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  • Pentecost 25–November 14

Pentecost 25–November 14

The New and Living Way of Christ:

Service Prayer for the 25th Sunday after the Pentecost
November 14, 2021

SCRIPTURES:
Daniel 12:1-3 Psalm 16 Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25
Mark 13:1-8

CALL TO WORSHIP (based upon Hebrews 10:22-25)
One: Come into this time of worship by the new and living way in Christ Jesus.

Many: We come with true hearts in full assurance of our faith.

One: Come with joyful expectation.

Many: We gather in full confidence of the gospel’s promise.

One: Let us praise God together and open ourselves to the power of the Holy Spirit

Many: That we may encourage and support each other
to love our neighbors as ourselves
and to be God’s instruments of grace.

PRAYER OF INVOCATION
In you, O God, we find refuge from our turbulent world.
We work each day to bear witness to your justice through our ministries.
While the journey towards true peace that lies ahead is long,
our incremental steps continue to take us closer to that promised day.
Renew in us the strength, faith, and courage we need to persevere
so that the promised day will come when your will
will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen.

LITANY OF CONFESSION
The church year begins with Advent’s hope,
the coming of Christ and the reign of God.
The last liturgical season, Pentecost, is a time to grow spiritually and faithfully.
Today, we are almost at the end of the church year.
Despite our labors, individually and collectively,
Advent’s hope remains far away.
Let us take this time to confess our sins
of omission and commission
that keeps afar that day
when the sound of weeping across the land will be no more.

In response to the words, We beseech you, O God, please sing the following:

Have mercy antiphon Chin

Despite our best efforts, O God, we have not always lived as we should.
Our own short-sightedness and impatience
have led us to make choices based upon our immediate needs over your desires.
Forgive us for our selfish ways.
We beseech you, O God:

Have mercy antiphon Chin

Many of the challenges we have faced have evoked fear in us.
We have let these fears at times overwhelm our faith and trust in you.
Forgive us for our lack of faith in you.
We beseech you, O God:

Have mercy antiphon Chin

We don’t always recognize or acknowledge
that our reticence to embrace the stranger
comes from our own prejudices, O God.
When we do not embrace the stranger,
we lose the blessings and richness of your beloved community.
Forgive us for our biases. We beseech you, O God:

Have mercy antiphon Chin

We see injustices all around:
in the papers, on television, on the web,
or walking through our community.
Yet we often cannot bring ourselves to speak out
or take action against them.
Forgive us for our silence.
We beseech you, O God:

Have mercy antiphon Chin

We know you created this world with enough for everyone.
Yet, in this land of plenty, people know deprivation.
Forgive us that we have not done enough
to sustain and support the sacredness of the common good.
We beseech you, O God:

Let us take this time to pray silently for God’s forgiveness of our sins…..
We beseech you, O God:

Have mercy antiphon Chin

Amen.

WORDS OF ASSURANCE
A cord of love binds us to God.
God will not allow us to enter Sheol or to see the Pit.
We are forgiven and saved by God’s love for us.
Thanks be to God.

OFFERING
Our offering is a faith statement.
By offering our treasure to God,
we believe that what we do here in this church
does make a difference in this world
and that by this offering we will hasten the day when the lame shall leap for joy,
the blind shall see, and that scarcity and deprivation will exist only in our memories.

PRAYER OF DEDICATION
We return a portion of what we have received from you, O God,
in gratitude for all that you have bestowed upon us.
Bless this offering.
Grant that it may continue to sustain and support the ministries of this church
to bring the light of Christ into this community and the world beyond. Amen.

BENEDICTION
What endures is not the edifices we build,
but the work of God that we accomplish
through our ministries in the name of Christ Jesus.
Let us go forth from here empowered by the Holy Spirit
to be God’s instruments of justice rooted in love
to further the work of Jesus and to move us closer to God’s reign of peace.

Words and music for The New and Living Way of Christ: Service Prayer for the 25h Sunday after the Pentecost were written by the Rev. Quentin Chin, member of Church on the Hill in Lenox, MA.

Copyright 2021 Faith INFO Ministry Team, United Church of Christ, 700 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115-1100. Permission granted to reproduce or adapt this material for use in services of worship or church education. All publishing rights reserved.

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