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3 May 2023 – Pause & Pray
Image: Ukrainian and Sudanese flags, Shutterstock. Today is our last Pause & Pray of the Spring Semester. Today's reflection is written/curated by DMin student Alexis Carter Thomas. Prayer: Humanitarian God, hear the cries and prayers of your people.Give us eyes to see and hearts to feel the humanity and pains of our neighbors.Meet all who …
27 April 2023 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JrNBLKgdGQ Gathering Music “What a Fellowship” Call to Worship (Psalm 23, adapted from Rev. Marilyn Kennedy Levine) Jene Lee Leader: The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.All: It is you, Lord who makes me lie down in green pastures;Leader: It is you who leads me beside the still waters.All: You restore my soul …
26 April 2023 – Chapel
(Artwork: Kim Joon-kwon, Mountain Rhyme-0901,2009, http://www.mu-um.com/?mid=02&act=dtl&idx=29637) Every Wednesday we invite you to Pause and Pray with us. Today's Pause & Pray is written/curated by Jun Eun Son. Pray: I do not ask to walk smooth paths Nor bear an easy load. I pray for strength and fortitude To climb the rock-strewn road. Give me such courage I …
20 April 2023 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJdKkS_jOT8 Gathering Music “Sacred the Body” - Words: Ruth Duck, Music: Mark Miller, Tune: DR TRACI WEST Call to Worship (adapted from DMin student Heather Williams, drawing on Abi Daré’s The Girl with the Louding Voice) HaYoung Kang Leader: Ancient stories echo in these walls,All: Told and retold in our waking moments and memories.Leader: And …
19 April 2023 – Pause & Pray
(Art: Don't Hold on to Me by Christie Brunet) Every Wednesday we invite you to Pause & Pray with us. Today's Pause & Pray is written/curated by Chapel Graduate Assistant Beth Quick. Meditate: "Jesus said to her, ‘Do not hold on to me." John 20:17a Why doesn't Jesus want us to hold on? What does …
18 April 2023 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYa3hMTjYcM Gathering Music Call to Worship (adapted from Rev. MaryAnn Rennie) David Gaitán Leader: This place for us is Holy Ground.The place where we sing songs of praise,and repeat the stories of faiththat inspires us to respond to God’s love, embodied in Jesus.God called us here,in whispering winds and in burning flames,and with God’s presence,God …
13 April 2023 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBM5NpTywb4 Gathering Music “Roll the Rock" Words: Laurie Zelman, Music: Mark Miller Roll the rock! Roll it backDry your tears of grief. Roll the rock! Roll it backand stop your unbelief Live in hope! Love will comeYou will find relief You gotta roll the rock!Roll it back, The rock of unbelief! God will do something …
12 April 2023 – Pause & Pray
Image: "Christ shows himself to Thomas" mosaic by Rowan and Irene LeCompte found in the National Cathedral, Washington, DC. Photo by Mary Ann Solari, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Every Wednesday we invite you to Pause and Pray with us. Today's Pause & Pray is written/curated by Chapel Graduate Assistant Beth Quick. Pray: When Thomas touched the …
11 April 2023 – Chapel
Welcome Remarks Adrian Mendoza There is a time when things begin.At some point serendipity becomes inevitability,at some moment a seed is droppedinto the fertile soil and begins to search for the light.Texas Poet Laureate Alan Birkelbac Gathering Music "For the Beauty of the Earth" For the beauty of the earth,for the glory of the skies,for …
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