Treehouse Living Room Worship
“Service”
Welcome to worship. God welcomes you here, as does this community. In tonight’s worship, you will be invited to offer a song, poem, essay, reflection, photograph, story, or letter (no more than one minute) around the theme of “Service” Be brave! We are all enriched by your sharing.
Opening song – All are Welcome
Prayer
Christ Jesus,
we come into your presence
from many different places.
We come with songs of joy
and shouts of gratitude.
We come carrying heavy burdens
and sighs of suffering.
As you welcome us into your house,
lift our burdens
and receive our praise.
Salt us with your grace
and flavor us with your mercy.
Bind us together,
that we may be at peace with one another
and be strengthened to go forth
in service to the world.
In your holy name, we pray. Amen.
Reading: Mark 9:30-37
30 From there Jesus and his followers went through Galilee, but he didn’t want anyone to know it. 31 This was because he was teaching his disciples, “The Human One[a] will be delivered into human hands. They will kill him. Three days after he is killed he will rise up.” 32 But they didn’t understand this kind of talk, and they were afraid to ask him. 33 They entered Capernaum. When they had come into a house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about during the journey?” 34 They didn’t respond, since on the way they had been debating with each other about who was the greatest. 35 He sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be least of all and the servant of all.” 36 Jesus reached for a little child, placed him among the Twelve, and embraced him. Then he said, 37 “Whoever welcomes one of these children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me isn’t actually welcoming me but rather the one who sent me.”
Time of Sharing
Tonight’s reading gives us a story of Jesus telling the disciples they must serve to be first. What does service mean to you?
Song – Will You Let Me Be Your Servant
Prayers
Communion
Closing Song – God Be With You Till We Meet Again
Blessing
Remember one of the secrets of success according to Jesus:
“If you want to feel great, be willing to come last and to gladly serve others.”
May God give you the faith and love to put this into practice,
and the humility to permit others to do the same for you. Amen!
Depart from this house of prayer
with restored hopes and renewed enthusiasm.
And the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
will be with you all, today and evermore. Amen!
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