Here are a few prayers and a Call to Worship culled from my Internet research. Click on the links to find even more good material at the respective websites, and make sure to credit the original author if you use their stuff.
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From the Church of Scotland
A Prayer for All Saints
Almighty God,
you have knit together your elect
in one communion and fellowship
in the mystical body of your Son.
Give us grace to follow your blessed saints
in all virtuous and godly living,
that we may come to those inexpressible joys
which you have prepared
for those who perfectly love you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever. Amen.
A Prayer of Confession
O Loving Father,
We have preached but not practised what you have commanded.
We have been heartless and zealous in judgement, and hesitant in compassion.
We have been keen to lay burdens on the shoulders of others,
But have failed to carry the loads which are our own, and ours alone.
We have been self indulgent and adored the honours bestowed upon us,
And have been blind to the effect such selfish living has upon the world’s attitude to the church.
We have cringed in fear, and shied away from the radical, adventuresome, prophetic way of Jesus,
frightened of facing the cost and demands it places upon us.
Time and again we have acted as if we were orphans, and knew not the love of you,
Our Father shown to us in the life and death of Jesus Christ.
Silently and slickly we have masked our shrewdness and greed with disguises of meekness and have lacked true humility,
and exaggerated our importance,
often at the cost of another person’s dignity and worth.
In mercy and grace, compassion and love,
hear this free admission of our blame and our responsibility for repeating the mistakes and crimes of former ages.
These two prayers were taken from www.churchofscotland.org.uk/worship
A Call to Worship from Liturgies Online, written by Rev Moira Laidlaw
based on Psalm 149:1 and Luke 6:27-31
Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song!
Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also;
And from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt.
Give to everyone who begs from you;
and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again.
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song.
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