Litany for Proper 29 Year A, 2013-11-23

One: Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth.

All: Worship God with gladness! Come into God's presence with singing!

One: Know that God has made us, and we belong to God; 

All: We are God's people, and the sheep of God's pastures.

One: Enter the gates with thanksgiving, and the courts with praise. 

All: Give thanks to God! Bless God's name!

One: For God is good. God's steadfast love endures forever, and God's faithfulness to all generations.

All: God is good!

              from Psalm 100

                   Call to Worship by K. K. Hudson- Bates

Litany for Proper 15 Year A

One: Jesus reaches across cultural barriers,

All: By speaking with the woman at the well

One: By healing the Canaanite Woman's daughter,

All: By teaching of the love of the Good Samaritan.

One: Open our hearts to any who are in need.

All: Open our minds to people who are different.

      Embolden us to dare to throw open our doors for all to enter!

                    from Matthew 15:21-28

                                 Call to Celebration by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for All Saints Day, Year A

One: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for what is right,
All: for they will be filled.
One: Blessed are the pure in heart,
All: for they will see God.
One: Blessed are the peacemakers,
All: for they will be called children of God.
One: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.
All: Lend to those in need, expecting nothing in return.
All: And show mercy, just as God is merciful. Amen.
              from Matthew 5:1-12

Litany for Proper 20 Year A

One: God loves with a great love.
All: By God's grace we are saved.
One: Like the landowner who paid the workers who were not employed for a full day as much as the workers who were,
All: God's love is extravagant.
One: God loves with a great love.
All: Let us be extravagant with our love, too!
           themes from Matthew 20:1-14 and Ephesians 2:4-10

Litany for Proper 23 - 12 October 2014

Call to Worship 2014-10-12
Proper 23

One: O God, you are our God. We praise your name!

All: You are faithful and sure. You have done wonderful things!

One: You have been a refuge to the poor,

All: And a refuge to the needy in their distress.

One: You have been a shelter from the rainstorm,

All: And a shade from the heat.

One: You even wipe away the tears from our faces.

All: We praise your name!

from Isaiah 25:1-9

                  Call to Celebration by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for Proper 22 - 5 October 2014

Call to Worship 2014-10-05
Proper 22

One: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of our hearts

All: Be acceptable to you, God.

One: By the mercy of God, present yourself to God, holy and acceptable.

All: Do not be conformed to this world,

One: But be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

All: Work as one body, sharing generously according to the grace given you.

One: Let the heavens tell the glory of God,

All: And the firmament proclaim God’s handiwork!

                from Psalm 19

Calls to Celebration by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for Proper 21 - 28 September 2014

Call to Worship for 2014-09-28
Proper 21

One: Give ear to God’s teaching!

        In ancient times, God worked marvels in the land of Egypt.

All: God divided the sea and let the people pass through it.

One: In the daytime God led them with a cloud,

All: And all night long with a fiery light.

One: God split rocks open in the wilderness,

All: And gave the people drink abundantly as from the deep.

One: We give thanks for all of God's gifts.

All: God, teach us to live generously and with humility.

           from Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16

Call to Worship by K. K. Hudson-Bates