All Places Together

This Lent, explore how God’s love is with us, whenever we are. Each episode will reflect on Jesus engaging with people at all hours of the day. We begin with a quiet morning. Sneak away with Jesus and Pastor Colleen to clear our heads for the day to come. 

Sign-ups for Zoom Communion and small groups can be found on the Events tab of our website: www.allplacestogether.org/events

In the final episode in this series, Pastor Colleen explores how praying together is one of the central things we do before and while the world gets turned upside down. Thank you to Steve and Alli who shared stories in this episode.

While we bring our whole bodies into prayer every time we pray, we can engage in intentional bodily practices to connect to God in new ways. In this episode learn about different ways to pray with your hands, feet, and whole self. Thank you Tim and Cam for sharing their stories in this episode.

The discipline of silence may not be easy or natural to us, but it is an important way to connect with God and be grounded in our faith. This episode includes an intentional time of silence for us to practice together.

Thanks to Monica Weber for sharing her stories in today’s podcast. 

The discipline of silence may not be easy or natural to us, but it is an important way to connect with God and be grounded in our faith. This episode includes an intentional time of silence for us to practice together.

Thanks to Monica Weber for sharing her stories in today’s podcast. 

The discipline of silence may not be easy or natural to us, but it is an important way to connect with God and be grounded in our faith. This episode includes an intentional time of silence for us to practice together.

Thanks to Monica Weber for sharing her stories in today’s podcast. 

A quick listen announcing our two new small groups at All Places Together: Rainbow Together and Parents of LGBTQIA+ Children.

You can read more on our website and sign up to get Zoom links. If you can’t make the meeting times, please still fill out the form and mark that you are interested but that you cannot attend the first gathering. www.allplacestother.org/events

Thank you to Kayla and John for sharing their stories in today’s episode. There’s still time to share both audio and written reflections for this series. You can send yours to [email protected] by Feb 10.

A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church, Year W. Dr. Wilda C. Gafney. Used with permission. 

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• Do you have a favorite story about prayer from the bible? Why is it your favorite? How has the story shaped your prayer life? 

• What does the Lord’s Prayer mean to you? 

• How do you engage your body in prayer? 

• If you make prayer shawls, walk labyrinths, use prayer beads, or engage in another type of physical prayer, how did you begin that journey? How do you feel connected to God during the process? 

• If you’re good at silence, how did you develop this practice? How do you maintain it? How have you heard God’s voice in the process? 

• Share a story about how praying the hours has been a meaningful practice for you. 

• How does music, either making or listening, contribute to your prayer life? 

• How does praying together in worship feed your individual faith and connection to the wider community? 

• Does your faith community have a particular prayer practice that is meaningful to you? 

• Why do you keep praying if there is still war, hunger, and suffering? 

It’s the first week of our new series: Praying Together. In this episode, join Pastor Colleen in reflecting about the importance of regular prayer and in reminding ourselves what prayer is not. 

Thank you to Kathy and Andrew for sharing their stories in today’s episode. There’s still time to share both audio and written reflections for this series. You can send yours to [email protected]. 

• Do you have a favorite story about prayer from the bible? Why is it your favorite? How has the story shaped your prayer life? 

• What does the Lord’s Prayer mean to you? 

• How do you engage your body in prayer? 

• If you make prayer shawls, walk labyrinths, use prayer beads, or engage in another type of physical prayer, how did you begin that journey? How do you feel connected to God during the process? 

• If you’re good at silence, how did you develop this practice? How do you maintain it? How have you heard God’s voice in the process? 

• Share a story about how praying the hours has been a meaningful practice for you. 

• How does music, either making or listening, contribute to your prayer life? 

• How does praying together in worship feed your individual faith and connection to the wider community? 

• Does your faith community have a particular prayer practice that is meaningful to you? 

• Why do you keep praying if there is still war, hunger, and suffering? 

Celebrate Reconciling in Christ Sunday with All Places Together! Dillon Swanson, organist and queer theologian, shares the impact that an RIC campus ministry had on him and reflects with Pastor Colleen about what it means to be a Resilient Community. 

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All Places Together (APT) is a non-geographic community, based in Virginia. APT seeks to gather individuals who are searching for God in the wilderness of life, individuals who deeply want to connect to something beyond themselves, and individuals who believe the love of Jesus is embodied in all of God’s diverse creation.

Thank you to our Mission partners: Virginia Synod (www.vasynod.org) and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (www.elca.org).

To give to All Places Together, visit our website: http://www.allplacestogether.org/ Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the button “Give to All Places Together.” This will take you to the APT giving page. Enter your contribution amount to the basket and follow the instructions to check out!