CALL TO WORSHIP

Children of God: Welcome!

All: Welcome to this place of love and grace,

Welcome to this place of hope and perseverance.

All: God invites all of us to be a part of the beloved community,

God invites all of us to share in the good news:

All: We are welcome, just as we are. We are loved, just as we are.

In gratitude for all of this, let us worship God.

All: We gather today to worship the One who created us,

The One who calls us, The One who equips us,

All: The One who loves us without end.

With joyful hearts, let us worship God.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

Holy and Gracious God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

All: You read our inmost thoughts and desires and you keep your hand upon us always, reshaping us as seems good to you whenever we allow ourselves to become misshapen, pressed into the world’s mold.

Lord, lead us through the trials, the suffering and sorrow, the challenges and struggles, the tired times and dark places. And use those experiences to make us more like Jesus, Who taught us to pray…

LORD’S PRAYER