Here we are together.A flock near this watering hole.We long for living water from youAnd sustenance from those around us.We delight in belonging to each other. Teach us, Oh God, to love those who arethe same and those who are different.Show us the limits of our own understandingand the vast reality of yours.We call to one another.Voices are all around […]
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Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.05.26
Liturgy God, we approach you in awe of the everyday miracles you have lent usthis week.We have watched children and roadside flowers grow.We have spoken with coworkers, cashiers, and family members,all of whom bear your image.We have sensed your nudges of love in our own hearts.In your incarnation, you showed us that spirit and body in here in eachother.Soul is […]
Liturgy, Reflection, & Benediction 2024.05.19
Liturgy Loving God, we are here to meet withyou and we are here to meet each other.You have made us for connection, not forself-control, self-determination, or self-fulfillment.Thank you, God, for time to be together.We come in on our own or with our closestones, and we enter in to something larger.Bind us to each other. Not just the one beside us,but […]
Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.04.28
Liturgy We greet you, God, with the dust of this world clinging to our feet.We have walked in hard places and collected the grime of polluted paths.The foul smell of injustice is all around us and sometimes even wafting up fromour toes.But you have provided a pool of water, a place to wade into, fresh and clear.God, wash us clean.Give […]
Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.04.21
Liturgy Good Shepherd and constant companion,Hear the voice of Your flock.We bring to You our burdens and our thanksgiving,our joy and our grief.We hear about quiet waters that promise refreshment,but often find dry land with no place to quench our thirst or rest ourheads.Turn these fruitless deserts into green pastures,into valleys flowing with milk and honey.When we feel helpless in […]
Child Dedication Sunday [May 26]
>>Update<< We have reached capacity for families to dedicate their children on May 26th. There will be another opportunity during our Fall dedication service in October. If you’d like to be included in the October service, please email the greenhouse address below. On May 26th during our Sunday morning liturgy, parents will have the opportunity to dedicate their children before […]
Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2024.04.14
Liturgy Let us begin our liturgy with prayer.Your responses are highlighted in yellow.Easter is past, and we are surprised to find you still with us.Like your followers then, we are startled by your presence.We don’t have your flesh and bones to prove it.We cannot touch you or give you food to eat.Give us eyes to see the Risen One,Hearts to […]