It’s the Little Things: Call to Worship Cycle

These opening words for worship were created to accompany the sermon series “It’s the Little Things” The bolded words are spoken by the congregation. You are welcome to use or adapt these liturgies for worship, with credit. When printing these liturgies, please use the following credit line: “Prayer by Rev. Carol Holbrook Prickett.”

Week One: Bread Crumbs and Bravery

Come, now is the hour of worship.
All the little things are ready.
The guitars* are tuned, the bread is cut.
The prayers are written, the thermostat is on. 
And you are here. 
It is more than enough. Let praise arise!

*or piano, or organ, or whatever instrumentation you use

Week 2: Sparrows and Sustenance (from Psalm 84)

How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, 
where she may lay her young, at your altars.
Happy are those who live in your house, ever singing your praise.

Week 3: Coins and Constancy

What have you brought today?
A song to sing, a prayer to pray.
A lesson to teach, a can of soup.*
A spark of faith, a story of hope.
It doesn’t look like much, but to me, it’s everything.
It doesn’t look like much, but to God, it’s everything.

*feel free to substitute any kind of mission project your church engages in, or you can simply substitute “a love of neighbor”

Week 4: Heaven in Hiding

It all begins with something small. 
A seed planted in the ground; yeast mixed into dough;
a whispered prayer; a stirring in the heart.
It all begins with something small.
From those small things, we build a faith filled life.
From those small things, God’s kingdom grows!