Liturgy Emmanuel, God with us, Savior to captives and prisoners everywhere, at the celebration of your birth be with each lonely soul exiled behind bars. Emmanuel, God with us, Savior to leaders and rulers everywhere, at the celebration of your birth protect those with power from temptations of tyranny and exploitation. Emmanuel, God with us, Savior to families and friends […]
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Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 12.09.12
Liturgy In this season of Advent, may we grow still enough to hear the small noises earth makes in preparing for the long sleep of winter, so that we ourselves may grow calm and grounded deep within. May we grow still enough to hear the trickling of water seeping into the hard ground, so that our souls may also be […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 12.02.12
Liturgy Today is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent is a season of anticipation. Of waiting. In this season of expectation, We prepare to welcome Christ Jesus, Messiah, Into the bustle of our lives and the hard to find moments of solitude. We prepare to welcome Christ Jesus, Messiah, Into our homes and situations along with friends and families. We […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 11.25.12
Liturgy We gather together to worship, knowing that God is already here among us; knowing that there is nothing that separates us from the presence of our Lord. Wherever we are, wherever we go, God is near. Let us enter into this service of worship with confidence and hope, knowing that God is already with us, and that He stands […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 11.18.12
Liturgy In the stillness, in the silence, we attend to your presence, our God. And we feel your Spirit illuminating our minds, warming our hearts, stirring our spirits, strengthening our hands outstretched, transforming our lives, energizing our souls,, Until every fiber of our being is filled with your presence and we leap up crying, Blessed are you, God of all […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 11.11.12
Liturgy We believe that God the Father, Good Creator and giver of life, Calls us to love all creation And care for it as respectful stewards, To do justice, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with God. We believe that Jesus Christ, Sent from God to save and lead us, Teaches us to love God with heart, soul, mind, […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 11.04.12
Liturgy Praise and glory to you Creator, Spirit of God; we gather together to worship at your table. You make our bread Christ’s body to heal and reconcile and to make us the body of Christ. You make our wine Christ’s living sacrificial blood to redeem the world. You are truth. You come like the wind, unseen, unbidden. Like the […]