tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83727415597764477712024-03-18T22:09:55.461-05:00re:WorshipScripturally-based resources for worship planners and leadersChristine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comBlogger5674125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-50427149412021493662021-07-26T01:30:00.000-05:002021-07-26T10:31:44.868-05:00Prayer for Others: God's Provision<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Here’s
a prayer of thanksgiving and intercession inspired by the ways in which God
cared for the Israelites while in the wilderness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Prayer for Others<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">God,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">like the Israelites in the
wilderness,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">we too have known Your love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">and experienced Your care and
provision.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">You invite us to extend that love
to the world around us—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">to care for others as deeply as
we care for ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">And so we bring the needs of our
world before You now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In Your mercy, <b>hear our
prayer.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We pray for the many who do not
have enough:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> enough food to eat, or
shelter to keep warm;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> enough employment, or
money to pay their bills;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> enough medicine or medical
care.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lord, in Your mercy, <b>hear
our prayer.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We also pray for those who have
more than enough, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> but who still struggle to
find meaning and purpose in life;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> who indulge in dangerous
or self-serving activities<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> to dull their pain or loneliness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lord, in Your mercy, <b>hear
our prayer.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">God, Your grace reaches out to
all of us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">You call us to live as citizens
of heaven,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">working together with one heart
and mind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Strengthen us to live in a manner
worthy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">of the Good News we have
received,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">offering our lives in service of
Your kingdom, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">where the last are first, and the
first are last,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">and there is grace enough for
all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lord, in Your mercy, <b>hear
our prayer.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In the name of Jesus Christ, our Saviour
and Lord, </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Amen.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">~ Christine Longhurst, re:Worship</span></div>
Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-53356706851988913842021-07-26T01:00:00.003-05:002021-07-26T10:35:01.544-05:00Litany<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Closing Litany</span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">(based on Ephesians <personname w:st="on">2</personname>, <personname w:st="on">4</personname> and I Peter <personname w:st="on">2</personname>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">One:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>People of God, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Be completely humble and gentle; <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>be patient, bearing with one another in love. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>through the bond of peace. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There is one body and one Spirit—</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>just as you were called to one hope when you were called—</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>one Lord, one faith, one baptism; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>one God and Father of all, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>who is over all and through all and in all. (Eph. <personname w:st="on">4</personname>:<personname w:st="on">1</personname>-<personname w:st="on">6</personname>)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Two:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Remember that at one time you [were] without Christ, </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>aliens from the <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">commonwealth</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Israel</placename></place>, <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and strangers to the covenants of promise, </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>having no hope and without God in the world. </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have been brought near by the blood of Christ. </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For he is our peace…. </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and peace to those who were near; </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>for through him we all have access in one Spirit to the Father. </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>but you are citizens with the saints </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and also members of the household of God. (<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Eph. <personname w:st="on">2</personname>:<personname w:st="on"><personname w:st="on">1</personname><personname w:st="on">1</personname></personname>-<personname w:st="on">1</personname><personname w:st="on">4</personname>; <personname w:st="on"><personname w:st="on">1</personname><personname w:st="on">7</personname></personname>-<personname w:st="on"><personname w:st="on">1</personname><personname w:st="on">9</personname></personname>)</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">One:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Once you were not a people,<br /><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>but now you are God’s people;<br /><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>once you had not received mercy,<br /><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>but now you have received mercy. (I Peter <personname w:st="on">2</personname>:<personname w:st="on"><personname w:st="on">1</personname>0</personname>)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Two:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Come to him, a living stone,</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>to be a holy priesthood, </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>through Jesus Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">(I Peter <personname w:st="on">2</personname>:<personname w:st="on">4</personname>-<personname w:st="on">5</personname>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">One:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For you are a chosen race, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>a royal priesthood, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>a holy nation, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>God’s own people, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I Peter <personname w:st="on">2</personname>:<personname w:st="on">9</personname>)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></div>
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<br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">~ Compiled by Christine Longhurst, re:Worship</div>
Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-57034154717590507692021-07-26T01:00:00.001-05:002021-07-26T10:32:27.354-05:00Opening Prayer: Feed Us, Lord<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Opening Prayer</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">(based on Psalm <personname w:st="on">1</personname><personname w:st="on">4</personname><personname w:st="on">5</personname>:<personname w:st="on"><personname w:st="on">1</personname><personname w:st="on">5</personname></personname>-<personname w:st="on"><personname w:st="on">1</personname><personname w:st="on">6</personname></personname>, Isaiah <personname w:st="on">5</personname><personname w:st="on">5</personname>:<personname w:st="on">1</personname>-3, John 6:35)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Lord,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">the eyes of all look to You in hope;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">and You give them what they need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">You open Your hand </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">and satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We, too, turn to You again, longing to be filled—</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">to eat of the Bread of Life,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">to drink from Your life-giving streams,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">to taste Your goodness and live.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">May the time we spend together in Your presence</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">nourish our hearts and minds;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">may it strengthen our relationship with You,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">and renew our commitment to live in this world as Your faithful disciples.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">For You alone are God,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">the Source and Sustainer of life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">In Jesus’ name, Amen. </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">~ Christine Longhurst, re:Worship</span></div>
Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-70320323576626052542021-07-26T01:00:00.000-05:002021-07-26T10:30:41.068-05:00Litany: Psalm 51 and Psalm 103<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Here’s a responsive litany of confession and assurance, contrasting verses from Psalm 51 with verses from Psalm 103. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The congregation (or a second reader) is invited to read Psalm 51 (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">in bold print</b>); the worship leader reads Psalm 103 (in regular print).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">(Psalm 51 & Psalm 103)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.</span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><b> </b> Our God is merciful and gracious,</span></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">For I recognize my shameful deeds—they haunt me day and night.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">God will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Against you, and you alone, have I sinned;</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">I have done what is evil in your sight.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">You will be proved right in what you say,</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">and your judgment against me is just. </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">God has not punished us for all our sins,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>nor does he deal with us as we deserve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For as high as the heavens are above the earth,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>so great is his love for those who fear him;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>as far as the east is from the west, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>so far has he removed our transgressions from us.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">I was born a sinner—from the moment my mother conceived me.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">God is like a father to his children,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>tender and compassionate to those who fear him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For he understands how weak we are;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>he remembers that we are only dust.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">You desire honesty from the heart;</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">teach me to be wise in my inmost being.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">For our days on earth are like grass;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>like wildflowers, we bloom and die.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The wind blows, and we are gone—</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>as though we had never been here.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Restore to me the joy of your salvation</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">and make me willing to obey you.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">For the love of the Lord remains forever</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>with those who fear him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>His salvation extends to the children’s children</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>of those who are faithful to his covenant;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>those who obey his commandments.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">The sacrifice you want is a broken spirit.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Our God is merciful and gracious.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Bless the Lord, O my soul.</span></b><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">~ Christine Longhurst, re:Worship</span></span></div>
Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-10357046460440532952021-07-19T11:05:00.001-05:002021-07-19T11:30:53.059-05:00Prayers of the People: Open Your Hand<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Here’s a prayer of intercession which draws on Psalm <personname w:st="on">1</personname><personname w:st="on">4</personname><personname w:st="on">5</personname> and Matthew <personname w:st="on">1</personname><personname w:st="on">4</personname>:<personname w:st="on"><personname w:st="on">1</personname>3</personname>-<personname w:st="on"><personname w:st="on">2</personname><personname w:st="on">1 (the feeding of the 5000)</personname></personname>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feel free to revise it to suit your context.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Loving God,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">You are our Creator and Sustainer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">When You open Your hand,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">You satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">And so we look to You whenever we are in need,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">trusting in Your love and Your abundant goodness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">As You once fed the hungry crowds with five loaves and two small fish,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">we ask that You would again fill those who are empty this day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Pour out Your Spirit on all who hunger and thirst.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">We pray for those who are physically hungry—whose stomachs are empty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">who are facing critical food shortages;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who are suffering the effects of malnutrition and starvation;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and watching helplessly as loved ones die.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Lord, in Your mercy, open Your hand.