“Humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses of the earth and the sun; we exist together in a sacred field of meaning.”
– Joy Harjo (member of Muscogee, Creek Nation)

Nothing is sweet or easy about community. Community is a fellowship of people who do not hide their joys and sorrows but make them visible to each other as a gesture of hope.        Henri J.M. Nouwen

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” – John 14:27

Focus: “We must learn to acknowledge that the creation is full of mystery; we will never entirely understand it. We must abandon arrogance and stand in awe. We must recover the sense of the majesty of creation, and the ability to be worshipful in its presence. For I do not doubt that it is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it.” – Wendell Berry

Focus: “I call upon you, O Lord; come quickly to me; give ear to my voice when I call to you.”                                               Psalm 141:1

Focus:  “The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”   Maya Angelou

Focus: “Some souls just understand each other upon meeting.”
                                                                                      – N.R. Hart

Focus:  We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our
exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.                                                                      T. S. Eliot

Experience God’s presence in the assembly. Please greet one another with joy and welcome new friends into our community of love.

You are welcome here…come and worship!

The Community Gathers: Experience God’s presence in the as-sembly. Please greet one another with joy and welcome new friends into our community of love.
You are welcome here…come and worship!

“We [live] in a world we have helped make.”–Emilie Townes,

“Facts sometimes obscure the truth.”–Maya Angelou

Focus: “Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers and singers of song.” —Unknown

Focus:
Gathering Music: You Are Welcome Here (by Wiley Beveridge) -Michelle
Currie and Jen Comeau

“Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe–not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things.  Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.” –bell hooks

“We are all storytellers. We all live in a network of stories. There isn’t a stronger connection between people than storytelling.” -Jimmy Neil Smith, Director of the International Storytelling Center

Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in joy…As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you.
Isaiah 66

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”                                ― Lao Tzu

Focus:  “If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand.”     The Buddha

The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope. Wendell Berry

 It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.                                             -Rainer Maria Rilke

Lord, like the women at the tomb on the first Easter, we come out of our darkness and into your light.