Monthly Archives: February 2010
Prayers of the People | February 21
O God, we are in our 5th day of Lent – the days are getting longer while winter is getting shorter and our attentions are diverted in many directions. The world grieves for Haiti while our corner of the world
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Reflections and Reports for our Annual Open Meeting
E very year during February, we hold an open congregational meeting aimed at any and all who consider themselves a part of saint benedict’s table. The past year is reviewed, the finances are considered, and a bit of dreaming and
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"The Claim Upon Us": an opportunity for Lent
An invitation to our Wednesday evening Lenten series T he Claim Upon Us: Learning Lent with Dietrich Bonhoeffer – Five Wednesdays in Lent: February 24 and March 3, 10, 17 and 24, presented by saint benedict’s table in cooperation with
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Prayers of the people | February 7
L et us call the community into a time of prayer. Loving God, so many have answered the call to work with the people of Haiti in so many ways. May they be blessed with financial, spiritual, and physical resources.
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A season in the wilderness
A reflection on how and why we might observe Lent A s of February 17, we’ll be in the season of Lent, so it is time to do a little reflecting on the nature of this liturgical season, and why
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Word arrives from Haiti
News from El-Shaddai Church in Haiti W e’ve got a bit of a connection to El-Shaddai Church in Haiti, through our support of the annual medical mission team spear-headed by saint ben’s member Dr Pierre Plourde… and, in various ways,
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Prayers of the People | January 31
G athered in Faith, uplifted in Hope, united in Love, let us pray to the Living God. You are the God of Agape-Love. We confess that we still have much to learn on that subject. We tend to be self-serving.
Give it up?
a personal reflection on the idea of a Lenten discipline A sh Wednesday, 8:55am, and I’ve already messed up one part of my personal Lenten discipline. For several years now, one of the simple ways in which I have observed