Be Still and Know by Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio

Diocese of Southern Ohio Young Adult Retreat 2020

Table of contents:

Schedule Welcome Letter Journaling Yoga Meditation Massage Write Your Own Icon Gardening Hiking Agape Meal Devotions for Families & Individuals Noonday Prayer

Your Supply Box includes different things you will need for some stations. The items that go together will be bagged together to make it easy to find everything. In your package you will find: • A Journal & Pen • A Candle, images, modge podge, a foam brush • A Seed starter & pack of wild flower seeds • A booklet of exercises you can use to move your body after times of rest In your email you will receive the links to our zoom connections as well as additional details for the retreat and a link to the Diocese Learning portal where you can find additional resources and videos to supplement the materials in the Zine.

Saturday 10:00-11 Gather, music, check-in (Emma) (Together on zoom) We suggest trying to do two- three stations between our check-in and our closing worship 2:00 Gather for final worship, Noonday prayer (Fr. Christopher) (Together on zoom)

Schedule

December 18-19 Friday 5:00-5:45pm: (Together on zoom) Welcome (Fr. Christopher, Emma, Fr. Jason) • Goal for retreat (Intro to stillness & Mindfulness) (Fr. Jason) • How the retreat will look (What’s in the package, where to find materials if you didn’t receive one), (Fr. Christopher) • Agape Meal prayers for dinner (Emma) 6:00 Dinner (Separate) Following dinner we encourage folks to dig into their supply box and look through the Zine and do one or two stations until we gather again for Compline. 8:30: Close the night with Compline (Fr. Jason) (Together on zoom)

Welcome letter 4

Dear Friends, Hello! We are so glad to have you with us for this 2020 Virtual Young Adult Retreat. What a weird experience living through this year is for all of us. When we came together as a formation team, we dreamed about what folks would want out of a retreat the weekend before Christmas in 2020. We came up with a space to catch our breath, explore new or different spiritual practices, and rest. We invite you this weekend to take what you need from this retreat. If you have been searching for new ways to connect to God in this confusing world, we encourage you to explore the many options for new practices. If you have been in need of finding a way to rest that will give you physical, emotional, and spiritual rest, we invite you to take this time to discover what rest may mean in your life. If your year has felt like a sprint to the finish line, we invite you to celebrate making it this far and catch your breath in whatever way will most fill your cup. So, join us. We will be here with you and have times to connect and check in along the weekend, but know that if you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be with us in those specified times, we are with you in other ways too. We are holding space in prayer for each of you. If you have specific prayer concerns that you would like to share, please email them to us and we will lift them during worship and throughout the retreat. In your supply box, you will find many of the tangible things you can use during this retreat and after including a booklet of 10 simple exercises. We thought the chance to move our bodies in different ways following times of rest could be a good way to bring us back to being present in our lives and ready for the next thing. In rest, The Planning Team, Emma Helms-Steinmetz Father Jason Oden Father Christopher Richardson Darien McCoy & Kate Howton Prayer Concerns can be emailed to: dsoyouth@diosohio.org

With 2020 coming to a close, we are all entering a season of rebirth and newness. During the next few weeks we have the opportunity to reflect on all that has happened this year; to mourn things and experiences taken away from us, as well as to acknowledge all that we have to be grateful for. Today I offer up this journaling station to you in hopes that it provides a chance for stillness and self-reflection. Keep in mind as you are doing this exercise that it is FOR YOU. This is an opportunity to put away your stressors and distractions, sit with yourself, and allow your thoughts to live somewhere outside your mind. If after the time is complete you would like to continue writing, please do. Add colors and pictures if you want! Make it fun and change this into whatever you need it to be.

