- I'll Praise My Maker While I've Breath, CH#20
- Be Thou My Vision, CH#595
- In Remembrance of me, CH#403
Liturgy:
Call to Worship
For cool foggy mornings and bright sunny afternoons,
for amazing days and even more ordinary evenings,
for deep friendships and shallow wading pools:
we give thanks to God!
For the laughing God who tickles us with joy,
for the broken-hearted Love who joins in our struggles:
we give thanks to God at all times!
For the Bread of heaven who feeds us hope,
for the Spirit of grace who teaches us to dance:
we give thanks to God at all times and for everything!
Prayer of Approach
We long to worship
in high-vaulted cathedrals,
our songs and prayers
echoing the deep sighs
of the saints cradled in the stone.
Yet you, unpredictable Creator,
you compose a canticle
with the gentle drops of rain
on a tin-roofed shelter.
We long to worship
beside the high and famous,
rubbing shoulders with those
clothed in power, wealth, renown.
But you, quirky Redeemer,
you we find sitting at the gutter,
huddling in the shadowed doorway,
curled up on a sidewalk grate
with your long-lost kin.
We long to worship
with drums pounding
and the amps turned up
so high our hearts tremble.
And you, fanciful Spirit,
you would draw us into
that still, silent, sacred
space called peace.
We long to worship you,
God in Community, Holy in One,
even as we pray...
(Note: Call to Worship adapted from and Prayer of Approach from Thom Shuman.)
(Note to Lisa: I'll let you know which scripture I want you to read later, if that's okay.)
