Lectio Divina

Once again, we postponed our planned session due to illness. Come June 9th to experience this prayer time.

Come join the team for prayer from 1-2 PM, Tuesday April 14, 2009 at Wedgwood Presbyterian Church. Vonna Thomas will lead our time together. She writes,

At the April SFMT meeting, we will draw upon material from the Bergan/Schwan book, Surrender, A Guide for Prayer for Lectio Divina. Since we will be meeting the Tuesday after Easter, it will be an appropriate time to consider our own surrender. In these difficult times many are facing economic challenges…whether ourselves or folks in our congregations. We can find peace and strength as we examine again our own need to daily surrender and reflect on what it means to us to call Jesus our Lord.

Also on the 14th, there will be a networking brown-bag lunch for Spiritual Directors -- also at Wedgwood. Our topic for discussion is spiritual formation and spiritual direction in the parish.

March Happenings

It was an interesting March prayer time. Louise had to cancel due to illness, so Amy & Vonna pinch-hitted.

Amy began by pressing the play button on the CD player, and encouraging us all to sing along with a 20 minute sung morning prayer, courtesy of GIA's two-CD set, "My Morning Prayer." Even though it was Tuesday, we used the prayer for Wednesday so that we could sing the prayer of St. Patrick.

Vonna then led us in a presentation about healing prayer. Similar to what she has shared with her church, Vonna spoke about her own call to healing prayer ministry and what forms that has taken. She encouraged each of us to be open to this ministry and to pray for those who are in need. Ask Vonna for a copy of her presentation, if you'd like more information.

See you in April! (Tuesday, April 14th, at 1:00).

Praying with Art

Art often speaks to us subliminally: sub-liminally, 'below the threshold' of our conscious awareness." It "helps us to see the unseeable and know the unknowable, ushering us into the realm of the transcendent." (Lucy Shaw)

EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS. At our meeting on Tuesday, March 10th, Louise will lead us in a time of prayerful meditation on Christ's crucifixion with the aid of a master of devotional art, Diego Velazquez. It will be a time both to listen and to respond to God through the invitation of the art and related Biblical texts.

Come join us - 1 - 2 PM, Wedgwood Presbyterian Church.