Call to Worship
Happy are you to choose to be here, having been chosen by God to be brought near to worship in God's sanctuary. Be satisfied with the goodness of this house of prayer.

Prayer of Confession
Great God, mighty and awesome, you are above all pettiness and unmoved by cheap bargaining. Forgive our stubborn narrowness. Our preference for people just like us, our suspicions about those alien to us, our double standards of caring for those of our own kind and those of our customs or races. Excuse our neglect of justice for those who need advocated because they are not in a position to speak for themselves. We have forgotten your outgoing grace, which found us when we were still strangers to you but you did not hesitate to send your only Son, Jesus to find us and include us in the n…