if each day falls
   inside each night
      there exists a well
where clarity sits imprisoned

we need to sit on the rim
    of the web of darkness
      and fish for fallen light
         with patience
                     -Pablo Neruda

GATHERING
 Call to worship
 Passing of the peace

PREPARING
 Singing today's texts
       STS 1 Praise the One who breaks the darkness  (Isaiah 9: 1-7)
       STJ 97 The Lord is my light       (Psalm 27:1-7)
       As a fire is meant for burning (HWB26, words below) (1 Corinthians 1:10-18)
       STJ 99 You walk along our shoreline (Matthew 4:12-23)
 A time with the children
 Preparing to move into quiet
 
LISTENING
 Silent reflection at stations

Returning to the center

HWB 101 Taize Alleluia

SHARING
 Tithes and offerings, joys and concerns

SENDING

During worship again today, there is opportunity for quiet reflection at various stations. Take the time you need at one station or at several as a way of opening into life ... into God. The stations include: