Prayer Of Dedication/Gathering
Leader: Our Lord Jesus calls each of us to a life of justice, kindness, and humility. We pray that in this hour before us our defenses would fall and your love would be set free within us. Father, Son, + and Holy Spirit, your mercy knows no end.
All: Amen.

Intercessory Prayers
Use the hymn “Blest Are They” as the basis for intercessory prayer on this morning. Have as many petitions as there are verses. Speak the petitions over an instrumental interlude between verses, concluding the prayers with, “Rejoice and be glad.”

Offertory Prayer
Leader: O God, our Father, Creator of the universe,
All: you know our history, and you know the masks we wear. As we place these gifts before you, tear down the walls that we build to hide from you and from our neighbors s…