FRIENDS

“Friends are those rare people who ask who we are and then wait to hear an anwer.”

Fall

THE PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS   Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; To be understood, as to understand; To be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, And it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life. Amen.   ("The Prayer of St. Francis" was not actually written by St. Francis. In fact, the prayer is generally believed to be only about 100 years old, a creative and sincere prayer penned by an anonymous French writer. Over time this anonymously drafted prayer became linked with the spirit of the 13th-century friar whose continual striving to follow more closely the Gospel of Jesus Christ led to a renewal in the church at many levels.)

Re-Creation

Taylor Burton-Edwards       Director of Worship Resources,  UMC General Board of Discipleship       "By spending time each year in a more focused way on God's many gifts in creation, we are not seeking to compartmentalize creation to just a few weeks a year, but rather deepen our appreciation for creation as an integral part of our worship and discipleship throughout the year and throughout our lives."

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that, although the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place. ~Kurt Vonnegut

Sins ??

Seven Deadly Social Sins

  Politics without principle

    Wealth without work

Commerce without morality

Pleasure without conscience

Education without character

 Science without humanity

 Worship without sacrifice.

Gandhi

A Beautiful World

Be soft. 

Do not let the world make you hard. 

Do not let the pain make you hate.

Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. 

Take pride that, although the rest of the world may disagree, 

you still believe it to be a beautiful place. 

~Kurt Vonnegut

God of All

God of great and God of small, God of one and God of all, God of weak and God of strong, God to whom all things belong.

            Alleluia!

God of land and sky and sea, God of life and destiny, God of never ending power, yet beside me every hour.

            Alleluia!

God of silence, God of sound, God by whom the lost are found, God of day and darkest night, God whose love turns wrong to right.

            Alleluia!

God of heaven and God of earth, God of death and God of birth, God of now and days before, God who reigns forevermore.

            Alleluia!

Natalie Sleeth