Summer 1998: A Basket of Summer Fruit

Seekers Church:
A Christian Community
In the Tradition of the Church of the Saviour

Summer 1998

A Basket of Summer Fruit

Silent Reflection

God smiles when I reach out
for one more kiss
because it feels so wonder full.

Christ is swimming
in the drop of water on your cheek.
Is that a tear?

We make Spirit when we dance.
Do you see it in the air around you?

Can eating watermelon
be communion with the universe?

I am created in God’s image,
and my mouth loves buttered corn.

Does God’s mouth love?

Peter Bankson.

Prelude

Call To Worship

Leader:: Summer gardens are blooming.
Fruits and vegetables cover our tables
and delight our senses.

People:

God’s abundance is manifest.
Leader:: All of creation is showered with greening refreshment —
the vitality to bear fruit.
Unison:: Come, worship God.

Invocation

Hymn

Silence

Litany of Summer

Leader:: In summer we find ourselves
caught up in different rhythms.
People:: We love the longer days,
and yearn for time to rest and play.
Leader:: And yet our work goes on;
the needs of others do not go away.
People:: Just when we’d like to rest,
the time of harvest is upon us,
and the heat seems like it will never end.
Leader:: Christ is beside us in the sun-baked fields,
offering the living water he carries for us all.
People:: God gives us summertime,
and different rhythms, too.
Unison:: God gives, and that is good.

Silence

Prayers

Common Confession

Leader:: In summer we find ourselves
caught up in different rhythms.
People:: We love vacations for ourselves,
but sometimes begrudge them for others.
We do not want the greater responsibilities
left behind when others go away.
Unison:: We choose the ways we live our lives,
and yet we’re restless with the choices we have made.
O God of summer richness, forgive our selfish ways.

Individual Prayers of Confession

Assurance

Leader:: On the seventh day God rested,
and we can do the same:
God is here to love and re-create us
for the days to come.

Amen.

Prayers of the Community

Hymn

The Word

First Lesson

Silence

Gospel Lesson

Sermon

Silent Reflection

The first Sunday of each month we switch to a Communion Liturgy here.

Offering

Shared Reflections

Announcements

Hymn

Benediction

Leader:: Go forth in joy.
Laugh, and share delight.
Be at ease in your struggles, bold in your loving,
joyful in giving, and graceful in your praying.
Share the fruits of God’s delight.

Amen.