Liturgies
Our inclusive language liturgies generally set the structure and theme of Sunday morning worship. Since announcements are an integral part of our life together, we offer some guidelines for those who make announcements towards the end of worship.
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After Pentecost 2010 – Living Differently
REFLECTION
When the fullness of time comes, a sacred voice at the heart of us cries out, shaking the old foundation. It draws us into a turbulence that forces us to confront our deepest issues. It’s as if some inner divine grace seeks out our growth and becoming and will plunge us, if need be, into a cauldron that seethes with questions and voices we would just as soon not hear.
Sue Monk Kidd, When the Heart Waits, p. 10
Pentecost 2010
REFLECTION
We are the vessels of God’s voice, her words blowing through us, bidding us to tell the tales that only we can speak.
Jan L. Richardson, In Wisdom’s Path
Easter 2010 – The Light of the World
REFLECTION
And then the sun rose and Jesus was alive and terror fled and the Resurrection was an inner brightness as glorious as the outer brightness of the Transfiguration.
Madeline l’Engle, Bright Evening Star, pg. 190
Advent 2009 – Where is the Promise?
REFLECTION
She was five,
sure of the facts,
and recited them with slow solemnity
convinced every word
was revelation.
She said
they were so poor
they had only peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to eat
and they went a long way from home
without getting lost. The lady rode
a donkey, the man walked and the baby
This Holy Longing
Jubilee 2009 – Breaking the Bonds
