Candle Lighting including Prayers of Adoration & Confession We pray in the New Year, lighting these candles as signs of who the newborn child Jesus is for us We lit the first candle for his humanity Child we praise and worship you, for in the vulnerability, the simplicity, and the wonder of your birth [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Loving God, we praise you who did not close yourself away in a distant chamber of eternity, but pierced through the veil of our world, and became incarnate, pouring love and grace into a human body, and lighting a flame in the darkness. Dear Jesus, by the strength and [...]
Christmas Eve Meditation Our meditation - offered on Christmas Eve 2017. We gather before the throne, in the fields and by the manger. Written by Saide Cameron and Ian Ferguson Offered by Saide and Ian with Julie & Peter McKinnon The recording begins with the congregation singing 'Infant Holy'. The meditation in four voices [...]
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Prayers of Adoration & Confession Loving God, creator of mysteries, giver of joy we worship and adore you for you hold us in your heart soothing our griefs, calming our worries reminding us that you are our home, our place of peace. Christ Child, son of God, vulnerable baby we worship and adore you [...]
Advent Candle Lighting prayer We light the first Advent Candle listening for the turning of the season, joining our voices to the cry ‘Keep awake’. We remember the events that have shaped our living this year and pray for Christmas hope, for an end to suffering and despair and for your light to shine [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Creator God, maker of Heaven and Earth, how can we see you in the changing of the seasons? You fill our eyes with wonder as we follow your patterns, woven with hope of renewal and new life. We confess we are not more devoted observers, allowing our attention to [...]
What is happening? (Please note this contains distressing content and reference to physical and psychological violence) As you probably know, the situation for the refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island has become increasingly critical over the last few weeks. For three weeks hundreds of men remained in the closed detention compound without sufficient [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Loving Creator God, you made us in your image and claim us as your own, holding us with steadfast love. You shape our lives with abundant beauty and bless us with gifts beyond our ability to comprehend. Again and again you call us from the hard places reminding us [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Heavenly God, when life is hard, we lift our eyes to you When our souls are heavy with the judgement of others, When we feel pushed aside, or looked at with scorn, We lift our eyes to you, Knowing that you will bring love. Brother Jesus, when life is [...]