Invitation/Hospitality
Litany for Regathering
After almost 17 months of worshipping outside of our church sanctuary due to COVID-19, we regathered inside once again on 7/4. Towards the beginning of our service, we’ll pray together with the litany below. It is easily adapted to use in your setting. Re-Gathering Litany & Lord’s Prayer One: Since last we gathered in this sanctuary as a congregation, so much has happened. Many: 2 Easters and one Christmas have come and gone. Jobs have changed. Neighbors have moved. 2 classes have graduated. Babies have been born. Some of...
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As a child, our church’s sanctuary was not a place of mystery or wonder for me, but a place of prohibition. DON’T touch the organ! DON’T go behind the pulpit. DON’T ever touch the altar. As it turned out, the unapproachable sanctuary translated for me into a feeling that our pastor, and God, were unapproachable too. To be fair, that was not the intention of my church or its leaders and I know they would be horrified to hear that. Fostering a sense of the holy, creating a sanctuary space, and keeping the sanctuary...
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