May you open your eyes and reach out your hands; so you might see and touch the breach, the very brokenness, both in our community and in your own life. As you wrestle with God through faith may you become known as repairers of broken down walls and re-builders of livable streets. This is the call that invites you forward.

May I submit myself to the necessary endings that have been building in my life. I will do this not in the name of giving up. Instead, I do it because I am desperate to believe that to make an ending is to make a new beginning.

May you faithfully tend the fire of hope that lives within you. May your faith and hope be woven together like a cord you can hold in your very hands. May you very life be a demonstration of your deep desire to step forward in trust.

May you see the reflection and imagery of God in yourself. May you see yourself as loved and pursued by God who is both mother and father. May we see the reflection and imagery of God in all people. May we see each other as loved and pursued by God who is both mother and father.

May you find new ways of seeing what it means to pray. May you find comfort in the ancient words given to us. May you find new language that uncovers your questions. May you be resourced with the courage to keep knocking and asking. May the presence of the Holy Spirit guide your every step towards coming alive.

May we be a people who recognize what can be left undone, so that, we do not miss out on the holy encounters that await us. Teach us Lord what it means to be fully present; to You, to others, and even to ourselves. Amen!

Benediction: May we come near enough to the pain and suffering of those around us that our very own garments are soaked with tears and blood; knowing full well that once we see up close our only option is to show mercy.

Benediction: May you remember that your freedom comes through Christ; may you remember that He frees you from the bondage of sin and the indulgence of the flesh that is judgment; and may you use that freedom to serve each other and join God in his redemptive mission. Amen.

Benediction: May we be a people who can point our faces toward how God is forming us, and see hope in the brokenness of our lives. I pray that we see the scarcity is in us and abundance is in God.

Benediction: Before you she sits, waiting for you to bend your life low to hear the words of the Spirit. That God has always been and will always be about relationship and connection; that all things seen and unseen are held together by the very same mystery that takes delight in you. May you be held together by the mystery as the path emerges.