Order of Worship for Sunday 11, October , 2020
Twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Hymn: 385 All People on the Earth Do Dwell

Call to worship: 
Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made.
All: Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Opening prayer (prayer of St. Francis) 
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light; and
where there is sadness, joy.
O, God, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

Scripture Reading: Genesis 1:20-27

Hymn: 15 All Creatures of Our God and King 

Scripture reading: Isaiah 11:6-10

Reflection 

Prayers of the people and the Lord’s Prayer

Offering/blessing
May you be blessed in the Name God, the Creator, Redeemer and of the Sustainer. May you and your animals enjoy life together and find joy with the God who created you. Amen.

Benediction

Hymn: 20 All Things Bright and Beautiful 

Sunday Worship Service for May 10, 2020
Fifth Sunday of Easter
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Hymn: 7 Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth
 
Call to worship 
Like a hen brooding over her young
God is faithful still
Like a bear protecting her newborn cub
God is faithful still
Like an eagle stirring up her nest to teach her young to life
God is faithful still
Like a mother who will not forsake her nursing child
God is faith still
Let us worship mothering God
 
Opening prayer of confession
Loving and nurturing God, we give you praise for the gift of life you have freely given us. You stitched us together in our mother’s womb. You know the number of hairs on our heads. You’ve loved us since before the world began. And yet we go astray. We seek out others to worship. We give ourselves over to idols. Forgive us, merciful God. Reclaim us as your own. May we be reborn into your loving care. (Silent prayer) Amen.
 
Assurance of Pardon
God who formed us and loved us from before the beginning of creation continues to love us and forgive us and welcome us home.
Thanks be to God.
 
Hymn: 686 God of Our Life

Scripture reading
Genesis 22:1-14

Reflection
Apostle’s creed
Offering

Prayers of the people and the Lord’s Prayer

Benediction

Hymn:39 Great is Thy Faithfulness