Dear All, Some reflections related to Harvest this week – not all necessarily the beauty & bounty of it all but arising from a consciousness of issues that arise at this time. We hope one or more will mean something for you. Amazing to think we will be in October by next Saturday & amidst…
Dear All, We can’t go on pretending that we are still in summer for ever so today we are focussed on Autumn & we hope something of what we are attaching will help you look anew at this season & its beauty, as well as its promise of eventual spring again -the death & resurrection…
Leader: Sometimes believing, sometimes doubting All: We come to God’s house. Leader: Sometimes weeping, sometimes laughing All: We come to God’s house. Leader: However we are, All: We know we are welcome. Please join in or listen to: (Sacred Weave CD) Circle me, Lord, keep protection near, and danger far. Circle…
Leader: As we gather together in this sacred space, may we recognise & affirm: the possibilities & the good we each bring, allowing our individual gifts to be woven into a patchwork of peace. All: Amen, alleluia! Please join in the hymn. (Take this moment Tr 10. Lead me Lord). …
Leader: You discern our thoughts from far away, O God. All: You search out our path & and our lying down. Leader: You are acquainted with all our ways. All: You are with us as we pray. We will listen, or join in with, to the hymn, ‘Christ has no body now but…
As we gather we will listen to some music. Leader: We are gathered here tonight to worship God in the name of the Father & of the Son & of the Holy Spirit, All: Thanks be to God. Leader: We are conscious that our worship is expressed both through coming together to pray…
Dear All, Hope all is going well with you & that some are able to go away & have a change of scene. August 6th is the Feast of the Transfiguration so our reflection are focussed on that very strange event that we read of in the gospels. We have included the account of it…
As we gather we will listen to some music – & we will light some incense. Leader: Give thanks that God is good. All: Let us celebrate today’s feast in hope. Leader: Give thanks that Jesus is risen. All: Let us celebrate today’s feast in joy. Leader: Give thanks for the mystery that…
Leader: In the book of Job we read, ‘In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on mortals, while they slumber on their beds, then God opens their ears’. Let us pray in this time together that our ears may be opened – that we will hear God’s continuous call…
Leader: God of beginnings & endings, we are coming towards the end of our day. All: We gather to thank you for its blessings. Leader: We know that the end of one day is the beginning of another. All: We gather to place tomorrow in your hands. Leader: Above all we know that…