Prayers for Worship April 2025
April 6, 2025
Greeting
We are one in the Father,
We are one in the Son,
We are one in the Holy Spirit.
When we work, play, worship and pray,
Let us do these things as one.
Penitential Prayer
Father, we know that the water of baptism purified our bodies, hearts, souls, and minds, but human error has tarnished us.
Father, we come before You with the hope of cleansing ourselves; with the hope that You will reclaim us into Your heart.
Father, we ask forgiveness for our sins; we ask for
strength to keep us in the purifying Light of Almighty God’s Love.
Blessing
Your sins are forgiven,
Your lives are made new,
Your faith is your treasure,
Your light will shine through.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
April 13, 2025
Greeting
Friends of Christ!
Come, and share your
triumphs
trials
laughter
tears
disappointments
and joys
with Jesus.
Penitential Prayer
Lord, we have been miserably unfaithful in our
friendship with You by
rejecting those who should be friends
ignoring those who are friends.
Forgive us, Lord for being exclusive when choosing friends.
Forgive us for betraying Your Friendship.
Blessing
Rejoice, we are an honored People!
For Jesus who is
our Teacher
our Master
our Lord
has called us “Friend”!
Rejoice, for in His Friendship
we are truly blessed!
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
April 18, 2025
Greeting
We come together
to sit at the foot of the cross —
to meditate upon the depth of His suffering.
to marvel at the greatness of His Love,
and to consider the meaning of His sacrifice.
Penitential Prayer
For the sins committed against ourselves;
for our neglect of body, mind, spirit —
Lord, show us Your mercy!
For the wrongs done to others —
to those we profess to love,
to those we pretend do not even exist —
Lord, show us Your mercy!
For the failures of our community
to meet the obligations of justice and charity,
Lord, show us Your mercy!
For these, and for all our sins,
Lord, show us Your mercy!
Blessing
Bear proudly the symbol of the cross.
Live in the shadow of the cross.
March to the sign of the cross.
Conquer with the power of the cross.
For the Christ of the cross lives.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
April 20, 2025
Greeting
We do not mourn the Christ this day;
We do not attend to His remains;
We do not “remember” Him in any “past” sense.
The stone is rolled away;
The death shroud is removed.
Jesus’ body is not here.
The Lord has conquered death.
He is risen as He said.
Our hearts are filled with joy!
Our voices ring out joy!
Penitential Prayer
Forgive us, Father,
for taking the narrow view of life, forgetting about
Your Master Plan for our fulfillment;
for being over-anxious about money and other
material things;
for becoming discouraged by physical and emotional
disabilities and embittered by sickness and death;
Forgive us, Father,
for failing to draw courage and hope from Your glorious
Easter Message;
for failing to understand that by the Resurrection Power
of Your Love, Christ has conquered sin and death —
and we are saved!
Blessing
May the Resurrection Power of the Father’s Love,
the Redemptive Power of the Son’s ministry,
and the continuing Healing Power of the Spirit’s presence,
enable you to move through
life’s adversities confidently, joyously.
The Lord has risen! Go in peace!
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
April 27, 2025
Greeting
Though we do not touch our Lord’s wounded palms,
we are, nonetheless, the Company of His Believers.
Though we do not place our hands into His side,
we are, nonetheless, in the Place of His Risen Presence.
We are truly blessed,
for though we have not seen,
we have come in faith.
Penitential Prayer
Father, we live in a time of great confusion. Technology advances with frightening speed. But for every problem solved a new one emerges. We long for lost simplicity. We ache for spiritual rejuvenation. We long and we ache, but few of us take any positive action to redeem our times.
Therefore, Father, we confess that
we are often apathetic;
we are often indifferent;
we are often negligent;
we are often detached.
Father, we confess these deficiencies and resolve to
reenergize ourselves; to give witness in the world to
Your healing, reconciling, harmonizing power.
Blessing
Fear not the darkness
for the Lord is with you always.
Abide not in confusion
for the domain of the Spirit is harmonious.
Go in confidence
for the Risen Christ lights up the way.
