Calls To Worship

Creation

Adapted from Genesis 1

Leader: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, Darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

People: Centuries before Jesus walked among us,

The Spirit of God was promised to him, so that he would bring justice to the nations.

Leader: Jesus sent the Spirit of truth to teach us and give us peace.

People: At Pentecost the Spirit came, as the rush of violent wind and tongues of fire.

All: That same Spirit is among us now. Let us worship God!

Submitted by Chip Hardwick

Adapted from Genesis 1 and John 1

Leader: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

People: Jesus was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and without Him not one thing came into being.

Leader: What has come into being in Him was life, and the life was the light of all people.

People: And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen His glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.

Leader: From His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. The law indeed was given through Moses; but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (John 1) Let us praise God.

Adapted from Psalm 8 (WEB)

Leader: Oh Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

People: You have set your glory above the heavens!

Leader: From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,

because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

People: When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

what is humankind, that you think of them?

Leader: What are human beings that you care for them?

People: For you have made him a little lower than the angels,

and crowned him with glory and honor.

Leader: You make them rulers over the works of your hands.

You have put all things under their feet:

People: All sheep and cattle,

yes, and the animals of the field,

the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,

and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

Leader: Oh Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Adapted from Psalm 8

Leader: O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

People: You have set your glory above the heavens. From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise.

Leader: When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place…

People: Who are we that you are mindful of us?

Leader: Creator of Heaven and Earth, thank You for creating us and loving us in a way that knows no limits.

People: We acknowledge You as Lord and praise You for all of creation.

Leader: Holy Spirit, we welcome You in this time of praise and worship.

People: Please, Lord, shape us and mold us into the disciples of Jesus Christ that You are calling us to be.

Adapted From Psalm 29 (NASB)

Leader: “Ascribe to the Lord, sons of the mighty,”
People: “Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.”
Leader: “Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; Worship the Lord in holy attire.”

People: “The voice of the Lord is on the waters; The God of glory thunders,”
Leader: “The Lord is over many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful,”
People: “The voice of the Lord is majestic.”

All: May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!

Scott Bullock (NASB, some language adapted for liturgical use)

Adapted from Psalm 72

Leader: Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.

People: Blessed be your glorious name forever, God, may your glory fill the whole earth.

Leader: Come, Let us worship God!

Adapted from Psalm 77:16-20

When the waters saw you, O God,

When the waters saw you, they were afraid;

The very deep trembled. The clouds poured out water;

The skies thundered; your arrows flashed on every side.

The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;

Your lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

Your way was through the sea, you path, through the mighty waters;

Yet your footprints were unseen. You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. We praise you for your mighty, wondrous deeds!

Austin D. Hill

Adapted from Psalm 95

Leader: O come, let us sing to the Lord;

let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

People: Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise!

Leader: For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

People: In His hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for He made it, and the dry land, which His hands have formed.

Leader: O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

People: For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand.

Leader: So let us praise our Lord and God.

Adapted from Psalm 104:24-34, 35b (NRSV)

Leader: O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great. There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.

People: These all look to you to give them their food in due season; when you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand they are filled with good things. When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground.

Leader: May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works–who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke.

People: We will sing to the Lord as long as we live; we will sing praise to our God while we have being. May our meditation be pleasing to him, for we rejoice in the Lord. Bless the Lord, O our souls. Let us praise the Lord!

Scott Bullock

Adapted from Psalm 139:1-6,13-18

You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.

You know when I sit and when I rise;

you perceive my thoughts from afar.

You discern my going out and my lying down;

you are familiar with all my ways.

Before a word is on my tongue

you, Lord, know it completely.

You hem me in behind and before,

and you lay your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,

too lofty for me to attain.

For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place,

when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed body;

all the days ordained for me were written in your book

before one of them came to be.

How precious to me are your thoughts, God!

How vast is the sum of them!

Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—

when I awake, I am still with you.

Adapted from Psalm 150

People: Praise God in His mighty firmament!

Leader: Praise God for His mighty deeds;

People: Praise God according to His surpassing greatness!

Leader: Praise God with trumpet sound;

People: Praise God with lute and harp!

Leader: Praise God with tambourine and dance;

People: Praise God with strings and pipe!

Leader: Praise God with clanging cymbals;

People: Praise God with loud clashing cymbals!

Adapted from Isaiah 40

Leader: Have you not known? Have you not heard?

The Lord is the everlasting God,

the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He does not faint or grow weary;

his understanding is unsearchable.

People: He gives power to the faint,

and strengthens the powerless.

Even youths will faint and be weary,

and the young will fall exhausted;

but those who wait for the Lord

shall renew their strength.

Leader: What happens when we wait for the Lord?

People: We shall renew our strength.

We shall mount up with wings like eagles,

we shall run and not be weary,

we shall walk and not faint.

Adapted from Genesis 1 / John 1

In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth. The earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep.

And the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters

In the beginning God said: “let there be light,” and there was light.

And God saw that the light was good and He separated the light from the darkness.

In the beginning was life, and that life was the light of the world

And the darkness has not understood the light

The true light that gives light to everyone has come into the world

The Father, His one and only Son, and the Spirit of Truth are with us here and now

Jacob Traeger

Leader: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth,