Call to Confession: Leader: This Advent, the time is now to wake from our sleep. Salvation is near! Therefore, let us confess our sins as together we pray: Prayer of Confession: All: God of night and day, there is no shadow that can conceal our sin from you and no secret that you will not [...]
Pastor: God chose you as the first fruits of salvation, calling you to receive the Good News of Jesus Christ. Congregation: Thanks be to God for such extravagant grace! All: Praise the Lord!
Call to Confession: Liturgist: The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Therefore, let us confess our sins before God and one another as together we pray Prayer of Confession: All: Merciful God, we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have failed to be an obedient [...]
Pastor: O Word of God incarnate, O Wisdom from on high, Congregation: O Truth unchanged, unchanging, O Light of our dark sky: Pastor: We praise you for the radiance that from the hallowed page, Congregation: A lantern to our footsteps, shines on from age to age. ~William W. How, 1867
Call to Confession: Liturgist: Even though we continually turn away from God, the Lord is eager to forgive. Trusting in the promise of God's grace, let us confess together our sin. Prayer of Confession: All: Gracious God, you know our every sin: We have failed to be generous with our gifts, our time and our [...]
Pastor: Happy are those whose help is in the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. Congregation: The Lord reigns forever, for all generations. All: Praise the Lord!
Call to Confession: Liturgist: Even though we continually turn away from God, the Lord is eager to forgive. Trusting in the promise of God's grace, let us confess together our sin. Prayer of Confession: All: Gracious God, you know our every sin: We have failed to be generous with our gifts, our time and our [...]
Pastor: By faith, we trust we were created in the image of God. Congregation: By faith, we hope and dream and make our plans. Pastor: By faith, we follow where God leads. Congregation: By faith, we trust that God is present in our midst. All: By faith, we gather to worship God together.
Pastor: Search for the Lord each day. Congregation: God waits where we least expect it. Pastor: Cry out to the Lord in times of distress Congregation: God comes speedily to meet us. Pastor: Come! Worship the One who hears our pleas.
Call to Confession: Liturgist: Already assured that forgiveness is ours in Jesus Christ, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, that we might receive mercy and amend our lives. Let us confess as together we pray... Prayer of Confession: All: Holy God, you lavish us with good gifts, yet [...]
