Thursday, March 29, 2012

A House of Prayer

Each of us, the church
as holy as the Temple
the sanctuary of the hurting
the refuge for the weak
We must be a house of prayer
as surely as the Temple
Lessons to learn for us
from their failing long ago


March 29, 2012
Mark 11:11, 15-18
Jesus Clears the Temple
Isaiah 56:7 (House of Prayer)
Jeremiah 7:11 (Den of Thieves)
Upper Room Disciplines for 2012
http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-17131.htm
March 26, 2012 to April 1, 2012 (Palm Sunday),
“Compelled to Shout Hosanna!”
by John Saliers
scripture and meditation for March 29 2012
read March 29, 2012
&
Luke 18:1-8
1 Timothy 2:1-4
1 Thessalonians 5:17
James 5:13-18
Wednesday evening worship
Seventh of series on prayer,
inspired by Marcia McFee,
“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,
Seventh Sunday: 3 Purple Beads: Intercessions
and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH

March 28, 2012
&
John 13:34-35
Luke 6:27-36
Luke 10:25-37
Luke 23:34
Wednesday evening worship
Sixth of series on prayer,
inspired by Marcia McFee,
“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,
Sixth Sunday: Red Bead: People to Love
and meditation
by Ray Foss, pinch-hitting for

by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH

March 21, 2012
&
Wednesday evening worship
Sixth of series on prayer,
inspired by Marcia McFee,
“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,
Sixth Sunday: Green Bead: Your Special Concern
and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH

March 14, 2012
&
Wednesday evening worship
Fifth of series on prayer,
inspired by Marcia McFee,
“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,
Fifth Sunday: Clear and Black Bead: Night and Day
Genesis 1
Psalm 139:11-12
Daniel 2:22
and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH

March 7, 2012
&
Wednesday evening worship
Fourth of series on prayer,
inspired by Marcia McFee,
“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,
Fourth Sunday: Stepping Stone Bead: Journey of Faith
and meditation


by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH


February 15, 2012
&
Wednesday evening worship
Third of series on prayer,
inspired by Marcia McFee,
“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,
Third Sunday: Bead with a Hole: Silence
and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH

February 8, 2012
&
Wednesday evening worship
Second of series on prayer,
inspired by Marcia McFee,
“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,
Second Sunday: Bumpy Bead: Letting Go
1 John 4:7-21
and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH

January 25, 2012
&
Wednesday evening worship
start of series on prayer,
inspired by Marcia McFee,
“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,
First Sunday: Big Gold Bead: God
Psalm 105:1-6
Isaiah 56:1-8
Acts 17:22-32
poem, “Pied Beauty”,
by Gerard Manley Hopkins
and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH

January 11, 2012


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