Year: 2026

A Prayer To Anchor Us in Gratitude

Trish Nemore

Praying for Peace and Justice on July 12, 2026

Creator God,

Too often, we feel overwhelmed by the darkness, or frustrated by the wrongs we see.  Too often, our hearts are burdened by the weight of troubles – in ourselves, in our community, in our nation and in our world.  Too often we have watched as our fellow humans have visited violence upon your creation and its people.

Yet, in the face of this weight, we ask you this morning to anchor us in gratitude.  Fill us with wonder for our very being, and awe for gravity that keeps our feet on the ground and the daily grace you bestow. …

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2026 Summer Liturgy: Finding Grace and Hope

Deborah

GATHERING

REFLECTION

Finding Grace and Hope

REFLECTION

Around us, life bursts with miracles—a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere. Each human being is a multiplicity of miracles. Eyes that see thousands of colors, shapes, and forms; ears that hear a bee flying or a thunderclap; a brain that ponders a speck of dust as easily as the entire cosmos; a heart that beats in rhythm with the heartbeat of all beings.                                

Thich Nhat Hanh, Essential Writings, p.

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2026 Summer Lectionary: Finding Grace and Hope

Deborah

July 19 through September 6, 2026

REFLECTION

Around us, life bursts with miracles—a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere. Each human being is a multiplicity of miracles. Eyes that see thousands of colors, shapes, and forms; ears that hear a bee flying or a thunderclap; a brain that ponders a speck of dust as easily as the entire cosmos; a heart that beats in rhythm with the heartbeat of all beings.                                

Thich Nhat Hanh, Essential Writings, p.…

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A Prayer to Embody a Spirit of Justice and Conscious Connection

Trish Nemore

Praying for Peace and Justice on July 5, 2026

Let us pray.

O Holy One, we come today … humbled by the heat of climate change and the bitterness of our political divisions, to ask for you help in finding ways to embody your Spirit of justice and conscious connection here and now.

Open our eyes to the simple ways we can treat each other with love and respect. 

Open our ears to the cries for justice and mercy from those who have been targeted for removal and retribution … especially people without the resources of influence and education to fight for themselves.…

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God is With Us At Our Semiquincentennial by Dave Lloyd

Deborah

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Image of the Holy Trinity as three angels who look like Asian, African, and Indigenous American women
Kelly Latimore, “Trinity” used by permission of the artist

July 5, 2026

Did you know that there have been two organizations with overall responsibility for planning and conducting the commemoration of America’s 250 years of independence? The older one is the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, established by Congress in 2016 to plan and orchestrate the commemoration through “America 250,” [show “America 250” hat] a bipartisan group that worked with the federal agencies, especially the Department of the Interior, which has authority over our National Parks, Monuments, and Historic Sites, and with state and local governments, civic groups, and the Smithsonian Institution.…

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