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Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2018.12.02

Liturgy Everlasting God, the changing seasons testify to your handiwork. The vibrant hues of red, orange and green remind us that you have always been at work in us, through us, and around us. Even in the dying beauty of autumn, your hope springs anew, promising the cycle of life, death, and resurrection to continue your redemptive pattern. Arrest us […]

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2018.11.11

Liturgy We are called to be people of faith in the midst of the world, and so we mix our worship and our work, our faith, and our life. We gather here as people who live in the world and yet, we gather as people who have been called to see our world from a different viewpoint. God calls us […]

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2018.11.04

Liturgy Consider the well from which you drink. Your well of friends, family, work, play. Consider the well that gives you Life. Your well of peace, faith, hope. Consider the well that gives you Love. Your well of identity; as one lovable, loving. Beloved. Consider how underground water rises up to fill that well. Consider the Source of that water. […]

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2018.10.21

Liturgy Creator God, in the beginning you made all things good and invited us to live in that goodness. We are blessed, as bearers of your image to participate in proclaiming the truth of your kingdom. You bless us by giving us stewardship of your world, and invite us into the adventure of collaboration. You give us the ability to […]

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2018.10.07

Liturgy We are here by God’s invitation, to be fully present, to be here and now, to bring all parts of our heart to the table. Invite your joy and your grief. Invite your peace and your fear. Invite your confidence and your insecurity. God has invited all of who we are here today. This is a safe space and […]

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2018.09.30

Liturgy Faithful God, we come into your presence with thanksgiving, deeply grateful for the unfailing love and faithfulness you have shown toward us, your people. When we call out to you, you answer. When we are exhausted, you give us the strength to go on. When we find ourselves in trouble, you are there, standing beside us. And so we […]

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2018.09.23

Liturgy Loving God, we come to this sacred time and space today carrying hard and heavy burdens. Burdens of grief and loneliness, of depression and anxiety. Burdens of exhaustion, stress, and overwork. But we have good news! Your ways are not the ways of this world, and what we assume are weaknesses are actually the places where we find strength, […]