Leader: Life is a journey on many different roads All: but God is always with us. Leader: Sometimes we lift our faces to the sun All: and God is with us. Leader: But then there is the hard journey through pathways of pain & fears in dark places. All: But God is with us. …
Leader: Our God is a God who says to us, ‘I will be your God’. All: And we will be your people & we will try to live as the people of God. Leader: We gather as the people of God, trying to live as Jesus did. All: We remember that Jesus is the way,…
Leader: For the blessings that today has held: All: We thank you, God. Leader: For each person we have been in contact with today: All: We ask your blessing on them. Leader: For opportunities missed, for negative thoughts, for harmful words: All: We ask forgiveness as we pray in the name of…
Leader: As a parent raises her child to adulthood All: So God brings creation to maturity. Leader: Let us thank God for the beauty of the earth All: We praise and bless you, Creator God. Leader: We are part of this creation, growing to fullness in God. All: Thanks be to God.…
Dear All, Our theme today focusses on psalm 22 (23). There is an alternative translation of it amongst the attachments. Sometimes a different translation throws a different light on a well-known piece of scripture. The words of the psalm don’t really need much additional material – they speak very clearly to us of a shepherding…
Leader: Come, Lord Jesus: you too were weary when day was done; & you met your friends at eventide. All: Come, Lord Jesus. Leader: Come, Lord Jesus: when evenings drew on, you too enjoyed prayer and companionship at the close of the day. All: Come, Lord Jesus. Leader: Come, Lord Jesus: you…
Leader: How good it is to thank our God, & to praise God’s name. We sing of your love at dawn, your faithfulness at dusk. Your presence brings delight & the deeds you inspire joy. So we come together to pray, All: in the name of the Father & of the Son & of…
Leader: In Jesus Christ, we hear the Good News that God is our ever-loving, ever-forgiving creator. All: We believe that God is love. Leader: In Jesus, we see a God who wept for the people of the world, All: and weeps for our wounds. Leader: In Jesus, we see a God who reaches out with…
Leader: Let us pray to God – father, son & spirit. All: There is no other God. Leader: From whom we come, with whom we stay, to whom we return. All: You, we bless, name above all names, Holy One. Leader: Amen, alleluia! All: Amen, alleluia! Please join in the hymn O Strength & Stay,…
Leader: O God of Life, of all Life & of each Life, we lay our lives before you – we give our lives to you from whom nothing is hidden. All: You are before us, around us & within us. Leader: O Lord, you know the secret thoughts of every heart.…