PRAYER FOR PREPARATION: Good and generous God, you have blessed us with favor and counted us as your people. Freed by your grace, let us extend your generosity to others, sharing our bread with the poor, and pleading the cause of the afflicted, and receiving all who assemble in your name with the warmth of your love and the richness of your hospitality. Amen.
CALL TO WORSHIP
We have gathered in God's holy presence, the One who etches grace on our hearts.
This is the place where God will transform us into disciples.
We glorify our God, who yearns for justice, not just for a favored few, but for the least of our world.
This is the place where God will write compassion on our souls.
We give thanks to God for unceasing grace; we remember God's persistence in saving us.
This is the place where God will breathe the Word into our lives.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Gracious God, we do not always live as a people bound together in your love. Forgive us, when we do not pray for those who suffer, or care for those who are sick; when we forget to offer words of gratitude for the many gifts in our lives; when we judge others and hold grudges for their mistakes; when we lose the saltiness of your teachings, and the energy you offer us on our spiritual journey. Even as we are forgiven, help us pray for the forgiveness of others.
SCRIPTURE READING 1 Corinthians 12:26-13:13, p. 174
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