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liturgy

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 10.20.13

Liturgy Pour out your Spirit upon us as we gather, God of our salvation: so your grace might strengthen us for service; so your peace might calm our troubled souls; so your hope might mend our broken hearts. You poured out your life that we might be filled with the gift of salvation. You humbled yourself that we might be […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 10.13.13

Liturgy Open my lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Give me the joy of your saving help again and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit. Glory […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 10.06.13

Liturgy Thank you, O Holy One  for this opportunity to meet you in this place of worship.  We come to this new day after a long week, carrying all kinds of feelings, emotions and expectations.  But here, in your presence let your Holy Spirit move us to a place of rejoicing in which new hopes abound.   We will celebrate […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 09.29.13

Liturgy Almighty and ever-present Father,  your watchful care reaches from end to end and orders all things in such power  that even the tensions and the tragedies of sin cannot frustrate your loving plans.  Help us to embrace your will, give us the strength to follow your call,  so that your truth may live in our hearts and reflect peace […]

Mission Sunday

I grew up in the Baptist church. Every year (probably twice a year since we were Baptist), the cavernous foyer would be filled on a Sunday morning with tables upon tables of people returned from all over the world to share about their lives overseas. The Peru table was covered in beautiful blankets. The missionaries to India had pictures of […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 09.22.13

Liturgy The Spirit of God calls us from many places; some of us come from busy homes with many people, some of us live alone. We are all part of the family. This week has been different for each of us; some of us have happy news we want to celebrate, some of us face grief and need comforting. We […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 09.15.13

Liturgy Listen! God, our beloved Creator, whispers to us: echoes of grace sound in our hearts, hope resonates in our souls. Listen! Christ, our Beloved friend, calls to us: faithfulness is the life he shares, generosity is the path we can follow. Listen, the Holy Spirit, our beloved Peace, transforms us: the voice of our Beloved sound through all creation, […]