We pray for the breach of
the circle,
for the innocents lost, and
the grief of their loved
ones.
Lord, draw near to them;
Lord, hear our collective
prayer.
Lord, we rage against the
tragedy
of hate against those You
love;
May Your will be done,
May You work your perfect
will,
even in the midst of this
chaos.
We grieve for those who were
lost;
but we know they are like
those
under the altar, the
righteous
those struck down in faith
those whose fears are eased by
God.
May the lives of the martyrs
be remembered
and the lives they sought to
reach be uplifted
long after this tragedy is
over;
May their work and their
memory be a legacy
a further calling on our own
lives.
Oh God, in Your infinite
mercy, we pray
that You would heal this
breach,
the brokenness within the
shooter; we pray
that you would reach him in
his place of darkness
and show him Your mercy.
As incomprehensible as it
may be for us,
We join with loved ones of
victims and ask
for Your forgiveness and change,
for transformation in this
young man
and for peace and healing
for his family.
Almighty God we do not
understand
we cannot fathom how this
tragedy happened
that nine of your faithful
were lost by one
who is so very lost;
Heal him Lord, we pray.
We fall before You Almighty
God;
we confess that we are guilty
of racism and prejudice.
Lord change our hearts
individually and
change us collectively,
to truly love as You loved
us.
We have not loved our
neighbors as ourselves
much less as you loved us.
We repent of the truth
of our racism and prejudice
Convict us Lord to see our
manifold failings;
change us tonight this
minute
to more faithfully walk
as your servants here and
now
in this time and place.
Shine your light into truth
of our white privilege
so we may see with eyes of
Jesus
how we should change to be
your children
We try to change on our own;
but
we are blind to our own failings
We hold worship services of repentance
about indigenous people, asking for Your
forgiveness;
but neglected to include them
within the circle; we have loved ones of color
but we have no words to combat racism.
We begin with prayers of
confession for ourselves.
For the times when I have
not picked up
a person of color
hitchhiking I repent Lord.
For the times when I have
gone to the
other side of the street I
repent Lord
Forgive us when we do not
act,
when we do not march,
when we say "It isn't
my fight",
turning a blind eye to
injustice and pain.
Change us Lord; may Your
will be done.
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edited
June 29, 2015
We
pray for our sisters, our brothers – v2
June 28, 2015
Danforth United
Methodist Church
Scripture Readings
Psalm 130:1-8
2 Samuel 1: 19, 23-27
2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27
Lamentations 3:22-33
2 Corinthians 8:7-15
Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15, 2:23-24
message: “That Good May Come Out of Evil”
by Raymond A. Foss
New England Annual Conference Resolution on shooting in
Charleston
speech 6/23/2015
South Carolina State Senator Paul Thurmond (R), son of former
South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, remarks on Confederate Flag. Paul
Thurmond remarks on Confederate Flag.
Mark 4:4-8
(bible study topic on 6/17/2015 at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church)
&
I forgive
you statements of victims’ family –
Nadine Collier, Anthony Thompson, Felicia Sanders
&
Hate Won’t Win
campaign
&
Jon Stewart’s
June 18, 2015 opening monologue on Charleston shooting
&
The funeral for
the Reverend Clementa Pinkney 6/26/15
&
President Barack Obama’s Eulogy (video and full text)
&
June 22, 2015
We pray for our sisters, our brothers
@dreamUMC #dreamumc tweetup on Charleston shooting
Guest Preacher Thom White Wolf Fassett
COMMENTARY: 2012 Act of Repentance of The United Methodist
Church
Recap of Thursday sessions
Act of Repentance
by Pat Warrior Woman Parent
&
article about Native Americans pulling out of Maine Legislature
May 30, 2015
&
June 27, 2015
help us to understand history
edited June 27, 2015
like a glass plate shattered – v2
edited June 27, 2015
Together within this Circle – v3
(merging edits to original and version 2)
edited/ new
name confronting our past, our present, our hate
June 26,
2015
June 26,
2015
confronting
our past, our present
edited June
26, 2015
listening
to the people of the earth – v4
(editing
version 3)
New
England Annual Conference Resolution on shooting in Charleston
&
speech
6/23/2015
South Carolina State Senator Paul Thurmond (R),
son of former South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, remarks on Confederate
Flag. Paul Thurmond remarks on Confederate Flag.
Mark
4:4-8 (bible study topic on 6/17/2015 at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal
Church)
&
I
forgive you statements of victims’
family – Nadine Collier, Anthony Thompson, Felicia Sanders
&
Jon
Stewart’s June 18, 2015 opening monologue on Charleston shooting
&
The
funeral for the Reverend Clementa Pinkney
6/26/15
&
President
Barack Obama’s Eulogy (video and full text)
edited June
25, 2015
listening
to the people of the earth – v3
(merging edits
to original and version 2)
edited June 25, 2015
a word of healing – v2
edited June
24, 2015
listening to
the people of the earth –v2
June 24, 2015
listening to
the people of the earth
edited June
24, 2015
gathering mud
– v2
June 24, 2015
gathering mud
(adding other tags for creation story
cross-reference)
Bible Study – Inspired by the Word
(on other creation stories)
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
June 23, 2015
&
June
23, 2015
may
we be tied, united
June
23, 2015
may
we be tied
June 23, 2015
living stones
– 2
June 23, 2015
part of the
body, of the circle
June 23, 2015
healing the
breach
June 23, 2015
picking up the
pieces
June 23, 2015
like a glass
plate shattered
June 23, 2015
retying the
threads
June 23, 2015
shooting
within the circle
edited June
23, 2015
Together
within this Circle – v2
&
June 22, 2015
We pray for our
sisters, our brothers
@dreamUMC
#dreamumc tweetup on Charleston shooting
June 22, 2015
&
June 22, 2015,
typo corrected June 23, 2015
together
within this circle
June 22, 2015
Come Holy
Spirit
New England
Conference of United Methodist Church
Annual
Conference 2015 (#NEAC15)
worship guides
NEUMC Photos
my photos
Worship
Director Marcia McFee
Guest Preacher
Bishop Gregory Palmer
Guest Preacher
Thom White Wolf Fassett
COMMENTARY: 2012 Act
of Repentance of The United Methodist Church
Recap of
Thursday sessions
Act of
Repentance
by Pat Warrior
Woman Parent
Recap of
Friday sessions
extract of
sermon
Bishop Palmer
Recap of
Saturday sessions
bible study on
Luke 10 (Good Samaritan)
led by Bishop
Palmer
worship
Laity Address
by Janet
O’Neill
opening prayer
for morning session on Saturday, 6/20/15
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