Opening Centering Chant –
I am precious in God’s sight.
You are precious in God’s sight.
All are precious in God’s sight.
Call to Worship
Pastor: Within each of us lies a holy seed.
People: Let us tend it. Let us nurture it.
Pastor: Let us not fear it as it presses its way to the surface.
People: God wants each of us to grow and thrive.
Pastor: The world needs each of us to grow and thrive.
People: Let us be as God designed.
Invocation
Holy One, pour your spirit upon us. Shine within us. Weed out that which chokes life and feed what brings it. Let us grow toward you; ever seeking, ever reaching to be all that you have created us to be. May our time today encourage us to continue to grow. AMEN
Prayer of Transformation
Liberation God,
Help me to peel off the facades that I have built up.
Take off the masks that I have created to protect myself and be what others thought I could or should be.
Remind me of my divine origin and inspire us each to nurture the divine flame within and encourage us to feed that flame in others.
Free us from expectations and revisions that society places on us and work with us to shed the ideas of shouldn’t, can’t, or that is not for you. Clear out our ears so that we might hear you whispering, “Beloved, you got this. Keep going.” Let us listen closely to our heart and with your support, bravely and honestly show who you made us to be. AMEN
Assurance of Pardon
God is our originator, our creator,
In us is the divine fingerprint.
Let us always seek to reveal that wonder within being fully who God created us to be.
Prayer of Illumination
Holy Spirit flow into our heart.
Open our ears and let us hear this spoken word.
May each phrase set upon us and enlighten our understanding of God’s kin-dom and dream. AMEN
Invitation to share
As one body, we do care for one another. This is what God asks of us.
Thus, like the earliest Christians, we gather our gifts together to help all of humanity and the ways of God.
Let us respond to the wonders of God and all of God’s gifts by opening our hands and our hearts.
Prayer of Dedication
God, Receive these gifts as a symbol of our deeper commitment to work together for the coming of your kin-dom of heaven on earth. AMEN
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