Here’s an invitation to the offering for the fourth Sunday in Lent, Year B (2012). It comes from the United Church’s Worship Ways website.
Offering Invitation
(based on Psalm 107, John 3: 14-21, Ephesians 2:1-10)
Sisters and brothers,
God’s ancient, steadfast love is not a love that simply waits for us
to stop wandering and return home.
God’s love comes seeking us, and gives us the gift of Jesus,
so that we might have life abundant.
Our giving this morning,
whether we have been lost and wandering, or secure and safe,
expresses our firm conviction that God is with us, no matter what.
Let us gather our gifts together
and offer them to God in gratitude, heartfelt commitment, and praise.
— taken from “O Merciful God: God of Wisdom: Prayers for the Fourth Sunday in Lent,” written by Rev. Kathryn Matthews Huey and the Rev. Susan A. Blain. Posted on the United Church of Christ’s Worship Ways website.
— taken from “O Merciful God: God of Wisdom: Prayers for the Fourth Sunday in Lent,” written by Rev. Kathryn Matthews Huey and the Rev. Susan A. Blain. Posted on the United Church of Christ’s Worship Ways website.
