Liturgy Good and gracious God, come dwell among us today. Let us take a breath to welcome your spirit. [Pause for the congregation to take a breath] Expand our hearts as we encounter you this morning. Open them wide enough for the whole of creation. Let us touch for a brief moment the eternal and cosmic force of Christ’s redemption […]

Liturgy As we enter into this time and space, let us invite our bodies and minds to settle in. Let us feel our feet grounding, and our breath inviting Life. We are wired to be pattern-makers, pattern-writers, pattern-interpreters. We use our patterns to learn and find meaning. God, show us your hand in the patterns we’ve learned. When our patterns […]

Liturgy Beloved church family, let this morning be a time of slowing. Let us find a moment to pause and rest, to practice patience and experience peace. May our liturgy today be a healing balm for the busyness of this season. Advent is a time of waiting and anticipation. We see the darkness and feel the cold, but also, we […]

Liturgy Today is the third Sunday of Advent, and we light the third candle of Advent for Joy. Welcome to this shared space of awareness and anticipation of how divine joy has come and is coming. As you feel safe and comfortable, you are invited to pause for a moment. Allow your body to soften. Allow your mind to find […]

Liturgy Today is the second Sunday of Advent, and we light the second candle of Advent for peace. God, in this advent season suspended between hope and fulfillment, Holy God, we long for your peace, and trust in your promise; we hear your call to turn toward you, to change our lives and welcome you in. Meet us here and […]

Liturgy Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Now is the time of this mortal life in which your Son, Jesus Christ came to live among us in great humility. That in the last day, when he shall return in his glorious majesty to judge the […]

Liturgy Friends, welcome to this sacred place this morning. Let us pause for a moment to be still and breathe. May we be reminded why we gather as a community We seek community, we seek forgiveness, we seek understanding, we seek wholeness. Let us work together in this space to be the body of Christ, united in mind and in […]