Evening Prayer
For small groups
Approximate service length: 20 minutes
copyright Lisa Frenz 2000
Below are some worship resources which you are welcome to use at no charge. Please just use a copyright acknowledgment "Copyright Lisa Frenz. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission."
Order of Worship
Music for Meditation
& The lighting of the candles
Please respect the wish of others to meditate or pray before service. Thank you.
(The Song is played quietly during the petitions)
P: In the quiet of the night, in the comfort of darkness we come to you, O Lord. We come for peace; we come for comfort; we come for forgiveness and love.
Song “O Lord, Hear My Prayer”
Text: Psalm 102:1-2; adapt. Taize Community, 1982
Music: Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994
Copyright Administrator: GIA Publications, Inc.
Silence
A: In the softness of evening, in the solace of silence we come to you, O Lord. We come for acceptance; we come for community; we come for forgiveness and love.
Song “O Lord, Hear My Prayer”
Text: Psalm 102:1-2; adapt. Taize Community, 1982
Music: Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994
Copyright Administrator: GIA Publications, Inc.
Silence
P: In the serenity of day’s end, in the restfulness of worship, we come to you O Lord. We come to you for respite; we come to you for completion; we come to you for forgiveness and love.
Song “O Lord, Hear My Prayer”
Text: Psalm 102:1-2; adapt. Taize Community, 1982
Music: Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994
Copyright Administrator: GIA Publications, Inc.
Silence
A: In the quiet of the night, in the comfort of darkness we come to you, O Lord. We come for peace; we come for comfort; we come for forgiveness and love.
(and for your prayers)
P: We come, O Lord of Light, seeking the illumination of your Word. We come for the path we can’t find; we come for the life we don’t have. We come to you for our lives are death and you alone have breath and being.
Song “O Lord, Hear My Prayer” (use regular, "O Lord, hear my prayer", and alternative text "The Lord is my song")
Text: Psalm 102:1-2; adapt. Taize Community, 1982
Music: Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994
Copyright Administrator: GIA Publications, Inc.
Silence
A lighted candle is carried in and set where all can see it.
P: (spoken over music) O Christ Jesus, you are our Light, the bright star of our heart.
C: Shine on us, O Lord of Light. You are the glow that illumines our darkness and chases away our fears.
Invocation Song: “Come”
by W. Michael Aguilar III, © 1999, Shandy Music Industries, PO Box 10402, Portland, OR 97296.
verse 1, "Lord of all light, come, come...."
P: (spoken over music) O Christ Jesus, you are our Lamp, the glow of truth, the underpinning of our existence.
C: Shine on us, O Lord of Light. You are the beacon of possibilities that lights our way and leads us to completion.
Invocation Song: “Come” (see Music)
by W. Michael Aguilar III, © 1999, Shandy Music Industries, PO Box 10402, Portland, OR 97296.
verse 1, "Lord of all light, come, come...."
P: (spoken over music) O Christ Jesus, you are our Fire, the warmth of love in our soul.
C: Shine on us, O Lord of Light. You are the Blaze of passion that consumes our lives and brings us to rebirth.
Invocation Song: “Come”
by W. Michael Aguilar III, © 1999, Shandy Music Industries, PO Box 10402, Portland, OR 97296.
verse 1, "Lord of all light, come, come...."
verse 2, "God of all grace, come, come...."
verse 3, "Lord of all love, come, come...."
A: Let us pray,
C: O God, we know the way of love is through Your Son Jesus Christ. Inspire us to pour out that love to people everywhere: in our homes, our communities, our nation, our world. Amen.
Song:
First Reading
Silence
Second Reading
Silence
Sending Song:
A blessing for may be offered at this time.