Janet Sharp

Poetry of N Street Village 2007,

edited by Cynthia Dahlin, pg 8 

CALL TO WORSHIP

Leader: Restoring Hope, you call us home.

People: We expend our hope in service.

 

Leader: Your signs are all around us.

 

People: You leave us a bread crumb trail back to the path you’ve laid out for us.

 

Leader: Restoring Hope, you renew us.

 

All: We are filled with restoring hope.  

INVOCATION

HYMN

WORD FOR THE CHILDREN

SILENCE

RESPONSIVE READING  

Leader: We reach for hope that frees us for God’s call.

 

Voice 1: My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ love.

 

Voice 2: When shadows fall, I rest on God’s unchanging grace.

 

Leader:   We welcome the restoring hope of Christ, bread for the journey of faith.

 

Voice 1:  The love of Christ supports us in the rising flood of doubt.

 

Voice 2:  My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ love.

 

All:         We reach for hope that frees us for God’s call.  

 

SILENCE

PRAYERS  

COMMON CONFESSION

 

Leader: Life is baffling … fear filled … crazy … devilish

 

People: Life is grueling … nerve-wracking … out of control

 

Leader: We close our eyes and lock up our hearts

 

All: Unwilling to bear the suffering of others or our own.  

 

INDIVIDUAL PRAYERS OF CONFESSION

 

ASSURANCE

Leader: Out of the muddle of our lives,

             the Holy One clears our eyes and opens our hearts

             restoring hope to all the world.

 

All: Amen

PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION

 

UNISON PRAYER

 

All: Our Father-Mother in heaven,

       hallowed be your name,

       your kingdom come,

       your will be done,

       on earth as in heaven.

 

       Give us today our daily bread.

       Forgive us our sins

       as we forgive those who sin against us.

       Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil.

 

       For the kingdom,

       the power and the glory are yours,

       now and for ever. Amen.

 

HYMN  

 

THE WORD

SCRIPTURE

SERMON

 

SILENT REFLECTION

 

OFFERING

SHARED REFLECTIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

HYMN BENEDICTION

 

Leader: Hopeful Maker of muddles and mudpies,

             Meld our messiness into your mystery.

             Help us to go forth, restoring hope in the world.

People: Amen

 

Worship Resources

Responsive Reading: Adapted from Hymn 403,

 

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