Every Wednesday, we invite you to pause and pray with us. Today’s Pause & Pray is written and curated by Camille Bianca Sumera Manangan. Images: grabbed from Leyte Samar Daily Express When Waters Rise There is a recent issue about flood control projects in the Philippines that has become the subject of our country’s Senate …
7 October 2025 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk098b6Huvs Gathering Music I Choose LoveWords: Lindy Thompson, Music: Mark Miller In the midst of pain, I choose love.In the midst of pain, sorrow falling down like rain,I await the sun again, I choose love. In the midst of war, I choose peace.In the midst of war, hate and anger keeping score,I will seek the …
2 October 2025 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuVIeELinPk Gathering Sounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm846KdZN_c Gathering Music Now is the Cool of the DayWords & Music by Jean Ritchie Then my Lord said unto me, “Do you like my garden so fair?You may live in the garden if you keep my grasses greenAnd I’ll return in the cool of the day.” Now is the cool of …
1 October 2025 – Pause & Pray
Every Wednesday, we invite you to pause and pray with us. Today’s Pause & Pray is written and curated by Jess Barrett. Images: Pebbles on the Shore - by Jess Barrett Pray Lord of the shore,You see every stone, every grain of sand, every hidden piece beneath the tide.When I feel small, overlooked, or insignificant,remind …
30 September 2025 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm8khwIAy4o Gathering Music Holy is the RefugeeWords: Hannah C. Brown, Music: Mark A. Miller Holy is the refugee, holy is the guest,Holy those who wander far from home.Holy is the body seeking safety, warmth, and rest;Beloved, find a welcome as your roam. Holy are the questioning, holy are the queer,Holy those who challenge, dance, and …
25 September 2025 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBE3HmiAjk0 Gathering Music “I Am Here In the Heart of God”Erin McGaughan arr. Chandra Rule I am here in the heart of God,God is here in the heart of me.Like the wave in the water and the water in the wave,I am here in the heart of God. I am here in the breath of …
24 September 2025 – Pause & Pray
Every Wednesday, we invite you to pause and pray with us. Today’s Pause & Pray is written and curated by Salia Paul Kamara. Images: Photo by Javardh Pray Lord,In the middle of confusion and unrest, we turn to You for peace.Calm our anxious hearts and strengthen our faith.Heal the divisions among us, and teach us …
23 September 2025 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMDTSSpqgxw Gathering Music Come with me into the JourneyWords: Chris Shelton, Music: Mark A. Miller Centering Words Rin McLaughlin Adapted from Katherine Hawker, Liturgies Outside Leader: The vine emerges from the earth,nourishedand nourishing.Rises without visible connection;roots hidden,promise unknown.Strong to withstand storms,fragile when plucked too soon.So it is that we grow…nourished by invisible connections to the …
18 September 2025 – Chapel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWOQFcfl0Lg Gathering Music “I Thank You, Jesus” Kenneth Morris Call to Worship Francis Osuji Adapted from Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower Leader: Create no images of God.Accept the imagesthat God has provided.All: They are everywhere,in everything.God is Change—Leader: Seed to tree,All: tree to forest;Leader: Rain to river,All: river to sea;Leader: Grubs to bees,All: bees …
17 September 2025 – Pause & Pray
Every Wednesday, we invite you to pause and pray with us. Today’s Pause & Pray is written and curated by Daeun Hong, the Chapel Graduate Assistant. Images: “The Fluffy Last Supper,” by @thesummerha Pray God our Creator, All that comes from the heavens—rain, light and shade, All that comes from the earth—the soil and the living ecosystems …
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