Author Archives: carolhprickett

Confession Cycle: Servant

These confessional prayers were created to accompany the Epiphany sermon series “Servant.” 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 1 Saving God, we confess to carelessnessthatContinue reading “Confession Cycle: Servant”

Call to Worship Cycle: Servant

These opening words for worship were created to accompany the Epiphany sermon series, “Servant.” 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 1 (adapted fromContinue reading “Call to Worship Cycle: Servant”

Send the Light: An Advent Devotional Pack

These simple devotionals are perfect for Christians of all ages, featuring a brief scripture reading and prompt for reflection or action each day. They can be used by an individual or as conversation starters within households. There are enough cards for a full four week Advent season, which make them adaptable and reusable for any year.

Church in Progress

Stewardship comes around every year, and it’s easy to feel we’re just spinning our wheels. This four week stewardship sermon series reminds us that stewardship is a vital part of how we continue to progress as God’s church. Using a stretch from the RCL Year A (Proper 20-24), the series skims through Paul’s letter toContinue reading “Church in Progress”

Church in Progress: Confession Cycle

These unison confessional prayers were created to accompany the stewardship sermon series Church in Progress. 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 1: “Work in Progress” God of grace and mercy, weContinue reading “Church in Progress: Confession Cycle”

How to Create Your Own Sermon Series from the Revised Common Lectionary

I frequently hear pastors say that while their congregations love sermon series, they themselves love the rich resources–preaching helps, liturgy, podcasts, commentaries, and more–curated around the Revised Common Lectionary. The great news for those pastors is that you don’t have to choose between the lectionary and sermon series. With a little pastoral attention and creativity,Continue reading “How to Create Your Own Sermon Series from the Revised Common Lectionary”

All Day: a Confession of Sins for Maundy Thursday

Forgive us, Lord Jesus,because we have betrayed youin a thousand mindless ways.  All day we workwithout working for your kingdom.  All day we talkwithout talking about your love. All day we eat and drinkwithout remembering your goodness. Now the day is nearly over, and we cannot change what we have doneor left undone. But we doContinue reading “All Day: a Confession of Sins for Maundy Thursday”

Confession Cycle: Salve-ation

These unison confessional prayers were created to accompany the Lenten sermon series “Salve-ation: A Lent for Healing and Wholeness.” 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 1: Refuge God of mercy, weContinue reading “Confession Cycle: Salve-ation”

Call to Worship Cycle: Salve-ation

These opening words for worship were created to accompany the Lenten sermon series “Salve-ation: A Lent for Healing and Wholeness.” 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. CarolContinue reading “Call to Worship Cycle: Salve-ation”

Salve-ation: A Lent for Healing and Wholeness

Feeling wounded, parched, or disconnected in this challenging season? This sermon series, which follows the Revised Common Lectionary for Lent Year C, offers a balm for the burned and burned out by drawing close to the grace of experiencing God. While “salve” and “salvation” come from different root words, the English confluence offers us aContinue reading “Salve-ation: A Lent for Healing and Wholeness”

Liturgical Season Starter Pack

The liturgical seasons anchor our day-to-day lives in God’s eternal story. These elegant graphics introduce each of the major liturgical seasons (although, since they vary across traditions, feel free to pick and choose what you need). Share them on social media, add them to newsletters, turn them into bulletin covers, or print them out andContinue reading “Liturgical Season Starter Pack”

Ritual: A Communion Liturgy

Invitation to the Meal We come to this table,again and again,continuously. Sometimes this meal is tedious,a ritual we must get through before we can eat our real lunch. Still we come.  Because sometimes this meal becomes for us—somehow, by some miracle—the very presence of Christ in our midst.  The table is set, as it always is,forContinue reading “Ritual: A Communion Liturgy”

A Litany for Holy Week

This litany is appropriate for the closing of a Palm Sunday service. Today we have hailed you as our champion. Tomorrow distractions will overtake us, and our enthusiasm may fade. Help us keep our eyes on you this week: on Monday, when you clear the temple of greed and deceit;on Tuesday, when you challenge our comfort and ease;onContinue reading “A Litany for Holy Week”

Palm Sunday Confession of Sins

Holy Christ, this is the week we cheer you on a Sunday, fail you on a Thursday, betray you on a Friday, and creep away on a Saturday.  Yet this is the week you ride into danger for us, establish a new covenant of grace for us, pray for us, and die for us. AsContinue reading “Palm Sunday Confession of Sins”

Call to Worship Cycle: Meeting Jesus

These opening words for worship were created to accompany the Lenten sermon series “Meeting Jesus.” 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 1: “WhenContinue reading “Call to Worship Cycle: Meeting Jesus”