The Sunday of Complaining

Opening Prayer

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

Holy Mystery, we know it takes little faith
to see the sacred in the extraordinary.

Yet you constantly remind us that sacred faith is in the ordinary,
and it takes courage to believe the mundane can be enough.

As we gather, teach us that grace can emerge
even through the dull, the slightly disappointing,
the not quite right, not quite as we intended,
not really what we hoped; the clumsy,
the awkward, and the imperfect.

Help our act of faith be to accept
who you are as enough for us.

We gather now, as a small part of your larger church,
Praising the name of
God our Creator,
Of Christ, our Savior,
And of the Holy Spirit, our Breath of Life

Amen

(Cheryl Lawrie)

Benediction

Let us close with a benediction.

This day, this step, this path:
you have set us here
so then here may we walk
at our best, to your glory.

Let storms wash our souls clean,
let fires be harnessed for warmth,
let raging rivers inspire passion not fear.

For the Lord is with us as we pass through the waters.
By God’s mercy, the river shall not overwhelm us.
Even in the reckless fires, we will not be consumed.

With your purpose given to us,
may we go forth and serve,
with the creativity of the Mother,
with the mercy of the Son,
and the empathy of the Holy Spirit

Amen

(Rachel Hackenberg)