Epiphany
[.mp3] to Worship
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Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone It is common in many church services to begin with a CALL TO WORSHIP. It’s an ancient thing to do and we Christians do it for a variety of reasons: 1) historical (we learned it from our Jewish brothers and sisters – shema); 2) theological (it reminds us that it is God who calls us to worship); 3) scriptural (calls to worship are often adapted from psalms and other scripture passages); and 4) practical (a call to worship signals the start of a service and focuses a...
read moreExploring God’s Glory with Scouts & Communion
For Transfiguration Sunday In 2016, Scout Sunday and Transfiguration Sunday fall on the same day. Each year on Scout Sunday at our church a young scout is tasked with reading the Scriptures for the morning service. Likely because it comes every year, the transfiguration story feels like smooth vanilla – a good story but nothing out of the ordinary. Except that it is very out of the ordinary! Here is a fresh paraphrase of the transfiguration and following healing story that could breath new life into this wonderful Scripture and make it more...
read moreCommunion Liturgy for Epiphany: Cinnamon Stars
Below is a Communion Liturgy, written for Epiphany 2016, by Rev. Amy Pitton. Unison Invitation We remind one another: Jesus welcomes everyone at this table. No one is turned away. If you seek God’s presence, come and eat. If you are hungry for this spiritual food, come and eat. If you have questions and doubts, come and eat. If you feel unworthy, come and eat. This table is spread for all of us that we each might experience God’s abundant and unconditional love. Jesus often ate with strangers. He ate with more than 5000 of...
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