Write down three things you have been most grateful for this year. Set your timer to five minutes and pour whatever is on your mind into the paper. No thinking, no filtering. Just write. Three optional prompts to choose from: Mental Health & StrugglesWhat wound are you actively trying to heal from? What actions or steps have you taken towards healing recently? What wounds are you able to acknowledge but don’t feel ready to work on quite yet? Finding Happiness & Implementing itWhat are three things you value most in life? Are you doing what you love right now- why or why not? What is one thing you could implement in your regular schedule that would give you something to look forward to? Treat the Journal Like a FriendIf your best friend were to ask you how you were doing, what would your 100% honest response look like? If you are feeling low and in need of support what are some tangible steps to take in feeling better (ex: read a book, call an old friend, get in contact with a therapist, etc.)? If you are feeling great and happy, what are some things benefiting you most in life at the moment?

Journaling

These journaling prompts will begin with a short gratitude exercise, followed by a “brain dump” in which you share everything that comes to mind, and closes with a few more specific prompts you are able to pick and choose from. Enjoy this time and remember this is for yourself!

Journaling

Yoga

14-18 A body isn’t just a single part blown up into something huge. It’s all the different-but-similar parts arranged and functioning together. If Foot said, “I’m not elegant like Hand, embellished with rings; I guess I don’t belong to this body,” would that make it so? If Ear said, “I’m not beautiful like Eye, limpid and expressive; I don’t deserve a place on the head,” would you want to remove it from the body? If the body was all eye, how could it hear? If all ear, how could it smell? As it is, we see that God has carefully placed each part of the body right where he wanted it. 19-24 But I also want you to think about how this keeps your significance from getting blown up into self-importance. For no matter how significant you are, it is only because of what you are a part of. An enormous eye or a gigantic hand wouldn’t be a body, but a monster. What we have is one body with many parts, each its proper size and in its proper place. No part is important on its own. Can you imagine Eye telling Hand, “Get lost; I don’t need you”? Or, Head telling Foot, “You’re fired; your job has been phased out”? As a matter of fact, in practice it works the other way—the “lower” the part, the more basic, and therefore necessary. You can live without an eye, for instance, but not without a stomach. When it’s a part of your own body you are concerned with, it makes no difference whether the part is visible or clothed, higher or lower. You give it dignity and honor just as it is, without comparisons. If anything, you have more concern for the lower parts than the higher. If you had to choose, wouldn’t you prefer good digestion to full-bodied hair? 25-26 The way God designed our bodies is a model for understanding our lives together as a church: every part dependent on every other part, the parts we mention and the parts we don’t, the parts we see and the parts we don’t. If one part hurts, every other part is involved in the hurt, and in the healing. If one part flourishes, every other part enters into the exuberance. 27-31 You are Christ’s body—that’s who you are! You must never forget this. -- 1 Corinthians 12: 14-31 (The Message)

Yoga is a fully embodied practice that makes us acutely aware of our own bodily interconnectedness. As you engage in the near stillness of each yoga pose, also consider the social and spiritual interconnectedness of our existence, reciting this prayer (or your own prayer) for the duration of each pose: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gracious God, as I give all that I am, I find the place of truth, stillness, still, eternal--where you and I are one.â&#x20AC;?

Yoga

Closing Prayer I rest in you, Spirit of Life. I place in you my feet, my legs, my torso, my arms, my shoulders, my head and allow you to support all that I am. I rest in you, Spirit of Life, and give to you my worries, my fears, my doubts, my hopes, my joys, my pains, my anger, my love, my hate, and allow you to take in all that I am. And as I give all that I am, I find the place of truth, stillness, still, eternal where you and I are one. I breathe in, deep, deeply, down, up, all that we are, as I stand on my toe at the edge of the universe, in oneness. And all that we are expands, until forever. -- Karem Barratt

Meditation has been shown to provide a space for deep relaxation and anxiety release. It has been a common tool used for centuries in a large variety of faith practices and in all corners of the world. Today, you have the opportunity to try different guided meditations in order to help you release energy and be present. The goal is to focus on stillness and allow yourself the time to rest and focus on the power of the current moment.

Below are the links to three different videos that focus on a different goal or subject in 15 minutes or less. Choose whichever seems most relevant to your needs or use to all three on your own schedule.

