Call to Confession:
Leader: Even though we stray from Your ways, You, O Lord, love us just the same. Let us confess our sins before the God of forgiveness.
Prayer of Confession:
People: Holy One, God Most High, grant us faith to confess our sins and seek your mercy.
We have wandered far from you.
We have listened to voices who distracted us from your call.
We have submitted to powers competing for our loyalty to you.
God our Savior, forgive us.
Quench our thirst for you from the Rock of our Salvation.
Feed us with your Word. Deliver us from evil.
Let us enter into your Kingdom; then send us out to serve you. by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Assurance of Pardon:
Leader: Jesus, the Son of the Most High God, is sovereign even over the powers of evil, so that his reign brings freedom and joy. I declare to you, by the power of the Holy Spirit, In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
Congregation: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
All: Glory to God. Amen