Prayer of Approach

  All: Lord Jesus, push us out beyond the safe confines of our cozy congregation. Prod us out from the cozy comfort of people just like us. Restore to us the great adventure of the good news that leaps like wildfire over all boundaries, that conquers new worlds, and makes family out of strangers. Give us the courage to follow your leading wherever it takes us, even among people we don’t want to meet and places that we don’t want to go. Amen 

    Synchronicity is a concept, first explained by psychiatrist Carl Jung, which holds that events are "meaningful coincidences" if they occur with no causal relationship, yet seem to be meaningfully related.  According to Jung, phases after the death of a loved one or job changes can create greater energy for coincidences. This is all due to the fact that these situations cause changes within us that impel us to seek recognizable patterns that give meaning to our search. Therefore, that feeling of recognition that we all seem to have is the basis for synchronicity.

This could explain cloud gazing and seeing images in the clouds which of course some of us have seen cloud from both sides now. 

It is a little like following the bread crumbs taking random events and seeing a pattern in them. From kayos comes order

From this concept comes the Science of synchronicity

 "The science of synchronicity can be defined as the knowledge and study of how energy-matter (EM) comes together, reacts, interacts, develops and evolves (events) and moves about (events) to create increasingly complex systems of organization (multiple simultaneous events) and the resultant coherent interaction among the various systems.

Spring beepers They peep in rhythm

Fire flies breath taking, silent. Is there a king fire fly that leads. They don’t know. 

People walking in step

Pacemaker cells of the heart all firing in rhythm

Our moon turns exactly on its own axis at the same rate as it orbits the earth. The consequence is that we always see only one side of the moon. This is an example of a gravitational/centrifugal coupling between two bodies. Of course, all of this will be on your year end exam.  

  Here today Jesus gives us a new commandment. This fulfils all the law, it becomes that which you hang all the law.  

We need to begin by stripping away the emotional attachment to the word love.   

What is being conveyed here is respect with God our selves each other and world in which we live

I know that we should view all the gospels in equal light and the “golden rule” passage is also in the other three gospel but what is most important is in John we see Jesus as the standard.  Love your neighbor as yourself is fine, but if you do not love yourself, you cannot love your neighbor.  Love another as I have loved you. Then we have the standard to work towards.

This is a right order Coming together Synchronized. 

  Starlings (which for the most part people don’t like) Don’t like to sleep alone, which leads to a phenomena known as a murmuration The birds fly in these large groupings making wild patterns, dazzling banks and turns which look like they are planned, You would imagine that there would be the many mid air mishaps in murmuration  mayhem. But there is not, each bird watches six or seven other birds around it. 

When we are living the great commandment we are watching those around us to see how we can move with harmony in the world. Watching and making the small differences. 

It reminds us that we are called to be one with God one with ourselves One with each other  That we are to love God with all our heart soul and mind, that we are to love ourselves and in so doing we are able to love others.  In the words from the song You are Not alone from the musical Dear Evan Hansen “Even when the dark comes crashing through When you need a friend to carry you
And when you're broken on the ground You will be found So let the sun come streaming in
'Cause you'll reach up and you'll rise again Lift your head and look around You will be found. “ We have been found, and when the dark comes crashing through, when the light is warm upon our faces, when life is painful, and when life is full of joy, we are reminded that we are not alone thanks be to God 

Through out all the changes, chances, of life it reminds us that We are not alone thanks be to God 

Prayers of the people 

Hear our prayer we humbly offer

Grant to us your peace O God

Hear our prayer we humbly offer

Grant to us your peace O God. 

  Blessed God one of the greatest gifts you have given us is the deep knowing that we are not alone.  That we are a part of your world, part of your creation. We hear your call to move in harmony with you and those whom we encounter in our lives. We hear your call to move in harmony with your world. Help us to move in harmony also with ourselves. God give us the patience to take our time,  to know life lessons are not learned in a day, may we know that we are growing, to realize our own special gifts. That you move with us on this journey. Your light touches our souls, and your song sings around us each day.  Even when the dark comes crashing through When we need a friend to carry us, when we are broken on the ground you come to us and lift us up and whisper those words we need to hear, you are not alone.  We offer you this prayer, and prayers for your world. We offer you prayers for those who we hold near. We offer you prayers for ourselves.  We offer you the great prayer which you gave us as we say, Our Father…

Offering

 One: We rejoice in remembering this day  God has given us the gift of eternal life. Let us bring our offering to God in Joy and thanks giving in gratitude for what we have received.

Offering received

Offering  (tune 122)

All glory , laud and honour

to you redeemer king.

To you we bring our gifts, 

our voices join and sing

The multitude of blessings

 you give us each new day

Our praise and prayer and offerings

before you we present.

Offering Prayer

For your gracious faithfulness, for food and generous provision for all our needs, for every kindness we have received from your hand we give thanks, loving God. Use these expressions of our gratitude to wipe away tears, comfort those who mourn and heal those afflicted in body or soul. Grant living water to extend our mutual ministry. Amen