PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
November 1, 2026 — All Saints’ Day
Greeting
Blessed are the merciful.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Blessed are the clean of heart.
Come, remembering the saints who have gone before us,
and listening again to the words by which Jesus calls us
to become saints ourselves.
Penitential Prayer
When we have chosen pride
instead of humility;
When we have answered anger with anger
instead of becoming peacemakers;
When we have withheld mercy
from those who needed it;
When we have turned away
from those who mourn,
those who hunger for justice,
and those who need our compassion;
When we have forgotten
that holiness is found in the ordinary work
of loving God and loving one another;
Father, forgive us.
Blessing
Go in the company of all the saints,
known and unknown,
remembered and forgotten.
Be merciful.
Make peace.
Hunger for what is right.
Keep your heart open to God.
And may your life become one more witness
to the blessed way of Jesus Christ.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
November 8, 2026
Greeting
Keep your eyes open;
the Lord is in your midst.
Keep your eyes open;
the Bridegroom is here!
Come and greet Him!
Penitential Prayer
Most of us are walking right down the middle of the
legendary “road to hell paved with good intentions.”
We intend to give up those habits
that are destructive in our lives;
We intend to spend more time learning
how to pray and meditate;
We intend to be more sensitive
to the needs of others;
We intend to reexamine our values
and our priorities.
But we are awfully busy …
and too often we fail to follow through
on our good intentions.
For our unfulfilled good intentions,
Father, forgive us.
Blessing
Go, in the company of the Bridegroom,
to proclaim His Gospel
and to do His works —
remembering that good intentions alone
will not keep us awake.
Stay ready.
Stay faithful.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
November 15, 2026
Greeting
Come into the house of the Lord.
Come in humility,
for the proud will turn away empty-handed.
Come in expectancy,
for those who hunger and thirst will be filled.
Come in confidence,
for Christ has opened the way into the holy of holies.
Come into the house of the Lord.
Penitential Prayer
O God, how great You are;
how small we are!
How infinite is Your wisdom;
how limited is ours!
How everlasting You are;
how brief our span of life!
How good and high are Your ways;
how selfish and imperfect are ours!
O Lord, take our weakness this very hour
and transform us
by Your mighty power.
Blessing
Go, my people —
To a hungry world bring help;
To a yearning world bring love;
To a discouraged world give hope;
To a wandering world give guidance;
To a lost world bring the saving Gospel
of Jesus Christ.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
November 22, 2026
Greeting
Is anyone anxious?
Let them come and pray.
Is anyone discouraged?
Let them come and find new perspective.
Is anyone weak?
Let them come and be filled with the Spirit.
Is anyone sorrowful?
Let them come and be comforted.
Is anyone joyful?
Let them come and sing God’s praise.
Penitential Prayer
Lord, if we were silent in Your praise today,
the very stones would cry out.
For You are our Savior and our King,
deserving of our praise,
our worship,
and our obedience.
Accept, then, our faltering words
and receive them as perfect praise.
Blessing
May Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead,
enable you to rise each morning
to newness of life —
refreshed in body,
restored in mind,
and regenerated in spirit —
each new day a glorious foretaste
of the great new day to come.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
November 29, 2026 — First Sunday of Advent
Greeting
Be ever watchful for the coming of the Lord:
watchful where we worship,
watchful where we dwell,
watchful where we work, study, and play.
Be ever watchful for the coming of the Lord.
Penitential Prayer
Merciful Father …
Because we have not lived by faith,
Because we have resisted Your Holy Spirit,
Because we have neglected Your message of hope,
Because we have strayed from our appointed watch,
Because we have ignored the true signs of Your coming,
Because we have not loved one another as Jesus has loved us,
Merciful Father …
We beg Your pardon.
We ask Your help, that we may receive Your Advent promise
of eternal fulfillment with joyful expectation.
Blessing
Go and watch patiently.
Go and wait hopefully,
for the Lord is surely coming.
Stay awake!
