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Our parish is a community that seeks God and the fullness of creation by finding ourselves in relation to others. Our giving to the common, to the other, our sharing of ourselves is our commitment to this endeavour. |
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Year BSunday, 9.15am Holy Communion see also Readings LectionaryThe full text of the readings for Sunday are available in our Sunday's Readings section. Other ResourcesTextweek The Text This Week - Revised Common Lectionary, Scripture Study and Worship Links Online Revised Common Lectionary Vanderbilt Divinity Library Earlier Thoughts Year B 0506 Year C 0607 Year A 0708 Sunday, 9.15am Holy Communion LITURGICAL NOTE: From the start of Advent we follow the YEAR C readings in the three-year lectionary cycle. See the inside back cover for more about the liturgical year. Before entering the sanctuary or the vestry… ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Do not be afraid, little flock +++++++++++++++++++ If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being who is willing to destroy his or her own heart.’ +++++++++++++++++++++++ Only when peace lives within each of us will it live outside of us. We must be the wombs for a new harmony. When it is small, peace is fragile; like a baby it needs nurturing and attention. We must protect peace from violence and perversion if it is to grow; we must be strong to do this. But force, even in the name of honour, Instead of force, we must use the strength of wisdom and conscience. Only that power can nurture peace in this +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Postcard from Helsinki ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A beauty bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one. It would explode high in the air - explode softly - and send thousands, millions, of little parachutes into the air. Floating down to earth - boxes of Crayolas. And we wouldn't go cheap, either - not little boxes of eight. Boxes of sixty-four, with the sharpener built right in. With silver and gold and copper, magenta and peach and lime, amber and umber and all the rest. And people would smile and get a little funny look on their faces and cover the world with imagination. ~Robert Fulghum +++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++ “I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world” ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Peace: People are bound, not by walls and frontiers; a country is made secure, not by mountains and rivers; an empire is strong, not by force of arms. Those who find the right way have many to help them; those who lose the right way have few to help them. When there are few to help, even families revolt against each other. When there are many to help, the whole empire is one. Meng Tzu (Mencius) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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The Elm DanceAfter the choir sings the postlude on Sunday morning, those who wish to join in “The Elm Dance” gather in the circle dance area outside the church before going up to coffee in the hall. The Elm Dance ******************** The Divine Gift of Life, Light and Love +++++++++++++++++++
There is nothing in all the Universe so much like God as silence. +++++++++++++++++++ Sacred Space, Liturgy & our Community @ Worship 1. Silence before worship enables us to be ‘gathered’ into the introit sung by the choir +++++++++++++++++++ We meditate on the glory of the Creator; _________________________________________ Peace ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) May creatures all abound in wealth and peace; Giving made easy +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
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