Resources on Carol Penner

Christmas, Advent, Peace, Emmanuel

Great Giver

Carol Penner | Together in Worship

Carol Penner's offering prayer recognizes that "we worship a generous God whose son Jesus was both a gift and great giver."

Psalm 19:14

Prayer, Offering, Thankfulness, Generosity

Cheerful Hearts

Carol Penner | Together in Worship

Carol Penner offers an offering prayer that thanks God for providing for us so abundantly that we are able to give to others cheerfully.

Blessing, Prayer, Offering, Giving

Call to Worship: Christmas Music

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

"Sing a joyful song to the Lord, sing carols for the birth of a saviour!" A Christmas call to worship by Carol Penner.

Christmas, Joy, Singing, Music

Joys and Fears

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Prayers of the People

Carol Penner offers a congregational prayer recognizing the joys of living and also naming specific fears about health, finances, and loneliness. The prayer thanks the "God of hope" for being present in our fears.

Fear, Joy

Echo the Chorus

Carol Penner | Together in Worship

Using the words of Psalm 118:25-26, this Easter call to worship by Carol Penner praises God for what God has done in the resurrection of Jesus, that darkness is "now done."

Psalm 118:25-26

Easter, Morning, Resurrection, God's Presence

Prayers of the People on Christmas

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Prayer of Intercession

Carol Penner's Christmas prayer celebrates Jesus' incarnation and remembers those who are homeless, the sick, and our relationship with the earth.

Christmas, Joy, Prayer, Salvation

On the Journey

Carol Penner | Together in Worship

This offertory prayer by Carol Penner expresses gratitude for the way that God "meets our needs on the journey" and reflects on the joyful generosity that results.

Providence, Joy, Generosity, Provision

Prayer for Playing

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Prayers of the People

Carol Penner's prayer thanks God for rest and play and invokes God's presence. "Help us to choose activities in our leisure time that re-create us and diminish no one."

Technology, Recreation, Sabbath, Immanuel

Echoing the Chorus

Carol Penner | Re-Worship

A bright and joyous call to worship for Easter. We are called to lift our hearts in praise of our living Savior.

Easter, Life, Joy

Yeasty Prayer

Carol Penner | Together in Worship

This offering prayer by Carol Penner thanks God for the "opportunity to give" in the offering and asks that what we give grow and multiply just like yeast.

Offering, Gift, Giving, Joy

Litany for Advent Candle Lighting

Carol Penner | 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.

Hope, Peace, Light, Saviour (savior)

Work of Your Hands

Carol Penner | Together in Worship

This worship resource by Carol Penner offers a call to worship based on Psalm 90:17 asking God to help us see how the work of our hands is part of the work of God's hands.

Psalm 90:17

Living with a Pandemic Congregational Prayer

Work, Joy, Service

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Prayer of Praise or Thanksgiving, Prayer of Lament

Carol Penner offers a prayer of lament for the burdens, losses, and dangers of a pandemic, and of thanksgiving for joy and beauty in the midst of suffering.

Lament, Prayer, Church, Unity

22 Ways to Love Your Congregation: A Pastor Reflects

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Article about Church Life and Leadership

Carol Penner lists 22 ways pastors can love their congregation, including "Be humble, sharing your own struggles and doubts," and "Follow Jesus even if your congregation disagrees."

Love, Doubt, Congregation, Pastor

Joy of Salvation

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Carol Penner offers a call to worship from Psalm 27:1. "Help us to be of one mind this morning, your light filling us with the joy of your salvation."

Psalm 27:1

Salvation, Joy, Unity, Fear

The Final Hour

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Poetry

Carol Penner's poem expresses "wonder that sorrow could produce such a rich harvest of joy," as loved ones are gathered around the bed of one who has just died.

Death, Joy, Love, Silence

When a Friend Sins Grievously

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Prayer

Carol Penner offers a prayer for a time when a friend sins grievously. "God of dark places, can you fathom the human heart? Is our dismay a faint echo of your own?"

Love, Prayer, Sin, Temptation

Delightful Call to Worship

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

This call to worship by Carol Penner emphasizes the delight, joy, and fruitfulness of God’s beauty. It could be used with verses such as Psalm 34:8, John 15:5, or Galatians 5:22.

Psalm 34:8; John 15:5 Galatians 5:22

Beauty, Prayer, Worship, Joy

Over and Over

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

"This is the time where we make our love visible through the giving of our tithes and offerings. Let’s give with cheerful hearts." Carol Penner offers an introduction to the offering and a prayer for afterwards.