Liturgy Heavenly Father, Christ within us, Spirit of our very breath, we offer gratitude for being here today, safe in this place. Still our minds as we open our hearts to your message. Give us mindfulness of our bodies as we breathe in (pause) and out (pause). Help us to release thoughts of our plans for the day, worries about […]

Liturgy Holy God, God of risk, of action and of love, we gather today to worship and learn. Thank you for the newness you give us with each morning. Thank you for the familiarity of people and things around us. You bless us with discerning minds, and we ask for courage to use them. Open our hearts to hear your […]

Liturgy Creator God, we gather today in worship of your holiness, your goodness, your faithfulness. You are the creator of joy, of love, and of life. We praise you for your goodness. You have designed us to reflect your nature, and so you have given us the power to be holy, good and faithful. Open our hearts to the mystery […]

Liturgy With friends and strangers, with family and neighbors, we gather: Dwell among us, Healing God, with your love which never ends. With faith reaching out to touch, with hearts straining to trust, we hope: Dwell among us, Friend of the broken, with your compassion which makes us whole. With word and wonder, with silence and song, we wait: Dwell […]

Liturgy The table of Jesus is our place of gathering. Here, you are welcomed, wanted, loved. Here, there is a place set for you. So come all you who are hungry, all you who hunger for the bread of life, all you whose souls cry out for healing. Come all you who are weary, all you who are bowed down […]

Liturgy Gracious God, into the shadows of our isolation you speak words of life and community. You challenge the lives we lead, and you call us away from places we try to call home to lead us more deeply into the world you love. With your gentle, healing touch you redeem the broken fragments in our lives, and you heal […]

Liturgy Creator God, maker of the stars and the planets, sunsets and ocean breezes. We are blessed, as part of Creation, to share also in the act of creating. You bless us with gifts to use words and figures, give us quick feet and nimble fingers, the ability to improve our world and the lives of those we share this […]