We will be holding a Covenant Member meeting on Sunday (Aug 25) after liturgy at Vesper. Covenant Members and Members in Discernment are welcome to participate. Agenda overview: Finance & Creative Ministry Fund update Vox Veniae Mission and Vision Feedback regarding future for our community Logstics Lunch will be catered ($8/person – Venmo @voxveniae) Childcare will be provided (please let […]
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Getting Jesus Right
What are the ways we might impose our own priorities onto Jesus and fail to see him for who he really is? On the tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Nic Acosta reminds us to acknowledge our own biases, how we project them onto Jesus, and how God’s generosity is active among those we consider to be wrong . [John 6:1-15] Reflection […]
Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.07.28
Liturgy God of heaven, you see what all of us need.You long to gather us like chicks under your wing.You offer comfort and protection, a place of rest.Thank you for giving us all that we need.God of earth, you see what the vulnerable need.You want to feed each of your lambs.You give sustenance to both body and spirit.Thank you for […]
Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.07.21
Liturgy Heavenly Mother, Creator Above,What if we, your people in the hills,Can find no space for miracles?Our pasture turns to concrete,Our dreams to coal,Our songs misunderstood as our own elegy,Where are we to go?Lead us to the shore, Oh Lord.Reveal to us the abundance of your creation.We are ready to stand in faith.Jesus Christ, Radical Savior,What if we cannot find […]
Imma Need Space (and Food)
How many of us feel an incongruence throughout liturgy, questioning if we really believe the prayers and psalms passing through our lips? On the ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Vanessa Maleare breathes life into our incongruencies around faith and life by inviting us to make space. [Matthew 14:13-21] Reflection What space are you craving? What beliefs are you wrestling and contending […]
Midweek Group Book Club Celebration [July 31]
To mark the completion of our Midweek Groups’ Spring Book Club reading of Cole Arthur Riley’s This Here Flesh, Vox will be hosting a celebratory evening on July 31. The evening will feature opportunities to discuss content from the book, write our own breath prayers, and practice other contemplative expressions described in her book. When: Wednesday, July 31 from 6-8pm Where: […]
Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.07.14
Liturgy Joy comes with the morningThe kids are downThe dishes are awayOur pets stand guard(Or act like they do)Joy comes with the morningOur minds settle, or perhaps they begin their footmarchPerhaps our tears beginPerhaps we are a mother to our tearsAs the Psalms say,Weeping may tarry for the night,But joy comes with the morningLord, here’s to the anger,To the laughter,To […]