CENTERING PRAYER God, our source and our salvation, in love you made us, and by love you
redeemed us. May your love for us bear fruit in our forgiveness of others, that in this life we may know your all-embracing compassion and, in the world, receive the everlasting joy of fellowship you share with your Son, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
CALL TO WORSHIP People of God, bless the Lord, bless God’s holy name. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is God’s steadfast love for us. Come, let us worship our giving and forgiving God together.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION Loving God, we confess we fail to live in harmony with our siblings. We are self-righteous in our attitudes, closed-minded in our beliefs, and judgmental in our opinions. We shun those whose ways we do not understand and despise those who do not endorse our convictions. Forgive our sins of discord and conceit, and heal our divisiveness and quarreling. Help us to be charitable with others that we may dwell in peace with Christ who is Lord of all. (Silent Confession)
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
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