The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster You are our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in these days overflowing with blossom and green. The earth reaches out to us in stillness as sunrise mingles with the expectations of the day, our bodies rise awake and open to the possibility of your spirit [...]
Squire Prince Dear God, loving father, and comforting mother, we come to say thank you God, for this amazing day, thank you God for work and play, thank you God for the sun and birds, we thank you for trees and for water, we thank you for all things. Lord we bring [...]
The Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg Gracious and Loving God—Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:Fall fast across our assembly this morning as Living, Life-Giving Spirit. Come to each of us even as you have come to these 38 young people who have committed themselves this morning to a lifetime of discipleship. We give you [...]
The Reverend Christine V. Hides Holy God, Gracious Spirit, We approach you with hearts awakened by the spring flourishing. New life emerges from the much-maligned Midwest weather: Trillium, scented lilacs, and crabapples bursting with bloom, While overhead a great avian migration, Brings the first hummingbirds, and sandhill cranes to trumpet the news. [...]
The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster Come, great Spirit hear us pray. The grey sky and rain, the blue sky and crisp air, a reminder that just beyond the ordinary is an unfolding miracle: the crabapple, redbud, and magnolia tree taking sun and rain to “blossom on the threshold of abundance” (Denise [...]
The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster I carry now ten thousand prayers to your throne of grace: a thank you for the wide “flock of colours” (John O’Donohue) that folded night into day, a thank you for this staggering stretch of life received as gift, a thank you that on this day, we [...]
Squire Prince Loving and Divine Creator, We come with thanksgiving together in fellowship for your glorious presence and blessings. Lord, you reign your light and warmth into every place of our lives, bringing beauty from ashes, and glory from suffering. Today we celebrate our youth, and how you have equipped them with [...]
The Reverend Christine V. Hides Risen Christ, We lift our alleluias to you Who frees us from darkness and lights our path to life eternal. We have once again arrived to find an empty tomb and Divine grace filling the human made chasms. Alleluia! We sing with all creation, Every blade of [...]
The Reverend Christine V. Hides Gracious God we come to you with voices breaking and crying “Hosanna, save us!” We come to you with souls weary from the tragedies of this world. Be with us O God after a weekend of deadly storms. Be near O God in this week where children [...]
The Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg Great God of Glory and Grace, in the strong name of Jesus hear our prayers of praise and petition. We give thanks for the gift of this unique new day, which has never been and will never be again. Help us to put it to good [...]