Liturgical Color: Green

Theme: The preaching ministry, augmented by the healing ministry, of Jesus.

The Community Gathers
Suggestion: Welcome to worship in the Name of the God of wholeness. God has sent Christ to bring healing, liberation, salvation to the world, the world which God loves, and asks us to do the same.

Continue with this litany:

Pastor: Our wholeness is in the name of the Lord,
People: Who made heaven and earth our home.
Pastor: Praise the Lord.
People: The Lord's name be praised.

Acts of Confession
Considier this: Begin the act by asking what people, these people, expect from God for their obedience, no matter what form it takes, casual or committed. Perhaps some would take the risk of sharing.

Some expect their lives lived always on the mountaintop; others expect mat…