by Crystal Harris | Dec 8, 2020 | blog, Pastoral Prayer
Pastoral Prayer for Advent 2, December 6, 2020 Lord we have lit the second candle of the advent wreath on our journey towards the manger. It’s a difficult journey this year God, our normal markers look different. We don’t feel the stress to fit everything in but we...
by Crystal Harris | Nov 24, 2020 | blog, Pastoral Prayer
Pastoral Prayer Thanksgiving 2020 God this is a Thanksgiving unlike any others. On this Sunday before Thanksgiving in years past we are talking plans, packing suitcases, frantically cleaning the house, and making 16 trips to the grocery store. In years past we are...
by Crystal Harris | Nov 18, 2020 | blog, Pastoral Prayer
Pastoral Prayer, November 15, 2020 God we come in prayer seeking as Paul suggests, to wake from sleep. Our sleep has looked strange; for few of us it isn’t sleep, but a foggy version of reality that sometimes we recognize and other times not. The events of this year...
by Crystal Harris | Nov 9, 2020 | blog, Pastoral Prayer
Sunday, November 8, 2020 An Open Letter to the Congregation Dear Friends, Our congregation, and our nation, is a diverse body with varied perspectives, affiliations, values, and political, religious, and social points of view…something I both respect and celebrate. ...
by Crystal Harris | Nov 4, 2020 | blog, Pastoral Prayer
Pastoral Prayer for Nov. 1, 2020 (Luke 13.31-35) God we come in prayer before you from many places; some as new parents, wondering what kind of world our sweet baby will inherit. Some as parents of busy, loud, and perpetually hungry households who wonder what our...
by Crystal Harris | Oct 20, 2020 | blog, Pastoral Prayer, Uncategorized
Pastoral Prayer – RKL October 18, 2020 Everpresent God, with the rising of the sun in the morning and until the going down of the same, your name is to be praised. We thank you, God, for your loving and faithful presence which follows us through all our years and...
by Crystal Harris | Sep 29, 2020 | blog, Pastoral Prayer
September 29, 2020 Pastoral Prayer from September 27 Worship Text: Psalm 139 Holy God we come to you in prayer from many circumstances and spirits. We come from busy households full of crying and laughter, dirty dishes and dirty laundry, and long to do lists. We come...
by Crystal Harris | Sep 1, 2020 | Pastoral Prayer, Uncategorized
Pastoral Prayer 8/30/2020 Rev. Darcy Crain One of the prayers I return to time and time again is the cry of “how long O Lord.” Our prophets and ancestors have prayed this mantra for centuries. How long o Lord will you ignore my cry. How long O lord will my enemies...
by Crystal Harris | Sep 1, 2020 | Pastoral Prayer, Uncategorized
Pastoral Prayer August 23, 2020 RKL Gracious and loving God…accept our sincere thanks for the gift of life….For faith new and renewed….For all that you have given us in our birth….and for all that you give us in the richness of our unique earthly journeys. We thank...
by Communications FCC | Aug 12, 2020 | blog, Pastoral Prayer
Pastoral Prayer from Sunday, August 9, 2020 By Rev. Robert Livingston Loving God, life, as we know it…and as we experience it…is often a matter of choice and response. Each one of us is born with incredible freedom…and eternal worth….and beautiful...
