Saying Yes
Seekers Church
A Christian Community
In the Tradition of the Church of the Saviour
Recommitment 2006
Saying “Yes!”
CIRCLE TIME
ENTRANCE
REFLECTION
[We] walk in the shadows of faith – that is, in doubt. Doubt and dedication often go hand in hand. And “faith,” crucially, is not assenting intellectually to a series of doctrinal propositions; it is living in conscious and rededicated relationship to God.
Annie Dillard
“For the Time Being,” pg146
For each of us there comes a moment – or a slow series of moments – when we sense the God of the universe as a personally felt presence. Something cold in us warms, something stiff in us loosens, and we sense within ourselves a turning, an allowing, a yes.
Kayla McClurg
“Joining God’s Dream,” Inward/Outward Blog, pg 89.
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: We sense a turning within, a yes.
People: Yes, God, I am ready to hear you.
Leader: We feel in one another an allowing, a yes.
People: Yes, God, I am ready to deepen my connection
to you and to your family.
Leader: Even in a troubled and broken world,
we know a divine affirming, a yes.
All: Yes, God, I am ready to be completely yours.
INVOCATION
HYMN
WORD FOR THE CHILDREN
SILENCE
RESPONSIVE READING
Leader: We walk in the shadows of faith.
Our doubt and dedication go hand in hand.
People: Holy Reconciler, help us live in paradox.
Leader: Faith is living in conscious
and rededicated relationship to the Eternal One.
All: Abiding Spirit, help us live in faith.
SILENCE
PRAYERS
CONFESSION
Leader: Let us confess the foundation of our faith in God.
Voice 1: God’s perfect law revives the soul.
God’s stable rule guides the simple.
Voice 2: God’s just demands delight the heart.
God’s clear commands sharpen vision.
Leader: God’s faultless decrees stand forever.
God’s right judgments keep their truth.
All: Yet faults hide within us.
Forgive me mine.
ASSURANCE
Leader: For those who keep God’s covenant,
all the paths of God are steadfast love.
When we confess, we are forgiven.
All: Amen.
PRAYERS OF THE COMMUNITY
JESUS PRAYER
HYMN
THE WORD
SCRIPTURE
SERMON
SILENT REFLECTION
OFFERING
The first Sunday of each month we switch to a Communion Liturgy here.
SHARED REFLECTIONS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
HYMN
BENEDICTION
Leader: As universal, grace-filled body of Christ
and fragile earthen vessel,
linked with the people of God
throughout the ages,
let us take our “Yes” to God into the world.
All: Amen
WORSHIP RESOURCES
Confession: Psalm 19
Assurance: Psalm 25
SEEKERS CHURCH
A Christian Community
In the Tradition of the Church of the Saviour
Preparation for Recommitment
2006
A key element in the life of Seekers Church is the understanding that our commitment to Christ and to the Seekers Church is conscious and intentional. To reinforce this understanding, we renew our commitment to the community each year. This year “Recommitment Sunday” will be observed on the third Sunday of October, the 15th. This date recalls the initial commitment of the founding members of the Church of the Saviour in 1947.
This time before Recommitment Sunday is an opportunity for us to reflect on our commitment to God and to Seekers Church. This year, as you reflect on the call of Seekers Church and our commitment statements, we invite you to ask yourself:
- What do I bring to my relationship with God through this Christian community; and
- What do I need from and through this community in order to deepen my commitment to Christ?
We encourage you to reflect on what you mean to the community and the wider world. Part of our traditional preparation includes a silent hour of prayer in the sanctuary, before signing the Seekers membership log, the record of all Seekers members since 1976. Every choice you make, every call you answer changes all of us!
Every Sunday between now and October 15th a member of the Servant Leadership Team will be outside the World Room with the membership log book, to answer questions and invite you to sign the book once you are clear about your commitment to God and this community of faith.
On Recommitment Sunday all those who are called to make their commitment as Members of Seekers Church, who attend regularly and who identify themselves as Seekers, will use the Member’s statement. The Stewards will use the longer statement on the next page. We pray that each of us will use this recommitment season to envision the future for Seekers Church and the part we are called to play in this new chapter of our life together.
Seekers’ Servant Leadership Team
