Call to Worship

Call to Worship (Based on Psalm 146)

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Will

Suggestion – Use phrases from the hymn “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” to open the reading and as a response to the sections (as shown below)

Sing: (Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!)

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Do not put your trust in rulers, nor in human beings,
for they cannot save.
When their spirit departs, they return to dust,
and on that day all their thoughts and plans perish.Sing: (O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation!)
whose hope is in the Lord their God,
who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
and who keeps truth forever;
who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets prisoners free;
the Lord gives sight to the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous.
The Lord watches over the foreigner and upholds the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked he overthrows.your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the Lord!Sing: (All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near; Praise Him in glad adoration.)

You can then choose to continue singing the rest of the hymn.

After finishing it, you can then transition to the hymn “We, Thy People, Praise Thee”

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Worship Resources for Sunday, 4 November 2007, Proper 26C, Ordinary 31C, Pentecost 23C

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Will

Here are a few prayers and a Call to Worship culled from my Internet research. Click on the links to find even more good material at the respective websites, and make sure to credit the original author if you use their stuff.

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From the Church of Scotland

A Prayer for All Saints
Almighty God,
you have knit together your elect
in one communion and fellowship
in the mystical body of your Son.
Give us grace to follow your blessed saints
in all virtuous and godly living,
that we may come to those inexpressible joys
which you have prepared
for those who perfectly love you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever. Amen.

A Prayer of Confession
O Loving Father,
We have preached but not practised what you have commanded.
We have been heartless and zealous in judgement, and hesitant in compassion.
We have been keen to lay burdens on the shoulders of others,
But have failed to carry the loads which are our own, and ours alone.
We have been self indulgent and adored the honours bestowed upon us,
And have been blind to the effect such selfish living has upon the world’s attitude to the church.
We have cringed in fear, and shied away from the radical, adventuresome, prophetic way of Jesus,
frightened of facing the cost and demands it places upon us.
Time and again we have acted as if we were orphans, and knew not the love of you,
Our Father shown to us in the life and death of Jesus Christ.
Silently and slickly we have masked our shrewdness and greed with disguises of meekness and have lacked true humility,
and exaggerated our importance,
often at the cost of another person’s dignity and worth.
In mercy and grace, compassion and love,
hear this free admission of our blame and our responsibility for repeating the mistakes and crimes of former ages.

These two prayers were taken from www.churchofscotland.org.uk/worship

A Call to Worship from Liturgies Online, written by Rev Moira Laidlaw
based on Psalm 149:1 and Luke 6:27-31
Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song!
Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also;
And from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt.
Give to everyone who begs from you;
and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again.
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song.