Liturgy With joy and delight we gather to praise you, Holy God. We approach you as one community, and thank you for knowing us fully, and not forcing us to be that which we were never created to become. Ever-Creating God, you call us as your children, made in your image, with a divine spark within each of us. We […]

Liturgy Here today there is love, freely available to all. Not our human loving, fragile and intermittent, but God’s supreme love. May a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth, break forth into joyous songs of praise. Here today is love, higher than our loftiest hopes, deeper than the immensities of time and space, God’s inclusive love. Let the […]

Liturgy God of love, plant us in the soil of your grace. Nurture us with the strength of Christ, the vine of everlasting life. Enlighten us with the wisdom of your Spirit, which flows through us today and all days. Abide in us, that we may abide in you and live in your love. We pray in the name of […]

Liturgy We gather together in the presence of our Shepherd God, who calls us each by name, who restores our souls, who leads us in the way of righteousness, and whose goodness and love never stops pursuing us. You are our Shepherd. You provide everything we need. You let us rest in green meadows and lead us beside quiet streams. […]

Liturgy We thank you, God, for drawing us to this place and time and for interrupting us with your gift of life in Christ. Whether we have heard the news many times over, or are this day listening with brand new ears, surprise us with your justice and righteousness, that our lives might turn in the right direction; startle us […]

Liturgy Imagine for a moment that you are alone, out in the hill country standing at the edge of a pool. It’s a round pool and very deep. You can hear the wind in the grass. What color is the water? Is it a deep blue? Can you see the bottom? Is the surface moving? How is the pool fed? […]

Liturgy When everything was dark, and it seemed that the sun would never shine again, your love broke through. Your love was too strong, too wide, too deep for death to hold. The sparks cast by your love dance and spread and burst forth with resurrection light. Loving God, we praise you for the light of new life made possible […]