A Strange InvitationLuke 14:1-6

Worship Focus A toy animal and a doll. One of the fake sheep made for yard decorations would be ideal; the doll should be of comparable size.

Or a challah, the large braided loaf of white bread that is often part of a Jewish Sabbath meal.

A Litany For The Sixth Meal

Leader: O God, we thank you for your matchless love, by which you sent Christ to be our savior.

People: In love you call us to yourself and hold us in your hands.

Leader: We confess that too often our hearts are cold and without gratitude.

People: Too often our hands are passive, and we fail to do your acts of mercy.

Leader: Too often our lips are sealed tightly, unwilling to speak words of love.

People: Too often we are separated from you and alienated from others.

Leader: Yet you have pr…