Holy One, lover of all, knowing that you desire that all people should live in joy and wellness, we ask today for strength and guidance in the work we do to build a just and peaceful society.
As we enter Holy Week, we remember the holy work of Jesus in order to take up that work in our own lives and for our own time.
These three words sum up progressive Christian theology. They represent a turning point in the evolution of human understanding of Ultimate Reality. The Bible starts with Superman-In-The-Sky and ends with agape – unconditional love - as the identity of the Divine.
God, Our Source and Ground of Being, In you we live, move, and exist.
My street is quiet now. Cars, buses, lorries, noisy polluters of our very breath, have fled in disarray.
God, Our Source and Ground of Being, In you we live, move, and exist.
A compilation of modern call and response litanies intended for congregational use. Whether your community is liturgical and looking for fresh language, or contemporary and looking to incorporate liturgical elements, this volume contains relevant, reflective prayers that call congregations deeper into the story of Divine Love.
We must cultivate peace in our own hearts first, allowing the Peace of Christ to root there. This is our work as we pray for peace in the whole earth.
Remember that resurrection is more than mere resuscitation! It is life transformed! It is faith in possibilities, when others are convinced of inevitability.
O God of empty tombs and resurrection living: Make us mindful of the pervasiveness of hope, the determination of faith, and the persistence of love.
PENTECOST Here's a call to worship, rooted in the Christian past, but open to the global voices, and celebrating an Earth-based liturgy.
Darkness envelops our world and our lives. Shadows enshroud our spirits. We come to pay homage to one who tried to bring
Evening Hymn: O Radiant Light
After searching for an opening Easter Acclamation that is progressive and cosmic in nature, and finding nothing that went where I'd like to take the congregation, I decided I'd just have to write one. This acclamation/invocation draws on themes found in the Gospel of Thomas, Meister Eckhart, Hildegard von Bingen, Teilhard de Chardin, and Thomas Berry. I also hope is has some of the poetic flare of that great earth mystic, Saint John (Muir) of the Mountains.
We come before you today in abject pain and anguish There are no words to describe the distress of losing someone You love very deeply ALL: Jesus said “Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted”
One: A Blessing on you who are poor Many Yours is the household of God One A blessing on you who mourn Many: you shall be comforted
The pain of our Good Fridays still lingers among us. We still dwell inside the long waiting of our Holy Saturdays. Old wounds hold us in calloused hearts. Ancient histories mold our souls in fear. New worries drag us toward the abyss of dread.
Jesus travelled from town to town, healing people who were sick All: Help us to heal broken bodies
Written by Rev. Irene Laudeman
This service is appropriate for a small congregation of 20-60 people. The service is conducted in two settings:
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
All of us have experienced mental or physical suffering at the hands of other people. But each of us has also brought suffering to others.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Ceremonies are points of cohesion beyond the boundaries of reason, a journey into the shadowy mystical world of the human spirit ...
We live in a society were many older people feel put out to grass – no longer useful All: Help us to live life in all its fullness
One: May God the World Maker bless you; Many: Let us delight in sunlight and starlight and surprises of the turning earth.
Links to collections of worship liturgies on the theme of care of the Earth
I believe in a mysterious impulse, where the essence of peace restores what is good I believe in healing love that grows through faith to create joy
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Resources for the thanksgiving for the birth of a child or for the sacrament of the baptism of infants.
Pastor: Following the tradition of Jesus, who welcomed children into his community, we celebrate the presence of children within this community of faith and offer them the sacrament of baptism.
Adapted from an Anglican litany
For the darkness of waiting Of not knowing what is to come Of staying ready and quiet and attentive, We praise you, o God.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
THEME The path to destruction and the path to new life.
From the Festive Worship collection
THEME The Festival of Empowerment THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION 1. The fire from above like the image of the halo or aura is an outward manifestation that springs from the strangely warmed heart, the heart that has experienced Christ's liberation.
For half the world’s population who have to live on less than £1 a day All: Let justice flow down like a river