We are not alone; we live in God's world.
We believe in God; who has created and is creating;
Who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh,
to reconcile and make new;
Who works in us and others by the Spirit.
We trust in God:
We are called to be the Church,
to celebrate God's presence,
to love and serve others,
to seek justice and resist evil,
to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope.
In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us.
We are not alone.
Thanks be to God!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Bless God, O My Soul
With compassion God works justice when oppression shackles truth;
Like the phoenix, God restores us to the vigor of our youth.
Bless God, O my soul! All with-in me bless God's name!
Bless God, who was and is, and shall ever be the same!
As a parent's love is endless, so God's mercy follow us: For th grade of God is great as heaven stands high above the earth!
Bless God, O my soul! All with-in me bless God's name!
Bless God, who was and is, and shall ever be the same!
Like the phoenix, God restores us to the vigor of our youth.
Bless God, O my soul! All with-in me bless God's name!
Bless God, who was and is, and shall ever be the same!
As a parent's love is endless, so God's mercy follow us: For th grade of God is great as heaven stands high above the earth!
Bless God, O my soul! All with-in me bless God's name!
Bless God, who was and is, and shall ever be the same!
Gladness of Heart
Eternal God, grant us an ease to breathe deeply of this moment, this light, and this miracle of now. Beneath the din of fury of great movements and harsh news and urgent crises.
Make us attentive still to good news, to small occasions, and the grace of what is possible for us to be , to do, to give, to receive, that we may miss neither our neighbor's gifts nor our adversary's needs.
Holy God, grant us a sense of humor that adds perspective to compassion,
Gratitude that adds persistence to courage,
Quietness of spirit that adds irrepressibility to hope,
Openness of mind that adds surprise to joy.
That with gladness of heart we may link arm and arm with the One who saw signs of your kingdom in salt and yeast, pearls and seeds, travelers and tax collectors, foreigners and fishermen.
And who opens our eyes with these signs and our ears with the summons to follow to something more of justice and joy.
Amen.
Make us attentive still to good news, to small occasions, and the grace of what is possible for us to be , to do, to give, to receive, that we may miss neither our neighbor's gifts nor our adversary's needs.
Holy God, grant us a sense of humor that adds perspective to compassion,
Gratitude that adds persistence to courage,
Quietness of spirit that adds irrepressibility to hope,
Openness of mind that adds surprise to joy.
That with gladness of heart we may link arm and arm with the One who saw signs of your kingdom in salt and yeast, pearls and seeds, travelers and tax collectors, foreigners and fishermen.
And who opens our eyes with these signs and our ears with the summons to follow to something more of justice and joy.
Amen.
A Call to Worship
In the name of God, the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer,
Amen!
This is the day that God has made.
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Let us come before God, our Creator.
Let us praise God in our speaking and our praying.
Let us worship God!
Amen!
This is the day that God has made.
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Let us come before God, our Creator.
Let us praise God in our speaking and our praying.
Let us worship God!
Stained-Glass Windows
People are like Stained-Glass Windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
But when the darkness sets in,
Their true beauty is revealed only
if there is a light within.
Elisabeth Kulber-Ross
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
But when the darkness sets in,
Their true beauty is revealed only
if there is a light within.
Elisabeth Kulber-Ross
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