Prayer or meditation
Prayer of names
This is an alternative to lighting candles of joys and concerns which can be used if you light candles silently at another time in the service, or don’t use candles.
I invite you into a time of prayer and meditation.
We come together in fellowship each Sunday with hearts full of joy and full of concern.
If
Prayer for all
Spirit of Life and Love
God of our hearts
As we seek connection with someone, some thing beyond ourselves,
We remain humbled by the awesome complexity of the universe,
The miracle of creation and the grace of the ultimate spirit
In this time of prayer, let us give thanks for our community and our many gifts by
Eternal martyr
For Good Friday
We remember, today, the eternal martyr:
who offends the bigotry of others
and threatens their selfish insecurity;
who is the repressed conscience
and the uncomfortable truth –
integrity amidst corruption.
He is crucified, she is shot;
he is gassed, she is burned;
he is poisoned, she is hanged;
she is raped and beaten, he
Springtime blessing
May the blessings of the earth delight our springtime days,
and may the love of God that flowered in Jesus
be with us, in us, and between us, for ever.
Amen.
We leave this house
We leave this house
with the blessing of the Spirit we have shared.
As we go out to walk the green Earth
under the vault of heaven,
we remain one body,
whether together or apart.
Amen.
Divine unity
Out of the Divine Unity we came.
In the Divine Unity we live and move
and have our being.
To the Divine Unity we will return.
There are no beginnings and no endings,
save those we impose to cope with eternity.
There is no knowledge of the Great Mystery,
save the precious fragments we are given
Prayer
Let us pray:
I ask you to think of somebody who has been special in your Life.
This person might be
You could even choose somebody
Think now about why you have chosen this person. Is it
Whatever the reason hold that thought in your heart for a moment.
Remember that person in your heart with a smile of your own
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