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
2 comments:
Sounds great; I would have been there but i went all the way to Oxford just to go to Evensong in my college chapel.
It was great - a very simple idea but so well done. I especially loved the sounds, which were just right for the theme and vibe of Peace.
Great graphic on the Foundation site, too.
It was obvious that a lot of work went into it Steve. Nice one!
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