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A Shepherd Watches
Carol Penner
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Leading in Worship
Scripture Drama or Paraphrase
Carol Penner
offers an imaginative dramatic monologue by a shepherd, based on Luke 2:1-14.
Luke 2:1-14
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Bethlehem,
Shepherd,
Angels,
Hope
Pregnant Hope
Carol Penner
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Leading in Worship
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Carol Penner
's sermon on Isaiah 9:1-7 and Luke 1:26-38 reflects on the pregnant Mary, and how the physical act of pregnancy teaches us how to love our neighbors as ourselves.
Isaiah 9:1-7;
Luke 1:26-38
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Advent,
Hope,
Mary,
Pregnancy
We Need You
Carol Penner
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Together in Worship
Prayers of the People
Carol Penner
offers a pastoral prayer. "God of hope, hear the hidden prayers of our hearts, and the longing for you that goes too deep for words."
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Comfort,
Hope,
God's Love,
Justice
Graceful Life
Carol Penner
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Together in Worship
Prayers of the People
Carol Penner
offers a congregational prayer based on God's grace, leavening us, lightening us, filling us with hope that surprises, like happy laughter in a dark place.
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Grace,
Hope,
Resurrection,
Laughter
Overthrown: God’s Power to Change
Carol Penner
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Leading in Worship
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Carol Penner
's sermon on Jonah 3 says that the repentance of Nineveh from Jonah's preaching gives hope for repentance and change, not only in individuals but at the organizational level.
Jonah 3
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Change,
Hope,
Repentance,
Love
For New Years
Carol Penner
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Together in Worship
Prayers of the People
This worship resource by
Carol Penner
offers a congregational prayer for the New Year thanking God for the past year and hoping for joy, love, comfort, harmony, and healing for the new.
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Hope,
Longing,
New Year's Day,
New Year
Prayer for Those Seeking Shelter
Carol Penner
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Leading in Worship
Prayer of Intercession
Carol Penner
offers a prayer for homeless people. "As your children, can we meet and hear stories? Instead of only a handout, can we sit together."
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Homelessness,
Marginalization,
Hope,
Courage
Gloria
Carol Penner
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Together in Worship
Call to Worship
Carol Penner
offers a call to worship that centers on the theme of the incarnation of God in Jesus. Penner borrows words from Philippians 4 to address the congregation.
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Birth,
Incarnation,
Light,
Waiting
Questions of the People
Carol Penner
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Leading in Worship
Prayers of the People
Carol Penner
offers a prayer consisting of questions addressed to God from the congregation. "Can you hear our prayers even when they are only questions?"
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Power,
Hope,
Benediction,
Thanksgiving
We Give with Hope and Assurance
Carol Penner
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Together in Worship
Offering Liturgy or Prayer
Carol Penner
presents an offering prayer based on Hebrews 11:1. "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, and so in faith and with assurance, we give our money today."
Hebrews 11:1
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Hope,
Mystery,
Assurance,
Generosity
Easter People Congregational Prayer
Carol Penner
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Leading in Worship
Prayers of the People
Carol Penner
's congregational prayer asks God to bring Easter to those who are grieving, despairing, sick, or imprisoned by jail, addiction, or prejudice. The refrain is, "We are an Easter people!"
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Easter,
Hope,
Resurrection,
Prison
Remembrance Day
Carol Penner
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Together in Worship
Poetry
Carol Penner
's poem remembers—inviting readers to remember, too—the costs of violence and war and that there is hope, though its beginnings small, in the Kingdom of God.
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Hope,
Peace,
Memory,
War
Advent Adventure
Carol Penner
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Leading in Worship
Prayer
Carol Penner
's poetic prayer recognizes Jesus as the source of light, hope, and peace. It asks for guidance in the adventure of Advent.
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Advent,
Darkness,
Hope,
Light
Great Provider
Carol Penner
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Together in Worship
Offering Liturgy or Prayer
Carol Penner
presents an offertory prayer, recognizing God as the Great Provider. "Use these offerings in your kingdom work, as you provide good news, healing and hope to all people."
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Work,
Offering,
Thanksgiving,
Money
Cleopas and His Wife
Carol Penner
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Leading in Worship
Scripture Drama or Paraphrase
Carol Penner
offers an imaginative dialogue between two disciples, Cleopas and his companion (assumed to be his wife), reminiscing about their walk to Emmaus after Jesus' resurrection (Luke 24:13-35).
Luke 24:13-35
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Emmaus,
Hope,
Cleopas,
Wife
Easter Hope
Carol Penner
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Together in Worship
Poetry
Based on Jesus' resurrection in Matthew 28:1-10,
Carol Penner
's poem reflects on our intimate relationship with death and darkness and Easter morning, when light and hope breaks in.
Matthew 28:1-10
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Darkness,
Death,
Easter,
Hope
Hope against Hope Advent Prayer
Carol Penner
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Leading in Worship
Prayers of the People
Carol Penner
shares an Advent prayer for hope, naming reports of bad news, reminding us of Mary and Joseph who held on to hope, and asking for eyes and ears to see and hear God’s arriving.
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Advent,
Hope,
Longing,
Waiting
We Come Faithfully
Carol Penner
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Together in Worship
Call to Worship
This worship resource by
Carol Penner
offers a call to worship based on Hebrews 11:1 acknowledging that we come to worship faithfully yet with some doubt and asks to be filled with assurance and hope.
Hebrews 11:1
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Hope,
Doubt,
Assurance,
Faith
Light: A Christmas Eve Reader's Theatre
Carol Penner
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Leading in Worship
Scripture Drama or Paraphrase
Carol Penner
offers a reader's theater on the theme of Christ coming to bring light into the darkness. The text can be divided into parts as one sees fit.
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Christmas,
Jesus,
Darkness,
Light
Litany for Advent Candle Lighting
Carol Penner
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Leading in Worship
Prayer
Carol Penner
offers a litany (for two readers) for the lighting of a candle on each of the four Sundays of Advent, and for the Christ candle on Christmas Eve.
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Hope,
Peace,
Light,
Saviour (savior)
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