Prayer: What is it?
Focal Text: Psalm 84 What is it about this place God? What is it that makes this place holy? Is it the book we read here? Is it the way we’ve decorated or the things we do here? Is it the music...
View ArticleUnburdened: A prayer following the shooting at Umpqua Community College
We gather so often in this hour feeling empty and asking you to fill us. We want to leave here with more. More love. More hope. More strength. More wisdom. Today though, God, we come not empty, but...
View ArticleSounds Impossible: A Call to Worship for the Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost, B
Focal Text: Mark 10:17-31 This call to worship was read at the beginning of a service which included a sermon on the command of Jesus to a wealthy man to sell all his possessions and give the proceeds...
View ArticleCan You Hear Us?: A confessional prayer for peace and inclusion
God, we’ve prayed for peace on earth, we’ve prayed for justice for all. Why O God, haven’t we seen it yet? Haven’t you heard us!? We’ve prayed that you would make us bold and unafraid. But, what...
View ArticleShadowy Way: An Invocation for the First Sunday of Lent
Guide us God in this shadowy way we embark upon. We know that it is not ordained that we travel this road. There is no holy obligation to the season of Lent. Rather, we spend this next season taking up...
View ArticlePrayer of Confession: Abundance for All
One: God, we fast in spirit if not in body during this season, Many: but we do not know hunger. One: We sacrifice, Many: but we do not know what it...
View ArticlePrayers of the People: Those Who Aren’t Here
Risen Christ, We gather today at this table to hear a sacred story and to share a sacred meal. Make us mindful of those with whom we gather that we might find your body re-membered in our community....
View ArticleTouch of God: An Invocation for Maundy Thursday
Loving God, we are reminded this week that you bound yourself up in this struggle, this flesh and blood struggle on our behalf. We forget that sometimes. We never stop asking for a fresh touch, but we...
View ArticleRestore Resurrection: Creative Liturgy for Lent
This reflection was included in the order of worship each week during Lent, Holy Week, and Easter Sunday at The Sanctuary along with a photo of the altar table from the week prior. First Sunday of...
View ArticleA Prayer for Labor Day
We trust, O God that you are at work within each of these stories and we trust that you will show us our place within. Make of us the healers and the peacemakers we wish to see. But this Labor Day...
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