Liturgies
Our inclusive language liturgies set the structure and theme of Sunday morning worship. All liturgies are written by the Celebration Circle Mission Group.
Click here for an archive of our liturgies.
Feel free to use what is helpful from these liturgies. We only ask that when substantial portions are abstracted or used in a written work, please credit Seekers Church and cite the URL.
.wp-show-posts-columns#wpsp-4872 {margin-left: -2em; }.wp-show-posts-columns#wpsp-4872 .wp-show-posts-inner {margin: 0 0 2em 2em; } ENTRANCE REFLECTION Being in the world and loving one another…exposes us to wounding, to the giving and receiving of pain. Christ’s wounds … underscore the depth of his willingness to enter into our loving in all its hurt and hope and capacity for going horribly wrong. In wearing his wounds—even in his resurrection—he confronts us with our own and calls us to move through them into new life. Jan Richardson, “Easter 2: The Illuminated Wound” at http://paintedprayerbook.com/2011/04/24/easter-2-the-illuminated-wound/ ENTRANCE REFLECTION In the Empire of God, the means to life are offered to all freely, as a gift, regardless of what has been earned. The God of Jesus: The Historical Jesus and the Search for Meaning ENTRANCE REFLECTION We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that [God] should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at [God’s] love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground. Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out, p. 102 ENTRANCE REFLECTION [T]he experience of mystery comes not from expecting it but through yielding all your programs, because your programs are based on fear and desire. Drop them and the radiance comes. Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor, p. 24 ENTRANCE REFLECTION Sometimes hope is a radical act, sometimes a quietly merciful response, sometimes a second wind, or just an increased awareness of goodness and beauty. “Show Up With Hope: Anne Lamott’s Plan for Facing Adversity,”2019 Easter Liturgy: The Marks of God
GATHERING2019 Lent Liturgy: Citizens of the Empire of God
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Stephen J. Patterson, p. 1452019 Epiphany Liturgy: Witnessing the Goodness of God
GATHERING2018 Advent Liturgy : What Do We Expect?
GATHERING2018 Jubilee: Confessing Our Hope
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National Geographic Magazine, October 2018