Sunday, September 30, 2012

Holding Together in God's Family



On Sunday, October 7, 2012 the Church of the Nativity UCC is departing from the usual lectionary readings and along with celebrating World Communion Sunday, we are also concluding our celebration of the Season of Creation with Humanity Sunday.  However, for those of you using the recommended readings, here is a Call to Worship based on Psalm 8.  Please feel free to use or adapt it as you wish.


Call to Worship   from Psalm 8

L: God our Creator and Ruler, all the earth praises your majestic name!
P: The light of your glory shines in the heavens above!
L: The miracle of babies reveals your love so powerfully
     that your enemies turn speechless.
P: We marvel at the night sky, the vast spangled heavens you made,  
      with the moon and the stars you put in place.
L: Then we wonder, why do you even care about human beings?
     Why do you bother with us, poor little balls of dust that we are?
P: Yet you have created us just slightly less than angels,
     and given us glory and honor we scarcely deserve.
L: For you have given us charge over this part of your Creation.
    Under our care you have placed farm animals and wild creatures,
    birds soaring, fish diving, and whales singing along the paths of the sea.
All: O God our Creator and Ruler, all the earth praises your majestic name!

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