No. 10 Prayer

Facilitator______________
Date___________________

Group Session Plan from UUCCA* - Rev. Calvin O. Dame

Chalice/Candle Lighting

Opening Words:

"Spirit of life and love, that lives in us and in all people, be present with us this day. Help us to be grateful for all that we have, grateful for this time of connection, grateful for these friends, and for all who enrich our lives. Spirit of life, be present with us as compassion, that we may open our hearts, listen with care, and be truly present with one another. Spirit of life, be present with us as a generosity of spirit, that we may meet the world with good will. Be present with us as vision, so that we may see beyond this moment and beyond the limits of our own day to day concerns, and remember, once again, that we are a part of a larger world, and all that lives therein. Amen"
-- Calvin O. Dame

Check-in/Sharing

Topic:
Human prayer is as old as the oldest evidence we have of human activity. Prayers come in many different forms: communal, personal, ritual, civic, petitionary (other?). And we come with different experiences, different expectations, different attitudes towards prayer.

Share your understanding of prayer, the experiences which have gone into that understanding; and if you have a prayer practice, what it is like, or if you were to have or begin a prayer practice, what you imagine it might be like.

Select the topic and location for the next meeting

Check-out / Likes and Wishes

Closing Words:

"As we leave this place and this company, may the fellowship of this circle carry us forward, remind us of that which we hold to be most sacred and encourage us in every hour, until such time as we meet again. Amen"
-- Calvin O. Dame

* Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Augusta, Maine