Leader: With all your strength, sing aloud to the Lord, who has brought you here and blessed you.
People: Our voices shall shout forth praise and thanksgiving to God.
L: With all your heart, reach out in service to those in need, remembering God's mercy in your own life.
P: Our lives shall be witnesses to the love of God which has been lavished upon us.
L: Come, let us worship the Lord with Great joy!
P: Let us bring all that we have and all that we are to God in gratitude.
Leader: “Unless the Lord build the house, those who build it labor in vain.”
Congregation: “Thou hast shown us how to build, our Father, and we have built unto Thee.”
Leader: “The church cannot build for itself alone, but for all who share in the Church Universal.”
Congregation: “So do we pledge that this is house doing that which shall benefit all.”
Leader: “Even as the many churches have joined together for the uplifting of the Kingdom. Nor can the church be blind to the needs of our country and of all mankind.”
Congregation: “So do we dedicate this house to the building of man's brotherhood.”
Leader: “Let us seek the approval of God that his house, in the service of man and the Father, may be to His glory and praise.”
Congregation: “Praise to the living God, for He has built us a church, and we dedicate it to His use.”
L: God has called all God’s people to lives of hope and service.
P: We want to serve God, but sometimes life gets to be too difficult for us.
L: When we try it on our own, it seems impossible.
P: But with God, all things are possible.
L: Place your trust in God’s power and love.
P: God understands our needs, our sorrows, and our joys.
L: Come, let us worship God who is with us always.
P: Praise God for God’s eternal presence.
Leader: We each have many gifts to offer in service to God.
People: Some will be teachers; others preachers;
Leader: Some will be those who have visions of all possibilities; others will find ways to make those visions a reality;
People: Some will be capable leaders, others will be skillful workers;
Leader: Some will develop ministries of peace and justice; others will seek to change unjust systems.
People: Each person here has been blessed by God.
Leader: And we need every gift that has been given by God
Leader: Who will feed the starving mouths of your neighbors around the world?
People: Here I am, Lord. Send me.
Leader: Who will comfort the daughter who lost her father and the mother who lost her son?
People: Here I am, Lord. Use me.
Leader: Who will guide the lonely and the empty into a rich life of wholeness?
People: Here I am, Lord. Guide me.
Leader: For even now, God is calling you by name, calling you to come, follow Jesus.
People: Here we are, Lord. We will follow you.
Leader: Awake! Rise up!
People: There is much to be done in the Lord’s Name today.
Leader: Get ready to worship and to serve God.
People: We are ready to hear God’s word for us and to respond in action and love.
Leader: Open your hearts to God’s will this day.
People: Praise be to God who walks with us and guides us.
Leader: What would God have us do?
People: What gifts do we have that can serve God?
Leader: Lord, guide our lives and our service.
People: Lord, call us to ministries of hope and promise.
Leader: Help us, O Lord, to look beyond words.
People: Help us, O Lord, to see ways of service
Leader: Open our hearts and our spirits this day to receive your guidance.
People: Help us to be those people who will bring good news to those in darkness and doubt.
Leader: Come, let us worship God with thanksgiving for gifts of ministry.
People: Let us praise God with joyful hearts for opportunities to serve.
