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Hymns
Hymn GTG #634, “To God Be the Glory”
Hymn GTG #749, “Come! Live in the Light!”
Leader: God’s Spirit blows wherever it wishes.
People: Holy Spirit, be present in this place.
Leader: Do you hear it? Can you feel it?
People: Holy Spirit, give us new life.
Leader: We are born anew in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
People: Let us worship the Lord!
Call to Confession (based on Numbers 21:4-9, John 3:14-15)
Leader: Just as Moses lifted up a serpent to heal the Israelites in the wilderness, so also was Christ lifted up to heal our sin-sick souls. Let us look to him now in humility and repentance so that we, like the Israelites, might be healed.
Prayer of Confession (based on John 3:19-20)
You are invited to speak a word or short phrase that describes a personal or collective sin of which you repent and seek forgiveness.
When the gathered community is finished sharing, we pray together:
People: Heavenly One, we confess that we are deserving of your harshest judgment. You have sent your light into the world, yet we love the darkness. We cling to the shadows, because the light exposes our sin. We are afraid to face your Truth, O God, and we are ashamed. Forgive our evil actions and our efforts to conceal them. We know that it is only in the light of your grace that we can find forgiveness. In your mercy, hear our prayers…
(Silent prayers of personal confession)
Declaration of Forgiveness (based on John 3:16)
Leader: We know this to be true: that God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life. Therefore, I declare to you that in Jesus Christ, we are all forgiven!
People: Thanks be to God!
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