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Pour out Your Spirit, so that they may be filled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">We pray for those who are empty emotionally—</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">who are lonely and long </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">for companionship and love,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"> who are caught in the grip of depression,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"> or overwhelmed with grief.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Lord, in Your mercy, open Your hand.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Pour out Your Spirit, so that they may be filled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">We pray for those who are spiritually empty—</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">who are troubled, but don’t know where to turn;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who long for purpose and meaning, but don’t know where to look;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"> who need You, but do not yet know You.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Lord, in Your mercy, open Your hand.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Pour out Your Spirit, so that they may be filled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">God, we praise You for Your abundant gifts in our lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Pour out Your Spirit on us as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Fill us with Your compassion and love,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">so that we would willingly share some of our abundance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">with those who have need.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Lord, in Your mercy, open Your hand.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Pour out Your Spirit, so that we may be filled.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">We pray in the name of Jesus Christ,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">who came so that all of humanity might come to know</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">the abundant life that comes from You.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Amen.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">~ Christine Longhurst, re:Worship</span></div>
Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-67841027630883634752021-07-19T11:00:00.000-05:002021-07-19T11:27:15.559-05:00Offering Prayer: Matthew 14:13-21<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">This offering prayer was inspired by Matthew <personname w:st="on">1</personname><personname w:st="on">4</personname>:<personname w:st="on"><personname w:st="on">1</personname>3</personname>-<personname w:st="on"><personname w:st="on">2</personname><personname w:st="on">1</personname></personname>, the account of how Jesus uses five small loaves and two fish to feed a vast crowd of hungry people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">(inspired by Matthew <personname w:st="on">1</personname><personname w:st="on">4</personname>:<personname w:st="on"><personname w:st="on">1</personname>3</personname>-<personname w:st="on"><personname w:st="on">2</personname><personname w:st="on">1)</personname></personname></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Merciful God,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">the gifts we bring are so small in comparison to the vast needs in our world—</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">nowhere near enough to save the thousands dying of starvation all around the world,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">or even to meet the needs of the hungry and homeless in our city.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Yet we have brought what we can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">As You once multiplied the five small loaves and two fish,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">multiply these gifts as well,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">so that, once again, the hungry may receive all they need, and more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Amen. </span></div>
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Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-78074694240959238992021-07-19T01:30:00.000-05:002021-07-19T11:05:10.785-05:00Prayer: Enough for All<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Here’s a prayer for the offering inspired by the
story of the loaves and fishes in Matthew<b> </b>14:15-21 (or </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Mark 6:35-44, Luke
9:12-17, John 6:1-15). It comes from the <i>Presbyterian
Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand </i>website.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Offering Prayer<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">(inspired by Matthew
14:15-21)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">On
my own<br />
what I have to give<br />
doesn't amount to much<br />
in the light of all you have given to me<br />
and in the face of so much need.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Put
together as a congregation,<br />
what we offer you here in love<br />
becomes more,<br />
not simply added together,<br />
but somehow multiplied in its usefulness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">We
ask you to bless our gifts<br />
and with the addition of your blessing,<br />
just as it was with the loaves and fishes,<br />
there is enough for all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Amen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">~ from the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa
New Zealand website. </span><a href="http://www.presbyterian.org.nz/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.presbyterian.org.nz/</span></a></div>
Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-59078789028090089462021-07-12T04:30:00.001-05:002021-07-12T11:55:44.239-05:00Pastoral Prayer: Loving Shepherd<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Here’s
a pastoral prayer for Good Shepherd Sunday, or any other time when passages
like Psalm 23 and John 10 are being used. It was written by Rev. Karla, and
posted on <i>RevGalBlogPals.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Pastoral Prayer<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">(inspired by Psalm
23, John 10)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Loving
Shepherd,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">You
lead and guide,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">You
walk alongside,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">You
prepare, you feed, you call,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">all
of your sheep,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">even
those of us who are lost,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">those
of us who stray constantly,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">those
of us who stay close to your comforting staff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">We
are grateful for the lush green pastures of our lives, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">and
we pause now to offer our thanksgivings <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">for
the goodnesses in our lives…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">There
are so many who walk in the shadows <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">of
fear and suffering and despair,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">and
we pause now, to offer our prayers <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">for
the broken and bleeding places in this world…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also offer our prayers for the sheep of our own flocks,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">in
our families and friends, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">in
this our church and our community…(pause)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">O
Loving Shepherd,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">We
have all we need,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">as
we live in You.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Amen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">~
written by Rev Karla, and posted on </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">RevGalBlogPals.
