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Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words by Cliff Reed As the true prophets of God have always told us, the Divine will is for mercy and compassion, love and justice. May we, and all true worshippers of the one true God, never suppose that vengeance and cruelty, hatred and murder, … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words by Kenneth L. Patton, from Songs for Living (adapted) Let us worship with our eyes and ears and fingertips. Let us feast our eyes upon the mystery and the revelation in the faces of our brothers and sisters. Let us live a thousand … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words Draw Close by Ben Downing (adapted) Friends, draw close. Listen together. Pray together. Share the mysteries which never die, And the silences that never cease. And as we share and celebrate and worship, One in all, and all in each, May we feel … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley 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
1 National EC Link: It was noted with regret that Simon Hall has resigned from the National Executive Committee and hence as our EC Link. 2 Card payment system for chapels / churches / meeting houses: Treasurer-Elect Kieren Mardle-Moss has volunteered to run an MUA workshop on how to set this up. Watch this … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words Look to this day 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 … Read more
It is the end of an era. The Queen died yesterday afternoon, after more than seventy years on the throne. She was a power that was there and worked. As several BBC commentators pointed out last night, she was the one fixed and stable point in a rapidly changing world, and her passing is going … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words by David Usher We come together this morning, 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 … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words A Year of Life by Cliff Reed, from Spirit of Time and Place From birth to twenty – spring: all riotous, bursting, surging growth. From twenty to forty – summer: maturing, seeding, calming ripeness. From forty to sixty – autumn: slowing, reflecting, greying … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words This week’s service is going to be a departure from my usual order of service. There will be a series of readings from the Tao Te Ching (mainly using Stan Rosenthal’s translation) each followed by a short exposition on that reading, and prayers. … Read more