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    Calls to Worship (UIW1)

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    Calls to Worship

    From Uniting in Worship 1

    Scripture Sentences

    These Sentences may be sa[...]ur dwelling. Psalm 43:3


    3

    Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness;
    let th[...]
    [...]oming, and now is,
    when the true worshippers will worship the Father
    in spirit and in truth,
    for such the Father seeks to worship him. John 4:23


    12

    God is spirit,
    and those who worship God
    must worship in spirit and in truth.[...]
    [...]. Philippians 2:7




    Other Calls to Worship


    1

    Let us worship God:
    This house of prayer is a house of grace.
    We[...]the untested,
    not to enjoy our own decency
    but to worship a holy God,
    not to practise positive thinking
    but to be caught up in God’s joy.

    2

    Come, let us worship God,
    who has called us to be a holy people[...]
    [...]nd power
    still comes to us,
    calls us here.
    Let us worship God.

    5
    Lord, we are clay:
    and you are the[...]
    [...]r, we are the whole people of God;
    our praise and worship united around the world.

    10

    Seeking direction for our lives:
    we come to worship God.
    Longing for peace within our lives:
    we come to worship God.
    Needing healing within our lives:
    we come to worship God.
    Yearning for wholeness in our lives:
    we come to worship God.

    11
    For three appropriate voices:

    I am an older person.
    I bring wisdom and experience to worship.
    I am a young adult.
    I bring questions and issues to worship.
    I am a child.
    I bring simplicity and vitality to worship.
    I am an older person.
    I bring simplicity and vitality to worship.
    I am a young adult.
    I bring wisdom and experience to worship.
    I am a child.
    I bring questions and issues to worship.
    I am an older person.
    I bring questions and issues to worship.
    I am a young adult.
    I bring simplicity and vitality to worship.
    I am a child.
    I bring wisdom and experience to worship.
    The people say:

    Together we are th[...]is too great for us,
    that holy awe takes over and worship can begin in spirit and truth.
    Let everyon[...]
    14

    We are here
    in the name of Jesus Christ,
    to worship the God who gives us life and sustains it,[...]
    [...];
    each one a member of the body of Christ.
    Let us worship God, one-in-three and three-in-one,
    united in our[...]men.

    20

    Stretch out your hands. Be restored.
    We worship our God
    who calls us to renewal.
    Open your ears. Respond to God’s call.
    We worship our God
    who chooses to speak with us.
    Huma[...]
    O God, reveal yourself to us,
    that we might worshipworship God, our companion
    in triumph and in trial.

    23[...]rit, the life-giver.
    Praise to the living God.
    We worship the God of life.

    24

    Hear the voice of God:
    we come to worship the One who calls us.
    Hear the voice of God:
    we come to worship the One who speaks.
    We hear the voice of G[...]
    [...]in thanks for your blessings.
    You are our God.
    We worship you;
    we find our life in you.

    28

    We meet[...]
    [...]e be fed and restored in you.

    32

    We are here to worship God,
    whose deeds are crowned with glory.
    Nothing[...]s
    for the God who redeems us.
    So when you come to worship,
    praise and exult as much as you can!
    Wond[...]
    [...], O my soul;
    do not forget God’s goodness.

    35

    Worship is a coming to our senses
    in the presence of holy love.
    Worship is catching our breath
    in the presence of God’s pure beauty.
    Worship is awareness that our frailty does not matter.
    Worship is realising that we are infinitely cherished.
    Then let us worship God!

    36

    We are here
    in the name of Jesus Christ,
    to worship the God who gives us life and sustains it,[...]
    37

    Come, let us worship God,
    who has called us to be a holy people[...]
    41

    God’s Spirit calls to our spirits,
    inviting us to worship.
    God’s Spirit calls to our spirits,
    invi[...]w in faith,
    calling us to be made new.
    We come to worship in this season of the Spirit.
    Amen.

    42

    You will[...]ove kindness, and to walk humbly with God.
    Let us worship God.

    44

    May the God who dwells beyond us
    and th[...]us to dwell together
    bless us now as we gather in worship.

    45 Especially where there is a prayer[...]
    Seasonal Calls to Worship


    Especially for Advent (46-49)

    46

    God com[...]liberating, and redeeming.
    Let us rejoice in our worship;
    let us be open to God’s leading.
    We wil[...]
    [...]The Magi bring gifts.
    We bring our worship and praise.


    Especially for the Bapt[...]
    [...].
    Christ is risen!
    Christ is risen indeed!
    Let us worship God!
    Amen!

    62

    This is the season of Easter:
    the[...],
    the music of gladness,
    the hymn of love.
    Let us worship our life-giving God!
    [...]ll upon God, Abba, Father,
    as children and heirs.
    Worship the one God in spirit and truth.
    Holy, holy, holy[...]od’s Son,
    as sisters and brothers, joint heirs.
    Worship the one God in spirit and truth.
    Holy, holy, holy[...]l the Spirit-wind of God,
    blowing where it wills.
    Worship the one God in spirit and truth.
    Holy, hol[...]
    [...]‘O Lord, open our lips’ are from Patterns
    for Worship, London: Church House Publishing, 1995.

    The pray[...]of ash
    and rainbows, a resource book of words for worship, revised edition 2003)
    and ‘Have you head the n[...]s ‘No church or cathedral’, ‘We are here to worship God’, ‘If you
    come in here knowing that you are flawed’, ‘We are here’, ‘Worship is a
    coming to our senses’, ‘We are he[...]
    The prayer ‘Christ has risen’ is from Worship for an Easter People, vol. V by
    Frederick[...]

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