Theme: Selfless intercession

Exegetical Note
Readers may have difficulty with a view of God that allows for the divine wrath to get so out of hand that the deity has to be dissuaded from and repent of the vengeful evil that the divine indignation has threatened. More plausible, perhaps, is the selfless intercession of Moses, who gave up the flattering divine offer to become the new father of a great nation in order to plead on the basis of the old Abramic pact.

Call to Worship
(based on Psalm 106)
Leader: Sisters and brothers, let us never be as the Israelites in the wilderness!
People: FOR THEY REBELLED AGAINST THE MOST HIGH!
Leader: But let us remember God's steadfast love!
People: FOR IT SAVED EVEN THOSE WHOSE FAITH WAS WEAK! 

Collect
Most generous God,…