Call to Worship
Pastor: God has chosen us to receive his love, just as a husband chooses a wife to share his love.
People: Surely, God knows we do not deserve that kind of love!
Pastor: God knows we are wayward people; yet he never gives up trying to love us back.
People: We can return only as an unfaithful lover. But God has shown us in Christ that he will receive us, and redeem us!

Collect
Heavenly Father, who…