PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
March 1, 2026
Greeting
Come, let us ascend the mountain.
Let us come by faith;
Let us come with Peter, James, and John;
Let us come with the saints through the ages
To see the glory of God
In the face of Jesus Christ.
Penitential Prayer
Father, we confess today that we have fallen short of the glory of God;
short of the glory of Your perfect righteousness;
short of the glory of Your Image in us;
short of the glory of Your high expectations for us;
short of the glory You displayed on the mountain.
Having fallen short of Your glory, we have only one recourse — to ask You to do for us what we could not do for ourselves; to share Your glory with us, now and for evermore.
Blessing
Since we have seen the glory of God
in the face of Jesus Christ,
May others see the glory of Jesus
in the faces of you and me.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
March 8, 2026
Greeting
Come!
The Living Water Jesus offers us is
meant to turn into a spring within us,
welling up to eternal life.
Penitential Prayer
Jesus wants to bring us into harmony with God’s Will, and we resist.
Jesus wants to position us under God’s Rule, and we resist.
Jesus wants us to draw ever closer to the God of Love, and we resist.
For our stubborn resistance, Lord,
we long for Your merciful forgiveness.
Blessing
Because we are God’s children
we are going someplace with our lives.
Now and forevermore!
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
March 15, 2026
Greeting
Like the Lord Jesus, we have
come to give our all.
We come together as Christ’s
women and men for others.
Penitential Prayer
Lord, although we have listened to Your Word
about following Your example of
caring and compassion for others,
we haven’t really taken the
message to heart.
For our callous indifference to
the hurts and needs of our
brothers and sisters,
have mercy on us, oh Lord.
Blessing
Go forth from this place of worship
out into the community where people
need the healing touch of compassion
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
March 22, 2026
Greeting
We come with eyes confidently
focused on our eternal future.
We come therefore with the
vision of Resurrection Faith.
Penitential Prayer
For our failure to embrace a
Resurrection Faith in God’s Plan
of Salvation,
Lord have mercy.
For our failure to embrace a
Resurrection Faith in Jesus’
prescription for a sweet foretaste
of God’s eternal love
Christ have mercy.
For our failure to embrace
a Resurrection Faith in Jesus’
teaching that our works of peace
and brotherhood signify our
willingness to serve God.
Lord have mercy.
Blessing
We go forth with a God centered
Resurrection Faith in Jesus’ teaching
that our works of peace and brotherhood
signify our willingness to serve God,
to trust God, and to love God.
Therefore, we go in peace.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
March 29, 2026
Greeting
We come seeking to find our lives in
the Lord Jesus.
We come seeking to be the Lord’s
faithful ministers.
We come to take our rightful place on
the side of the Lord.
Penitential Prayer
Love one another … turn the other cheek …
love your enemies … judge not … feed the hungry …
be reconciled with your brothers and sisters …
Forgive! Forgive! Forgive!
Lord we humbly acknowledge our unwillingness
to obey these commands is living proof of betrayal and disloyalty.
Forgive us Lord for our unwillingness
to be Your faithful ministers.
Blessing
Let us position ourselves now
to take our rightful place
on the side of the Lord.
