Worship Prayers

 CENTERING PRAYER

God of healing and reconciliation, you free us from our burdens and promise us safety and refuge. Help us to trust in your power, that we may praise you without qualification and rejoice in the power of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

 

CALL TO WORSHIP

 

God is our rock and our fortress.

The Lord is our refuge and strength.

God is our hope and our trust.

Let us praise the Lord together!

 

 

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

 

God of Life, you come to us as a consuming fire, and the one who consecrated us before time. You promise us a kingdom that cannot be shaken and call us to serve you with praise and thanksgiving, but we forget and yield to fear. We put our trust in the things we can touch in the world and neglect your promises. We confess we are a divided people fostering separations and widening rifts in our families, in our communities, and in the world. Open us to your healing. Free us from all the distances us from your presence. Give us your grace and inspire us to serve you with courage. We continue to pray through our savior, Jesus Christ. (Silent Confession)

 

 

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH – Heidelberg Catechism Question One

 

 

OFFERING

 

Invitation to the Offering

 

Mindful of the generosity of God

and the awareness that all we have has been given,

let us respond with the offerings of our lives and labor.

 

 

Prayer after Offering

 

Please join me in prayer.

 

Loving God,                                                               

we rejoice that our lives are already consecrated by you.

Inspired by the knowledge of your love,

giving thanks for the gifts you offer us each day,

we pray that these offerings

and our lives

may further your kingdom on earth. Amen.