We gather to share a simple meal of soup & bread and dessert on Sunday evenings, (6-7:30pm), shaped by a liturgy that invites us to reflect on the week that has passed and to pray for each other. The shape of the evening is informal and low-stress. We are meeting on the fourth [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession God who works at the potter’s wheel, creating and reworking, You see possibilities in us and in the world that we cannot imagine. You form us from raw materials, You see our potential, just as a potter pictures a beautiful vessel when holding a lump of clay. Jesus who [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Eternal God, You are the source of all that is, You hear all who call on you. Saving those who are oppressed, Renewing all of creation, Embracing us with a parent’s love. Loving Christ, You welcomed the poor and the sick, You sit among the stranger and the outcast, Sharing [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Oh Lord, Our God. You are ever faithful, ever changing, always the same. Your great love lifts us, brings us here, binds us together in grace. You are the breaker of the things which constrict us, the lifter of our burdens, the one who invites us to part with our [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession God of justice, torrential fire of love, Let us unbind the world from our manageable categories, understanding that your creation is endlessly intertwined; fire can both destroy and renew, divide us and bring us together. Rather than perceiving what we expect to see, may we turn our eyes toward [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession God of Generosity, Whose mercies never cease, whose well of love is deep and sweet. God of mysteries and strange stories, We glimpse you in the corner of our eye and in the insistent whisper of our hearts Let us see you more clearly in the face of the [...]
Prayer of Adoration From Hosanna, TIS 724: Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest! Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest! Lord we lift up your name with hearts full of praise. Be exalted, O Lord my God! Hosanna in the highest! Glory, glory, glory to the King of kings! Glory, glory, glory to the King [...]
Prayer of Adoration Confession One of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray…” Jesus replied, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. Let us come to God in searching prayer. Holy One Open to us the door [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession God of Love, Ever-knowing, and Ever-living Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End Holy One and Saviour Who names us and knows us Gentle mother, we rest safe in your arms We are so small in the great cosmic vastness of creation Yet you have named us in [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Holy God, with your breath you create all things You are the source of all love and grace You breathe life and peace into us, calling us To be your people in the world. Jesus, you stir our hearts with stories Shaping our lives with words of compassion Calling [...]