A final song for your evening, and a reminder of the season of Lent. Christ suffered through desert times, and paid the price for our sins. By His stripes, we are healed. By Your Cross By your cross and all the wounds You suffered, grant us freedom in Your love. […]
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In the first days last week of realizing we were on a collision course with COVID-19, it seemed surreal. But I felt and feel a deep peace … a peace born of God’s presence with us and the Creator’s abundant grace surrounding us. It is the type of peace I […]
Although we cannot be together to share Communion, we invite you to join your voices and spirits with ours as we remember Christ’s last meal with His disciples. If you feel moved, prepare some elements of Communion in your own home to symbolically share with us and your loved ones, […]
At an appointed time in our normal services, we observe a symbolic ritual of candlelighting and private intercession. When you are directing your own contemplative prayers, we invite you to do the same. Find a small candle in your home or private space that you can light right now. Let […]
Oh, Lord, we find ourselves in the midst of our 40 days of desert time, similar to Your 40 days in the desert. In completing our preparation for your Resurrection, help us Oh, Lord. We come before you, Lord, in this time of reflection, becoming more aware of our insignificance in […]
It is our custom to sing together after the meditation of the evening. Please join your spirits and voices with ours in these comforting words from the Community of Taizé. It is good to trust in the Lord our God, trust and hope in the Lord our God. We now […]
A timely meditation from Rev. John Clifford, speaker for the March Wholeness Service. Desert Times in the midst of Lent.
Please join us this evening in spirit and in common voice as we open our hour of prayer with some beautiful, meditative songs from the Community of Taizé. Spirit of Christ Jesus Return to the Service Page Within Our Darkest Night Return to the Service Page Nothing Can Trouble Nothing […]
1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 3 The devil said to […]
Please join your voices with ours as we open our hour of prayer tonight with these words from the Community of Taizé. Blessing and Praise Blessing and praise be given, Blessing and praise be given to Christ who comes, who comes for us, comes in the name of the Lord. […]
There may come a time when you wish to practice contemplative prayers on your own. When you do, you’ll find yourself considering how to make these moments with God peaceful and intimate. Many hours are spent at the Georgetown Ecumenical Wholeness Services considering things such as lighting, sound, placement of […]