"Our Shepherd Leads Us"—Call to Worship Based on Psalm 23

Published October 22, 2026

Updated October 22, 2026

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This call to worship originally appeared in "The Lord, Our Shepherd—Lent 2: He makes me lie down in green pastures..."

Call to Worship

Our Shepherd leads us and gathers us today to worship:
Led into green pastures
and beside quiet waters,

We come to worship.

Led out of want
and into restoration,

We come to worship.

Led by righteous paths
and for the sake of our God’s good name,

We come to worship.

Led through dark valleys of death’s shadow
and out of our fears,

We come to worship.

Led towards the house of the Lord
and secure in our shepherd’s presence,

We come to worship.
—Bethany Besteman © 2025 ReformedWorship.org, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Used by permission.


Revised Common Lectionary

Year A: Lent—Fourth Sunday in Lent
Year A: Easter—Fourth Sunday of Easter
Year A: Season after Pentecost—Proper 23 (28)
Year B: Easter—Fourth Sunday of Easter
Year B: Season after Pentecost—Proper 11 (16)
Year C: Easter—Fourth Sunday of Easter"