Call to Confession: Liturgist: Assured of God's love, let us confess our sins that we might hear more clearly the call of the Spirit. Prayer of Confession: Sustaining Spirit, Great Healer, you promise to receive us, wounded and welcomed, just as we are. You bring life from ruptured offerings, you heal our disease. In your [...]
Pastor: Spirit of God, bright Wind, breath that bids life begin Congregation: Glow as you always do: create us anew Pastor: Give us the breath to sing, lifted on soaring wing, Congregation: Held in your hands, born on your wings All: Alleluia! Come, Spirit, Come!
Pastor: The Lord be with you. Congregation: And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks [...]
Call to Confession: Liturgist: Let us confess our sins to the One who gives life eternally Prayer of Confession: Congregation: Merciful God, we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have failed to be an obedient church. We have not done your will, we have broken your law, we have [...]
Pastor: Blessed be the Lord, Father, Son and Holy Ghost Congregation: Glory to God forever. Pastor: Blessed be the Lord, Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer Congregation: Glory to God forever Pastor: Blessed be the Lord, Eternal Majesty, Living Word, and Abiding Spirit Congregation: Glory to God forever, Amen.
Brothers and sisters in Christ: Through the Sacrament of Baptism we are initiated into Christ's holy Church. We are incorporated into God's mighty acts of salvation and given new birth through water and the Spirit. All this is God's gift, offered to us without price. I present Steffanie Flores and Emilio Gutierrez to reaffirm their [...]
Call to Confession: Liturgist: Let us call on the name of the One who invites us to confess our sins and shows us mercy. We offer our prayer of confession before you now, Lord. Prayer of Confession: All: Merciful God, we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have failed [...]
Pastor: Holy Spirit, wind and flame, move within our mortal frame; Congregation: Make our hearts an altar pyre; kindle them with your own fire. Pastor: Breathe and blow upon that blaze, till our lives, our deeds, and ways, Congregation: Speak that tongue which every land, by your grace, shall understand. ~Thomas H. Troeger, 1983
Call to Confession: Liturgist: Christ our Lord died on the cross, rose from the grave, and ascended into Heaven for our salvation. 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. [...]
Pastor: The head that once was crowned with thorns is crowned with glory now; Congregation: A royal diadem adorns the mighty victor's brow! Pastor: The highest place that heaven affords belongs to Christ by right; Congregation: The King of kings and Lord of lords, and heaven's eternal light! ~Thomas Kelly, 1820
