Litany for 16 September 2012

Proper 19

Call to Worship:

Leader: The heavens are telling the glory of God!

People: And the firmament proclaims God’s handiwork!

Leader: God is glorified by this: that we bear much fruit--

People: as we follow God’s commandments and abide in God’s love.

Leader: So, let us love one another as God has loved us.

All: Let the words our our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable to you, God, our Rock and our Redeemer.

from Psalm 19 and John 15:8-12

                              Call to Celebration 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

Litany for 19 Aug 2012

Proper 15

Call to Worship
L: Full of honor and majesty is God’s work.
P: God is gracious and merciful.
L: God sent redemption to the people; Holy and awesome is God’s name.
P: Awe of God is the beginning of wisdom;
L: The works of God’s hands are faithful and just..
All: Let us give thanks with our whole heart.  Praise God!
                from Psalm 111

                                Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 12 August 2012

Proper 14
Call to Worship
L: Out of the depths we cry to you, O God.
P: Hear our voices! Let your ears be attentive to our supplications!
L: Sometimes, we admit, we have done wrong.
P: If you, God, should count our sins, who would be left?
L: But there is forgiveness with you. O Israel, hope in God!
All: For with God there is steadfast love and great power to redeem.
                from Psalm 130
                                         Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 5 Aug 2012

Proper 13
Call to Worship
L:  God, you desire truth in our inward beings;
P:    teach us wisdom in our inmost hearts.
L:  When we repent of the wrongs we have done,
P:    let us hear joy and gladness once again;
L:  Create in us clean hearts, O God,
P:    and put a new and right spirit within us.
L:  Restore to us the joy of your salvation,
P:    and sustain in us willing spirits to do your work.  Amen.
                  from Psalm 51:1-12
                                         Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 29 July 2012, Proper 12 Year B

Proper 12 - 29 July 2012

Call to Worship

L: You are just and kind in all your doings.
P: and near to all who call on you in truth.
L: When we fall, even as did David who fell so far,
P: you lift us up to see a better way.
L: When we are bowed down with heavy hearts,
P: you reach out to us and raise us up.
All: We give thanks to you, God.
from Psalm 145:10-18 and 2 Samuel 11:1-15

                        Call to Worship by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 22 July 2012

Proper 11    -  22 July 2012
Call to Worship
Leader: O God, with your holy oil you have anointed David.
People: Your faithfulness and steadfast love were with him always.
Leader: So too, you call out to each of us in our day,
People: And your faithfulness and steadfast love are with us always.
Leader: As David did so long before us, we cry out,
All: You are our God, the Rock of our salvation! Amen.
                 from Psalm 89:20-37
                          Call to Worship by K.K. Hudson-Bates