Little Linking Bits
Prayers for a worship service ... the little bitty linking bits
includes short prayers of welcome, prayers for the Offering, Biblical
includes short prayers of welcome, prayers for the Offering, Biblical
Prayers of welcome
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Welcome to worship
In the name of Jesus Christ, risen from the grave, I welcome you Thanks and praise to God Women and men, boys and girls, all are welcome in the house of God God's Spirit is with us. Alleluia! We gather in the company of all faithful people, saints, martyrs, servant leaders, artists, care-givers, risk-takers, dishwashers, priests, teachers and missionaries. We celebrate our mothers and fathers in Christ. Alleluia! Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ Thanks and praise to God All are welcome in the house of God God's Spirit is with us. Alleluia! God is good! All the time! All the time – God is good! Here and everywhere Praise the Lord! Now and every day Praise the Lord! |
Spring has come! Christ brings new life!
Thanks and praise to God! We are God’s people, signs of hope - We are God’s people, born of Spirit. So welcome friend and stranger - All are welcome, all belong. "Be welcome here" says Holy Spirit "Be welcome here" we reply Short prayer (‘collect’) God our Mother, you hold our life within you, you nourish us with your own body, and teach us to walk on our own. Help us so to receive your tenderness and respond to your challenge that others may draw life from us, in your name we pray, Amen. |
Praying before a sermon
Living Lord, speak again your Word to us
in the words we speak and hear
in the stirrings we strain to hear
and in truth beyond sound or tongue. Amen.
Jesus, they called you Teacher -
teach us in this time and place
inspire us with your very own spirit
so that we may follow you step for step. Amen.
"May we be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and insight, so that in our living we may bear fruit worthy of the Lord as we grow in our understanding of God."
Colossians 1:9-10
Spirit of God, breathe in our breathing, speak through our words and whisper in the silence, through Christ the living Word. Amen.
in the words we speak and hear
in the stirrings we strain to hear
and in truth beyond sound or tongue. Amen.
Jesus, they called you Teacher -
teach us in this time and place
inspire us with your very own spirit
so that we may follow you step for step. Amen.
"May we be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and insight, so that in our living we may bear fruit worthy of the Lord as we grow in our understanding of God."
Colossians 1:9-10
Spirit of God, breathe in our breathing, speak through our words and whisper in the silence, through Christ the living Word. Amen.
Dedicating the Offering
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Dedication of the offering (please stand)
Loving Lord, You are the place we call home You are in every place Overflowing God, You are the giver of all we hold You are in every gift Almighty God, You are the fibre of our being You are in us And so we offer ourselves again this day, all we have, all we do, all we say, that we may be living gifts from you to the world. Bless us, and these tokens of our service, and bless others through us. To your glory, Amen. Dedication of the offering (please stand) In our giving and receiving, may your light of love shine! In our comings and goings, our work and our rest may your light of love shine! In the work of your church, here and through all the world may your light of love shine! Lord bless these gifts and these givers with the warmth of your peace. And together the people said: AMEN! Dedication of the offering (please stand) We stand and we give and we say – Thank you We share and we live and we go in peace We choose to give thanks and we choose to be give freely for we have been blessed more than we can repay. Lord bless us and these gifts for your service. And together the people said – AMEN! James 1:18-18 17 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a] 18 In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures. Dedication of the offering – 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. There are different ways of serving, but the same Lord is served. There are different abilities to perform service, but the same God gives ability to all for their particular service. The Spirit's presence is shown in each person for the good of all. God bless us as we receive and as we give. God bless our gifts and multiply them for your Kingdom, through Christ our Lord. And together the people said – Amen! Prayer by St. Ignatius of Loyola Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all I have and call my own. You have given all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace, that is enough for me. |
Praying for the offering
To God be the glory, great things he has done, and great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son. To God be the glory in all that we do, in all that we say may your Spirit shine through. To God be the glory in all that we give, so grateful, so joyful, for in you we live. From the giver comes the giving, from the earth, watered and warmed, gifts of tree and wing and flower - our land, our home, our place. In the giving comes the gift, food to be shared, care for the poor, work to be done, people to love - your world, your work, your gift. Amen. Dedication of the offering (please stand) Blessed are you, Lord of all creation Through your goodness we are blessed Blessed are you, God of all mercy Through your grace we are a blessing to others. May the poor be lifted up, may your Kingdom come May your Spirit flow in word and in deed. Amen Dedication of the offering (please stand) In all our days we will acknowledge you, Lord of all we will give you the thanks for all we have we will bless your name and lift our hearts in worship as we work and rest and pray. Bless and multiply these gifts, that all may be fed and your Kingdom grow on earth as it is in heaven. Amen Dedication of the offering (please stand) We love because you have first loved us We give because you have given so freely to us We serve because you are shown us how to serve We know who we are because you have named us and called us. Bless these our gifts, that many will be blessed by the work of your church throughout the world. In all our giving and serving, in all our loving and working, in all our days and all our years, to you be the glory, Lord Jesus Christ, with the Father, through the Spirit, Amen. |
