Close to Home Words for Worship for Advent–Epiphany (Year C)
Close to Home Words for Worship for Advent–Epiphany (Year C)
[This resource is one of many included in our Close to Home Advent Bundle for Year C]
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A collection of over 60 liturgies, this resource provides fresh language for worship inspired by the RCL scriptures and our Advent theme, Close to Home. For each Sunday in Advent through Epiphany, we provide a Call to Worship, Candle Lighting Liturgy, Call to Confession, Prayer of Confession, Words of Forgiveness, Prayer for Illumination, Call to Offering, Prayer of Dedication, and Prayer of the People. We hope you will copy/paste or adapt these prayers for your corporate worship (with credit).
Liturgy written by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed.
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31 pg PDF Words for Worship document. Liturgy is inspired by the RCL (Year C) and our Close to Home Advent theme and weekly sub-themes. For each Sunday in Advent through Epiphany, we provide:
Call to Worship
Candle Lighting Liturgy for the Advent Wreath
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Words of Forgiveness
Prayer for Illumination
Call to Offering
Prayer of Dedication
Prayer of the People
EXCERPT:
“Invited Home” Call to Worship for Christmas Eve
An unmarried teenage girl was invited—
to carry Christ into this world.
An ordinary carpenter was invited—
to be a father to a child unlike any other.
The shepherds were invited—
outcast and isolated, included at the manger.
The Magi were invited—
foreigners and seekers, included at the manger.
And if she was invited, and he was invited, and they were invited—
then we can trust that we too are invited.
This story is for us.
This love is for us.
Family of faith, this is our invitation. Welcome home.
Amen.
CREDIT INFO:
Liturgy by Rev. Sarah Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org
