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A “safeguarding” service for our intergenerational Faith@5 gathering, because: 1. an ethic of care is about theology, not compliance;2. so many people have experienced significant trauma through what has happened within Christian communities;3. the Church can be a much-needed sanctuary in the midst of the chaos and unkindness in the world right now but it…
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Inspired by Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings”An intergenerational liturgy for the start of the Season of Creationincluding responsive activitiesexperiential prayerand youth leadership Based on Judges 9:7-16 The Parable of the Trees Introducing the importance of looking at the worldand our place in it through an eco-justice lens Call to Worship: Entish Greeting LEADER: (slowly, dramatically)“Hroom, hroom. The…
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A “traditional” liturgical service with Holy CommunionCurated from Uniting in Worship 2 resources and Together in Song#UnitingChurchinAustralia Welcome and Acknowledgment of Country We acknowledge the Awabakal Peoples of the land on which we gather, and pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging.In the light of Christ, we affirm our covenant to walk togethertowards truth, justice,…
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A “sermon” on The Lord’s Prayer from Luke 11:1-13 If only it was that easy: people giving good gifts to neighbours in need and to their children according to their requests – “For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” But much of…
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This is the opening for my service on the Lord’s Prayer last week which created space for a variety of prayer forms for people to experience. #breathprayer #imaginativeprayer #confession #visiodivina Breath prayer “So I say to you:Ask and it will be given to you;seek and you will find;knock and the door will be opened to…
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An invocation of the Land and Peoples This is a prayer form of an Acknowledgment of Country (I first encountered the term in Trish Watt’s book “Sanctuary”, and it really resonated with me as an immigrant to this land now called Australia). Coming from South Africa with its history of apartheid and my formation in…
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