Opening Prayer
We hear you calling, God of all the ages, in this season of life. We hear you calling, even as early disciples heard Jesus calling them: “Follow me.”
We gather today, (by Zoom and phone, behind masks and concern) eager to respond to your call out of the past and into the new world which is being birthed. Grant us assurance you will walk with us, and will not leave us orphaned as we continue to seek the One who is the Light of Life, Jesus, the Christ, Amen.
Prayer of Invitation
Keeper of every moment in eternity,
Walker of our journeys, you call us to lay aside all that entangles us, and to follow you into service to others. You invite us to step into the waters of life and hope,
reaching out to draw others to our side so, that together, we might enter your kingdom of love and joy.
When uncertainty fills every block in our daily planners, you come, Grace's Companion, to offer that hope which anchors us in God's heart; to place our feet firmly on that rock called peace;
to bring us safely to that haven filled with God's steadfast love. God in Community, Holy in One, Rock of every age, we offer the prayer Jesus has taught us, Our Father . . .
