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A Responsive Prayer for Labor Day Program
Author

Walter Rauschenbush
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Almighty and merciful God, we ask you to hear the desires and prayers of our hearts for all who labor. For all who till the land and break the rocks, For all those in frequent peril of the sea, For t...
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Opening Prayer for Labor Day Weekend
Author

Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
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Blessed Jesus The Carpenter, the Rabbi, The Healer, the Good Shepherd, The One who washes feet, the Ruler of all that is seen and unseen We bless you and thank you for the good gift of you and the go...
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Labor Day Prayer
Author

Walter Rauschenbush
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Scripture

Matthew 25:40, Isaiah 58:10, Colossians 3:23-24, Proverbs 31:8-9, Micah 6:8, Galatians 6:9-10, James 2:45-17
O God, Father of us all, we praise you for so binding humanity together that we must each lean upon the strength and labor of others. We ask your blessing on all men and women who have worked to build...
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Call to Worship for Labor Day Weekend
Author

Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
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In the midst of your striving Your labor Your responsibilities Your hustle Hear the invitation, “Come to the Feast!” Come, eat and drink Come, rest and rejoice Come, dance in the presence of our Gene...
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Blessing for Those Who Labor
Author

Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
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This prayer may be offered with or without the congregational response. Due to its length, consider using two or more liturgists to lead the prayer. VOICE ONE: Almighty God, Maker of Heaven and Eart...
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A Labor Day Prayer for Equity
Author

Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
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This prayer may be offered with or without the congregational response. Due to its length, consider using two or more liturgists to lead the prayer. VOICE ONE: God of Creation, God of Life, In your j...
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Prayer of Confession for Labor Day
Author

Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
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Lord of the Sabbath Prince of Peace Lead us away from our work for rest Our world is so fast So noisy So full Help us stop and rest with you Our world is so pressured Work, work, work Buy, buy, buy ...
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Prayer for the Unemployed
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Heavenly Father, we remember before you those who suffer want and anxiety from lack of work. Guide the people of this land so to use our public and private wealth that all may find suitable and fulfil...
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O Lord, we remember before you all the
Author

John Baillie
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O Lord, we remember before you all the workers of the world: Workers with hand or brain: Workers in cities or in the fields: Those who go forth to toil and those who keep house: Employers and employee...
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Blessing for Those Looking for Work
Author

Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
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Option: Those who are looking for work are invited to stand. Persons may also stand on behalf of a friend or loved one who is looking for work. Those seated around them lay a hand of blessing and supp...
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Prayer for Agriculture
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Almighty God, we thank you for making the earth fruitful, so that it might produce what is needed for life: Bless those who work in the fields; give us seasonable weather; and grant that we may all sh...
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The First Word Spoken to Adam & Eve
Author

A. J. Swoboda
Keywords
- Rest
- Adam and Eve
Imagine what Adam and Eve learned about God’s generosity from their first impression of him on their first day. Their first knowledge of God and the world God had made was that rest was not an afterth...
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God blessed them, and God said to them,
Author

Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.
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Scripture

Genesis 1:28, Genesis 2:15, Exodus 20:9-10, Psalm 90:17
God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth' Lord be with those who work and worship The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to ti...
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Slinging Chow and Fruitless Trees
Author

Hannah C. Hall
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An empty-nester friend of mine was recently reflecting on the long days at home with a growing family. “You just gotta keep slinging chow,” she said with a laugh. I laughed too . . . but not quite as ...
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Prayers of the People, Form V
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Scripture

Luke 15:11-32, Psalm 51:10, 1 John 1:9, Psalm 103:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, John 17:21, Ephesians 4:3-6
Deacon or other leader In peace, let us pray to the Lord, saying, "Lord, have mercy" ( or "Kyrie eleison"). For the holy Church of God, that it may be filled with truth and lov...
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The Birth (or Re-Emergence) of Evangelical Social Action
Author

Soong-Chan Rah
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In 1947, budding theologian Carl F. H. Henry wrote a short book titled The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism. In it he surveys the American fundamentalist movement’s engagement with the most ...
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What to Do With all Our Free Time
Author

Richard Swenson
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For much of the twentieth century, futurists and other labor experts were predicting ever shorter workweeks. In the mid-1920s, for example, Julian Huxley said that the two-day workweek was “inevitable...
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Loving God ~ Father, Son and Holy
Author

Richard Herman
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Scripture

James 1:17, 1 Peter 5:6-7, Philippians 4:6-7, Romans 15:13, John 14:27, Isaiah 40:31
Loving God ~ Father, Son and Holy Spirit: We are a people who are waiting: waiting to celebrate Messiah’s birth; waiting to see what this day–and every day–holds as Your blessings for us; and waiting ...
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Struggling to Rest
Author

Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.
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Scripture

Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 20:8, Deuteronomy 5:12-15, Nehemiah 13:15-22, Psalm 127:2
Rest has never been one of America’s greatest strengths. According to one study, only one in seven adults (14%) have set aside an entire day for the purpose of rest. For those who do set aside an enti...
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Never Leaving Their Work
Author

A. J. Swoboda
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Because of the modern rhythms of work that are mediated through personal computers and phones, people, in the words of one cultural commentator, “leave the office, but they do not leave their work. Th...
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Gracious God, today we begin to pay
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Gracious God, today we begin to pay attention to the fact that you rested on the seventh day. Somehow, you finished your work by resting. This seems odd to us, even contrary to how we think about work...
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Sabbath-Keeping and Legalism
Author

Walter Brueggemann
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Scripture

Genesis 2:1-3, Exodus 20:8-11, Deuteronomy 5:12-15, Mark 2:27-28, Matthew 12:8, Luke 6:5
For the most part, contemporary Christians pay little attention to the Sabbath. We more or less know that the day came to reflect, in U.S. culture, the most stringent disciplinary faith of the Puritan...
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Author

Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner)
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I just want to lie on the beach and eat hot dogs. That's all I've ever wanted.
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The Sabbath Reveals Economic Disparities
Author

Kevin Blue
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The discussion of the sabbath leads to an interesting reflection. Some of our economies and cultures actually are put together in such a way that the poor either struggle to get enough work or have no...
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True Rest
Author

Andy Crouch
Keywords
- Rest
- Sabbath
True rest seems elusive for most Americans. Only one in seven adults (14%) set aside a day a week for rest. And on that one day a week, what do they do? Mostly, they work. More than four in ten say th...
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Author

Albert Schweitzer
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Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
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Author

A. J. Swoboda
Keywords
- Rest
- Weekend
We worship the God who invented the weekend.
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A Day of Peace
Author

George Robinson
Keywords
- Rest
- Sabbath
We are not beasts of burden. We should not live to work. We should not be chained to routine. Shabbat unchains us. Shabbat is meant to be a day of peace. It offers us a chance for peace with nature, ...
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Author

George MacDonald
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Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.
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The Sabbath for the Descendants of Slaves
Author

Cole Arthur Riley
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People think the sabbath is antiquated; I think it will save us for ourselves… When we rest, we do so in memory of rest denied. We receive what has been withheld from ourselves and our ancestors. And...