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Prelude
"Anthem of Hope" by Anthony DiLorenzo, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. Call to Worship Opening Sentences We remember that your church was born in wind and fire, not to sweep us heavenward like a presumptuous tower, but to guide us down the dusty roads of this world so that we may lift up the downcast, heal the broken, reconcile what is lost, and bring peace amidst unrest. Scripture Lesson: Psalm 40:1-12 Time for Children Call to Confession Unison Confession
God of love, plunge me deep into a sense of sadness at the pain of my sisters and brothers, that I may learn again to cry as a child until my tears baptize me into a person who touches with care those I now touch in prayer: victims of violence, people with broken bodies with broken hearts, with broken lives, whom I remember now in silence before you. Amen. |
Music
“I Waited for the Lord,” Dana Guidroz and Hannah Rice. Proclamation Prayer God of empty tombs, parted waters, and fiery furnaces, remind us to notice and name the miracles in our own stories - life-saving drugs forgiveness flowers a kind word. Stories of extraordinary love. Love offered as an expression of our best selves. God of rainbows, prodigal sons, and lost sheep, teach us to be mindful of the sacred stories of others– second chances faded photos scars a broad smile. Stories of tireless hope. Hope distilled from truth and disappointment, a reflection of our highest aspirations. By Raymond Stubblefield
Invitation Prayer of Dedication There need to be stories; love has to be told, danced, sung and whistled. Love has to be evoked over and over again. Affirmation of Faith The task for a spirituality of survival, liberation, and wholeness is to address the existential and essential brokenness of all creation in a holistic manner, ministering to body, mind, spirit, and the material. Such spirituality remembers God who is the strength of all life, who keeps humankind in harmony with the sacred in our everyday work, and who works for the healing and wholeness of creation. Benediction And so, be at peace. And as you abide in peace, sing the new song that is yours to sing; work for justice; join in God's work of true liberation. Amen Postlude "Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring," Jacy Grannis, viola. |
Worship Notes
The worship leader is Jme Guehring.
The prelude is "Anthem of Hope" by Anthony DiLorenzo, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra.
Website: https://roco.org/
Twitter: @rocohouston
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rocohouston/
Instagram: @rocohouston
The Call to Worship is “Dear Crazy, Crying Heart” from Morning Watch by Barbara Pescan.
The Opening Sentences are from Garth House.
The Unison Confession is adapted from Guerillas of Grace by Ted Loder.
“I Waited For the Lord” is sung by Dana Guidroz and Hannah Rice.
The Prayer of Dedication is a prayer from “Where Love Is, There Is God,” in The Mystery of Death by Dorothee Soelle.
The Affirmation of Faith is from Sisters of Dust, Sisters of Spirit: Womanist Wordings on God and Creation by Karen Baker-Fletcher.
The postlude is played by Jacy Grannis, viola.
The worship leader is Jme Guehring.
The prelude is "Anthem of Hope" by Anthony DiLorenzo, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra.
Website: https://roco.org/
Twitter: @rocohouston
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rocohouston/
Instagram: @rocohouston
The Call to Worship is “Dear Crazy, Crying Heart” from Morning Watch by Barbara Pescan.
The Opening Sentences are from Garth House.
The Unison Confession is adapted from Guerillas of Grace by Ted Loder.
“I Waited For the Lord” is sung by Dana Guidroz and Hannah Rice.
The Prayer of Dedication is a prayer from “Where Love Is, There Is God,” in The Mystery of Death by Dorothee Soelle.
The Affirmation of Faith is from Sisters of Dust, Sisters of Spirit: Womanist Wordings on God and Creation by Karen Baker-Fletcher.
The postlude is played by Jacy Grannis, viola.
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