Liturgy God of water and wine, Bring us together this morning To pour and drink deeply From the storehouse of your grace. After a week of bruises and slights, A week of unmet hopes, We are here to rest, to recline In the living room you have set. Teach us, Welcoming Spirit, The look and feel of wonder, As you […]

Liturgy As we gather around your creations, In all our weaknesses and strengths, with our youth-filled spirits and aging bodies, may we be your people, O God. Honest in our faith and eager with questions, singing our praise and whispering our prayers, may we be your people, O God. Filled with saintly determination yet mindful of our human limitations, may […]

Liturgy Friends, sisters and brothers, welcome to this new and wonderful space. Welcome to all your new beginnings– a new year, a new home, a new perspective. Let us take a moment to acknowledge this space and time. This morning, let us welcome a brilliant, new understanding of God’s presence. Let us welcome all the ways God will show up […]

Liturgy You are each welcomed here today to unburden from your self-protective masks and armory. This is a sacred space for us to let go of that which no longer serves our souls. As you let go of your guardedness, receive. The eternal God seeks this morning to give an awakening to the eternal essence within you. As you receive, […]

Liturgy Thank you, scandalous God, For giving yourself to the world, Not in the powerful and extraordinary, But in weakness and the familiar: In a baby; in bread and wine. Thank you for offering, at journey’s end, a new beginning; For setting, in the poverty of a stable, The richest jewel of your love; For revealing, in a particular place, […]

Liturgy Holy and Beloved God, it is hard to hope when all seems lost. The darkness has a way of fuzzing our vision, of taking our eyes off of your holy light. It’s hardest to see your light when our eyes are shut – shut to you, shut to each other, and shut to the suffering that is just barely […]

Liturgy You are invited this morning to welcome. Welcome the place where you are. Welcome your joys and your struggles. Welcome this holy ground. You are invited this morning to be. Be present in the place where you are. Be still in your feelings of the day. Be firm on this holy ground. You are invited this morning to worship. […]