Call to Worship (based on Nehemiah 8:1-10, with a nod to the Youngbloods)
Come on, people, now
Everybody get together –
Everybody get together for hearing –
Everybody get together for praising –
Everybody get together for taking refuge
In the joy of the Lord
Come on, people, now
Smile on each other
Everybody get together
Let us worship God!
“Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Nehemiah 8:10
Image: “Winter Landscape with Braband Church” (detail), Christian David Gebauer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Matters of Interpretation 