Good Evening Dear Family of Love/ God!
Happy day of Sabbath rest. Last evening we were on our journey into living out our baptismal vows in daily life. Doing so requires courage, grace, broad shoulders, and being willing to truly walk the walk and talk the talk.
The questions contained in the Baptismal Covenant give us a road map! Watch and you'll see how!
Will you continue in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in the
prayers ?
Be the church wherever you are.
Be a sanctuary and ally for someone.
Carry the Good News out into to your community!
Take time to be community and follow the directions in the Gospels and Acts.
Break Bread together and widen that table to include everyone. Practice CALM (Compassion, Acceptance, Love, and Mercy)
Thanksgiving is coming up,how about inviting multi faith groups to your church for dinner and fellowship? Learn about differing foods and customs. Consider having Friday Prayers at your church.
Consider asking your Muslim and Jewish Friends etc. to help out during your holidays so that your parishioners and employees can have time off for worship and family time. If you are Jewish and Muslim consider this as well. Let us help each other out and "Walk each other home"
Become community minded:
Volunteer in Soup Kitchens, Food Pantries, Deliver Meals on Wheels, Feed the Hungry, Clothe the Naked, Welcome the Stranger, Shelter the homeless. Do unto others. Join groups where you share common interests. Donate Blood!
Love Everyone without condition!
See God in Everyone!
Help and protect and keep everyone Safe and unafraid.
Let us help each other out and "Walk each other home"
Will you persevere in resisting evil, and, whenever you fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord?
Do self-examination often.
Learn the art of changing course in your life when you have fallen away, made mistakes, or hurt someone! Learn the art of behavior modification spiritually and mindfully.
Be at prayer and and go deeper into your heart homes and spend time in conversation with God.If you wish and you have the opportunity consider going to Confession or Reconciliation of a Penitent. Talk to a counselor or spiritual adviser.
Follow the 10 Commandments as a guide.
Don't let yourself be duped by people or movements who are acting and preaching things that are counter to the Apostle's Teaching and the Way of Jesus. "By their fruits you shall know them"
As The Most Reverend Michael B. Curry has said 'If it isn't about love, it isn't about God!'
Love Everyone without condition!
See God in Everyone!
Do no harm and do not hate!
Help and protect and keep everyone Safe and unafraid.
Let us help each other out and "Walk each other home"
Will you proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ?
Use GPS the Gospel Proclaiming System! Proclaim the Good News boldly and sincerely .
Model Jesus and you won't be lost
Carry the light of the world and the Gospel out into the world. Don't brow beat anyone!
Love Everyone without condition!
See God in Everyone!
Help and protect and keep everyone Safe and unafraid.
Let us help each other out and "Walk each other home"
Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself?
Learn to love yourself it's the hardest thing you'll ever do but it is worth it. (Hint: self-care)
Get to know your neighbors!
Become community minded:
Volunteer in Soup Kitchens, Food Pantries, Deliver Meals on Wheels, Feed the Hungry, Clothe the Naked, Welcome the Stranger, Shelter the homeless. Do unto others. Join groups where you share common interests. Donate Blood!
Join interfaith groups and learn about different faith communities.
Work for refugee and immigrant rights.
Become an Ally to and of all marginalized, minority, and faith groups, (LGBTQ, Muslims, Latino/x, Blacks, Women, Disabled, Homeless, The vulnerable etc)
Love Everyone without condition!
See God in Everyone!
Help and protect and keep everyone Safe and unafraid.
Let us help each other out and "Walk each other home"
Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?
Work for prison reform. Work to abolish the death penalty.
Stevens Ministries
Restorative Justice Groups.
Volunteer with the Alzheimer's Association and all Mental Health agencies.
Literacy councils- Help teach people to read and speak English and learn their language.
Educate yourself on the issues of the day.
Join groups that have a peace and social justice focus.
Read blogs from Sojourners, PICO, and Southern Poverty Law Center and Teaching Tolerance.
Do Advocacy at the grass roots level!
Volunteer: Domestic Violence and Abuse shelters. CALM (Child Abuse Listening and Mediation) , CASA(Court Appointed Special Advocates), Child Help, Catholic Workers, CLUE (Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice) Refugee Resettlement centers, Humane societies If you are an Episcopalian (Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Episcopal Public Policy Network, Episcopal Relief and Development, Episcopal Migration Ministries, United Thank Offering)
Your local hospitals and care facilities need your help.
Love Everyone without condition!
See God in Everyone!
Help and protect and keep everyone Safe and unafraid.
Let us help each other out and "Walk each other home"
As you can see the lists are endless and overlap! We really don't need a list or lists at all what we are truly called to do is to Love, be loving, be a soft place in which to fall, comfort and support each other, build bridges, and see God in each other. Help us to do this with God's Help !
LOVE IS THE ANSWER! LOVE WINS!
Now let us pray!
Let us use the prayers for the Candidates in the Rite of Holy Baptism in the BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER(Adapted)
Deliver us, O Lord, from the way of sin and
death.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Open our hearts to your grace and truth.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Fill us with your holy and life-giving Spirit.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Keep us in the faith and communion of your holy
Church.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Teach us to love others in the power of the Spirit.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Send us into the world in witness to your love.
People Lord, hear our prayer.
Bring us to the fullness of your peace and glory.
Lord, hear our prayer.
We add these prayers in memory of the Paris terror attacks last year using the prayers in last year's blog.
Let us with God's help stand together in prayer responding Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Lord God may we, Not be complacent but actively engaged in fighting injustice everywhere.
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Lord God may we, Stand with refugees, captives, victims of violence and abuse, victims of modern slavery and human trafficking, our undocumented immigrants, LGBTQ sisters and brothers. We all our family !
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
.Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Lord God may we, Stand up against extremism in all its forms
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Stand with the least of these
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Stand with the least of these
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Lord God may we, Stand with the voiceless ones and those who are crying out and seeking to be heard.
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Lord God may we, Stand with the vulnerable.
Come Lord Jesus and Help us!
Lord God may we,Stand with you, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit as bringers of love, peace, joy, and hope.
The light of Christ in me recognizes the light of Christ in you!
The God in me Loves me Loves the God in you!
The Holy Spirit who comforts me Comforts you this day when things we can't explain and gives us heavy heart.
Lord God we add our own prayers and those of our family members who have requested our prayers especially_____________
Come Lord Jesus and Help us !
To You, O Lord, our God.
Will you Stand with me? Will you love one another? Will you love your enemies and do good to those who hate you? Will you continue to walk with me on our journey?
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Good Night Dear Family of Love! I love you! May you feel God's presence this night and always. I give God thanks for you this night and always.
With love and blessings,
Sara
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