Fast from facts that depress; feast on truths that uplift. Dear All, We are moving fast through Lent – 4th Sunday this weekend & Mothering Sunday too. I looked at the Sunday readings & was particularly struck by the excerpt from Ephesians – such a wonderful picture of God. Look at a few of…
Leader: God, you have called us to be a people on the move: All: Give us the desire & energy to keep going forward. Leader: God, you have called us to be a people who travel light: All: Help us to see what we should leave behind. Leader: God, you have called us to…
Fast from personal anxiety; feast on eternal Truth. Leader: Come, let us pray joyfully to our ever-creative God – Let us greet God with thanksgiving. All: O that today we will hear God’s voice & harden not our hearts. Leader: Let us bow down in prayer before our God for it is our…
Fast from self-concern; feast on compassion for others Leader: God of justice, mercy & truth, we gather in your presence, aware of it in your creation, All: Remind us of your constant love & power to change & challenge our lives. Leader: God of justice, mercy & truth, we gather in your presence, we…
Fast from bitterness; Feast on forgiveness. Leader: God of the cosmos, God of the commonplace, All: Through your grace, we seek to do what is required of Leader: God of the mundane, God of the mystery, All: Through your grace, we seek to do justice. Leader: God-in-the-midst, God on the margins, All: Through…
Fast from hostility; Feast on non-resistance Leader: Round about us, here among us, All: God of promise & love. Leader: Good & faithful, strong in mercy, All: God of promise & love. Leader: Calling our names, bidding us welcome, All: God of promise & love. Let’s join in the hymn based on psalm…
Fast from bitterness; feast on forgiveness. Leader: Jesus says, ‘I am the Way for you’. All: And so we come to follow Christ. Leader: Jesus says, ‘I am the Truth for you’. All: And so we come to dwell in the light. Leader: Jesus says, ‘I am…
Fast from hostility; feast on non-resistance. Dear All, 3rd Sunday in Lent already! I hope the good days, weather-wise, have given you more of a spring in your step. The catkins, hedge blossoms, (white thorn mainly round here, I think), the bird-song & all the other signs of spring definitely bring hope – together…
Fast from unrelenting pressures; feast on unceasing prayer Leader: Creator God, ever-present like the steady fall of waves on the shore, All: We hear your call. Leader: Jesus, companion, as close to us as the beating of our hearts, All: We hear your call. Leader: Holy Spirit, on…
Fast from negatives; feast on affirmatives. Leader: Gathering God, our rock & shelter, All: We are here to meet with you. Leader: Travelling God, our way & wonder, All: We are here to meet with you. Leader: Summoning God, our joy & adventure, All: We…