CALL TO WORSHIP
Await God's presence and hope in God's word as if you were looking for the first light of dawn after a dark night.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Loving and forgiving Parent, Loving and forgiving Christ, Loving and forgiving Spirit, we confess that we are not always generous, tender-hearted and forgiving. We can be spiteful in our behavior because of the bad feeling that we cherish in our hearts. That anger can come out in angry shouting and cursing which is not only offensive to others but grieves your Spirit within us. Forgive us for resisting the Spirit who is at work in us to make us more like Jesus Christ. Amen.

DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! God in Christ has forgiven you. Christ gave himself on your behalf as an offering and sacrifice whose fragrance is…