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Prelude Chanson de Matin by Edward Elgar Opening Words by David Usher Open your hearts to the wonder of worship. Open your minds to the eternal quest for meaning and truth. Open your eyes to the miracle of creation. Open your arms to the embrace of your fellow men and women. Open … Read more
My apologies for the mewing from Luna during the final prayer…. Prelude: Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words: by Rabindranath Tagore I ask for a moment’s indulgence to sit by Thy side. The works that I have in hand I will finish afterwards. Away from the sight of Thy … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by Andrew C. Kennedy We come to love a church, the traditions, the history, and especially the people associated with it. And through these people, young and old, known and unknown, we reach out — Both backward into history and forward into the future … Read more
Prelude Chanson de Matin by Edward Elgar Opening Words by Linda Hart (adapted) We enter into this time and this place to join our hearts and minds together. What is it that we come here seeking? Many things, too many to mention them all. Yet, it is likely that some common longings … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism. And there are those who give and know not pain … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words Life is amazing by L.R. Knost Life is amazing. And then it’s awful. And then it’s amazing again. And in between the amazing and the awful, it’s ordinary, and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by David Usher (adapted) We come together today, seeking a reality beyond our narrow selves; that binds us in compassion, love, and understanding to other human beings, and to the interdependent web of all living things. May our hearts and minds be opened this … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words Going Down Hoping from Beyond Darkness by Cliff Reed We’re going down. The world is in a tailspin. Our beautiful earth is headed for destruction, along with us, its foolish people. Yes, we’re going down, going down in flames. And yet, and … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words from the Sanskrit Look to this day – For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course lie all the verities And realities of your existence: The bliss of growth, The glory of action, the splendour of beauty. For yesterday … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by Jeffrey Bowes Here we have gathered to make another link in the chain of days that binds our lives in fellowship. We bring our whole self to worship, with all the pleasures and the pains of our daily lives. All our hopes and … Read more