Category: Lectionary Based Worship Resources

WORSHIP MATERIALS July 5, 2020 Lectionary Readings Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 Psalm 45:10-17 Romans 7:15-25a Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Call to Worship (based on Romans 7) Leader: Help us, Lord! We do the things we don’t want to do. People: And we don’t do the things we know we should do. Leader: We are enslaved by […]

WORSHIP MATERIALS June 28, 2020  Lectionary Readings Genesis 22:1-14 Psalm 13 Romans 6:12-23 Matthew 10:40-42  Call to Worship (Based on Psalm 13) Leader: Our world compels us to cry out to God. People: How long, O Lord? How long? Leader: How long must we feel abandoned, forgotten, alone? People: Consider us, God! Give light to […]

WORSHIP MATERIALS June 21, 2020 Lectionary Readings Genesis 21:8-21 Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 Romans 6:1b-11 Matthew 10:24-39  Call to Worship (based on Psalm 86) Leader: Incline your ear to us, O God. People: Be gracious to us, O Lord. Leader: Gladden the souls of your servants. People: You are a good and forgiving God. Leader: In […]

WORSHIP MATERIALS June 14, 2020  Lectionary Readings Genesis 18:1-15 (21:1-7) Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 Romans 5:1-8 Matthew 9:35-10:8 (9-23) Call to Worship Leader: Our world is not what we hoped it would be. People: But we boast in our sufferings… Leader: It feels like we have been in quarantine for years. People: …because suffering produces endurance… […]

LECTIONARY WORSHIP MATERIALS Center for Faith and Giving June 7, 2020   The Texts Genesis 1:1-2:4a Psalm 8 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Matthew 28:16-20   Call to Worship (based on Psalm 8) Leader: O Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! People: You have set your glory in the heavens. Leader: Who are […]

May 31, 2020 Pentecost Worship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving Acts 2:1-21  Psalm 104:24-34, 35b 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13  John 20:19-23  Whether you are worshiping via social media, or in person, invite folks to wear red, blow up a red balloon, create a wind sock or light candles to mark the celebration of […]

May 24, 2020 Worship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving Easter 7A Acts 1:6-14 Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 John 17:1-11 Call to Worship  (inspired by Psalm 68) One:  Sing praises to God! Many:  Let’s lift up a song to the One whose name is the Lord. One:  We’ve gathered to […]

May 17, 2020 Easter 6A Worship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving Acts 17:22-31 Psalm 66:8-20 1 Peter 3:13-22  John 14:15-21 Call to Worship  (inspired by John 14) (adapted from http://www.bruceprewer.com/DocA/33EAST6.htm) One:  Because of the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, we gather to declare: Many: we are never alone!  The Counselor, the Spirit of […]

May 10, 2020 Worship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving Easter 5A Acts 7:55-60 Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14 (if you can show this video, use it ahead of the call to worship, or later in the service to give an expanded sense to the John 14 scripture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjq5zH_rmWY) Call […]