God Who Redefines Strength - Call to Worship

Written Jan 20, 2019 
Matthew 5, Beatitudes and turn the other cheek
Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday

Leader One: We come to worship a God who redefines strength...
Leader Two: Blessed are the meek...
One: ...a God who pushes the mountains flat and pulls the valleys level.
Two: ...for they shall inherit the earth.
One: We come to worship an unexpected, counterintuitive God...
Two: Blessed are the peacemakers...
One: ...a God who turns us away from our instinct to lash out, our longing for revenge.
Two: ...for they will be called children of God.
One: We come to worship a God who asks an awful lot of us...
Two: If someone strikes you on the right cheek...
One: ...but a God who does not leave us alone, who walks with us in a human body, who took the greatest of risks, and rose to joyous life.
Two: ...offer them your other cheek also. 
One: So come.
Two: Come to worship God.