Liturgical Color: Green

Gospel: Matthew 22:34-46

Theme: Loving God and others as we love ourselves.

Pastoral Invitation to the Celebration
Try this: Dick Avery and Don Marsh suggest having a small group of people lying in the chancel as people enter the sanctuary. As the music for preparation concludes, the people awaken slowly, get in touch with each other, and then move out and welcome others to worship.

You may want to follow with this litany between pastor and ministers:
Pastor: God our God, we praise you for our hearts which respond in love to your mercies.
Ministers: We praise you for our minds which open up broad avenues of understanding.
Pastor: We praise you for our wills which can be tuned for obedient action.
Ministers: We thank you for salvation by grace and for wisdom by r…