Written January 27, 2019
Isaiah 25:6–8 "On the mountain, God will serve a feast"
Matthew 11:28–30 "Come all who are weary"
​Revised Common Lectionary Year A

One: Come, all who are thirsty.
All: The hour has come
One: Come, all who are weary and heavy-laden.
All: The hour has come
One: Come to the Lord's table, come to the mountain of the Lord, come to the party. 
All: The hour has come
One: In this place, today, for us, the Lord has made a feast of fat things, a feast of well-aged wines.
All: The hour has come
One: A feast of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.
All: The hour has come
One: Come to the party, all who are thirsty, for I shall give you wine.

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.

Congregational Prayer
Written February 9 2020
Revised Common Lectionary Year A
Matthew 5:13–20 “You are salt of the earth”
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God of salt, who satiates, fills our bellies, pleases our palettes, God of all juicy, rich, delicious things, we shout out our gratitude to you today:

[Congregation shares gratitudes aloud]

God who seasons us through and through, we are too often content to be bland. We sprinkle you on top of daily life, an afterthought, rather than letting your saltiness get deep into our bones, giving it time to do its work of changing us. We are too often content to live lives of shallow, diluted flavors, foregoing the depth you have already offered us. We are too often afraid to be bold.

God, the savor of life, pour out your presence and love on every one among us who is hurting today:

[Congregation shares petitions. Get salty with God; ask God to come, do, heal]

God you made us salt of the earth. Give us a craving to live that abundant life. Give us the stomach to be spicy. Give us the courage to be bold.

Amen.

Beloveds, come forward, and as a sign of assurance that God hears and cares and responds, receive a taste of salt.

[Give everyone who comes up a few flakes of salt. Kosher salt, obviously]