Themes: Lost, God is enough Holding Uncertainty Trusting that you can participate, plant seeds and that acting in Love is enough Every Story is God providing in unexpected ways
Lost Neighbors? God brings Strangers/Enemies/Immigrants
Call to Worship (based on Psalm 15)
Come let us dwell with God Come let us sit in God’s honesty Let us find our deepness here Come we want to honor imago dei in one another May we be near each other and God Come, let us dwell in God together
Call to Worship Come let us find our neighbors The big, small, near and the far Who is our neighbor? Come let us find our neighbor with God Come let us build a community with God Come let us dwell with God and neighbor today
Prayer of Confession: God we confess, sometimes we do not want to admit that those who need help are close enough to be our neighbors. However, you remind us that anyone who is helper is a neighbor. Teach us to build neighborhoods of love we pray. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon: Let us dwell in the Good News of God, God is here to forgive us so we can live in community with one another, so we know the truth: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.
Prayer of Confession: God we confess that I do not always see imago dei, your image in the eyes of those human beings around us. Sometimes we find people too annoying, different or mean to find any image of God in them. And yet you remind us, there is no one who is not made in your image. Teach us, how to see humanity in your image we pray. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon: Hear the Good News, God loves us and calls us by name, so we know the truth, in Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Amen.
Prayer of Confession: God we confess we are always comparing ourselves, we are in tumult over surviving the world, like Martha. However let our anxiety not take away from the good in the world. Teach us to understand both our Mary and Martha parts we pray. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon: Jesus loves us exactly as we are, so let us dwell in the grace of Christ knowing the truth: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Amen
Prayer of Dedication/Day: God, may we go into the world knowing that you are inspiring us to heal, bless and find neighbors through all the gifts that we are given. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen
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