Worship Resources forthe Center for Faith and Giving Easter 2 Acts 5:27-32 Psalm 118:14-29 Revelation 1:4-8 John 20:19-31 Call to Worship Leader: Behind closed doorsAll: God’s Spirit blows over us Leader: Through closed heartsAll: God’s Spirit works in us Leader: In closed lives broken open by God’s resurrecting power,All: We come to worship God, to wonder […]
Read moreWorship Resources forthe Center for Faith and Giving Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24I Corinthians 15:19-26 Luke 24:1-12 Call to Worship 1 Voice: Darkness gives way to light; Cong: Christ is risen! 1 Voice: Violence gives way to love; Cong: Christ is risen! 1 Voice: Despair gives way to hope; Cong: Christ is risen! 1 Voice: […]
Read moreWorship Resources forthe Center for Faith and Giving Palm Sunday Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 Luke 19:28-40 The appropriate and traditional hymn to use to open Palm Sunday worship is “All Glory, Laud, and Honor” (CH #192). If you have people processing with palm branches, it’s great to add the descant (sung, or played on a trumpet). […]
Read moreWorship Resources forthe Center for Faith and Giving Passion Sunday Isaiah 50:4-9aPsalm 31:9-16 Philippians 2:5-11Luke 22:14 – 23:56 Some congregations use this Sunday to focus on the Passion of Christ (especially if they will not have a Good Friday service). One suggestion is to use Luke’s text as readers’ theatre, during the time ordinarily allotted for […]
Read moreWorship Resources forthe Center for Faith and Giving Lent 5C Isaiah 43:16-21 Psalm 126 Philippians 3:4b-14John 12:1-8 Call to Worship (inspired by Psalm 126) (consider using a sung version of Psalm 126 for the call to worship. One possibility: https://www.ocp.org/en-us/songs/88958/the-lord-has-done- great-things-for-us-we-are-filled-with-joy) OR Voice One: Today’s a day for remembering and anticipating! Remember when the […]
Read moreWorship Resources forthe Center for Faith and Giving Lent 4C Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Call to Worship (inspired by Psalm 32) Voice 1: Deep within us, we know God yearns for us to be whole and healthy, yet we all have broken places in us. When we try to […]
Read moreWorship Resources forthe Center for Faith and Giving Lent 3C Isaiah 55:1-9 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 Call to Worship (from Isaiah 55) (in 1 voice): Our God will have mercy on all who come into God’s presence. Even when our thoughts and actions take us away, the Lord will pardon those who turn […]
Read moreWorship Resources forthe Center for Faith and Giving Lent 2C Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3:17 – 4:1 Luke 13:31-35 During all six weeks of Lent, the call to worship in these resources will be designed for one or two voices. The opening prayer will be framed in a more penitential voice, as […]
Read moreWorship Resources forthe Center for Faith and Giving Lent 1C Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 For the Sunday of Lent, these resources will include a call to worship in one or two voices, and an opening prayer which has a more somber, confessional tone. Consider introducing purple paraments and a more pensive […]
Read moreWorship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving Transfiguration Sunday This is the final Sunday following Epiphany, and the last before Lent: Transfiguration Sunday. All three synoptic gospels tell a story of Peter, James, and John accompanying Jesus to the top of a holy mountain. There, before their eyes, Jesus is transfigured, changed, becoming […]
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