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Spreading Love & Hope...
Welcome to today's devotion created for your use at home during these days of physical social isolation and virtual social connection. We connect as Church through telephone & technology, so important during this time of Coronavirus. May this devotion and the links provided help you stay connected to God and the wider community.
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If you have items to share -- news, a prayer, song, Bible verse, reflection, photo -- please send it by email (just click on the blue envelope-icon) so we can share them. Thanks to Chris for the photo of wild daffodils at Dinton.
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Blessings & peace, Ana & Tod
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Music
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For those who enjoy a symphony and chorus -- Rossini's 'Petite messe solennelle'.
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-- a favourite of Leslie S,
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and an opportunity to watch animated elderly conductor Alberto Zedda, now deceased.
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Send in your favourite music links to share.
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It connects people, in ways no other medium can. It pulls heartstrings;
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it acts as medicine.' — Macklemore
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Grace
not a mere thought of the Almighty;
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not even a word of the almighty.
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as the energy of electricity.
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it is the energy of the divine affection rolling plenteousness
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toward the shore of human need.
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--Benjamin Josette (1817 - 1893)
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Click on the blue button above to read all the Lectionary Readings designated for this week of Lent.
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Today's Prayers
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Join Christians around the world praying daily at 12:00 noon, making each day a World Day of Prayer.
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Prayer for these times
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A Psalm a day: Psalm 7
O Lord my God, in you I take refuge
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Basically, Psalm 7 is a cry for help. Things aren't going so well, so... we turn to God our refuge, our shelter from the storm blast.
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Tod and I are reading a novel based on the life of George Mallory the mountaineer. On one of his earlier climbing adventures, he and a mate resort to snuggling up with one another in a single sleeping bag inside a thin tent in order to retain what body heat they can. As George tells his young wife this tale, I was reminded of our need for one another, not just for comfort but for survival. And we have that same need for God -- to snuggle up close with God so that we can be warmed and refueled to face the morning light.
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Our God and our community, the living Body of Christ, sustain us. What a blessing that we are finding ways to stay connected through the telephone and the computer, and waving at our neighbours and fellow walkers. And with God... through prayer.
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Eternal One, thank you for being willing always to wrap yourself around us, filling us with life and sustenance for the day and weeks ahead.
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In case you missed it...
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Yesterdays' Daily Home Devotions Missed a Daily Devotion? Find it here.
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Virtual Zoom Worship
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in the midst of the congregation
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Psalm 22:22 and Hebrews 2:12
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'It was good to see so many faces.'
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'It felt like a true community.'
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'It felt as if we were together.'
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'And we didn’t even have to find a parking space!'
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What a wonderful experience, to gather as a congregation to praise God. Who would have thought that an on-line worship service could bring us into 'true community'? It was a blessed gathering of spirit. The technology (called Zoom) created a powerful worship-in-the-round experience, with everyone sitting comfortably in the front row/pew! True spiritual unity and equilibrium. We're already looking forward to next Sunday!
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Progressive Voices Magazine is full of thoughtful articles, poems and theological reflections for the thinking Christian. It is the regular publication of the Progressive Christian Network of Great Britain. Click on the button above to read the complete March edition. Look for the poem by Ana Gobledale (page 23).
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