Resources on Carol Penner

Prayer, Offering, Thankfulness, Generosity

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.

Calling, God, Thankfulness, Creation

Palm Sunday Confession

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Prayer of Confession

Carol Penner offers a responsive prayer for Palm Sunday. "Believing our problems are too deep for you, we have underestimated your power."

Mercy, Palm Sunday, Power, Discipleship

Hosanna in the Highest

Carol Penner | Global Worship

Carol Penner wrote this prayer for Palm Sunday. She focuses on praising God for sending Christ into the world and finishes with asking for God to work in our lives.

Matthew 21:9

Palm Sunday, Thankfulness, Calling, Forgiveness

Our Money Talks

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Offering Liturgy or Prayer

Carol Penner shares a brief offering prayer on money, on how our use of money can identify us as God’s children, proclaim the presence of God’s generous Spirit, and be an expression of thankfulness.

Money, Prayer, Identity, Offering

Confession on Thanksgiving

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Prayer of Confession

Carol Penner offers a prayer of confession for Thanksgiving, confessing attitudes that can prevent us from being thankful, or being thankful enough. "For what we have received, Lord, make us truly thankful."

Confession, Thanksgiving, Thankfulness, Prayer

Thanksgiving revolution

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Carol Penner offers a prayer for Thanksgiving, suggesting that thankfulness is not just about listing things we are thankful for, but means a radical transformation of our heart.

Prayer, Thanksgiving, Thankfulness, Image Of God

Family Prayer

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

"You know our relationships inside out... Give us patience with our families this week." In this prayer, Carol Penner offers thanksgiving for our family members and asks for guidance in drawing appropriate boundaries.

Family, Love, Families, Thankfulness

Easter Morning Call to Worship

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Call to Worship

This Easter morning call to worship by Carol Penner emphasizes joy and wonder, gratitude and thankfulness, following the woman to the tomb and leaving to proclaim that Christ is risen.

Easter, Worship, Thankfulness, Omnipotence

Kids Back to School Prayer

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

"Thanks for a great summer! Help us this fall as we get ready to go back to school." A prayer for starting the school year by Carol Penner.

Prayer, Children, School, Thankfulness

True Allegiance

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Offering Liturgy or Prayer

An offertory prayer by Carol Penner that describes the offering as a public sign of allegiance to God, proclaiming God the "ruler of our lives, of our families, of our finances, of our future."

Offering, Prayerfulness, Thankfulness, Giving

Cheerful Hearts Offering Prayer

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

A brief poem-prayer by Carol Penner that expresses thanksgiving for God's abundant gifts, including the gift of the ability to give of ourselves.

Blessing, Thankfulness, Gratitude, Generosity

Good Morning Prayer

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Prayer

A morning prayer by Carol Penner that speaks to thanking God for the different "times" in our life. A morning prayer that thanks God for daily activities like eating, reading, and walking.

Prayer, Goodness, Day, Thankfulness

Praying on a Windy Day

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Prayer

"On this wind-swept day, my prayer is a kite, rising from outstretched arms, stringing taut and fast..." This prayer by Carol Penner uses the imagery of a windy day to describe prayers rising up to God....

Prayer, Prayerfulness, Gratitude, Winds

Labour of Love

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

"Labouring God, the sea and sky are your work, every hill and plain, every valley and cliff fashioned by your hands." A prayer of praise for all God's creation by Carol Penner.

Creation, Singing, Thankfulness, Praise

Thanks for All Food!

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

"Thanks for all food, grown, raised, bought, served; for all food, tangy, spicy, salty, sweet..." A prayer of thanksgiving for food and for eating by Carol Penner.

Prayer, Food, Thankfulness, Grace At Meals

The good book

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

Poetry

“I was always captivated by 'Once upon a time:' the magical invitation into a world not mine.” Carol Penner presents this poem looking at the privilege of being able to read.

Good, Thankfulness, World, Story

Spring Congregational Prayer

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

A congregational prayer that thanks God for different aspects of nature in the springtime. This prayer takes those aspects of spring and connects them to our spiritual life.

Rejoicing, Thankfulness, Nature

Eternity Sunday Congregational Prayer

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

This prayer of the people for Eternity Sunday begins with thanking God for things everlasting and ephemeral and then moves into intercessory prayer for losses, for the demonstration of love, and for being God's instruments.

Love, Thankfulness, Eternity

God of Resurrection Prayer

Carol Penner | Leading in Worship

A prayer for an Easter service that thanks Jesus Christ for his resurrection that brings us life. This prayer also petitions for those within a given congregation and also the world.