Liturgy God of our past and our present, God of our future, yet to be and awaited, God of our years, our days, and even of this moment: Our lives are deeply rooted in miracles before us, Our faith is richly set in courage running thick, Our vocation is shaped by all those who have risked for your purposes. And […]
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Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 08.11.13
Liturgy We believe in God whose goodness Is more than enough for all: Filling the universe with gifts of love And resounding through our lives in praise, We will take hold of all that God gives With reverence and joy. We will make God known in the breaking of bread, We will share the life-giving wine, So that all may […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 08.04.13
Liturgy We believe in an innovative God, who does not wait for us to find ourselves but comes seeking the lost and calling us into a new way. We believe in Jesus of Nazareth as God’s crucial initiative, that when he calls us to follow, Christ also gives us the power to become, both in creed and deed, the children […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 07.28.13
Liturgy Living God, thank you for never leaving us alone in the work you call us to do. We thank you for leading each of us here to Austin and everyone who works and is connected within our small community. Thank you for the richness of experience, the diversity of gifting, the depth of hope, the quality of commitment all […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 07.21.13
Liturgy In you, oh God, we have life and community. In the city and in us, may your voice be heard. Unconditional, is the love that you place in our hearts. Everlasting, is the promise of hope you made. We gather as the city. We gather as the disconnected. We gather as the restless. We gather to offer an urban […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 07.14.13
Liturgy We believe in God whose essence is love: seeking, holding, challenging, creating in us. We see God in the gentle touch of a friend, in the hospitality of strangers, On streets and shopping centers, tenements and parks; We believe that God holds our world in love. We believe in Jesus whose essence is life: living, laughing, loving, winning our […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 07.07.13
Liturgy God sovereign and generous, who commands the rise and fall of the nations, who calls and has chosen many peoples, who weeps when they harm each other, who haunts every local culture – including ours – with your will for well-being, who draws close to the powerless and surprises with power via weakness… You are the one whom we […]