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Submit Your Own! August 1, 2010 By David von Schlichten August 1, 2010 10th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C Proper 13 Call to Worship Leader: By the power of the Trinity, People: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Leader: we are rich toward God, People: not toward money and possessions. Leader: Chasing after stuff is vanity, stupid. People: Trusting in God is life, genius. Invocation Teacher-God, you tutor us in priceless wisdom. Grant us the humility and faith to put to death whatever in us is earthly. Through Christ you have renewed us. Alleluia! Yes! Prayer of Confession Leader: Qoheleth-Lord, you have won for us the greatest treasure, new life in Christ. Why are we so foolish? People: We chase after stuff, thinking, “If only I had X, I’d be happy.” Leader: Then we acquire X, but we’re happy only for an hour. People: We indulge in all manner of evil desire. Leader: We lose our tempers, say nasty things about and to each other, bicker about stupid things, and lie. People: We hoard stuff to create security but end up with overstuffed emptiness. Leader: For the sake of the Wisest One, Christ our Lord, forgive us. People: Through the cross, X out our debt. Amen. Words of Assurance Because of the blood of the Rabbi-King, you are trillionaires. All your sins are forgiven. The debt is paid off. Praise the LORD! Prayer of Inspiration Holy Wind, catch us with the Word. Yes. Prayers of the People Your Wisdom is Invincible and Unparalleled. You have given us the Church, which is full of caring leaders. We exalt you for baptism, Scripture, and holy communion. Hear us, Christ. (congregational response: You are all in all.). You have blessed the human race with dazzling diversity. Care for each nation, including every citizen and leader. Help us to care for one another during this season of dangerous weather. Teach us the peace that ends conflicts and unites every soul. Hear us, Christ . . . We get so caught up in chasing after silly things that end up not mattering: money, possessions, fame, sexiness, drinking, eating. Guide us to make you alone our God and to use all those things to your service. Hear us, Christ . . . We are quick to say and do vicious, selfish words and acts against each other and the planet. In the process, we hurt ourselves. Fill us with the courage to stop all that foolish, spinning nonsense and focus on you. Hear us, Christ . . . Over and over you have healed us. Tend to those in need now, including everyone we mention in our minds or with our mouths [Add names.]. Use us as stewards who assist in the healing. Hear us, Christ . . . You may add other praises and petitions here. We breathe these prayers to you, knowing that confidence in you is never vanity. So be it. Yes. Offertory Prayer You have placed treasures in our hands that we now offer to you. Benediction Leader: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, this hour you have piled riches onto our laps. People: We leave to share those riches with a desperate, poverty-stricken world.
David von Schlichten, poedifier July 25, 2010 By David von Schlichten July 25, 2010 9th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C Proper 12
Call to Worship Leader: The Almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, People: has blessed us with the miracle of prayer. Leader: Alleluia! We have a God who listens, cares, and responds with powerful love. People: The Lord listens to us. God’s steadfast love endures forever. Invocation Source of Holy Patience, you care for the lowly and do not abandon the works of your hands. Your compassion is infinite. Increase our wisdom in prayer, that we may grow in our loving service for people in need as part of honoring you. In the name of Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession We give thanks to you, O LORD, with our whole heart, for you have saved us by nailing our record to the cross. Over and over we sin. We surround ourselves with philosophy and empty deceit according to human tradition. We indulge in self-abasement and worship of angels. We puff up with human thinking. We are not patient and generous with others as you have been with us. We are judgmental, quick to label others as Sodom. We ask for mercy. We search. We seek in the name of Christ. Yes. Words of Assurance Through the cross, death, and resurrection, God has rescued us. The Lord has forgiven us, has given us far more than we know to ask for. Alleluia! Prayer of Inspiration Sanctify our proclamation, that it may lead us to the truth. Yes. Prayers of the People Abba, the body, the Church, is full of your saints with Christ as the head. We offer special praise for the apostle James, as well as for Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. We thank you for martyrs such as Olaf, king of Norway. Lord, (congregational response: we hallow your name.). Abba, we are in awe of music, your idea. Incredible! You have given the Church extraordinary musicians, such as Bach, Heinrich Schuetz, and Handel. Alleluia! Lord, . . . Abba, thank you for prayer. Through it you give us healing, instruction, wisdom, assurance, and hope. Lord, . . . Abba, we are grateful for the beauty and simple wisdom of what we call the Lord’s Prayer. We have grown so used to it, we often say it but seldom pray it. Help us to embrace the prayer anew. Lord, . . . Abba, we are grateful for humanity’s magnificent diversity and for the beautiful planet you allow us to live on. Grant us the wisdom to take better care of the planet and one another. Lord, . . . Abba, over and over you respond to our prayers with healing, even if not always the healing we ask for. Care for those in need [Add names.]. Lord, . . . You may add other praises and petitions here. We trust these prayers to you, Abba, confident that you will respond with love-wisdom. In Jesus’ name we praise. Amen. Offertory Prayer Leader: The LORD is high yet cares for the lowly. People: May we care for the lowly through our offering. Yes. Benediction Leader: Yahweh, People: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Leader: empowers and teaches us to pray without ceasing. People: Amen. Yes!