Meditation

Finding Peace in Uncertain Times (15mins)

■https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W19PdslW7iw This meditation practice was created during the height of quarantine and is related to specific uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and 2020 events.

Stillness and Relaxation in Sound Therapy (15mins)

■https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_fSXE_PaHM This video focuses a lot on getting in touch with your body and breathing patterns.

Mindfulness Meditation on Self-Love and Self-Worth (12mins)

■https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzNmOEJUg-s This is a reminder that you are worthy of love from others as well as love from yourself.

For many of us, 2020 has been fraught with tension, even if we’ve found ourselves at home on the couch more than a previous schedule allowed. If you are like me, that tension may gather in your shoulders, neck, or right at the base of your head, leaving you with headaches and body aches for days at a time. Sometimes it seems like nothing can help to relieve the pressure of the world swirling around us. The art of self-massage is centuries old and is practiced very intentionally in some cultures and religions. Below you will find a few borrowed tips that may help to ease your achy limbs as you find the space for deep breaths and a little pressure point massage. Perhaps you’ll find that as you release the knots in your shoulders, some of the pressures bearing down on you may lighten as well.

Qigong Head and Neck Massage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgrkkQkSNzw&vl=en-US

Before starting, find a comfortable seated position in a quiet spot where you won’t be interrupted. This practice will take between 10-15 minutes and you will do each step 32 times. Thai Finger Massage https://taiji-forum.com/self-massage-cheng-man-ching/

The finger massage stimulates the circulation in the shoulder girdle and thus is also able to release increased tension in the shoulders or to relieve headaches resulting from tense postures of the upper body.

Massage

The steps below are taken from specific practices and the links included can be watched to follow along and learn more about the tradition of these ancient practices.

Pull lightly up from the root of the fingers to the fingertips, 21 times on the first three fingers (thumb, index finger middle finger), then down in the opposite direction on the two remaining fingers, also 21 times. Massage for headache and neck pain and tension 1.Lower your shoulders away from your ears. 2. Straighten your neck and back. 3. Locate the base of your skull. 4. Place the pointer and middle fingers of each hand in the center, fingertips touching. 5. Apply gentle pressure and slide your fingers outward or downward, moving in the direction that feels best. 6. Move your fingers in small circular motions. Focus on the tense spots, along with the areas around it. (More information and techniques available: https://www.healthline.com/health/ self-massage#headache-pain)

What is it like for you to spend time solely on your own presence and physical self?

During meditation or massage did you have trouble slowing your mind and focusing on your rest and relaxation?

What are some ways you can calm your mind in the midst of a busy life to find a brief time for meditation or massage? If you are having trouble thinking of those, can you think of some of the obstacles that may get in your way of that time for yourself?

Write your own Icon 14

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.â&#x20AC;? --John 8:12 Candles have been consistently used in Christian public worship and private prayer for thousands of years, because of how they embody and symbolize the light that Jesus brought to the world in his birth, life, and death. In this station, you will be placing an icon (an image of a saint or someone beloved in your own life as a modern day saint) on a candle to celebrate the life of that individual and how they reflected the light of Jesus in their life. In this season of Advent, may your candle serve as both a reminder of the need for prayer and a personal prompt to reflect the light of Jesus in your life.

Instructions

2.First you will measure and cut your chosen icon image to fit onto your candle jar. 3. Using about half the glue, adhere the image to your candle. Let it dry and then come back and using the rest of the modgepodge, cove your image to seal it onto your candle. Let this dry before lighting your candle. 4. Take a picture and upload to Instagram with # 4. .Use the closing prayer below every time you light your candle during the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany seasons

Closing Prayer

Holy One, healer of the world...Shed your light upon this world. Holy One, healer of brokenness...make us bold to share your light with others. Holy One, healer of the world, we offer our prayers: Add particular intercessions or thanksgivings. Lead us to wholeness...And make us shine with your light of healing love.

