PRAYER IN PREPARTION: Faithful God, be with us in this time of worship that we may be nourished by your Word and that we may hear your call to us. Strengthen us, we pray, that we may answer your call to work for justice and reconciliation in the world. Amen.
CALL TO WORSHIP
God calls us by name, in word and silence.
We are listening for Christ's voice in this place.
From the beginning of time, God has formed us for service and love.
Come and see, for Christ is shaping us still.
Christ is present within and around us, inviting us to follow in faith and hope.
Here we are, for God calls us still.
Come, and be temples of God.
May we become the body of Christ.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Almighty God, you speak and the earth trembles, yet you call us in a still, small voice. We allow ourselves to be distracted by the goings-on in the world, we are not sensitive to your call upon our hearts. Forgive us for the many things that keep us from becoming the people you created us to be; forgive us for the ways we neglect your presence in our lives. Clothe us with your grace; reform us into your likeness once again; reclaim us as your own. Mold us, remold us, hold us close, give us the courage to hear and respond to your call for our lives.
SCRIPTURE READING 1 Samuel 2:1-11, p. 245
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