David von Schlichten, poedifier July 18, 2010 By David von Schlichten July 18, 2010 8th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C Proper 11
Call to Worship Leader: We are so busy, insisting our value comes from our busyness. People: For this hour, we sit at the feet of Christ. Leader: By the power of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, People: we have chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from us. Invocation Lord, thank you for leading us to your tabernacle, even though we are unworthy. Help us to listen and learn, open to the ways you refresh us. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord of Hospitality, you have welcomed us in, washed us, and fed us, but we insist on knocking over the furniture with our sin. We often fail to embrace you when you enter our lives. We slander and lie, full of gossip that we claim is somehow beneficial. We think we can buy points with you. We rush around, thinking we don’t have time for listening to you, or we become self-righteous by seeing ourselves as better than the other. For the sake of the firstborn of all creation, forgive us. In the name of Christ we pray. Amen. Words of Assurance Through Christ God reconciles to Godself all things, by making peace through the blood of the cross. Each one of your sins is gone, forgiven, forgotten. God’s heavenly hospitality has healed your heart. Alleluia! Prayer of Inspiration Paraclete, through our sermon, enable us to speak the Word, the Truth, from the heart. Yes. Prayers of the People Lord of Abraham and Sarah, you have promised us new life. You have filled the Church with rebirth. We praise you for Mary Magdalene, one of Christ’s greatest and most misunderstood apostles. We thank you for Church renewers such as Birgitta of Sweden. Teach us to trust in your promises. Jesus Christ, (congregational response: we sit at your feet.). Lord of Sarah and Abraham, you have filled our nation with unmerited blessings. You have graced humanity with innumerable riches. Bring us together. Help us to end war, discrimination, poverty, and injustice. Pull us together to create enduring peace for each other and the planet. Jesus Christ, . . . Elohim of Mary and Martha, help us to strike a balance between our rushing around and our pausing to listen. Jesus Christ, . . . Elohim of Martha and Mary, you serve us healing. Heal all in need [Add names]. Tutor us to be agents in healing. Jesus Christ, . . . You may add other praises and petitions here. We know you hear and care for us. We thank you over and over for your generosity. In the name of the Cosmic Christ we pray and praise. Amen. Offertory Prayer On your holy hill we present a portion of the money you have given us. May it honor you. Benediction Leader: The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the Trinity, People: has shown us hospitality supreme and has promised us life. Leader: We leave to share the Good News, People: the better part. Yes.
