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Responsive Communion Liturgy for Maundy Thursday

The Lord’s Supper

Confession Cycle: ReLent. Restore. Renew.

These unison confessional prayers were created to accompany the Lenten sermon series “ReLent. Restore. Renew.” 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: “A New World” Merciful God, we confess that weContinue reading “Confession Cycle: ReLent. Restore. Renew.”

Call to Worship Cycle: ReLent. Restore. Renew.

These opening words for worship were created to accompany the Lenten sermon series “ReLent. Restore. Renew.” 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:Continue reading “Call to Worship Cycle: ReLent. Restore. Renew.”

Psalm 51 Expanded (A Prayer of Confession for Ash Wednesday)

This prayer of confession is interspersed with the language of Psalm 51.

Communion Liturgy for Epiphany 5B

Invitation to the Meal This is the table where we both learn to serve and to be served. Both giving and receiving grace are part of our call.

Celebration of Our Baptism

This celebration of baptism and of the Spirit’s work in our lives is interspersed with the verses of “Breathe on Me, Breath of God,” which can be found in the PC(USA) Glory to God Hymnal, no. 286.

Confession Cycle: Rise Up

These confessional prayers were created to accompany the Epiphany sermon series “Rise Up” 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: “Rise Up” Holy God, forgiveContinue reading “Confession Cycle: Rise Up”

Call to Worship Cycle: Rise Up

These opening words for worship were created to accompany the Epiphany sermon series “Rise Up.” 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: “Rise Up” Arise,Continue reading “Call to Worship Cycle: Rise Up”

Prayers of the People: Advent Peace

Holy, beloved God,we come before you seeking strength,and comfort,someone to help us bear the load,or to give us a load worth bearing. In our praying give us open ears to hear your assurancesand open hearts to feel your peace,even as we say together: God of peace,hear our prayers.

Slowing Down the Season: Advent Candlelighting Liturgies

These liturgies were developed alongside a sermon series, “Christmas Without the Crazy.” They lift up the value of slowing down and focusing on the simple gifts of Christ in a busy season. The pieces of each liturgy may be split among groups as desired.

Call to Worship Cycle: Christmas Without the Crazy

These opening words for worship were created to accompany the Advent sermon series “Christmas without the Crazy.” 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: Christmas Without the Crazy”

Confession Cycle: Christmas Without the Crazy

These confessional prayers were created to accompany the Advent sermon series “Christmas Without the Crazy.” 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: Christmas Without the Crazy”

A Communion Liturgy for All Saints’ Sunday

Invitation to the Meal We come to this table, not because it itself is so special, but because it is an echo of another table, a table that stretches as far as the eye can see

Affirmation: Church (Second Helvetic Confession)

Our Affirmation of Faith is adapted from the Second Helvetic Confession, composed in 1561 by Heinrich Bullinger, a Reformed minister serving in Zurich, Switzerland during the emergence of Swiss-German Reformed Protestantism. It is known for its particular focus on the life of the church. This affirmation is excerpted from the longer confession.

Affirmation: Mission (Confession of 1967)

This 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.

Affirmation: Our Response (Brief Statement of Faith)

This affirmation is adapted from The Brief Statement of Faith, one of twelve statements of faith from our Book of Confessions. The Brief Statement of Faith is the product of the two major branches of the Presbyterian church reuniting in 1983. It was designed for use in worship and employs modern language to express our storiedContinue reading “Affirmation: Our Response (Brief Statement of Faith)”

Prayers of the People: Joys and Sorrows All Mixed Up

Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer God, We come before you this morning with full hearts, with joys and sorrows all mixed up together. We rejoice in the beauty and miracle and majesty of creation. We rejoice that our children can go to school, and we rejoice in the teachers who give their time and energy to serveContinue reading “Prayers of the People: Joys and Sorrows All Mixed Up”

Affirmation: The People of God (Brief Statement of Faith)

The Brief Statement of Faith is one of twelve statements of faith from our Book of Confessions. Printed here is an abridged version of its full form. This affirmation is the product of the two major branches of the Presbyterian church reuniting in 1983. The Brief Statement was designed for use in worship and employsContinue reading “Affirmation: The People of God (Brief Statement of Faith)”

Prayers of the People: In the Summer

Believing we have an ever-present companion in God, who laughs with us in joy and weeps with us in pain, let us share our prayers with God.

Prayers of the People: Trinity Sunday

On this day, Living God, we celebrate that you are not distant from us,not trapped in a temple or secluded in the heavens,but right here with us, in every time and place.