Evening Prayer example
| Evening Prayer Sample | |
| Title | Welcome |
| Date: | Saturday 19th |
| Time: | 9:00pm |
| CALL TO WORSHIP | |
| Chant | Take, O Take Me As I Am (Iona, GIA) |
| Candle Lighting | |
| Invitation/Proclamation |
You are all very welcome to this time of prayer. Just as Christ brought together his disciples for the first time, he now brings all of us together. He calls us and asks us to come together in prayer. We, people of all ages, from many different places, from near and far, from so many different walks of life, we who bring our limitations and our hopes, our successes and our failures, we who hardly know one another, now open our hearts to Christ and to each other.
In the reading tonight we are called to welcome one another just as Christ has welcomed us and so for a minute let us take some time to greet someone that we have never met before or someone who we haven’t seen in a while. |
| Evening Hymn | All Are Welcome (Marty Haugen, GIA) |
| THE WORD OF GOD | |
| Psalm | Psalm 39 - Lord Here I Am (Ian Callanan, Seinn) |
| Psalm-Prayer | I am here, God, ready to serve you. I delight in servig you, your ways are deep in my heart. I am here God, ready to serve you. |
| Psalm | Psalm 72 - Every Nation On Earth All Are Welcome (Marty Haugen, GIA) |
| Psalm-Prayer | We will be filled with justice and peace, which flows from the goodness of God! Gift us God with Justice from heaven. |
| Biblical Reading |
Romans 15:5-7
May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus, so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the Glory of God. |
| Silence | |
| Canticle of Mary | All That I Am (David Haas, GIA) |
| General Intercessions (sing Éist linn a Thiarna underneath) |
In the fear and apprehension, in the hesitation and insecurity we experience as we follow you, God of hope, accompany us along the way...
In the sense of mystery, in the wonder that dawns in us, God of hope, accompany us along the way... In the expectation and pain and restlessness that we experience as we follow you, God of hope, accompany us along the way... When we grow tired and weary, when the burden makes us falter and want us to stop, God of hope, accompany us along the way... When we grow in insight, as your wisdom prompts us when to let go and when to take up, God of hope, accompany us along the way... When we glimpse your presence and thrill to the sense of your nearness, God of hope, accompany us along the way... |
| Lord's Prayer | |
| CONCLUDING RITE | |
| Concluding Prayer |
God,
Help us to feel free enough to let go, To let you take over, To accept your presence, Help me to accept you. Send me the gift of breath, that I may greet with joy the spirit which I know, is singing deep within my heart. |
| Blessing & Dismissal | Celtic Blessing (Geraldine Flannagan) |
| Recessional Hymn | We Are One In The Lord (David Haas, GIA) |
| Sign of Peace | |