Posts Categorized: Worship

A prayer for the day for World Communion Sunday

O Creator God, as we gather to worship you on this day, let your Holy Spirit fall upon this community of faith. As we celebrate and partake in Communion with other believers, we ask that you may fill us with…

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An opening prayer for World Communion Sunday

O Redeemer God, as we gather in worship on this World Communion Sunday, we ask that you send your Holy Spirit to fall afresh on us. We pray for your Spirit to awaken new hope in us. Grant us the…

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Which piece of peace?

by Karen Maurer Which piece of peace will you work on? Thirty years ago, the Presbyterian Church identified peacemaking as the believers’ calling, emphasizing the connection between peace and justice. In August of 2010 at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico…

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Songs for Peace and Justice – Register now!

Register now – registration closes September 17. Songs for Peace and Justice Oct 10-14 – Stony Point Center “Find Your Voice: Music for a Just and Caring Church” Be part of a four-day multi-cultural creative gathering. Join pastors, church musicians,…

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O for a thousand tongues to sing . . .

A choir highlighted the Saturday evening worship service at the 2010 Presbyterian Peacemaking Seminar. Thanks to director Corey Nelson and all who sang! Thanks to David Barnhart for taking the video.

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Remember your baptism

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – News & Announcements – Remember your baptism: Bethany Furkin wrote this article about the opening worship service at the 2010 Presbyterian Peacemaking Seminar sponsored by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. David Gambrell’s sermon included the observation: Jesus…

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Thanks

Thanks to all who helped make the 2010 Presbyterian Peacemaking Seminar a time of grace, blessing, and growth: the planning team, the leadership team, the participants, the Ghost Ranch staff, and the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program staff. Worship on the mesa,…

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The God of peace is our refuge

The following litany will be used as the call to worship for morning prayers on August 26 at the 2010 Presbyterian Peacemaking Seminar. Consider using this litany in your daily devotions as a way of taking part in the seminar….

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Presente!

As the planning team and leaders gathered for the 2010 Presbyterian Peacemaking Seminar gathered, we were reminded that we do not gather alone. We gather within that great mystery of the Communion of Saints – that mystery that we experience…

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Songs for Peace and Justice Oct 10-14 – Stony Point Center

Songs for Peace and Justice Oct 10-14 – Stony Point Center “Find Your Voice: Music for a Just and Caring Church” Be part of a four-day multi-cultural creative gathering. Join pastors, church musicians, hymn writers, activists, and singer/songwriters to explore,…

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