THE COMMUNITY GATHERS TO CELEBRATE

Pastoral and Congregational Invitation
In the name of the living Christ who gives sight and insight, welcome. Please close your eyes, those who choose. For centuries, God has revealed the Good News to the world. For how many years has God been revealing the Good News to you? (Pause.) For how long did we hear the Good News before we saw the Good News, identified in others, integrated within ourselves? (Pause.) Would anyone care to share how that happened? (You may want to ask two or three well before worship to share at this time.) Whatever we do with the Good News, that is, look past it, or beyond it, God keeps showing it to us, and keeps waiting for us to respond. So, rejoice! How will you offer your praise, as persons who have heard and seen the Good N…