CALL TO WORSHIP

Leader: Blessed be the Spirit

People: Blessed be the Spirit in our midst.

Leader: Blessed be the Spirit

People: Blessed be the Spirit of life in whose light we

blossom.

Call to Awareness

Liturgist: God’s mysteries are deep.

People: God’s love is unfathomable.

Liturgist: We are blessed abundantly.

People: We walk in grace.

Liturgist: The measure you give is the measure you get.

People: May our giving be free, may our loving be beyond measure.

Call to Awareness (Worship)

Leader: God is our strength and our song

People: God has become our salvation

Leader: Where shall we look when doubt assails us?

People: To the one whose freedom yields the truths of our lives.

Leader: What shall we say to those who think our faith is foolish?

People: God’s steadfast love endures forever; God’s freedom is beyond measure.

Call to Awareness

People: God be praised for still waters that run deep and joy that overflows

Prayer of Invocation We gather in peace, we gather in love, we gather in thanksgiving, O God.

We celebrate the blessings of life you bestow and the gifts and graces you offer.

With hearts united and hopes joined we celebrate the life-giving ministry of Jesus in whose name we pray and in whose service we stand. Amen.