for the love of god - um mission study session i

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The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can;and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful worldas it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things rightif I surrender to His Will;That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with HimForever in the next.Amen.

--Reinhold Niebuhr

Lord, prepare me

to be a sanctuary

Pure and holy,

tried and true

With thanksgiving,

I'll be a living

Sanctuary for You

1 John 1: 5

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.

Three Simples Rules

•Do No Harm

•Do Good

•Stay in Love with God

PrayerCreator and Healer of the world,

help us see our part in your work of healing our world and its wounded people.

Show us what needs to be torn down and what needs to be built up, that all people may live in peace and safety, enjoying fullness of life.

Amen.

From Number 397, Upper Room Worshipbook, 2006, by Mary Lou Redding

Confession of Sin and Assurance of Pardon

We are reluctant, Author of Love and Light, to name and then set aside our hurts, anger, and

disappointments which we have acted upon individually as well as corporately within the church. Heal us with your tender touch and shine your light upon us as we diligently seek the persons who live with a renewed

commitment to seek your image in all persons. Open our eyes to your reclaiming power in our lives, your redeeming love, and reveal to us through this study how your love is made known through continued unselfish

sacrifice.

Come! Live in the light! Shine with joy and the love of the Lord!

We are called to be light for the kingdom, to live in the freedom of the city of God!

Come! Open your heart! Show your mercy to all those in fear!

We are called to be hope for the hopeless so all hatred and blindness will be no more!

Closing Litany

Sing! Sing a new song! Sing of that great day when all will be one!

God will reign, and we’ll walk with each other as sisters and brothers united in

love!We are called to act with justice, we are called to love tenderly, we are called to serve one another, to walk humbly with God!

“We are Called,” The Faith We Sing, #2172