C2W Lent 4 of Cross Fit Faith

Here’s a Call to Worship for the fourth Sunday of Lent based on Luke 10:38-42, “Mindset is Everything” in the Cross Fit Faith worship series.

The Call

God calls us into presence.

    We come ready and willing to work on our faith.

Let us soak up the Love that improves us

    and pulls us from the dark corners of our minds.

For this next hour, let us focus solely on God, practicing our connection 

    so we know how to return to God this week when life brings us down.

Raise our souls and minds, O God, to focus on only what is necessary,

    our connection to You.

 

C2W for Lent 3 of Cross Fit Faith

Here’s a Call to Worship for the third Sunday of Lent based on Luke 9:18-24 & Matthew 11:28-30, “The The Tools for Success” in the Cross Fit Faith worship series.

The Call
Jesus calls us saying, ‘If you want to follow me, pick up your cross daily and follow.’
And so we’ve come, leaving our lives behind for this hour.
Jesus welcomes us saying, ‘Let me take your burdens and lighten your load.’
And so we hand over our worries, doubts, and fears to God.
Jesus calls us to leave behind the life we would make for ourselves and receive the life of freedom and joy only God can give.
We are here, trying to give up control, ready to receive the loving care of our
Creator who we worship today.

C2W for Lent 2 Cross Fit Faith

Here’s a Call to Worship for the second Sunday of Lent based on Luke 6:20-31, “The Principles” in the Cross Fit Faith worship series.

The Call

We’ve left comforts and responsibilities to be here today,

   to gather together and be inspired by the founder.

But God calls us to an upside-down way of life.

   Love our enemies? Bless our attackers? Give to all who ask?

Jesus shows us how those who harm

   can only be loved back to justice.

We who were lost were only loved back to life.

   This is God’s only way, to love us inspite of ourselves.

So let us follow and worship the Christ today

   as we learn the principles of our faith, to love and be loved.

C2W for Lent 1 Cross Fit Faith

Here’s a Call to Worship for the first Sunday of Lent based on Luke 4:1-21, “Meet the Founder” in the Cross Fit Faith worship series.

The Call

The Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness and is leading us too.

   We too will be tempted and tested.

As we begin our Lenten journey, let us be led by the Spirit,

   even into the uncomfortable places.

As we seek to follow Jesus in these 40 days,

   and our whole lives long,

may we be faithful and obedient to the perfecter of our faith, Jesus the Christ,

   who came to preach good news to the poor, proclaim release to the prisoners 

and to liberate the oppressed!

   This is our teacher and savior we follow and worship this day.

Cross Fit Faith Prayer for Illumination

Bulletin Cover Image for Cross Fit Faith worship series

This Wednesday begins the season of Lent! We’ll be starting this holy season of preparation with an evening Ash Wednesday Taize Worship service. Our worship series, Cross Fit Faith, will help us use Lent as a time to get our souls in shape as we answer Christ’s call to ‘pick up our cross daily and follow’ while remembering Jesus also tells us his ‘yoke is easy’ and his ‘burden is light’. To highlight the restful aspect of our faith training, we’ll be sharing Porter’s Gate Worship Project’s, In the Fields of the Lord as our special music the first Sunday of Lent. We’ll also be using the following as our Prayer for Illumination each week through Easter:

Pray: Gracious Guide, lead us now through your Word and our worship. Grow in us a faith we can live each day. Following the way of Christ, our holy trainer in faith, we live and pray. AMEN

I’ll be sharing Calls to Worship for each week of this series as well. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss any future posts! (Just click the ‘Follow’ button below)

Happy (almost) Lent! And happy planning!