These confessional prayers were created to accompany the Advent sermon series “Joy to the World.” The bold text is spoken by the whole 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:Continue reading “Confession Cycle: Joy to the World”
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Call to Worship Cycle: Joy to the World
These opening words for worship were created to accompany the Advent sermon series “Joy to the World.” 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.” WeekContinue reading “Call to Worship Cycle: Joy to the World”
Prepare Him Room: Advent Candlelighting Liturgies
These liturgies highlight the preparatory nature of Advent. They are paired with verses from Joy to the World. The pieces of the liturgy may be split as desired among readers.
Call to Worship Cycle: It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
These opening words for worship were created to accompany the sermon series “It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Spiritual Wisdom from Fred Rogers.” 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:Continue reading “Call to Worship Cycle: It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Communion Liturgy
This Communion Liturgy was written to accompany the sermon series “It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Spiritual Wisdom from Fred Rogers.”
Litany of Dedication: Entrusted
This responsive litany of dedication is appropriate to the blessing of financial pledges, offerings, or simply recommitting our energies to the church for a new year. It was created in concert with the sermon series Entrusted Treasures. God, you have trusted us to worship: we trust our gifts of money, skills, and presence to thisContinue reading “Litany of Dedication: Entrusted”
Confession Cycle: Entrusted Treasures
These unison confessional prayers were created to accompany the stewardship sermon series Entrusted Treasures 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: “Entrusted Treasures” Gracious God, forgive uswhen we discount the powerContinue reading “Confession Cycle: Entrusted Treasures”
Entrusted Treasures: Call to Worship Cycle
These Calls to Worship were created to serve alongside the stewardship sermon series, Entrusted Treasures
Affirmation: Providence (Heidelberg Catechism)
The Heidelberg Catechism was written in 1562 to reconcile different theological perspectives within various groups of the Reformation. It is written in question and answer form so that it can be memorized. The Heidelberg Catechism was brought to America by the pilgrims and remains influential for American faith. Below is an excerpt from 4.001.
Prayers of the People: An Expanded Lord’s Prayer
Each week, without fail, we pray as you taught us, your best, simple, most honest words. So we pray now, again and again, Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Holy is your name, God. It’s holy when we don’t feel your presence.
Commissioned: A Communion Liturgy for Luke 10:1-10
Invitation to the TableGod sends us outbut before that,God gathers us inaround this tableone last mealto fuel up for the road ahead.
A Prayer for New Elders
This prayer is appropriate for an ordination/installation service of elders or for the opening of a session meeting. God of grace,pour out your Holy Spirit on [names],that they may be your faithful elders in this church. Give them creativity and sound judgment,wisdom and courageto order the life of the churchin obedience to your Word. HelpContinue reading “A Prayer for New Elders”
Second Chances (Communion Liturgy for Easter 3C)
Invitation to the Table See what God has done: what we thought would be the Last Supper God has turned into the Everlasting Supper
Burn Down to Embers (Ash Wednesday Prayer of Confession)
Holy One, burn down to embers the fires that rage within us of anger, jealousy, self-righteousness.
Confession Cycle: Walking the Hard Road
These unison confessional prayers were created to accompany the Lenten sermon series “Walking the Hard Road: When Faith is Challenged.” 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: “When We are OfferedContinue reading “Confession Cycle: Walking the Hard Road”
Call to Worship Cycle: Walking the Hard Road
These opening words for worship were created to accompany the Lenten sermon series “Walking the Hard Road: When Faith is Challenged.” 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.Continue reading “Call to Worship Cycle: Walking the Hard Road”
Affirmation: Scripture (Confession of 1967)
Our affirmation of faith is excerpted from the Confession of 1967, the first contemporary American creed. The Confession of 1967 draws heavily on the idea of reconciliation as it aims to address the role of the church in the modern world. This is an excerpt from the longer confession.
Affirmation: Gospel (Second Helvetic Confession)
The Second Helvetic Confession is one of twelve statements of faith from our Book of Confessions, composed in 1561 by Heinrich Bullinger, a Reformed minister serving in Zurich, Switzerland during the emergence of Swiss-German Reformed Protestantism. The following is excerpted from the longer confession.
Affirmation: Sanctification (Shorter Westminster Catechism
The Westminster Confession of Faith, one of twelve statements of faith from our Book of Confessions, was developed between 1643 and 1649 to settle theological disputes between the English government and the Church of England. These questions come from the Shorter Catechism, designed by a prominent Cambridge mathematician for children to memorize and repeat. TheContinue reading “Affirmation: Sanctification (Shorter Westminster Catechism”
Promises: Advent Candlelighting Liturgies
These liturgies, which highlight the preparatory nature of Advent, were designed to accompany the “Promises” series. They are paired with verses from O Come, O Come Emmanuel. The pieces of the liturgy may be split as desired among readers.
Deep Well Worship 