Liturgical Color: Green

Theme: Jesus' preaching commands/demands change - Repentance

Call to Worship
One pastor did this: Begin with a contemporary call to repentance, using the method of the Old Testament prophets. You may want to read, The Prophets on Main Street, by J. Elliott Corbett, published by John Knox Press, Richmond, Virginia.

You may want to conclude with the words ascribed to Jesus by Mark in chapter 1 , verse 15. Then, continue with the following, or a similar, litany:

Pastor: We have heard the call to repentance. Do you know what it means?
People: We're not sure. We deny our humanity often, both its positives and negatives. We know that we are stubborn and live to ourselves often. We often do not live life; we rebel against it. We hurt ourselves. We hurt each other. We a…