PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
May 5, 2019
Greeting
The Lord is calling us:
Come, tend My sheep
feed My lambs
watch over My flock!
Come, answer the Lord’s Call
and be a Shepherd for Christ!
Penitential Prayer
“Tend My Sheep!”
Lord, we confess that this simplest command is the most often disregarded.
Forgive us, Lord, for being willing to gather in Your Name, but unwilling to scatter amongst those who are in need of Your saving word.
Forgive us, Lord, for our unwillingness to proclaim Your Good News Message to the world.
Forgive us, Lord, for our unwillingness to feed Your lambs, look after Your sheep, feed Your sheep.
Forgive us, Lord, for not looking after all of
Your flock.
Forgive us for being Poor Shepherds!
Blessing
We do love You, Lord.
We promise to go out and
feed Your lambs
and tend Your sheep
on the hillsides
and in the valleys
on this day
and on all days.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
May 12, 2019
Greeting
Quiet your minds!
Let Christ speak.
Open your ears,
Let them listen.
Open your hearts!
Let Christ enter.
Penitential Prayer
Father, we confess our stubborn, “know-it-all” ways!
Though we followers of Christ are called to make a difference in this troubled world, we remain committed to the status quo.
We haven’t been listening to the Word of God who was made flesh and dwells among us.
Though we followers of Christ are called to equip ourselves for serving others in a ministry of love, we remain indifferent to their needs.
We haven’t been listening to the Word of God who was made flesh and dwells among us.
Though we followers of Christ are called to set the world on fire in a manner far out of proportion to our numbers, we remain cool to this proposal.
We haven’t been listening to the Word of God who was made flesh and dwells among us.
Father, forgive us for not listening!
Blessing
Go in peace — the peace of heart
and mind and soul that comes from
listening to the Word of God.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
May 19, 2019
Greeting
We come to this House of Worship to do many things:
sing and listen
preach and pray
seek guidance and give thanks.
There are many things to do here, but only one reason why we are here: our love for God and neighbor.
Come, join your brothers and sisters
in song
in prayer
in thanksgiving
in love.
Penitential Prayer
Forgive us, Lord, for our lack of Evangelism:
We welcome Your Gospel Truth
but keep it to ourselves
We hear Your promise of fulfillment
but fail to repeat it to others
We treasure the constancy of Your forgiveness but we are not constant in our forgiveness of our brothers and sisters.
We want to follow Jesus into Your Kingdom of Love but we seek entry by means other than loving service
We hear, we welcome, we treasure, we accept the Good News of the Gospel, but we do not shout it from the rooftops.
Forgive us, Lord, for our complacency.
Blessing
Let us go and proclaim our Christianity!
We will not need
signs
or billboards
or advertisements.
For the world will know who we are by our love.
Go now as a People in love!
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
May 26, 2019
Greeting
Give praise to the Lord our God!
Give thanks, for He is
not a God of vengeance, but reconciliation.
not a God of hostility, but peace.
Penitential Prayer
Lord, we have remained cool to the fire of Your word.
We have thought too little about who You are and who we are.
Lord, remember not the times we withheld words of understanding.
Lord, remember not that we have remained trapped in our narrow prejudices.
Lord, we have failed as your peacemakers.
Lord, we have failed to accept the mighty resources You never cease to offer us for peace and tranquility, and for wholeness of life.
Forgive us, Lord, for we have failed.
Blessing
“Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called the Children of God.”
We are the Children of God,
ministering
healing
touching
understanding
reconciling
and loving.
May we go and build a new world
on a foundation of love.