To the Vox community, In Vox's 14 years of existence, this is the most significant disruption to our weekly rhythm of liturgy. We as a staff miss being together with you all face to face. Know that our love and prayers are with you. This is our hope for us as we...
Our rhythm of gathering to worship, Pass the Peace, engage scripture, and celebrate eucharist, is an important part of our week. We utter the words “liturgy means the work of the people, and we invite you to care for and serve one another” at the start of every...
Liturgy We feel deep inside the bits of shrapnel still embedded in our hearts. We remember broken promises that were once made with earnest sincerity. We feel again for the scars, both seen and invisible, that mark our stories to our bodies. God the Mother, Pull close...
Liturgy Gracious God, You invite us to welcome everything that comes to us this day because you know it is for our healing. We welcome all thoughts, feelings, and emotions, all persons, situations, and conditions. We let go of our desire for power and control. We let...
Liturgy Welcome, Vox family, to this sacred space and time. Let’s take a moment to pause, take a deep breath, and welcome the Spirit. If you entered with shame today, release it, for God does not define you by shame. If you entered with pain today, acknowledge it, for...
Liturgy Holy Love, Giver of good gifts, Our Sustainer - Be with us in our youth and folly, Rid us of our petty bitterness. God of galaxies, Seat of beauties, Our Humbler, Incline us to your light, Re-plant us in richer soil. Wonderful Counselor, Triune God, Architect...
Liturgy Jesus walked in the Light of Love, when there was darkness, when there was pain. Jesus loved the sinner, and showed us that the lost can always be found. So we wonder, can’t it be both? When we wake up tired, can’t we still get up? When we’re scared, can’t we...
Liturgy Let us pray. Your response will be highlighted in yellow. And God said, consider the sparrow, That forgotten shadow, flitting and fluttering in the rafters of the temple. Even the smallest creatures find their rest in you. Consider the body, its ligaments and...
Liturgy Meet us, O Christ, in the stillness of this morning. Move us, O Spirit, to quiet our hearts. Mend us, O Father, from yesterday’s harms. From the discords of yesterday, resurrect our peace. From the discouragements of yesterday, resurrect our hope. From the...
Liturgy God our Father - Giver of good gifts and Lifter of the downtrodden - equip us to relax in your love. We come to this moment weary, we begin and end our weeks with achy joints, creaky souls, and loves strained to breaking. Both in the church and in the world,...