Write your own Icon

1.In the retreat supply box you will find: White Candle Crayons Printed icons you can use, or create your own on blank paper A small container of modge podge A foam brush

The Garden Song by David Mallett covered by John Denver

Gardening

https://youtu.be/y1oiVEWFHrs I invite you to listen or sing-along to this Procter camp classic, The Garden Song During these times of crisis and uncertainty, I have found it incredibly difficult to “be still”. Especially at home with nothing to do but to anxiously await more information to come out about the pandemic. Luckily, I had the opportunity to spend most of this year at our beloved Procter Center, our diocesan summer camp and conference center. I was able to volunteer with other camp counselors and staff to help with some big and small projects to help rejuvenate our camp for next summer. I was also blessed to work on the farm; like planting and harvesting, caring for the chickens and pigs, working at farmer’s markets and the store, and even getting to drive a tractor (yee-haw)! During my time there on the farm walking into the greenhouse felt like I was entering a church. It became my sacred place where I felt closer to God through creation care. With this activity, I hope you are able to feel just a little closer to God in a similar way.

Instructions: Things we will need: Starter planter Compressed soil discs Water Seeds (?)

1. In a medium container, place your compressed soil disc and __ amount of water until it’s fully rehydrated and looks like potting soil. 2. Fill your planter with the soil you rehydrated until it’s completely filled. Make sure the soil on the top is fairly even. 3. Using your thumb or index finger, create a small shallow indent in the soil, place your seeds in that indent you’ve created, and then cover your seeds with the surrounding soil already in your pot. Put your pots on a windowsill or somewhere it will get plenty of sunlight during the day. Water when the soil is dry.

Prayer:

Creating God, you have given seed for the sower and bread to the people. Nourish, protect, and bless the seeds which your people have sown in hope. By your loving and bountiful giving, may they bring forth their fruit in due season, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then he was told, “Go, stand on the mountain at attention before God. God will pass by.” A hurricane wind ripped through the mountains and shattered the rocks before God, but God wasn’t to be found in the wind; after the wind an earthquake, but God wasn’t in the earthquake; and after the earthquake fire, but God wasn’t in the fire; and after the fire a gentle and quiet whisper. 1 Kings 19: 11-12 (The Message And he said, “Let anyone with ears to hear listen!” Mark 4:9 (New Revised Standard Version) As loud and uncomfortable nature can sometimes be it can also be a place of great calm and stillness, a space where the sacred voice of God can be quietly, yet distinctly, heard. A walk in the woods offers many potential experiences, but it almost always offers a way to experience the calming presence of God, the Creator. As you take your own walk--either real or virtual*--take time to turn down the self-talk that often fills your mind and open your ears to what God is saying to you in the quiet whisper and subtle movements of your surroundings.

Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest breathes. Listen. It answers, I have made this place around you. If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here. No two trees are the same to Raven.

Hiking

A Reading Before and During

No two branches are the same to Wren. If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you, You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest [God] knows Where you are. You must let it find you. --David Wagoner

Closing Prayer

Fount of all mercy, we acknowledge that we have strayed from your way. We ask that you restore us when we lose the way of oneness with you and your creation. Be with us as we wander in that lonely wilderness, strengthen us as we return, renew us in the awareness of your ever-present love, and return us to your ways of love, compassion, and service. Amen. -- The Rev. Steve Blackmer

Agape Meal

An Agape Meal is a communal meal prepared and eaten in love, in the biggest meaning of community and love. We recognize that it is a meal we get to share with Christians and siblings around the world, and for this retreat we will all get to share this meal together, apart. In the days of Covid, or Quarantimes, I have so longed for community, for the chance to break bread with friends and my family. And actually in real life instead of over the exhausted facetime. But in this meal, I invite you to dream bigger than our own loving communities and think of those outside of our pods, outside of our neighborhoods, our Procter alumni years, and our churches. I invite you to think of the many folks around the world that are prayfully breaking bread with the same prayers that you have. Those who are longing for community, those who are longing to have their thirst quenched, and those who are searching for what God is doing in their lives and all around them. Join us as we bless our meal and ask God to gather The Church from every corner of the Kingdom and Kin-dom. Join us in love.

