Registration now open for GPNW Mission Center Intergenerational Retreats! Numbers of COVID-19 cases have been on the decline, and our hope is that we can offer a healthy, safe opportunity to gather and fellowship again. Each of our campgrounds will be hosting a 3-night retreat, with relaxed schedule and lots of time to spend together….
On Sunday, May 23, we shared in an interactive Prayer for Peace worship moment. As the music video for “Pray for Peace” by Reba McEntire played, those gathered online for worship were invited to share in the chat their response to this question: What is your peace prayer commitment today? This is how you responded!…
by Ashley Whitham Please sit comfortably, with your eyes closed. You’re sitting on the floor. You’ve been sitting here for… days? Has it been a week yet? Time doesn’t really matter here. You’re with friends, but it’s hardly a party. Everyone is just sitting, staring at the floor. You’re all just exhausted from the emotional…
Submitted by Susan Gregory Creator of All, I am SO concerned and horrified by the events happening in Gaza and Israel. So many innocent lives are being shattered. So many are dying. God, this cannot be your will. How long will you just be an observer? My prayerful request is that your Holy Spirit touch…
Submitted by Barbara Wilson Infinite Spaciousness, Within You all is possible – and is already happening.At all times I am being acted upon by Your Will – by Your Divine Plan. I hear the frustration, even more, the defeat and emptiness in the voices of Your children who appear to be beyond hope.Yet they reach…
Submitted by Ron Harmon O great disruptor of the status quo, Why do the voices of those who preach division and fear seem to drown out the voices of inclusion and hope? Why does justice seem to illude those places in our world where your people call out for release? Why are those of us…
In this session we start examining the pervasive structural issues that shape our world–in this case the basic economic model. (Note: consumerism will be a separate session). Our current practice is a Create-Use-Discard economy that results in ravaged mountains, toxic tailing ponds, abusive child labour, abandoned oil wells, and mountains of trash. The old model…
Submitted by Susan Oxley, North American Climate Justice Team The North American Climate Justice Team of Community of Christ has created two engagement sessions for online reunions to offer participants in the Sacredness of Creation and concerns over Climate Change. Each is designed to be a stand-alone hour-long session. Here are summaries of the content, and…