A Communion/Baptism Litany

On this day we will be celebrating communion and baptizing two fabulous children in our community. I came to think this time around (my 50th? baptism) that Baptism is really a dance between a grace-abundant God and we wandering, yet attached humans. Here are the results: 

Leader: All life is a call and response,

a dance between God and us.

God calls us into being,

knitting us together in our mother's womb. 

How we then live is our response to God.

Leader: God calls us to LOVE:

to plunge ourselves into the hurt and the joy,

to give ourselves fully and vulnerably to relationships.

People: God calls me this day!

Leader: God call us to GRACE:

to forgive before a sorry is spoken,

to seek reconciliation,

to learn a person's whole story first.

People: God calls me this day!

Leader: God calls us to DANCE:

to follow the path that is set before us and to wander,

to remember we belong to God and to each other,

to journey along confidently,

knowing God is with us,

yet choosing our own destination.

People: God calls me this day!

Leader: God calls us to COMMUNITY:

to gather to pray, speak the good news,

bind broken hearts, celebrate, and share the journey!

People: God calls me this day!

Leader: On this day, God calls us to gather at the table,

to share in this meal for all of God's children

and to celebrate Kasie and Jakob's baptism.

People: God calls US this day!

Leader: Amen!

People: Amen!