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Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.04.11

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.04.11

Liturgy Loving God, you invite us all into this space today.You welcome your treasured people in all our forms,wholly beloved, beautiful, unique.Into this moment, we come. We worship you in celebration.We give thanks for your love and grace,your faithfulness and...

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Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.04.04

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.04.04

Liturgy On this Easter Sunday, how do you come?How might you imagine, we as a communitycome this morning? Whether in grief or joy,recently betrayed or reconnected, the invitationthis morning is to accept what is, here and now. O, infinite One of radical...

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Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.03.28

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.03.28

Liturgy Most gracious God,You are with us.Most holy God,You are present. We draw near to Youand you to us.You hear our hearts.May we hear yours. When we are filled with fear,when grief threatens to overcome,You groan with us.You hold us. As the budding of treesand the...

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Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.03.21

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.03.21

Liturgy God, in you we live and move and have our beingYou are the ground on which we walk,the light by which we see,the dust to which we will return. We invite the grounding elements ofcreation into our worship this morning:Earth, wind, water, light,Soil, trees,...

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Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.03.14

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.03.14

Liturgy Loving God, we come to this sacred time andspace 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,...

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Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.03.07

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.03.07

Liturgy God of breath and bone,remind us of the body's wisdom.In this moment of screens and separation,ground us in the old song of tears and touch. We make many temples in this life,yet the temple you spoke of was your body. In a Lenten season marked by physical...

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Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.02.28

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.02.28

Liturgy God, your voice is but a whisper,and we struggle to hear itamid the clatter of life in its many forms,that works to claim our attention. We pray that this morning may be a timeof quiet reflection and devotion to you,when we can still our hearts and mindsand...

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Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.02.21

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.02.21

Liturgy Beloved community, let’s begin our timetogether with a calming, restorative breath. Holy One, be among us with gentle presence.If our patience has worn thin, or disappeared,or we never had any to begin with, give us theresolve to trust that our needs will be...

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Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.02.14

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.02.14

Liturgy Transformation doesn’t happen whenwe look ahead. It is something we onlysee in hindsight. This morning you areinvited into this space. All of you,All parts of you,All chapters of your story. As we pick up the piecesof ourselves, invite them in.Let them gather...

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Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.02.07

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2021.02.07

Liturgy God, Creator, Healer,We receive today yourinvitation to community,to participate in your divine being,to rest in your embrace. We come as we are, wholly beloved by you.We bring our joys.We bring our sorrows.We bring our fears. We come as we are, seeking...

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