https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6g0nAKv_o8 Gathering Music “When There’s Trust in the Room” Centering Litany Nyasha Jeche Adapted from Katherine Hawker, Liturgy Outside Leader: The vine emerges from the earth,All: nourished and nourishing.Leader: Rises without visible connection;All: roots hidden, promise unknown.Leader: Strong to withstand storms,All: fragile when plucked too soon.Leader: So it is that we grow, nourished by invisible …
11 September 2024 – Pause & Pray
Every Wednesday we invite you to Pause & Pray with us. Today's Pause & Pray is written/curated by Beth Quick. Image: "The Tree of Knowledge," Bill Bell PRAY: We long for wisdom, O God, but prefer that it be our own. We turn away from the ideas of others and ignore the possibility and promise …
10 September 2024 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54keZrGOL1E Gathering Music "When There’s Trust in the Room" Call to Worship Cassie Montelongo Adapted from Christian Aid Leader: O God,you are the gathering oneAll: who calls us into communitywith each otherto love and work,to support and heal. Leader: You are the gathering oneAll: who calls us into communitywith all people;to bring justice and hope,freedom …
5 September 2024 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjm02W8bdjc Gathering Music “Let Your Love Shine” - Mark Miller Call to Worship Carrie-Lee Farnham Adapted from Rev. Molly Bolton, enfleshed Leader: Welcome, beloveds. Gather with confidence, for you belong.All: All parts of us belong.Leader: No one can make the table of God un-set for us.All: Nothing can make the Spirit’s arms un-opened to us.Leader: …
4 September 2024 – Pause & Pray
Every Wednesday we invite you to Pause and Pray with us. Today's Pause & Pray is written/curated by Beth Quick. PRAY: Today, pray a breath prayer. Repeat as many times as you need. Inhale: My “no” is sacred. Exhale: I can honor its Sound. (from Cole Arthur Riley, @blackliturgies) MEDITATE: "Let your word be “Yes, …
3 September 2024 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC2LlQUC83Q Gathering Music "Come and Find the Quiet Center" - Shirley Erena Murray Come and find the quiet centerin the crowded life we lead,find the room for hope to enter,find the frame where we are freed:clear the chaos and the clutter,clear our ears, that we can hearall the things that really matter,be at peace, and …
29 August 2024 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsfQNLFdtxE Gathering Music “Can Anything Anywhere Hinder God’s Love?”Words: David Bjorlin, Music: Mark Miller Call to Worship Adrian Mendoza (adapted from Katherine Hawker, Liturgy Outside) Leader: The world can hardOur losses realOur grief tangibleOur fear palpableAll: Merciful God, quiet our rush to judgment. Leader: The world can be heavyOur anxiety clawingOur confusion largeOur responsibility tenuousAll: …
24 April 2024 – Pause & Pray
(Image: "High Summer Prairie" by Helen R. Klebesadel, https://klebesadel.com/2023/12/08/tis-the-season-for-art-and-gratitude/) Every Wednesday we invite you to Pause and Pray with us. Today's Pause & Pray is written/curated by Esther Somp. Pray: “Prayer of Gratitude”Heavenly Father, as this semester draws to an end, we take a moment to consider everything that has happened. We express our gratitude …
23 April 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUJ6iXqHVco Gathering Music "There’s a Spirit of Love in This Place" - Words & Music: Mark A. Miller There’s a spirit of love in this place,There’s a spirit of love in this place.You can’t see it, but it’s there,Just as precious as the air.There’s a spirit of love in this place. There’s the presence of …
18 April 2024 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSjyNUsgvL4 Gathering Music Medley Lan Wilson Greeting How do we hold this space together? Dr. Traci West Opening Music “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” - Negro Spiritual Dee Jackson Opening Litany of Confession Leader: O God, we humbly confess to you the silences we must break.Dorcas: In my Ghanaian culture, victim questioning never …
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