Pray With Us Tonight at 7pm
Dear friends,
We will meet again tonight via Zoom for what has become our regular weekly prayer night. We will intercede for our city and all those over the world affected by covid-19.
In these dark times in our city, our best weapon against fear and anxiety – in addition to social distancing! – is to come together as the body of Christ in prayer, under the covering and inspiration of the Holy Spirit. As we pray, the Holy Spirit will remind us who God is, who we are, and in whom our hope and trust lies – in the risen Christ. We will be empowered to love and care for ourselves and our neighbors.
Let’s all cry out together for the Lord’s healing, protection, and redemption.
Zoom link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/9983878948
Time: 7 pm
In Christ,
Carrie Myers
Spiritual Director, Vineyard One NYC
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.
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