WELCOME Good morning, may the peace of the Lord be with you all, and may this coming week be a week of outreach. Let us commit ourselves to greeting all God’s children in that peace. Let us now prepare our hearts and minds to worship God. PRELUDE The Harbor Bell OPENING PRAYER Everlasting God, in […]
OPENING PRAYER God of our Ancestors, God of our Descendants, God of us All, we pray in this time for You to remind us of who we really are: Your children, created in Your image, created for good. We are Your beloved. Help us to share Your love with all, that all of Your children […]
OPENING PRAYER Ancient of Days, You guided our ancestors, wandering Arameans, across the desert into a homeland You prepared for them. You called our ancestors out of slavery into freedom. You promised our ancestors a future with hope. You gave the world Your Son, Jesus the Messiah, who taught us a new way to live […]
SERVICE of the LORD’S DAY OPENING PRAYER We worship the God who inhabits our world and indwells our lives. We need not look up to find God, we need only to look around: within ourselves, beyond ourselves, into the eyes of another. We need not listen for a distant thunder to find God, we need […]
OPENING PRAYER O God, we gather together in Your presence with expectation, hungry for an encounter with You, eager to hear Your Word. Open our eyes and ears to the presence of Your Holy Spirit. May the seeds of Your Word scatter among us this morning fall on fertile soil. May they take root in […]
OPENING PRAYER El Shaddai, God Almighty, we remember Your promises of old through the covenants with our ancestors. We have a new covenant written on our hearts, a covenant through Your Son, Jesus the Christ. We are given the promise of new life, and the hope of resurrection. We thank You and praise You for […]
PCUSA World AIDS Day OPENING PRAYER Jesus said, “Anyone who receives you, receives me, and anyone who receives me, receives the Father who sent me.” Sisters and brothers, boys and girls: We gather together in the presence of the God who receives us with open arms, who loves us unconditionally, and who bids us do […]
FATHER’S DAY PRELUDE + MEDITATION, Psalm 86:16-17 Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant; save the child of your serving girl. Show me a sign of your favor, so that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame, because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted […]
PRELUDE + MEDITATION Psalm 8 O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the […]
PRELUDE + MEDITATION Psalm 104:24-34 24O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 25Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great. 26There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in […]