Call To Worship: Seeking God's Presence (based on Psalm 103)

Some of us are thirsty and parched, like an unwatered garden, so we have come seeking God’s presence, which is like a fresh-water spring.

Some of us are exhausted from worry and struggling, so we have come seeking God’s presence, where we are offered rest.

Some of us are feeling lost and confused, so we have come seeking God’s presence, where we are offered welcome and guidance.

Some of us are weighed down with guilt and pain, so we have come seeking God’s presence, which helps us to remain standing.

As we all remember God's goodness and love towards us, we give thanks.

Responsive Call To Worship: Come Into God's Presence (based on Psalm 103)

Reader: We are thirsty and parched, like an unwatered garden, so we come into God’s presence.
All: It is like a fresh-water spring.

Reader: We are exhausted from worry and struggling, so we come into God’s presence
All: There, we are offered rest.

Reader: We are lost and confused, so we come into God’s presence.
All: There, we are offered welcome and guidance.

Reader: We are weighed down with guilt and pain, so we come into God’s presence
All: It helps us to remain standing.

Reader: Let us give thanks with singing
All: Let us always remember God's goodness and love towards us.

Responsive Call To Worship: God's Goodness (based on Psalm 103)

Psalm 103 by Lee Hood

Reader: Our souls sings songs of thanks to God
All: We remember God’s goodness to us.

Reader: God’s kindness is endless. God's presence is always with us ...
All: ... even in times of struggle.

Reader: God watches over us with unending love.
All: God provides the strength that we need
Reader: For all who have been mistreated, God does what is right and fair.
All: God is tender and kind and slow to anger.

Reader: God’s love never runs out. As high as the heavens are above the earth ...
All: ... that's how great God’s love for us is.

Reader: As far as the east is from the west,
All: ... that's how far away from our brokeness it is that God sees us.

Reader: So let us sing songs of thanks.
All: May we always remember God’s goodness to us.

Call To Worship: God's Goodness (based on Psalm 103)

Psalm 103 by Lee Hood

When we remember God’s goodness to us, our souls fill with gratitude. God’s kindness is endless. God's presence is always with us, even in times of struggle. God watches over us with unending love. God provides the strength that we need.

For all who have been mistreated, God does what is right and fair. God’s love never runs out. As high as the heavens are above the earth, that's how great God’s love for us is. 

As far as the east is from the west, that's how far away from our brokeness is from way in which God sees us. 

So let us sing songs of thanks as we remember God’s goodness to us.