Thanksgiving in July/August
In many of our churches the summer months include the vacations of pastors and other worship leaders. This can make worship planning in general and pulpit supply in...
Read MoreCrossing Borders
Below are: 1) a Call to Worship, and 2) an Opening Prayer that were written for a service with a sermon titled, “CROSSING BORDERS.” Scripture for this...
Read MorePrayer: Fathers & Fathering
Below is a pastoral prayer written for Sunday morning worship on Father’s Day 2017. It seeks to acknowledge the richness and complexities of this day while...
Read MoreHard to Breathe
A prayer-poem inspired by Acts 2 and written for Pentecost 2017. Try giving a wireless microphone to the reader who would read it from the back of the sanctuary,...
Read MoreMemorial Day Parade
Below are two prayers (opening and closing) written for a short service at the terminus of a small town Memorial Day Parade. It could easily be adapted for a...
Read MoreShort of Love
PRAYER OF CONFESSION People: Dear God, before you and before each other, we admit that we have fallen short of love, in what we have done and in what we have failed to...
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