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Our Work Ahead 2007-09-23 14:34:00 Lord,We thank you for this holy ground,this place we are gathered inWe thank you for the visionof the members who had the faithto build this holy space,a house for your people herein this capital cityLord, we thank you for your presenceamong us here, for your Holy Spirit,and for the grace you bestowed on us allthrough the sacrifice of your son, our SaviorThe work we are in the midst of is holy serviceWe are embarking on workto fulfill our connectional pledge,to shore up our brothers and sisters,to enable more work to be done in your nameWe will be striving, over the next weeks,to prayerfully prepare a budget,to begin our stewardship efforts in earnestto seek to discern your divine willfor this congregation, this piece of your churchLord, give our leaders and all of us, your servants,eyes to see and ears to hearyour guidance and you willin these tasks and in all we doas we leave this gatheringin your holy name we pray these things.AmenSeptember 20, 2007 9:04 ...

Prayers from Sunday School 2007-09-23 14:30:00 The following 6 prayers were written in Middle High Sunday School,September 23, 2007, Wesley United Methodist Church,based on 1 Timothy 2:1-7 ...

Dear Mr. God, 2007-09-23 14:27:00 Dear Mr. God,I am thankful foryou ‘cause youare the boss ofthe universe andwithout you I wouldn’t existand not existing wouldprobably be really reallyreally really reallyBORING!!---------------------------------I hate being boreddon’t you? it is reallyboring but you probablyknow all about being bored‘cause since you’re the boss ofthe universe you have tofill out lots of boring paperwork!! I amalso thankful for clothesand accessories because ifthose didn’t exist then peoplecouldn’t be fashionable andfashion is very important you probablyknow all about that too because sinceyou rule the universe you areprobably the most fashionable cooland good looking guy ever. Way way betterthan Zac Efron who everyone thinks is cute but I don’talso thank you for the coolest people in the historyJessa, Bianca, Erica, Susan, Emma, Mishael,Ana, Sara, Enexhi, andall the other nice people on the planet.I give you thanksoh awesome cool, handsome,fashionable boss of theUniverse God.From Cecili ...

A Prayer from Timothy 2007-09-23 14:14:00 Holy God,Creator and sustainerof the earth, I offer this prayerfor myself and the world.I thank you Lord, for my family,for this beautiful Sunday, for this churchand church family, for the changing seasonsthis season of fall, and especially for your presence.Lord, I confess that I have fallen short of your grace,that I have not communicated with my family,that I have struggled in my work and I have notput my whole trust in you.I pray for this torn world, where strife and povertyare too common, where one in seven Americansare without health insurance, and wheretoo many know war and disease.Lord, I pray for President Bush and the Congress,may they find a way to end warI pray also for this church, as we prepare fora capital campaign and budget,for the Iraqi government and its peopleI ask for your peace for them and forthose who seeks after peace in the Middle East.I pray Lord too, for the world, for global warmingand the melting ice caps. May we come to gripswith these challenges before i ...

Dear God, 2007-09-23 14:00:00 I am thankful for all that you havedone for me. I am sorry aboutyour family loss and I am sad aboutit too. My Gia Gia (gramma in Greek)was very close to me and she mustbe with you. I really miss her So pleasetake good care of here. Thank you formy family, friends, my sisters, my dads,my mom, and my friends.Love,from your servantEricaErica BerberenaSeptember 23, 2007(by permission of the author)Part of an exercise in Sunday School,based on 1 Timothy 2:1-7 ...

Dear God, 2007-09-23 13:52:00 Dear God,Thank you God for coming down to earthand saving us. Thank you for friends and familywho love me and support me. Thank you forfood and shelter that my parents provide for me.God, we give you great thanks. For life and happiness,we give you thanks o’ God. Thank you for babyback ribs that come right off the grill. And mostof all, thank you for you. In your name I pray,Amenposted anonymously at request of authorSeptember 23, 2007(by permission of the author)Part of an exercise in Sunday School,based on 1 Timothy 2:1-7 ...

My Prayer 2007-09-23 13:51:00 Dear God,I thank you for my guinea pig, my dog, and my hermit crabs.I thank you for my friends and familyI give you thanks for horsesAnd all the wild animalsAnd all the domestic animalsI Am sorry for all the paper and plastic andaluminum that I throw away instead ofrecycling it. I am sorry for the water I’ve wastedand the pollution I have caused. I know it isimportant to preserve your Earth because it is agift to us.Help people realize that slaughtering horses for petfood is cruel, and protect them from the trouble theyget themselves into. Help them understand thatanimals are a gift and they should be kind to themAlso help them to understand that Earth is agift from You as well and they shouldn’t trash sucha precious gift.And please, help me to achieve good grades inschool and high marks on my tests and quizzesFinally, keep my pets, family, and friends safe andhealthy. Peace Out. Amen.JessaSeptember 23, 2007(by permission of the author)Part of an exercise in Sunday School,based on ...

