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call to worship – based on Psalm 111

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submitted by Michael Morgan, organist, Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia; seminary musician, Columbia Theological Seminary; and author of the Psalter for Christian Worship

One: Praise the Lord! In the company of the saints above and beside us, let us give thanks to the Lord our God!
All: Great are the works of the Lord, full of honor and majesty,  whose righteousness endures forever.
One: The Lord is gracious and merciful; the work of God’s hands are faithful and just.
All: God’s covenant is established forever in truth and justice.
One: Our redemption is in the name of our Lord.
All: Holy and awesome is God’s name in all the earth!

CTW: it’s time

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Submitted by Scott Cervas, Pastor, Meadowthorpe Presbyterian Church (Lexington, KY)

It’s time! God’s intended reality for creation is approaching at full speed!
Change the way you think and live, and trust that the world is going to change.
God is calling us out of our hardened shells of personal religion,
and into this community that draws us together today!
So let’s be gathered together…and let’s worship God!

CTW: here i am

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Submitted by Rev. Stephanie Wing, member-at-large in Transylvania Presbytery.

The Creator calls into being all of Creation.
Here I am!
The One who never slumbers nor sleeps
has awoken us from our rest,
called us out from the comfort of our beds,
and led us to this place this morning.
Here I am!
Perhaps you are here joyfully,
but maybe for your neighbor it was a struggle to get here.
Maybe your mind is elsewhere –
on the stack of bills that must be paid,
the to-do list that runs off the page,
or perhaps there is something bigger on your minds.
You might be content, happy, peaceful, tired, troubled, or just plain bored.
Even so…
Here I am!
Still, it is not about us.
We are here because we have been created and called together
to worship and glorify God’s name.
Let us respond to that call with out worship this morning.
Here I am!

call to worship – based on Psalm 62

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submitted by Michael Morgan, organist, Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia; seminary musician, Columbia Theological Seminary; and author of the Psalter for Christian Worship

One: For God alone our souls wait in silence, for our hope is from God.
All: God alone is our rock and our salvation; we will not be shaken.
One: Our God sends deliverance and honor.
All: Like a mighty rock, God is our refuge.
One: Trust in God always, for God is power and grace.
All: Steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord.
One: Brothers and sisters, praise the Lord!
All: The Lord’s name be praised!

CTW: You know us well

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Submitted by Rev. Martha Spong, pastor at North Yarmouth Congregational Church, North Yarmouth, Maine.

 

One: We come to worship God, who knows us better than we know ourselves.
Many: We come to worship God, who can understand our thoughts, who knows when we sit down and when we get up and go.
One: O God, you know us well, in all the ways. Before we say a word, you know what is coming.
Many: Wherever we go, you are there. It’s hard to believe, but it’s the truth.
One: Let us worship God, who knows our hearts and our lives.