David von Schlichten, poedifier July 11, 2010 By David von Schlichten July 11, 2010 7th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C Call to Worship Leader: The Lord, People: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Leader: guide us away from self-justification People: and toward service of those in need, no matter who they are. Leader: May we show mercy People: as Christ has shown us mercy. Invocation You have taught us, Rabbi, that even a Samaritan can be a model of loving service and that we are to be a neighbor to anyone in need. Continue to show us your ways, O LORD, and teach us your paths, that we may love you with all our being, including by helping anyone in need. Amen. Prayer of Confession To you, Adonai, we lift up our soul. False teachings seduce us. We reject your commandments, quick to give up on following them. Full of excuses, we rush by people in need. We are too busy hurrying to church to be a neighbor. We label people as Samaritans and then condemn them, refusing to believe that they are capable of doing good. For the sake of Christ’s suffering on the despised cross, remember not our sins. Lead us in justice, teach us your way. Yes. Words of Assurance God sees you lying by the road and picks you up, washes you clean of sin, restores you. The Lord remembers his compassion and love. God teaches sinners in the Way. Yes! Prayer of Inspiration Through this sermon, teach us, Holy Spirit, to be slow to judge, quick to help. Please. Prayers of the People We turn to you with all our heart and soul, Teacher-Savior. You have made us members of the Church. We praise you for Benedict and monks and nuns around the world. We exalt you for bishops such as Nathan Soederblom and missionaries such as Bartolome de las Casas. Lord of the Jericho-Road, (congregational response: you show us mercy.). We turn to you with all our heart and soul, Teacher-Savior. You have endowed our nation with trillions of blessing-acres. Grant us the humble selflessness to use these blessings for the good of others. Lord of the Jericho-Road, . . . We turn to you with all our heart and soul, Savior-Teacher. We are too eager to throw people into simplistic categories. We condemn others without even knowing them. Fill us with the wise-courage to accept that all people are a mix of good and bad behavior and that you love every single person. Lord of the Jericho-Road, . . . We turn to you with all our heart and soul, Rabbi-Savior. Keep people safe as they plod through this hot, humid weather. Bring healing to everyone in need, including those we mention now. [Add names]. Embolden us to stop and help. Lord of the Jericho-Road, . . . You may add other praises and petitions here. We turn to you with all our heart and soul, Savior-Rabbi, knowing that you hear and answer us, ever leading us to the Promised Land. In your name we pray. So be it. Amen. Offertory Prayer We give back to you some of the fruit that you have given to us, that it may honor you, including by helping those in distress. Benediction Leader: The Three-in-One, People: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Leader: has shown us mercy. People: We go and do likewise. Yes!
David von Schlichten, poedifier July 4, 2010 By David von Schlichten July 4, 2010 6th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C Call to Worship Leader: We praise you for liberating us, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. People: You comfort us as a mother comforts her children. Leader: You send us out to harvest. People: By your power, Satan falls from his place of power. Yes! Invocation God, may we never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Help us to bow down before you, including by bearing one another’s burdens and sharing the Good News through words and actions. In the name of Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession How awesome are your deeds, O LORD. Because of your great strength Satan cringes before you. Snatch us from our sins. We are timid about heading out to share the Good News. We boast in ourselves. We fail to bear one another’s burdens. We are too busy whining to rejoice. We are too busy quibbling over small things that we neglect to help one another in love. By the might of Christ, forgive us. So be it. Please. Words of Assurance Rejoice that your names are written in heaven. By Christ’s Satan-subduing strength, you are saved from each of your sins. Our God has returned us to the living and has steadied our slipping feet. Hallelujah! Prayer of Inspiration Holy Spirit, through this sermon give us the nerve to go out as the laborers. Prayers of the People LORD, you have led the Church so that we can be harvest-laborers. Thank you for reformers such as Jan Hus and other church leaders such as Benedict of Nursia. Keep reminding us that you have granted us authority over evil. God, (congregational response: how awesome are your deeds!). LORD, we cannot begin to thank you for the independence of our nation. Bless President Obama, Congress, and our Supreme Court justices. Lead us to take better care of the planet, to make relief for the poor a higher priority, and to be champions of peace, not war. God, . . . LORD, we thank you for the holiday weekend. Sanctify our celebration, that it may be safe, enjoyable, and edifying. Direct us to take care of the lonely, grieving, and poor. Keep us safe in travel. God, . . . LORD, you have healed us. Heal all in need, including everyone we mention now. [Add names]. Continue to heal the Gulf of Mexico, and wise us up so that we respect Earth instead of abusing Earth. God, . . . You may add other praises and petitions here. We hand these prayers to you, seeing Satan fall from the sky by your power. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen. Offertory Prayer You have extended prosperity to us. We respond by offering a portion of that property to you for the good of others. Yes. Benediction Leader: Almighty LORD, People: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Leader: we bow before you and sing out your name, People: including by serving as your harvest-laborers. Yes.
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