Feasting on the Word Worship Companion: Liturgies for Year C, Volume 2

Trinity Sunday through Reign of Christ

Kimberly Bracken Long

• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780664239183
• eBook ISBN: 9781611643091
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Ministry

Based on the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL), Feasting on the Word Worship Companion: Liturgies for Year C, Volume 2 is an invaluable aid that provides liturgical pieces needed in preparing for worship each week. Written and compiled by a team of eleven ecumenical and seasoned liturgy writers under the creative leadership of Kimberly Bracken Long, this resource offers a multitude of poetic prayers and responsive readings for all parts of worship and is meant to complement existing denominational resources. In addition, the weekly entries include questions for reflection and household prayers for morning and evening that are drawn from the lectionary, allowing churches to include them in their bulletin for parishioners to use throughout the week.

During times of the year when two different tracks of Old Testament texts are offered by the RCL, this resource offers an entire set of materials for each track. Also, a CD-ROM is included with each volume that enables planners to easily cut and paste relevant readings, prayers, and questions into worship bulletins.

SEASON AFTER PENTECOST

Trinity Sunday

Proverbs 8:1–4, 22–31	Romans 5:1–5
Psalm 8	John 16:12–15

OPENING WORDS / CALL TO WORSHIP

O Holy Trinity, One God in Three Persons,

Ps. 8; John 16:13

we behold in the splendor of creation

your majesty and our responsibility.

O Holy Trinity, One God in Three Persons,

we behold in the face of Jesus Christ

your divinity and our humanity.

O Holy Trinity, One God in Three Persons,

we behold in the Spirit of truth

your glory and our calling.

Bound to you forever, we will ever praise your name!

[or]

In the beginning, when God drew a circle on

the face of the deep,

Prov. 8; John 1; Rom. 5

Wisdom was there rejoicing, delighting

in the human race.

In the beginning was the Word, with God,

and the Word was God.

And the Word became flesh and lived among us,

full of grace and truth.

In every time and place, God’s love is poured into our hearts

through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

Blessed are you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit!*

CALL TO CONFESSION

By faith in Jesus Christ,

Rom. 5:1–2

we are given access to the grace of God.

Standing in that grace,

we now confess our sins before God,

seeking forgiveness and peace.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

O Lord, our Sovereign,

how majestic is your name in all the earth.

Yet we put aside your majesty,

seeking our own power and gain.

We set aside our responsibility for the earth

entrusted to our care.

By both carelessness and design,

we pollute air, land, and waters.

In our greed, we use more resources than we rightly need.

We confess that we do not fully comprehend the damage

we have done

to the birds of the air, the creatures of the sea,

and the animals that live in forests and fields.

Forgive us, we pray.

Let your majesty fill our senses,

and pervade our actions,

that we may become better stewards of creation.

Call us, in every infant’s cry,

to care for one another so that all your people flourish.

In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.

[or]

Triune God,

within your own life there is mutuality, equality,

and unity in diversity.

Though we are made in your image,

we confess that we distort the triune life.

Instead of seeking mutual welfare and the common good,

we seek our own gain.

Instead of living in equality, justice, and respect,

we construct systems that are unjust.

We devise ways to elevate ourselves over others,

and disrespectful thoughts, words, and actions

still surface in us.

We allow differences to divide us and lead to brokenness.

Holy God, forgive us.

Restore in us, and in our life together,

the divine image you intend.

Make us tender in mutuality.

Make us generous in equality.

Make us grateful in diversity.

We pray to be one with you and one another,

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS

Friends, we are still standing in the grace of Christ.

Rom. 5

Because God’s love has been poured into our hearts

through the Holy Spirit,

we are set free to love God and neig...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Season After Pentecost
• Additional Resources
• Scripture Index