A Real Challenge - Dane Cramer - 2/23/2025

Описание: Amity United Church of Christ
The Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
February 23, 2025


The Call to Worship – Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40, NKJV

L: Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.

P: For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

L: Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.

P: Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

L: Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.

P: He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday.

L: Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

P: Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret -- it only causes harm.

L: For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the LORD, They shall inherit the earth.

P: For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more.

L: But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

P: But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their strength in the time of trouble

All: And the LORD shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, And save them, Because they trust in Him.


The Prayer of Confession

Heavenly Father, we have again failed You. We have sinned against You. We have not served one another, or loved our neighbors as ourselves. We have not even recognized our neighbors when we encounter some of Your children. Forgive us, Father. Help us to walk by Your Holy Spirit, not by our flesh. Help us not only to recognize our neighbors in Your children, but to love them as You love us. In Jesus’ name, Amen.


A New Creed (The United Church of Canada):
We are not alone, we live in God’s world. We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit. We trust in God. We are called to be the Church: to celebrate God’s presence, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God.