Wait…

Opening Prayer

Let us begin our liturgy in prayer as a community.
Our response will be highlighted in yellow.

Restore us, O Living God, by the breath of your Spirit,
for some of us are wilted and weary. Some of us are
anxious for restoration, and wonder if it will happen at all.

Hear our voices crying out amidst the noise,
where we hide to wait for a new day.

Let us not be bound to the earth by our
weariness and tears, but rather swirled about
and lifted up by the wonder of your life within us.

Revive us, O Lord. There is praise to give and
work to be done and surprising life to nurture.

No matter our tired bones, you are
not finished with us. By your goodness
and grace, may we not be finished.

We ask in the name
of our God, the Creator,
of Jesus, the Christ,
and the Holy Spirit, our Breath of Life

Amen

(Rachel Hackenberg)

Benediction

Let us close with a benediction.

Lord, we remember the prophets spoke your name
And waited

Like a farmer waits for the first rain—so too we wait
For the Earth has seen it all
The fire,
The fissures,
It has seen wanderers and the displaced come back home

In the name of a Spirit of Spring
A Christ of peace, peace, peace
And a Creator that goes to prepare rooms,
for all their children

Amen

(Meghan Moore)