Theme “Journey”
Joy in the Journey
We come together, as worshippers do on Sunday mornings the world over,
And have done throughout time.
We come with differences in age, in race, in our experience of life –
But we come also with so much in common:
fellow travellers on a wonder-filled
and mysterious pilgrimage we call life.
Pack your bag, bring your
Sacred Space
When we gather here together,
We create a sacred space.
By our purpose and our presence,
We make room for holy grace.
As we light our flaming chalice,
We remember those who blazed
Trails of love and paths of justice
Through our hist’ry’s darker days.
When we share our songs and stories,
Tears fall softer, joys
A meditation on angels
Let us open the eye of imagination. Let us see the spirit within us as a pilgrim walking the path of life. We come into life unknowing and dependent on a love that will nurture and protect us, but the time comes when this love releases us to go our own way. There have been
Prayer based on Walk Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass’
May the soul sing the song of life to the God in our hearts, in pleasant exploration.
Let us not dally with the mystery of God but simply look around us as we travel the meandering road…
See God in everything.
Let us be pleased with our souls, whether sailing on the seas or
Lost
Think of a time when you were lost
A time as a child when you wandered away from your parents
When you took the wrong turn and your surroundings were no longer familiar
Or when you were in a wilderness without a well worn path
Or in a deep dense fog without a horizon or
Closing blessing
May our inner life be nourished by our community.
And may our community be strengthened
by each person’s unique gifts.
May we honour the diversity of our spiritual journeys,
And help each other on the path.
Amen.
Let be
As the seasons change we can be especially conscious of our spiritual connections, our deepest connection with the world as it changes, our consciousness that the changing season reinforces a sense of the endurance of the earth and the natural world, that these things remain constant while we must go through change.
So we come