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Life to Life
Carol Penner | Together in Worship
Prayers of the People
Carol Penner offers a congregational prayer based on the creation. All the world sings, calls, signals, speaks praise to God whose glory grows in all that breathes.
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Breath, Creation, Holy Spirit, Life
Canada Day, a Prayer
Carol Penner | Together in Worship
Prayers of the People
Carol Penner offers a congregational prayer for Canada Day, thanking God for the country's beautiful nature, its rich history, and freedoms, while asking for God's blessing and keeping.
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Canada, Gratitude, Creation, Leadership
Extinction of Species: Does Jesus Care?
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
In this sermon based on Psalm 104:10-23 and Deuteronomy 22:6-7, Carol Penner laments our failure to be stewards of creation and encourages believers to be more active in creation-care.
Deuteronomy 22:6-7; Psalm 104:10-23
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Worship, Jesus, Creation, Leading Worship
God of Gardens
Carol Penner | Together in Worship
Offering Liturgy or Prayer
Carol Penner offers a congregational prayer praising and petitioning our "God of gardens," using language of gardening, growth, cultivating, and more.
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Compassion, Community, Gardens, Creation
The World Waits
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Prayers of the People
This is a congregational prayer by Carol Penner for the season of Advent. The prayer lifts up those who are suffering from war and sickness. It also prays for the contaminated creation that awaits restoration.
Romans 8:22
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Advent, Creation, Healing, Peace
Love Story Reader's Theatre
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Scripture Drama or Paraphrase
Carol Penner's text for a reader's theater reflects on many aspects of love, with numerous quotations and allusions from scripture and other sources.
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Longing, Love, Creation, Parenting
Music All Around Us
Carol Penner | Together in Worship
Opening Prayer
This worship resource by Carol Penner offers a congregational prayer thanking God, the Great Composer, for the music all around us that comes from all of creation and all stages and circumstances of life.
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Singing, Music, Creation, Life
Climbing the Ladder
Carol Penner | Together in Worship
Poetry
Carol Penner's poem reflects on the slippery slope that is our "effort to achieve goodness." Drawing from the parable of the lost son in Luke 15:11-32, Penner seems to ask, are we the older son?
Luke 15:11-32
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Creation, Environment, Justice, Judgment
Scriptural Sweep: And God Said! A Reader's Theatre
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Scripture Drama or Paraphrase
Carol Penner offers a poem covering the sweep of scriptural teaching, which can be divided into a script for a reader's theater. "Let those who have ears to hear, hear!"
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Scripture, Creation, Sin, Jesus
Psalm of Praise
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Poetry
Carol Penner offers a psalm of praise and petition, rejoicing in the beauty of creation, and asking for healing, reconciliation, and peace.
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Praise, Psalms, Petition, Reconciliation
Thank You
Carol Penner | Together in Worship
Call to Worship
This call to worship by Carol Penner invites the congregation to participate in the opening of worship by saying "Thank you!" out loud for the things we are grateful to God for.
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Calling, God, Thankfulness, Creation
Psalm of Praise
Carol Penner | Together in Worship
Poetry, Words of Praise
This prayer of adoration by Carol Penner draws inspiration from Psalm 24:1 to praise God for every aspect of our world, from nature itself to the human-made things like the internet, from animals to humankind.
Psalm 24:1
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Praise, Adoration, Earth, World
Embracing Peace
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Prayer of Intercession
Carol Penner offers a congregational prayer that praises God for the beauty of winter landscapes that invite us to consider peace. It also asks God for peace where there is war, oppression, and violence.
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Creation, Hate, Peace, Snow
Liturgical Resources and Practices
John D Witvliet | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Article about Worship and the Sacraments
In this video, Teacher-Scholar Vital Worship Grant recipients talk about their projects and the implications for those projects for gathered worship. Topics include accessible worship, Anabaptist worship, creation care and baptism, and intergenerational worship. (Length: 1:00:34)
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Differing Abilities, Anabaptists, Intergenerational Issues, Baptism
Big Picture Congregational Prayer
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Prayer of Praise or Thanksgiving
Carol Penner offers a prayer of thanksgiving that recognizes God in the "big picture," from the "heart of the earth" to the "vastness of space."
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Prayer, Silence, Creation, Blessing
Beauty of Holiness Call to Worship
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Call to Worship
Carol Penner shares her call to worship in the beauty of holiness (Psalm 29:2), calling attention to the holiness of creation and the “chorus of life,” which leads us to respond in worship.
Psalm 29:2
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Beauty, Prayer, Worship, Creation
Enough of That! Confession
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Prayer of Confession
Carol Penner offers a prayer of confession asking for God's forgiveness for the ways in which we have considered creation to be lesser than human beings.
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Creation, Environment, Goodness, Nature
A Poem on Creation Care
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Poetry
This worship resource by Carol Penner features a poem centering on the theme of creation care. It admires God's creation and hopes to not only enjoy but also care for it.
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Stewardship, Creation, Care, Earth
The Starry Host
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Poetry
A poem by Carol Penner that praises the starry host of heaven for drawing near and recognizes the Spirit's longing to "make beauty's presence clear".
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Beauty, Longing, Creation, Spirit
Great Big Global Peace Prayer
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Prayer
"Give us a universal vision, to see our planet as you do. Could there be peace on earth, could it begin with me?"A prayer for global peace by Carol Penner.
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Peace, Earth, Globalization, Creation
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