Category: Lectionary

Worship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving Pentecost +23 Isaiah 65:17-25  Isaiah 12  2 Thessalonians 3:6-13Luke 21:5-19 Call to Worship (inspired by Isaiah 12) One:  We’ve gathered to give thanks to God and call on God’s name.Many: We’ve come to sing praise to God and lift up the works of our Lord.One:   What makes us rejoice?Many:  Our great […]

Worship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving Pentecost +22 Haggai 1:15b-2:9  Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21   2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Luke 20:27-38 Call to Worship (from Psalm 145) One:  Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised!Many:  We’ve come together as God’s people, eager to offer our praise! One:  God’s greatness is unsearchable.Many:  With one voice, we declare God’s mighty acts:One:  Justice, kindness, […]

All Saints Sunday Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 Psalm 119:137-1442 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12Luke 19:1-10 Call to Worship   Leader: Praise the Lord, all you saints!     People: We praise God!Leader: For God’s name is exalted!           People: Isaiah, Jeremiah, and all patriarchs and prophets! Leader: Miriam, Ruth, and Naomi, People: Elizabeth, Mary, and all Holy Women! Leader: Martin, Cesar, and William, […]

Worship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving Pentecost +20        Joel 2:23-32  Psalm 65  2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14 Call to Worship  (inspired by Psalm 65) Leader: From the east and from the west, we come to praise God!People: Today we celebrate the ways God is at work in our world.Leader:  From the fields ready for […]

Worship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving 19th Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 31:27-34  Psalm 119:97-104  2 Timothy 3:14 – 4:5 Luke 18:1-8 Call to Worship  (in response to Psalm 119:97-105) L:  We come to worship God, who teaches us the Way of Life.P.  Today’s Psalm sings of the beauty and wonder of God’s decrees.L:  We turn to a […]

Worship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving Pentecost +18 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7  Psalm 66:1-12  2 Timothy 2:8-15Luke 17:11-19 Call to Worship (in response to Psalm 66) One:  The Psalmist invites us:  “Make a joyful noise to God!”Many:  Praise God!  One:  Come and see what God has done:Many:  God has kept us among the living and has not let our feet slip.One:  Even […]

Worship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving World Communion Sunday Lamentations 1:1-6 Psalm 137  2 Timothy 1:1-14Luke 17:5-10 World Communion Sunday allows us to focus our worship hour on God’s love made known in the Lord’s Supper, celebrated each year across denominations on the first Sunday of October. Call to Worship  (adapted from Thom Shuman) One:  From […]

Worship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving Pentecost +16 Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15   Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16   1 Timothy 6:6-19Luke 16:19-31 Call to Worship  (in response to Psalm 91) Consider using CH #77 “On Eagle’s Wings” with a soloist singing the verse/s and the congregation responding with the refrain. OR One:  Welcome to worship at ____________, where we […]

Worship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving Pentecost + 15 Jeremiah 8:18 – 9:1  Psalm 79:1-9  1 Timothy 2:1-7Luke 16:1-13 Call to Worship  (in response to Psalm 79:8-9)One: Gathered to praise God, we lift our voices as one.Many: Together we give thanks for God’s never-ending compassion.One:  In the midst of challenges, let’s focus our hearts and minds.Many: We […]

Worship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving Pentecost +14 Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28   Psalm 14  1 Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-10 Call to Worship (in response to Psalm 14) One:  We’re here seeking refuge in a world where goodness and good news                 can feel far away.Many:  Gratefully, God is our hope and our refuge!One:  We come searching for safety in a world […]