Gracious and Ever-living God, we are grateful for the opportunity we have, everyday, to give you thanks and praise, and most especially on this Sabbath day. By our confession of faith we are called to be servants of your creation and followers of your Christ. You prod us to seize every opportunity to live out the faith we confess. We are daily aware of the plight of so many who are living, dying and contending with grievous circumstances, who are in need of our help. We wonder if anything we do can make the smallest dent in their tremendous need. Let us not be overwhelmed by all that we hear about and see. Remind us, Almighty God, that when we serve our brothers and sisters in your name, hand in hand and step by step we are working to advance the cause of your gospel. Make us instruments of your mercy, love, peace, and goodwill sharing who we are and what we have with others. In the name of the Christ we pray. Amen.
OFFERTORY THOUGHT
Did you know that the antonym of the word tradition is innovation? Innovation is about novelty, modernization, improvement, advancement and originality. Now that is certainly a broad definition. The United Methodists launched their “Rethink Church” campaign encouraging church folks to become more hands-on in their work and in 2009 members of this congregation joined Craig Miller’s effort to “Innovate Church” which seeks to help congregations move ever forward innovating to keep the good news vital, fresh and alive for the generations to come.
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