Doubt and Dedication

 

SEEKERS CHURCH

A Christian Community

In the Tradition of the Church of the Saviour

Recommitment 2003

Doubt and Dedication

 

 

 

REFLECTION

And “faith,” crucially, is not assenting intellectually to a series of doctrinal propositions; it is living in conscious and rededicated relationship to God.

From For the Time Being by Annie Dillard

 

 

PRELUDE

 

SILENCE

 

CALL TO WORSHIP

Leader: There is no less holiness at this time

than there was the day the Red Sea parted.

 

Voice 1: There is no less might in heaven or on earth

than there was the day Jesus said “Maid, arise”

to the centurion’s daughter.

 

Voice 2: There is no less might in heaven or on earth

than there was the day Peter walked on the water.

 

Leader: In any instant the sacred may touch us.

 

All: In every instant we want to be open to God,

to feel God’s touch on our lives.

 

INVOCATION

 

HYMN

 

SILENCE

 

LITANY

Leader: The heavens are telling the glory of God

and the firmament proclaims God’s handiwork.

 

People: We rest in your world and are free.

 

Leader: Day to day pours forth speech

and night to night declares knowledge.

 

People: We hear your word and live.

 

Leader: There is no speech nor are there words;

their voice is not heard.

 

People: We rest in your world and are free.

 

Leader: Yet their voice goes out through all the earth

and their words to the end of the earth.

 

People: We hear your word and live.

 

SILENCE

 

PRAYERS

CONFESSION

Leader: What are we, that you are mindful of us,

that you care for us?

 

People: There is none wise and understanding among us.

 

Voice 1: We speak as the foolish would speak.

 

Voice 2: We have counseled with words without wisdom.

 

Leader: We have asked and not received

because we asked wrongly.

 

All: Today we confess our sins,

and pray for one another, that we might be healed.

 

ASSURANCE

Leader: The mercy and grace of the Holy One

overflows for us with the faith and love

that are in Christ Jesus.

All: Amen.

 

PRAYERS OF THE COMMUNITY

 

HYMN

 

THE WORD

Scripture

Sermon

Silent Reflection

 

OFFERING

 

SHARED REFLECTIONS

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

HYMN

 

BENEDICTION

Leader: Every day the Divine speaks to us,

assuring us of God’s eternal love.

Go out into the world.

Listen for the whisper in your ear,

the shout in the wind.

Go in peace.

 

All: Amen.

 

 

 

Worship Resources: Call to Worship based on a passage from For the Time Being by Annie Dillard; Litany based on Psalm 19; Confession based on James 5:13-16.