Story of God Sermon Series Continues

This past Sunday, we returned to our regular Sunday time and place after spending the previous weekend at Keswick Retreat Center for a quiet, slow-paced retreat that focused on God’s command to take a Sabbath rest. When we take a day – or even a few hours off – we are demonstrating our trust in God’s provision, relinquishing control, and resisting our culture’s message that when you are busier, you are better and more important. As our retreat leader Bill Elander pointed out, “It is always God’s will to take a nap.” In addition to honoring God with our snoozing, we spent a lot of time together in contemplative prayer: Lectio Divina, imaginative prayer, and other forms of guided prayer.

In the spirit of our retreat, here’s a link to a guided contemplative prayer I worked on with Janine Rohrer and David Buchs from our fellow NYC Vineyard, The 166. You’ll need just over 15 minutes of quiet to listen to this prayer and reflect, with Jesus, on what it means to be rooted and growing in God’s love.

www.sleepwithmusic.com/contemplativeprayer

I hope you find some time this week for resting in God! And we look forward to seeing you this Sunday as we explore the books of Daniel, Esther, and Jeremiah, and ask what it means to be faithful while living in exile.

 

Carrie Myers

Spiritual Director, Vineyard One NYC

No Church on Sunday, February 9

It feels incredibly strange to be writing this, but DO NOT COME TO CHURCH THIS SUNDAY. There is no service.

If you do come, no one will be there to let you in. You will be standing on the sidewalk, feeling very sad and lonely.

(On the upside, you will be only blocks away from our lovely friends at Hi Noodle. We recommend the chicken kao soi, which is perfection in a bowl of noodles.)

Where will we be if not at church? We’ll be attending our annual retreat with our partner churches Silver Springs Vineyard and Hudson Vineyard. SoulTend founders and spiritual directors Bill and Lainie Elander will be leading our time away.

 

It’s going to be a great weekend of fun, fellowship, and spiritual formation! We can’t wait to see what the Holy Spirit will do.

One more time, in case you missed it: THERE IS NO CHURCH THIS SUNDAY, FEB. 9TH.

We will be back in our usual place, P.S. 132 in Williamsburg, on Sunday, February 16th. We hope to see you then!

 

– Carrie Myers

Spiritual Director, Vineyard One NYC