based on Romans 8:14-30 God our Parent, your Spirit makes us your children. You set us free from fear and promise us the inheritance of eternal life in Christ. We long for the fulfillment of Christ…

O Lord our rock, our hearts rejoice in you. Holy One, our strength rises up with joy in your deliverance! You know our every action, and you lift up those who stumble. We pray that your peace would…

We praise your greatness, O Lord, and our spirits rejoice in you, our Savior. You looked with favor on your unlikely servant Mary, and she delivered a blessing for all generations. You, the Almight…

Hope: Sunday, November 29, 2020 Today we light the candle of hope. As the flame begins to burn on this first candle of Advent, we are reminded how far we’ve come. From our ancestors of the faith wh…

Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Risen Lord, hear our cry for help – for those surrounded by the shroud of death for those covered by the mantle of dying for those hemmed-in by illness, v…

Creator of Palms and Presence in Passion, you were there. You were there for the triumphant entry – riding a donkey and colt (untied for sacred purpose) on a road covered with cloaks padded w…

Word of God, come to us as you came to Lazarus. Come to the caves of our lives – caves we have created, and caves we have sought; Caves to which we have been sent, caves in which we now resid…

Holy One, Bridger of Distance, Connector of Beings, hear our prayer…. In the midst of non-stop news stories about illness and scarcity, press conferences and cancellations… grant us quiet in our mi…

It has been a long while since we opened a discussion post on LiturgyLink, but these are unusual times… How are you responding to COVID-19 in worship? We know about live-streaming and even ha…

Advent 1 (12/1/19) Based on Psalm 122 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” God’s house is a house of peace. Peace is more than stillness or the absence of fighting…

“O Lord, We Seek” A New Advent Hymn Tune: VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN, Melchior Teschner, 1614 Lyrics by Rev. Elana Keppel Levy, 2019 1. O Lord, we seek the stillness that comes from trust…

Advent 1 — Isaiah 2:1-5 We know the world is not as it should be. God’s Word will spring out of Jerusalem and instruct all. Creation groans for its redemption, for things to be made right. God will…

The nights are fair drawing in— as shadows lengthen, the light of Advent shines. We are counting down the days, looking forward in anticipation. The clock is ticking, and we want to be ready. What …

God of Sarah and Hagar, We praise you for protecting and guiding us. God of Moses and Miriam, We thank you for liberating your children from oppression. God of Peter and Paul, We bless you even in …

Advent Leads Our Hearts Rev. Elana Keppel Levy, 2018 (Tune of “Watchman, Tell Us of the Night”) ABERYSTWYTH (Joseph Parry, 1876) 1. Advent leads our hearts to hope, when we wander lost, alone. Thou…

Call to Confession Friends, the invitation list to the Lord’s Table is larger than any of us could ever imagine. Let us confess the ways in which we have sought to limit that invitation. Confession…

Abundant God, we gather around tables to fellowship with those we love. Food is what sustains us for the journey ahead and we dine with those who you have called to serve with us. Help us widen our…