We give you thanks, O God: 2007-09-23 13:38:00 We give you thanks, O God:for friends that help mefor food that tastes goodfor a good, fun familyfor a house to live infor Educationfor My health and fitnessGod be near and help us:for my focus at schoolfor my family’s problemsfor my injuries and sicknessfor my friend’s mom and her cancerfor my friends and whatever they’re needingAmenby Caleb(by permission of the author)Part of Sunday School exercise,based on 1 Timothy 2:1-7 ...

Falling Light 2007-09-21 16:34:00 The glow of the sunlightoutside my office window,warming the backsidesof the still-green oak leaveswarmer falling lightnot like summer rayswhiter color thennow warming toward orangein late afternoon, almost nighta warmer hueSeptember 21, 2007 17:33 ...

Shades of Purple 2007-09-21 14:32:00 We stopped to see her work,the stuff of kindergartenAnd there you were,reflected in the drawings,the colors she chose,to call her favorites,to color her world,her fingers this morningShades of purple,your favorite color tooWorn with pride, with loveto honor you,infused in her tribute as wellSeptember 21, 2007 15:29About the colors Shanequa calledher favorite, seen at her school's Open Houselast night. The color purplewas the favorite color of hergrandmother, her Ya-Ya, Elaine A. Kosta-Smith,whose visiting hours were on 9/17.We all wore purple in her memorythen and on 9/18 at her funeral ...

Tending the Garden 2007-09-21 09:56:00 For God’s love raised Christfrom the depths of death,for the forgiveness of our sins,and we must work, not to earn the gifts;but to show the reverent praiseso richly deserved for such a gift as thisWithin creation, we alone, understandare called to the Fatherthrough the gift of the Son,out in the fields, in the garden,spreading the good newsthe reconciliation of ourselvesto God, fulfilling the commissionin our own ways, with our own giftsSeptember 21, 2007Inspired by the sermon by,“Regenerating the Human Spirit”,Rev. Lori Eldredge, August 26, 2007Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NHColossians 1:9-20Earlier poem on same sermon:Stewards of the GardenWe are called to maintain,to protect, to tendthe garden, to weed, to water,to prune, to care, to plant,to harvest, to till, to feedto respect the garden,to leave the gardenfor others to enjoyAugust 26, 2007 13:26 ...

Arctic Ice 2007-09-20 17:05:00 These words, “arctic ice”in the search string on my computertrack the telling, epiphany above the circlethe telling news by the poleof a planet changing,is it inexorably yet? How manyinches of water lapping on the streetswill be needed, to tell the rest of the storyto awaken the world to the realitieswe have wrought, set loseon the face of the globe,as surely as Pandora didwhen she opened that damn boxWhat can we do now,to stem the tidesthat will be risingWhere will this battle be wagedand won?September 20, 2007 18:04http://nsidc.org/news/press/2007_seaiceminimum/20070810_index.html ...

Frost Friendly 2007-09-19 21:37:00 Oh for a billto steel the heart of the poet,or his neighbor at leastA law to protectwalls in need of mendingto remedy the falling,of the stones, to right the wallsin need of mendingSeptember 19, 2007 22:31House Bill 42, passed in the 2007 New Hampshirelegislative session, signed by the Governor,and effective July 20, 2007“STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIREIn the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand SevenAN ACT relative to resource protection sections of local master plans.Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:40:1 Master Plan; Optional Sections; Resource Protection; Stone Walls. Amend RSA 674:2, III(h) to read as follows:(h) A section which identifies cultural and historic resources and protects them for rehabilitation or preservation from the impact of other land use tools such as land use regulations, housing, or transportation. Such section may encourage the preservation or restoration of stone walls, provided agricultural practices, as defined in RSA 21: ...

Covenant - acrostic 2007-09-19 21:27:00 ContractOneVirtueEverlastingNationAlmightyNurturingTheocracySeptember 19, 2007 22:26 ...

A Slate of Gray 2007-09-19 20:32:00 The familiar blackof the boardbecame whiter,over time, layer on layerof the chalk,making the pores filleraser or spongeineffective against theaging of the board,becoming a slate of graySeptember 19, 2007 21:30 ...