The Barefoot Evangelist

Opening Prayer God of small seeds and mighty plants, you take our meager lives and with Your love cause them to produce acts of loving kindness for You in this world. You hear our cries and find us when we are lost and wandering in fear. You bring us home with You so that we…

Opening Prayer We’ve come to worship God, who loved us before we were yet born, who knows us even better than we know ourselves, whose presence never leaves us, and whose love for us never ceases. This is our God. Let’s worship together! Children’s Time Parable of the Sower Confession & Words of Assurance  …

Opening Prayer O God, we gather together in Your presence with expectation, hungry for an encounter with You, eager to hear Your Word. Open our eyes and ears to the presence of Your Holy Spirit. May the seeds of Your Word scattered among us this morning fall on fertile soil. May they take root in…

Opening Prayer Come all who are weary of wealth, of poverty, of power, of struggle, of division Come all who are heavy-laden with too much, with too little, with anxiety, with fear, with anger Come all who have hope for liberation, for peace, for freedom, for the kingdom Hear these words “See, I am making…

Opening Prayer Jesus said, “Anyone who receives you, receives me, and anyone who receives me, receives the One who sent me.” Siblings in Christ: We gather together in the presence of the God who receives us with open arms, who loves us unconditionally, and who bids us do the same to one another. Let us…

Opening Prayer Loving God, You call us to turn away from our own selfish interests, to take up our cross, and to follow You. To find our lives, may we live them in service of Your mission. As we come before You this morning, give us open hearts and open hands. Make us eager to hear…

Opening Prayer Do not sit idle, thinking your worship has no point, no purpose, no power. Your prayers invite God closer. Your singing touches God. Your confessions launch a brighter future. God is active: attentively listening, eagerly forgiving, powerfully shaping you into your best self. Shaping you into the disciple you are called to be.…

Trinity Sunday Opening Prayer Prayer written by Hildegarde of Bingen The words God speaks are the life and sustenance of all that exists.  The life Jesus gives is the re-creation and renewed birth of all that is broken and worn. The Spirit’s stirring in our souls is the inspiration for creativity, compassion, joy, and community. Life-giving, life-restoring, life-fulfilling God; may our…

Pentecost Sunday Opening Prayer Prayer written by Hildegarde of Bingen When Pentecost Day arrived, they were all together in one place. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them to speak. Come, Holy Spirit, come! Holy Spirit, making life alive, moving in all things, root of all being, cleansing the cosmos…

Ascension Sunday Opening Prayer Why are we looking up to heaven?Christ has come; Christ has risen; Christ will come again. Why are we looking ahead to the future?The Holy Spirit is among us now. In our baptism, we have already died and risen with Christ. Why are we afraid of death and dying?God’s love casts out our fear.…