</b><a href="https://revgalblogpals.org/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">https://revgalblogpals.org/</a></div>
Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-29969718607030844302021-07-12T04:30:00.000-05:002021-07-12T11:54:20.851-05:00Call to Worship: Psalm 23<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Here’s
a call to worship litany inspired by Psalm 23. It was written by Joanna
Harader, and posted on <i>Spacious Faith. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Call to Worship<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">(inspired by Psalm
23)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In
the darkest valley,<br />
<b>at the banquet table;<br />
</b>in the hard work of life,<br />
<b>at the moments of ease;<br />
</b>in our day-to-day reality,<br />
<b>at times set aside–<br />
</b>like this time, now–<br />
<b>for worship, for listening, for paying attention;<br />
</b>with every step we take:<br />
<b>goodness and mercy follow us;<br />
<i>our cups overflow.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">~
written by Joanna Harader and posted on <b>Spacious Faith. </b></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="https://spaciousfaith.com/">https://spaciousfaith.com/</a></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span>Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-20828990141138220912021-07-12T04:00:00.001-05:002021-07-12T11:55:11.983-05:00Call to Worship: Isaiah 43: 2<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Here’s
a call to worship inspired by Isaiah 43:2. It was written by Rev. Mindi and
posted on her <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rev-o-lution </i>blog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Call to Worship<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">(Inspired by Isaiah 43:2)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">When
we pass through the waters,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">God is there with us.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">When
we suffer and feel hopeless,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">God is there with us.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">When
we are joyful and celebratory,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">God is there with us.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Whether
we feel triumphant or defeated,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">God is there with us,
always.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Come,
let us worship together with Emmanuel, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">God
with us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">~
written by Rev. Mindi, and posted on <b>Rev-o-lution.
</b></span><a href="http://rev-o-lution.org/2011/10/23/worship-resources-for-october-30-2011-and-all-saints-day/"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">http://rev-o-lution.org/2011/10/23/worship-resources-for-october-30-2011-and-all-saints-day/</span></a></div>
<br />Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-36937287983505392021-07-12T04:00:00.000-05:002021-07-12T11:53:41.714-05:00Prayer Reflection: Through Light and Shadow<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Here’s
a thoughtful prayer reflection from Sally’s <i>Eternal
Echoes </i>website.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Through Light and Shadow<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">through light and shadow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I am led, I follow,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">through the ins and outs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">the ups and downs <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">of these days,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">when my heart is failing,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">when my spirit rejoices,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">when I can barely put one foot <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">in front of the other<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">still you beckon me on...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">when I stumble you support me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">when I can go no further <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">you carry me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">through light and shadow,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">in death's dark vale,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">and on the mountain peaks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">you lead me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">through tangled webs,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">on rocky ground,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">on smoother paths,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">through light and shadow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">you lead me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I follow,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">may I never<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">walk alone...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">~
written by Sally, and posted on </span><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Eternal
Echoes. </b><a href="http://sallysjourney.typepad.com/sallys_journey/" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">http://sallysjourney.typepad.com/sallys_journey/</a></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is a prayer of thanksgiving for Father’s Day. It was
written by Rev. Dr. Libby Grammer of Martinsville, Virginia.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Prayer for Father’s Day<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> We give thanks today…</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For fathers who
showed up, played and danced, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ran and twirled,
taught and learned;</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For fathers who
kissed boo-boos </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and held us in
strong arms when we were weak;</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For fathers who
believed in us and trusted us with our own futures, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">even as they
taught us how best to live;</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For fathers who
exhibited the very best of what it means to be men, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and tossed aside
toxic masculinity </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">in favor of a
strength in love and empathy;</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For fathers who
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For fathers who
protected us </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and sought after
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For fathers who
were never related to us by blood or by law </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For fathers who
were not always present </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
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Church, Martinsville, VA <a href="http://www.fbcmartinsville.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.fbcmartinsville.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Here’s a contemporary call to worship inspired by the scripture readings for Proper 7 B (Mark 4:35-41; 1 Samuel 17:32-49, 2 Corinthians 6:1-13).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was written by Katherine Hawker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">~ written by Katherine Hawker, 1997.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Posted on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Liturgy Outside. </b><a href="http://liturgyoutside.net/">http://liturgyoutside.net/</a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></div>
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<br /></div>Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-13788491389027624762021-06-14T07:30:00.000-05:002021-06-14T10:03:08.098-05:00Reflection on the texts: Proper 7 B<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Here’s a thoughtful reflection on two of the scripture texts for Proper 7 B (June 24, 2012): the accounts of David facing Goliath, and Jesus calming the storm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was written by Katherine Hawker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The winds raged <br />and the disciples trembled. <br />Goliath taunted <br />and Saul tasted fear. <br />Enter Jesus <br />Enter David <br />staring beyond the fear <br />daring us to do the same.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">— written by Katherine Hawker, 2003.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Posted on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Liturgy Outside. <a href="http://liturgyoutside.net/">http://liturgyoutside.net/</a> </b></span></div>
