Joyce Borger

A Christmas call to worship from Psalm 97 for four readers

A Christmas call to worship from Psalm 96, Titus 2:11, 14, and Isaiah 9:6 for five readers and congregation, and it includes candle lighting.

A Lord's Supper service written to accompany the "Grounded and Growing—Advent and Christmas" series, but it could be used as a stand alone service.

This litany on Psalm 122—with optional candle lighting—reflects our journey towards Christ, a pilgrimage from darkness to light. As we come closer to Christ our desire for justice and peace grows. This is why Christ came into this world. This is the Advent journey of hope.

This service is part of a larger Grounded and Growing series that began with Advent and Christmas. You can learn more about the Advent and Christmas series here.

In response to all the fear, insecurity, and chaos that fills our lives God says, “Be still, and now that I am God!”. Regardless of what it may look like from our vantage point, God is in control; Christ sits on the throne. No human can compare. This litany on Psalm 46 is interspersed with passages from the Revised Common Lectionary, Year C.

In the face of difficulties let us not lose heart; let us not grow weary of fighting for justice; let us not stop working to build God’s kingdom; let us not lose hope. It is hope that gives us the resilience we need, the strength to continue the work God has called us to do, and the joy to testify to God’s goodness. A great psalm to turn to as an act of resistance to the fear that may be growing around us is Psalm 98. This post includes the psalm adapted from the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, and divided between a number of speakers as part of a conversation.