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Welcome Opening Prayer Thank you for the ordinary. Let us know in our hearts the value of ordinariness – of being a ‘little flower’ and the love you have for all. We give thanks for the example of St Therese and the ‘little way’ she followed. We cannot pray without praying for peace. Using Isaiah’s words let us beat swords into plowshares, spears into pruning hooks and let no nation take up the sword against any other nation. We need peace so very much. Thank you dear Lord God. Amen ...

Opening prayer Loving God, we thank you for our time together this morning – we pray for all whose lives are affected, in any way, by war and conflict throughout the world. We often struggle to make sense of these conflicts, and thank you for the grace to help create peaceful, quiet, times in our own lives and as part of this community. We pray that your Holy Spirit will guide us each day in your way of peace, as we continue to pray for those whose lives are shattered by current disquiet...

Welcome Opening Prayer Thank you dear Lord for this season of Spring. A season of renewal of life within all your creation. Longer, warmer and brighter days, growth and life. Let us wonder at this miracle you have given us and renew our world; let us use this time for good, for peace, for compassion and to love of one another. We pray dear Lord for peace. Amen Reflection Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 states: ‘To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be...