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<br /></div>Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-24396147078601346392021-06-14T07:15:00.000-05:002021-06-14T10:04:27.070-05:00Prayer of Approach: Mark 4: 35-41<div class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Here’s a prayer of approach and confession inspired by Mark 4:35-41 (the account of when Jesus calmed the storm).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was written by the Very Rev. John Christie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Lord God of all Creation we come to you from our storm-tossed lives to seek your peace; we come to you with our questions and uncertainties, our worries and anxieties, we come to you from our joy and our happiness-- each emotion a kaleidoscope of our feeling in life’s changing patterns. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">More than all of that we come to you because of what you have done for us in the love of Christ who bought our freedom by his sacrifice on the Cross and showed us new life in his resurrection life. We bless you for the love which has no dimension of length breadth or height, coming as it does from the perfection your being. We come to you knowing that sometimes we have received your grace in vain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We seize the moment to ask you from our discordant lives for yet another chance of hearing you say to us <i>‘Your sins are forgiven’</i>. May the mark of that forgiveness be your grace in us as we respond with grace and gratitude to your love. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Eternal God as we ask that you accept our prayers through Jesus Christ our Lord, we pray that from the grace we have received, what we say and what we do will enable those around us to glimpse the life of the your Son -- who calmed the storm with words which still echo down the centuries, <i>‘Peace be still’ …..</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Amen.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">— written by the Very Rev. John Christie, and posted on the Church of Scotland’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Starters for Sunday </b>website. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/">http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/</a></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> Visit that website for other excellent lectionary-based worship resources.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-6129205701122973232021-06-14T07:05:00.000-05:002021-06-14T10:01:49.418-05:00Opening Prayer: Mark 4: 35-41<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Here’s an opening prayer inspired by Mark 4:35-41, the account of how Jesus calmed the storm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes from the Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Mighty God, who speaks a word of peace to calm our troubled sea;<br />Caring God, who nudges us away from fear and toward faith;<br />Ever-present God, who fills us with awe<br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but also raises many questions<br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>without easy answers;<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Open our eyes to see you in our boat—today,<br />Strengthen our hearts for the challenges that lie ahead,<br />Open our ears this hour to hear the word you speak.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">— posted on the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren </b>website.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://rockhay.tripod.com/">http://rockhay.tripod.com/</a></span></div>
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Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-4056575052900629342021-06-07T03:00:00.000-05:002021-06-07T09:40:25.792-05:00Prayer: Our Small Difference<div class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Here’s a thoughtful prayer from John van de Laar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We may not be able to confront queens,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We may not have the capacity to divert resources,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We may not have the voice to silence the noise of war,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">But, as we follow you, O Christ, we are able to do something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">the small difference we can make:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">through small acts of gentleness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">and reconciliation;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">through small contributions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">and collaborations;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">through small acts of consideration</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">and acceptance;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">And in the small ways, O God,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">~ written by John van de Laar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Posted on his excellent <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://sacredise.com/">Sacredise.com</a> </b>website.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Here’s a prayer of dedication based on Mark 4:26-34.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was written by Katherine Hawker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Grant us the humility we need to plant and then tend your precious garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Amen. </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Here’s a thoughtful prayer of confession based on Mark 4 (or Matthew 13:31-32)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was written by Moira Laidlaw.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">so that our faith has miraculously and mysteriously grown. <br /><br />We confess the times we fail to involve ourselves </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">our lives becomes parched and unfruitful and our faith becomes stunted and dry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Bless and renew our lives, we pray, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">so that we remain connected to you at all times and in all places, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">strengthening our faith to expand and, growing strongly and vigorously, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">to bear the fruit of your mercy, your love, your undying life. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Amen.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">~ written by Moira Laidlaw, and posted on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Liturgies Online.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Visit that site for many other lectionary-based worship resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.liturgiesonline.com.au/">http://www.liturgiesonline.com.au/</a> </span></div>
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Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-44333917064806243572021-06-07T02:00:00.000-05:002021-06-07T09:38:40.704-05:00Faith in the Ordinary<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">It takes little faith to see the sacred in the
extraordinary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">To have faith the sacred is in the ordinary,
though,<br />
takes courage to believe the mundane can be enough;<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that grace can emerge <br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>even through the dull,<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the slightly disappointing,<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the not quite right,<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>not quite as we intended,<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>not really what we hoped;<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the clumsy,<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the awkward,<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and the imperfect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Let your act of faith be <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">to let what you do be enough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">~
written by Cheryl Lawrie, and posted on </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[hold
this space]. </b><a href="http://holdthisspace.org.au/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">http://holdthisspace.org.au/</a></div>
