I had the joy of writing the Call to Worship for our Women's Ministries Kick Off event in October. It is written as a Spoken Word Poem meant to be a true call to worship--an oral summons to turn our faces and lift our eyes--rather than a reading.

Pause

Turn and Come

Turn away from what ails

Frightens

Worries

Brings you low

Turn your hearts to God and Know

That He is Here

And He is Good

Believe

Be loved Beloved

Come.

Come in,

You’re invited

Yes, you hear the drum

That’s our God calling you

Come

Leave it all behind

You are mine, Our God calls us

out of the night

Into the light

He gathers us

And says it is good

In the desert there was one bush that burned

But that was enough to make Moses turn

He turned aside and worshiped God

Now what if you

Who are Called out of the dark

What if you took up that spark

What if you let God’s breath warm

Transform you into a fire storm

Each of you burning bright

together

Each one conquering the night

together

Each one carrying the light

together

You keep the doors closed on your dark places

Those deep spaces

When was the last time you opened those doors and looked

really looked into the deep

You’d be surprised at what you see.

Arise

Because even in those places God’s put an ember

Arise woman remember

That you were not made for the dark, you were made for the light

You were not made to be alone

But to stand side by side

To sympathize

You were not made to be ignored, not made to be bored

Arise woman

You were made to inspire

To rise higher

You were made to be fire

Arise woman you are mine says the Lord

You were made to be light

Arise woman

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