Theme “Peace”
Ours is a caravan
Tune: O Waly Waly
Ours is a caravan of hope
For, travelling through a landscape bare,
We, in our thoughts and dreams, have scope
To find a sweet oasis there.
Ours is a caravan of peace,
For even in the jungle wild,
We’ve space to let our struggles cease
And rest as gentle as a child.
Ours
Prayer for peace
O Divine Spirit. Help us to accept that none of us is perfect, that we all can make mistakes.
Help us to see that when we get angry or push for our own rights we may be hurting others.
Help all people to see the good in others and to recognise that we are all human beings.
Help
Martin Luther Service Prayer
Divine Spirit, be with us as we consider yet again the great questions.
If we reasoning creatures become given over utterly to reason, help us to consider that there might be light to be found beyond reason.
If we are struggling with the pain of fresh wounds help us to have confidence that they will heal, and
Crossing and dwelling
My Soul, a boat unto Thy Shores
I pray for winds to Guide and Reach
To land, and curiously to explore
To be the same no more.
Heart-waves breaking onto Crashing Shore
Thy Peace, overflows my broken raft
And, leaking, weeping, with breast-filled ache
I am shipwrecked in Thy Grace.
May I ever rest with Thee
In this most sacred inner place.
Rev. Jenny Miller
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Now
Now,
Through the rain and the sun,
Go your ways with Gladness:
With Love in your hearts,
Peace in your minds,
And Beauty touching your soul.
Deep within you
There is a place of peace,
A place of wisdom,
A place of love.
May this sacred centre be your guide,
May it be your strength for the journey,
May it fill you with hope when all seems hopeless,
And may it lead you to know the sacredness in all.
The sacred in the everyday
This space is sacred because of the faith, hopes, and dreams of those who went before us…
This time is sacred because we have set it apart for worship…
And we are sacred because we all bear the imprint of the divine.
Divine Spirit, who turns the ordinary into the sacred, be
Words to lead into a time of silence
We live wondrous lives together, here on this little green and blue planet, with the awe and beauty of the universe above and below us, the miracle of life around us, and the magic of human consciousness within us.
Let us now quiet our consciousness and become aware of the stillness within…