Lee Abbey

Couple of weekends ago some people from Foundation went to Lee Abbey in Devon for the weekend there are some photos on my flickr site. click here to see

Peace

Tonight i did the little service at Foundation - it being Remembrance Sunday i decided to do something on peace. below is some of the liturgy we used:

We opened the service with:

Lord,
lead me from Death to Life,
from Falsehood to Truth;
lead me from Despair to Hope,
from Fear to Trust;
lead me from Hate to Love,
from War to Peace.
Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe.
Peace Peace Peace
[by John Johansen-Berg]

I then asked the group to draw their reposonses to peace, pin them to a cross and light a candle for peace

we closed the service with the responsive prayer and the Peace:

Leader: Jesus, you are our peace.
R: In you we become new, one single humanity.

L: Come among us with your gift of peace:
R: Not as the world gives, in fear and suspicion, but as you give, in love and truth.

L: Come among us and banish the weapons of war
R: Speak peaceably to every nation, that your rule may extend from sea to sea, to the ends of the earth.

L: Come among us with the new covenant of love.
R: Sweep off the earth the instruments of destruction that all living creatures may lie down without fear.

L: Come among us with good news for the poor,
R: With release for prisoners and captives, with sight for the blind. with deliverance for the oppressed, with the fair distribution of the resources of your world.

L: Come among us that we may hunger and thirst to see right prevail;
R: That we may show mercy, that we may be peacemakers.

All: You are our peace. You are the way, you are the truth, you are the life. Fill our lives with your spirit of love, joy and peace. Amen.
[by John Ferguson]

I used music from Taize and Late Late Service through-out the service

Lindsey and Jenny's Civil Partnership

At the end of October, Foundation had its first civil partnership celebration, this was actullay my first time at a civil partnership as well. There are some photos on flickr of the covenent cermony and party!
i thoroughly enjoyed the day and had the priveledge of being Jenny & Lindsey's chauffer for the day!