Opening Litany based on Psalm 122

Pastor: I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

Congregation: Our feet rejoiced standing in the gates of the New Jerusalem, and now we are called to be city built on a hill where all the tribes and nations go up to Praise the name of the Lord our God. 

Pastor: We rejoice in the light that brings hope to the world and to our lives as we prepare for the coming of the Lord.:

Congregation: let our light shine forth in this world as we live as the children you have called us to be. 

Pastor: Pray for the peace of the world and for peace in the Holy Land that all those you live may live secure and without walls.

Congregation: For the sake of our families and friends we will live in the hope of peace as we say to all, “Peace be with, and within you.”

Pastor: For the sake of the house of the LORD our God let us seek a shared prosperity for all the children of God

Congregation: I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”