As we are created, God calls us “Good,” in harmony with God When we doubt, or forget, we are easily drawn away by our perception that esteem, security, and control can be found elsewhere Temptations to folly and evil can be as subtle as shaming or blaming, leaning on only […]
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If God does not tempt us, why did Jesus instruct us to pray ‘Lead us not into temptation?’ It is not wrong to be tempted or tested (Jesus was!). It is wrong to give in to this temptation. “Lead us not into temptation” means paying attention to how God is working to lead […]
Next Service: Sunday, January 23, 2022, 6:30 p.m. San Gabriel Presbyterian Church, 5404 Williams Drive, Georgetown Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service, Here at the beginning of a fresh new year this is our prayer. Lord, we recognize that the past two years have been difficult ones. Please relieve us of […]
For most of us, the most difficult phrase in the Lord’s Prayer is vs. 12, “And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Forgiveness can seem impossible, and yet in Matthew 6, Jesus teaches us that God’s forgiveness is contingent upon whether we forgive others. […]
We have an unconsummated longing for God. We ache because this unconsummated longing doesn’t bother us enough. Contemplative prayer, where we rest in The Presence of ‘The Bread of Life’ helps to soothe this ache. We hope that you can come November 21, as we break bread together. Jim Deuser, Lay Speaker […]
Next Service: Sunday, November 21, 2021, 6:30 p.m. San Gabriel Presbyterian Church, 5404 Williams Drive, Georgetown Our scriptural focus will be on “Give us this day our daily bread,” from the Lord’s Prayer. Meditation offered by Jim Deuser. As the first part of our prayer letter this month, Rev. Dr. Ann […]
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done… Matthew 6:10a One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in […]
September 26, 2021 Gathering John 14: 4-8 During the 2021-2022 season, the Georgetown Ecumenical Wholeness Service will explore and celebrate aspects of The Lord’s Prayer. Each month we will focus on one phrase of the prayer Jesus taught us to pray. With this unifying prayer, we connect not only with […]
FIRST IN-PERSON GATHERING of 2021-2022: Sunday, September 26, 6:30 p.m. San Gabriel Presbyterian Church Psalm 100:1-2 “Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come into His presence with singing.” Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service, It is a joy to announce that […]
A Fellowship of Believers The Georgetown Ecumenical Wholeness Service is not a church. Instead, we are a fellowship of area believers who come from many different churches, and sometimes from no church at all. We gather during the seasons of Wholeness for a single purpose: to pray by candlelight for […]
