Worship Prayers from Oct. 4

Pastor Jim, Saturday Evening

PRAYER IN PREPARATION  You formed the universe in your wisdom, and created all things by your power.  You set us in families on the earth to live with you in faith.  We praise you for good gifts of bread and cup, and for the table you spread in the world as a sign of your love for all people in Christ.  Amen

  

CALL TO WORSHIP

All around us, the universe sings of God’s creative love.

         We gather as God’s people, seeking that love which no one else can offer.

Every day, the sun bears witness to God’s hope; every night, the stars whisper of God’s peace.

         We gather as God’s people, needing peace in a warring world, searching for hope in the          midst of despair.

The breath of the wind carries God’s grace, the mountains echo God’s glory.

         We gather as God’s people, from the north and south, from the east and west, to sit at       the joyful feast.

D. Schiro and Pastor Gary, Sunday Morning

  

   PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved.  You brought a vine out of the land of slavery.  You cleared ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land.  The mountains were covered by its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches; it sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river.  But we have not yet yielded the good fruit you expected or desired.  We are overgrown with sin, choked with violence and  injustice. Forgive us; turn again, O God of hosts; look down from heaven and see; have regard for this vine, the stock of your right hand planted.  Amen.

For the sermon "Table of Restoration" on Oct. 4, Click here.