cloth, 

All: Who brought her entire household and herself to be baptized,

One: May we open our hearts eagerly to hear God’s word.

All: Let us lift our voices and praise God! Amen!

                Call to Worship by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 25 May 2014

25 May 2014

Sixth Sunday after Easter

One: O God of heaven and earth,  

All: O God, who made the world and everything in it, 

One: In you we live and move and have our being.

All: You know us intimately, as we are your offspring,

One: And you make yourself known to us each day.

All: You are never far from us. We raise our voices to worship you.

          from Acts 17:22-31

                Call to Worship by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 05 May 2013

Sixth week after Easter

Call to Worship for 5 May 2013

One: Let the people praise God. 

All: May God be gracious unto us and bless us.

One: Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,

All: For God has blessed us and called us.

One: God has called us to put out into the deep water,
All: And trust in God's abundant love.

All: Let all the people praise God!

            from Psalm 67
                    Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 13 May 2012

Sixth Sunday of Easter -- 13 May 2012
Call to Worship
L: Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth;
P: break forth into joyous song and sing praises.
L: Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre,
P: with the lyre and the sound of melody.
L: Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
P: the world and those who live in it.
L: Let the floods clap their hands;
P: let the hills sing together for joy
All: at the presence of the LORD!! Alleluia!
             Psalm 98:4-9

                                       Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 29 May 2011

6^th Sunday of Easter             29 May 2011

Call to Worship

L: Bless God, brothers and sisters, let the sound of praise be heard!

P: Come and hear. Listen to what God has done!

L: God has given us an Advocate, a Spirit of truth.

P: God is with us. We are not left orphaned;

L: God truly listens, and gives heed to the words of our prayers.

P: We may go through trials of fire and water, yet God brings us out into a spacious place.

L: God accepts our prayers, and loves us unconditionally.

All: Blessed be God!

                    from Psalm 66:8-20 and John 14:16-21

                                 Call to Worship by K.K. Hudson-Bates