<br />Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-83688657155058877372021-06-01T05:00:00.000-05:002021-06-01T09:46:32.800-05:00Opening Prayer: Psalm 130<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Here’s an opening prayer based on Psalm 130 from Rev. Nancy J.<br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Holy God, Creator of Life,<br />you call us out of our dark places, </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">offering us the grace of new life.<br />When we see nothing but hopelessness, </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">you surprise us with the breath of your spirit.<br />Call us out of our complacency and routines,<br />set us free from our self-imposed bonds,<br />and fill us with your spirit of life, compassion, and peace,<br />In the name of Jesus, your anointed one, we pray. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Amen.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">~ written by Rev. Nancy J., and posted on her <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wonderings through life and other such nonsense. </b><a href="http://ruminari.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: purple;">http://ruminari.wordpress.com/</span></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></div>
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Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-31335808143293959172021-06-01T04:35:00.000-05:002021-06-01T09:47:39.548-05:00Prayer of Intercession: Mark 3:23-35<div class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span color="windowtext" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Here’s a prayer of intercession inspired by Jesus’ words in Mark 3:23-35.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was written by Rev. Andrea Price.</span></div>
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<span color="windowtext" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Heavenly Father, you call us to be your friends and to make friends of others – more even, to recognize in them our brothers and sisters, your family in Christ. So we pray for ourselves and for the world and its people: </span></div>
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<span color="windowtext" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We pray for all areas in the world where deep divisions run between ethnic groups because of race, religion or past history. Lord, help your people to be your friends and to make friends – your family in Christ. </span></div>
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<span color="windowtext" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We pray for our communities where different traditions shape different outlooks on things. Lord, help your people to listen well to each other that we may learn to live together knowing that though different we are your family in Christ. </span></div>
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<span color="windowtext" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We pray for our own families where growing up is difficult, where harsh words spoken in anger are not easily taken back, and hurtful or thoughtless actions are endangering relationships. Lord, empower your children to be patient, slow to anger and to become wise in their speaking and acting as your family in Christ. </span></div>
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<span color="windowtext" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Let us pray together the prayer Jesus taught us: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Our Father…..</b> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Amen</span></b></div>
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<br /></div>Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-47581409132743959052021-06-01T04:00:00.000-05:002021-06-01T09:44:02.356-05:00Opening Prayer: Psalm 138<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Opening Prayer</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">(based on Psalm <personname w:st="on"><personname w:st="on">1</personname>3</personname>8)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Faithful God,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">we come into Your presence with thanksgiving,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">deeply grateful for the unfailing love and faithfulness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">You have shown toward us, Your people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">When we call out to You, You answer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">When we are exhausted, You give us the strength to go on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">When we find ourselves in trouble,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">You are there, standing beside us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">And so we come before You gratitude and praise,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">offering You the worship of our hearts and lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Open our eyes to see and know You here among us;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">open our ears to recognize Your voice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">And then send us out from here,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">to live and work in the world as Your faithful disciples.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">In the name of Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">~ Christine Longhurst, re:Worship</span><br />
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Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-85793728613793013992021-05-24T10:00:00.000-05:002021-05-24T10:54:45.855-05:00Call to Worship: The Triune God<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Here’s
a Trinitarian call to worship from Rev. J. Lee Hill. It was posted on the <i>Worship Ways </i>page of the United Church
of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Let
us worship the Triune God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Let us worship the
One <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">who spoke in the
beginning <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">and created something
out of nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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us worship the Triune God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Let us worship the
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">who took on the
clothing of humanity<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">to set those who were
oppressed free.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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us worship the Triune God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Let us worship the
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">whose Spirit rests
continually upon us, <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">calling us from
sorrow-filled endings <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">to bright new
beginnings.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">~
from </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Watch Night Service 2016, </i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">written
by Rev. J. Lee Hill, Senior Pastor, Christian Fellowship Congregational UCC of
San Diego. Posted on the </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Worship Ways </b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">page
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Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372741559776447771.post-678085782248163222021-05-24T09:30:00.000-05:002021-05-24T10:52:31.555-05:00Call to Worship, Prayer: Life-Giving Trinity<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The
words God speaks <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">are
the life and sustenance <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">of
all that exists. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The
life Jesus gives <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the re-creation and renewed birth <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">of
all that is broken and worn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The
Spirit’s stirring in our souls <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">is
the inspiration <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">for
creativity, compassion, joy, and community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Life-giving,
life-restoring, life-fulfilling God;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">may
our whole lives be worship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">In
all things, may we seek to connect with <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">and
to reflect your love and your hope.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Christine Longhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860662471277021953noreply@blogger.com