Offertory Prayer

Invitation to the Offering
The offering you made last week empowered ministry within our congregation and in response to the needs of our community. It also helped support the work of ministries beyond the local church that reach people who are in desperate need to hear the good news of love and redemption. Ministries that bring medical care to the poor and elderly in our own communities, following in the footsteps of Christ who sought to heal and give hope. I invite you once again to give generously as we worship God through the sharing of our gifts, tithes and offerings.
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June 23, 2013 — Fifth Sunday After Pentecost

God of the universe and God of our hearts, speak to us this morning in our giving with your still, small voice. Remind us who we are; remind us whose we are; remind us why we have chosen to follow your Son Jesus the Christ. As we share in this offering today, remind us that when we feel as if we are the last ones left who have not turned from you, that we are not alone. What we do, and what we give is multiplied with the compassion of others. Keep us faithful in that knowledge. We pray this in the name that is above all others, Jesus the Christ. Amen. (1 Kings 19:1-15a)

Written by Ken Sloan, Director of Stewardship for GBOD. http://www.gbod.org/lead-your-church/offertory-prayers

Monday, October 29, 2012

Lectionary Choices for this Sunday

The lectionary provides a choice for the upcoming Sunday. All Saints Day is November 1, but churches that don't have worship services that day may celebrate this occasion on the first Sunday of November. Otherwise, this Sunday is the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost.

Readings for 22nd Sunday after Pentecost:
Job 42:1-6, 10-17; Psalm 34:1-8 (9-22); or
Jeremiah 31:7-9; Psalm 126;
Hebrews 7:23-28;
Mark 10:46-52;

Readings for All Saints Day:
Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9; or Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 24;
Revelation 21:1-6a;
John 11:32-44

The GBOD offers suggestions for liturgy for All Saints Day.
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