A Unity-Oriented Call to Worship

Leader: Come, LORD God, to receive our worship. Come, Lord Jesus, to receive our
praise. Come, Holy Spirit, to receive our thanks. Come, eternal three-in-one
God, come where we are gathered to celebrate our unity as your body, the
church.
People: We share one faith and are of one soul and one mind, which belong solely
and wholly to you.
Leader: We are baptized with one baptism, eat of one bread and drink of one cup.
People: We confess one name above all other names; we are obedient to one Lord,
who frees us from the tyranny and hatefulness of the world.
Leader: We share one hope, one comfort, one goal.
People: We are one people, united—despite any noticeable differences—by our
faith in you, Lord Jesus.
Leader: We are one people, united by your love and mercy, to stand against any power
that would try to tear us apart.
People: We are one people, united in blessing and in suffering, united in joy and in
sorrow, united in strength and in weakness. Receive our praise!

A Reconciliation-Oriented Call to Worship

Leader: Come, LORD God, to receive our worship. Come, Lord Jesus, to receive our
praise. Come, Holy Spirit, to receive our thanks. Come, eternal God, come
where we are gathered to celebrate reconciliation: yours with us, and ours with
each other.
People: Your lifegiving Word and Spirit have conquered the powers of sin and
death, which try to separate us from you. They have also conquered the
powers of hatred, hostility and bitterness, which try to separate your people
from each other.
Leader: You have called us to be the salt of the earth—to preserve and enhance what is
good.
People: You have called us to be the light of the world, to be beacons of your saving
grace and your love.
Leader: You have called us to be peacemakers, and in so doing to be blessed and to
bless many others.
People: Even as we bring our sacrifice of praise to you, help us to bring the
peacemaking ceasefire of resolution, understanding, loving acceptance and
reconciliation to our neighbors everywhere.
A Justice-Oriented Call to Worship

Leader: Come, LORD God, to receive our worship. Come, Lord Jesus, to receive our
praise. Come, Holy Spirit, to receive our thanks. Come, eternal God, come
where we are gathered to celebrate the justice and peace you enable us to
achieve.
People: Lord, you love all people, but you have a special concern for widows,
orphans and the oppressed—all who are needy and poor, and all who have
been wronged by others.
Leader: Help us to feed the hungry, to protect the unprotected, to speak out against
wrongs and injustices.
People: Lord, we want to be your hands, feet and voice in the world. Make us bold
to insist on justice for the oppressed; empower us to risk our own well-
being in order to stop our neighbors’ suffering.
ALL: Come, eternal God, come where we are gathered to celebrate the justice
and peace you enable us to achieve. Receive our worship and our praise!