Here are a number of scripturally-based calls to worship for the 5th Sunday of Easter, Year A. I’ve based them on the Revised Common Lectionary texts for that day. Feel free to revise and adapt them to suit your context.
Easter 5: Call to
Worship 1
(based on Psalm 31)
Praise
the Lord,
who
has shown us the wonders of his unfailing love;
and
who, for the sake of his name,
leads
us and guides us.
In
you, O Lord, we put our trust.
You
are our God,
and
our lives are in your hands.
Lord,
let the light of your face shine on us
as
we celebrate together in your presence. Amen.
Easter 5: Call to
Worship 2
(based on Psalm
31:1-5; 15-16)
Come,
people of God!
Take
refuge in the Lord,
who
listens when we cry out,
who
rescues us when we call,
and
who leads and guides us according to his unfailing love.
You
are our God;
our
lives are in your hands.
Let’s
worship God together!
Easter 5: Call to
Worship 3
(based on Psalm
31:1-5)
We
gather together to worship God,
our
Rock and our Redeemer,
the
one in whom we find refuge.
You
are our rock and our fortress, O God;
Into
your hands we place our lives.
Easter 5: Call to
Worship 4
(based on I Peter
2:9-10)
Come,
people of God!
Let
us sing the praises of the One who has called us
out
of darkness into his marvelous light!
For
once we were not a people at all,
but
now we are God’s people!
Let’s
worship God together.
Easter 5: Call to
Worship 5
(based on I Peter
2:9-10)
Brothers
and sisters, come and worship!
For
we are a chosen people,
royal
priests,
a
holy nation.
God’s
very own family!
Let
us proclaim together the goodness of God,
who
has called us out of darkness into his marvelous light!
Easter 5: Call to
Worship 6
(based on I Peter
2:4-5)
We
gather to worship in the name of Jesus Christ,
our
living cornerstone,
who,
though rejected by the world,
was chosen and precious in God’s sight.
And
like living stones,
let
us be built up into a spiritual house for God,
offering
sacrifices of worship and praise that are pleasing in his sight.
Let’s
worship God together!
~
Christine
