Here’s a corporate act of confession inspired by the
suggested scripture readings for Proper 26C.
It comes from the Worship Ways website
of the United Church of Christ.
Call
to Confession
We
confess we have strayed away from your Word
We
cry out to you, O God
We
confess that we have allowed the worries of this world
to
drive us away from your vision for our lives
We
cry out to you, O God
We
confess that there is strife and contention all around us
We
cry out to you, O God
Let
us confess together:
That
we are powerless
and
have taken our focus off your Word….
that
we have not allowed your Word to work in our lives,
yet
we continue to cry out to you in times of trouble and need.
Grant
understanding and wisdom
that
we may see your vision and apply it in our lives.
Hear
our prayer, O God, and
Call
us back to you.
Assurance
of God’s Love
(inspired by Luke 19: 1-10)
The
scriptures tell us that God’s love will find us
no
matter how far away we are from the Word.
Just
as Jesus found Zacchaeus hiding in a tree,
God
will find us and bring us home.
It
does not matter what we have done wrong,
we
still belong to God.
We
have the assurance that God will rescue us.
This
is the good news of the Gospel!
~
from Reformation and Reconciliation, written
by LT Leticia Rouser. Posted on the Worship
Ways page of the United Church of
Christ website. http://www.ucc.org/worship/worship-ways/year-c/p/pentecost-ordinary-time-9.html
