CENTERING PRAYER
Holy One, you call us to live our lives as builders on the framework of justice and mercy you have constructed. Lead us not to build monuments to human vanity, but structures of care, compassion, and justice for the world you created in beauty and love. Guide us this day so we may build a house where all are welcome. Amen.
CALL TO WORSHIP
Teach us, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and we will observe it to the end. Give us understanding, that we may keep your law and observe it with our whole hearts. Lead us in the path of your commandments, for we delight in that path. Turn our hearts to your decrees and not to selfish gain. Turn our eyes from looking at vanities; give us life in your ways.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Holy God, your law shows the way of righteousness, but we forsake your commandments. We have not provided for the poor or aided the disabled. We have not been truthful in our daily business; we have been unjust in our judgment of others. We have sought vengeance against our enemies; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. Forgive us our sins and rouse us to sincere repentance. By the power of your Holy Spirit, free us to live as your holy people with Jesus Christ, our Lord. (Silent Confession)
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
I believe in God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
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