Confession

God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit:
We have too often exchanged the worship of the living God for idols of our own imagining.
We remember today:
How we have desired domination
How we have been self-concerned.
We have forgotten the undivided Trinity.
We have forgotten Christ’s death on the cross.
We have forgotten the submission of the Spirit.
Fix our eyes on you.
Forgive us in Christ.
Heal us by the Holy Spirit.
Hear our prayers for Jesus Christ sake.
Amen

 Equality
Galatians 3:23-29

What a joy it is to have a Father

What a joy it is to be an heir

What a joy it is to have put on Christ and so to belong

Our brother has died for us

May we revel in his love,

Rejoice in our differences,

Even as we rejoice in our equality,

The offspring of Abraham,

Heirs according to the promise.

Amen

Gender
Genesis 1

Our Father
You have made us in your image
Male and Female
May we revel in what you have made us to be
Treating all people as bearing the image of God
Even as we shine your glory into the universe
Amen

Truth
Matthew 5:21-29 

Our Father
May we find true truth
May we trust that truth
And then live by truth
Loving the one who is truth
Amen

 

Perseverance in Mission
Acts 18:1-21

 

Our Father in heaven!

What sheer privilege it is to be able to call you father and know it to be true.

We plead for stamina and patient endurance for the task of mission.

We long for courage to persevere faithfully in the face of opposition.

May the gospel so burn in us that it keeps us steadfast and fills us with joy,

So that others may also know your fatherhood.

Amen

Can Religion Save? 

Acts 17:16-34

Father you have commanded all people everywhere to repent.
Forgive our religion.
Forgive our worship of other gods.
You have raised Jesus from the dead so that we can be certain
May we join with the saints of ages as we too believe.
Secure in the salvation that you have won for us.
And send us to speak for you the great and mighty God.
Amen

One Thing for a Successful Life
Acts 17:1-15 

Father of mission
Give us noble hearts to receive the word with eagerness.
May the Bible be open in our lives
May we daily examine the Scriptures to see if Jesus is the Christ.
May we receive him with eagerness…even as we receive what you have said to us
May we be persuaded and then believe.
Amen