Recommitment 2003
Doubt and Dedication
SEEKERS CHURCH
A Christian Community
In the Tradition of the Church of the Saviour
Recommitment 2003
Doubt and Dedication
REFLECTION
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.
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.