Responsive Reading from A Song of Faith
Sung Response: Refrain of “Sing a New Song”The fullness of life includes
moments of unexpected inspiration and courage lived out,experiences of beauty, truth, and goodness,
blessings of seeds and harvest,
friendship and family, intellect and sexuality,
the reconciliation of persons through justice
and communities living in righteousness,
and the articulation of meaning.
And so we sing of God the Spirit,
who from the beginning has swept over the face of creation,
animating all energy and matter
and moving in the human heart.
We sing of God the Spirit,
faithful and untameable,
who is creatively and redemptively active in the world.
The Spirit challenges us to celebrate the holy
not only in what is familiar,
but also in that which seems foreign.
We sing of the Spirit,
who speaks our prayers of deepest longing
and enfolds our concerns and confessions,
transforming us and the world.
Sung Response: Refrain of “Sing a New Song”
Call to Worship
We offer worship
as an outpouring of gratitude and awe
and a practice of opening ourselves
to God’s still, small voice of comfort,
to God’s rushing whirlwind of challenge.
Through word, music, art, and sacrament,
in community and in solitude,God changes our lives, our relationships, and our world.
We sing with trust. Come, let us worship God!
Responsive Reading and Call to Worship excerpted from A Song of Faith:
1. We Praise You, Creator - 293
2. Give To Us Laughter - 624
3. Healer of Our Every Illl - 619
4. He Touched Me ( printed)
Psalm 147 - 868, 869
Offering Prayer/Song - 542
