In some past years we have included a “Rite of Wholeness” in our regular Sunday morning worship services during Lent. This year we’ll be doing it the Sunday before Lent. Our usual format is to have a Litany of Healing early in the service, a sermon … [Continue reading] about Brainstorming- Healing & Wholeness
confession: the gift of the Word
God of the ages, you gift us with your Word, written in the Bible and lived out in Jesus Christ. Yet we ignore this gift. We pretend that it doesn’t make sense in our world. We read it without trusting you to open it to our understanding. We … [Continue reading] about confession: the gift of the Word
dedication: gifts
God, you have given us each of us gifts to use as members of the body of Christ. Here are our gifts – the work of our hands, our hearts, and our lives. We pray that they may help to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to our world, today and always, … [Continue reading] about dedication: gifts
illumination: moving
Loving God, we will hear how long ago the people told Ezra to read the Scriptures to them. As we listen to your Word today, may we find it as moving as they did, as we are filled with the light of your love and opened to your call which sends us to … [Continue reading] about illumination: moving
Looking Ahead: Lent
It seems like it should be far away, but in fact Lent begins just 5 weeks from today. Therefore, it's time to start brainstorming. Do you have any ideas you filed away last year, hoping to bring them out this time? Any germs of new ideas? Do you … [Continue reading] about Looking Ahead: Lent
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