2024 spirituality

Contemplative Taize

Contemplative Taize

Taize is a peaceful time of prayers, poetry, chants and restful silence based on the approach of the Taize community in France. Everyone is welcome! Stay for nibbles after... Taizé is an ecumenical Christian community known for its simple and meditative style of worship. The emphasis on simplicity, silence, and prayer provides a unique opportunity for reflection and discernment. The community is open to people of all denominations and welcomes visitors from all over the world.
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Contemplative Taize: Lent

Contemplative Taize: Lent

Taize is a peaceful time of prayers, poetry, chants and restful silence based on the approach of the Taize community in France. Everyone is welcome! Stay for nibbles after... Taizé is an ecumenical Christian community known for its simple and meditative style of worship. The emphasis on simplicity, silence, and prayer provides a unique opportunity for reflection and discernment. The community is open to people of all denominations and welcomes visitors from all over the world.
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World Day of Prayer – Lutheran Church Witta and Uniting Church Montville

World Day of Prayer – Lutheran Church Witta and Uniting Church Montville

“I Beg You... Bear With One Another In Love” Ephesians 4:1-3 2024 Artist Halima Aziz, represents three Palestinian women praying together in nature in a peaceful place. In her work, she has different motives and symbols that indicate the origin of these women and their cohesion. This program calls us to bear with each other in love, despite all difficulties and oppression. The program was written by a group of ecumenical Christian Palestinian women in response to the passage from Ephesians 4:1-7. We reflected collectively on this theme from the context of our suffering as Palestinian Christian women. We hope…
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Reading the Gospel of Mark

Reading the Gospel of Mark

Experience the Gospel of Mark in it's entirety! Most of the time when we engage with the Bible at church, we do it episodically. We get small weekly portions from the Lectionary in worship or just selected texts in our faith formation programs. This is helpful for covering a lot of ground across the Bible however, we miss out on fully appreciating the flow, internal logic, and experience of reading one book as a whole. Mark is the shortest of our gospel books and is readable in about an hour and a half! Come along and unpack the gospel with…
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