Worship Planning Tools

WORSHIP RESOURCES Ordinary Time (Proper 10) Colossians 1:1-14 Discern Spiritual Wisdom   Additional Scriptures Amos 7:7-17; Psalm 82; Luke 10:25-37   Prelude Gathering Hymn “God Within God Around”      Sing several times.        CCS 20 OR “As We Gather”        Sing twice.     CCS 73 OR “As God Is Joy”          Sing twice.      CCS 366   Welcome Invitation to Worship  For four readers. Reader 1:         God of still waiting, Reader 2:         God of deep longing, Reader 3:         God of the heart’s true rest: Reader 4:         hold us in fathomless peace and guard us...

WORSHIP RESOURCES Ordinary Time (Proper 9) Galatians 6:1-16 Let Us Not Grow Weary   Additional Scriptures2 Kings 5:1-14; Psalm 30; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20   Preparation If you are meeting online or in a hybrid arrangement, remind online participants to have emblems handy for the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.   Sharing of News, Joys, and Prayer Concerns If this is your tradition and a prayer is offered aloud for concerns expressed, consider including the phrase, “We remember them constantly in our prayers night and day.”   Prelude Gathering Hymns “God Within God Around”       Sing several times.       ...

WORSHIP RESOURCES Ordinary Time (Proper 8) Galatians 5:1,13-25 You Shall Love   Additional Scriptures 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14; Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20; Luke 9:51-6; Doctrine and Covenants 161:2, 7; 162:7c-d   Prelude Gathering Hymn “As We Gather”                      Sing twice.       CCS 73             OR “Creator God We Sing”   CCS 114                         Encourage participants to sing in a language other than their own.             OR “Uthando Lwam’ Kuwe/My Love for You Will Remain”   CCS 82 Sing twice. Encourage participants to sing in languages other than their own.   Welcome Invitation to Worship: Doctrine and Covenants 161:7 Opening Hymn           “Now in This...

WORSHIP RESOURCES   Ordinary Time (Proper 7) Galatians 3:23-29 One in Christ   Additional Scriptures 1 Kings 19:1-15a; Psalm 42 and 43; Luke 8:26-39; Doctrine and Covenants 165:2b   Preparation Consider having youth lead the Invitation to Worship. You could also have the Invitation to Worship sung as a solo. The Focus Moment video, “Missio Dei,” or “the Mission of God made flesh through the life of Jesus Christ” was produced by the Community of Christ and can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfZfUWLil88.    Prelude Gathering Hymn “In Christ There Is No East or West”     CCS 339 OR “How Shall We...

WORSHIP RESOURCES First Sunday after Pentecost Trinity Sunday Romans 5:1-5 Peace with God   Additional Scriptures Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; John 16:12-15; Doctrine and Covenants 165:2d-f   Preparation For the Focus Moment, preprint the form for the God prayer. Provide a copy for each participant and something with which to write.   Prelude   Welcome and Sharing of Joys and ConcernsAsk someone to pray over the joys and concerns expressed.   Call to Worship How great is your name, O God, through all the earth! When I see the heavens, the work of your hands, the moon and the...