Category Archives: General

New Year prayers and blessings

Posted on December 21, 2021 by admin

May this be the dayWe come together.Mourning, we come to mend,Withered, we come to weather,Torn, we come to tend,Battered, we come to better.Tethered by this year of yearning,We are learningThat though we weren’t ready for this,We have been readied by … Continue reading →

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Advent – general resources

Posted on November 18, 2020 by admin

New (2020) from John van de Laar, Sacredise Love life – an Advent and Christmas journey For all of its pain and difficulty, we still have an unquenchable longing for life. We just don’t always know what we need that … Continue reading →

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WCC prayer cycle – South Sudan (28June-4July 2020)

Posted on May 24, 2020 by admin

There are church leaders from South Sudan in the Uniting Church in Australia and six other denominations and seven different states. Rev. Amel Manyon and Rev. Paul Dau are Uniting Church Ministers, originally from South Sudan. Amel was the first … Continue reading →

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Candle lighting

Posted on August 3, 2017 by admin

Lighting of the Community Candle The Community Candle is lit We light this flame as a symbol of the creativity of our faith: the creativity to explore new avenues of religious insight; the creativity to develop a caring community; the creativity … Continue reading →

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Communion – various

Posted on March 30, 2017 by admin

Reflection on sharing around a tablePeople of faith understand just how sacred the act of gathering around a table for can be. Every good Jewish meal (this is what got Jesus in trouble, by the way) began with a berakah … Continue reading →

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Lament

Posted on June 1, 2015 by admin

The following two prayers/reflections were written following the execution of Andrew Chan and Myurun Sukumaran in Indonesia. The words could easily be adapted for another sorrow, for surely there will be more to come that our nation will be engulfed … Continue reading →

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Prayers for others – various

Posted on May 29, 2015 by admin

“Prayer is not meant to be an end in itself. Prayer is about connecting with the priorities and values of God. If it is immersing ourselves in a deep connection with God, so that we can live differently and help … Continue reading →

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Poetry – various

Posted on April 13, 2015 by admin

I came across this wonderful post of poems by Chris Corrigan as part of the reflections on the 2014 Awakening Soul conference. He writes: These poems were composed more or less spontaneously at Awakening Soul 2014. They are harvests of … Continue reading →

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Prayer of Intercession based on WCC theme

Posted on October 27, 2013 by admin

Poem written by Reuel Norman O. Marigza (Philippines) as reflection on the theme of WCC Busan Assembly, 30th October to 8th November, 2013: ‘God of life, lead us to justice and peace’ God of Life, Lead Us to Act God … Continue reading →

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Prayers for Syria

Posted on August 22, 2013 by admin

A Prayer for Reconciliation in Syria God of history, Witness of the struggles within families; we pray for the divided family of Syria as brother fights against brother, and sister rejects sister. We pray for those whose love of neighbour … Continue reading →

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