Adapted AgapeĚ for a Pandemic* An Agape meal is usually a simple meal in a more contemplative setting. For our retreat you may be eating with your family, a roommate, or in any typical setting, and that is all welcome. Preparation and Handwashing Officiant We begin by washing, as we were washed in our baptism. We cleanse our hands as we were cleansed in the waters of new birth. We do this not because we are afraid, but because we were commanded to love, and to cleanse our hands, and gather in spirit, is how we love the vulnerable, whom Jesus loved. May we be instruments of love. May the sacrifices we make be for the good of our human family near and far.

Each person present then washes their hands thoroughly with soap and water. Once washed each should help with setting the table as they are able. Officiant Blessed be our God. All For ever and ever. Amen.

+ The Blessings + At the time appointed, all gather around the table, standing as able. After a time of silence, the presider offers the following blessings. Over Your Beverage

Blessed are you, O Lord our God, Ruler of the universe. You create the fruit of the vine; and you refresh us with the cup of salvation in the Blood of your Son Jesus Christ. May the time come quickly when we can share that cup again, even as you are with us now in our very thirst for you. Glory to you for ever and ever. Amen. Over Bread

Over the Other Foods

Blessed are you, O Lord our God, Ruler of the universe. You have blessed the earth to bring forth food to satisfy our hunger. Let this food strengthen us in the fast that is before us, that following our Savior in the way of the cross, we may come to the joy of his resurrection. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, now and for ever. Amen.

Agape Meal

Blessed are you, O Lord our God, Ruler of the universe. You bring forth bread from the earth; and you have fed us on our way with the bread of life in the Body of your Son Jesus Christ. Let us be fed again soon with that bread of life. And as grain scattered upon the earth is gathered into one loaf, so gather your Church in every place into the kingdom of your Son. To you be glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.

+ The Word and the Prayers +

Agape Meal

The following psalm is then said. If there is more than one voice, it is said in unison. Psalm 63:1-8 1O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you, as in a barren and dry land where there is no water. 2Therefore I have gazed upon you in your holy place; that I might behold your power and your glory. 3For your loving-kindness is better than life itself; my lips shall give you praise. 4So will I bless you as long as I live and lift up my hands in your Name. 5My soul is content, as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips. 6When I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches. 7For you have been my helper, and under the shadow of your wings I will rejoice. 8My soul clings to you, your right hand holds me fast.

Officiant The Lord be with you. All And also with you. Officiant Let us pray. O God of the crucified and risen One, from whom no trial or trouble can separate us: you feed us with your Word and soothe us with your Spirit, closer to us than breath itself. Make us glad this night for the life of your servant Jesus; Make us servants of all for the sake of Jesus; who for our sake gave his life for the salvation of all. In the Name of Jesus, your Son, our Lord. Amen. *From the Book of Occasional Services 2018, adapted/edited by the Rev. Dr. James Farwell and Dr. Lisa Kimball for use when Maundy Thursday Eucharist is not possible. Appropriate adaptations for illness in the household can be made.

If you are able, baking can be a great way to craft something delicious and be a part of the process. Here is a familiar bread recipe that you may recognize if you have been to a worship at our Dioceseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Procter Center Camp. It is a delicious, sweet bread with simple ingredients.

Mix water and sweeteners together; add to the dry ingredients and mix well. 3/4C +2Tbsp. very hot water 3 Tbsp. honey 3 Tbsp molasses Dough will be a bit sticky. Divide and roll into 1/4 in thick circle loaf Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes Remove and brush with oil, bake an additional 5-8 minutes, remove and let cool. This recipe can be made using a bread machine, mixer, or by hand. Just make sure to mix the ingredients well!

Agape Meal

This recipe is separated into 4- 8oz loaves. Sift dry ingredients 3 times 2C whole wheat flour 1C white flour 11/4 tsp. baking powder 11/4 tsp. salt Cut in 4 tsp. oil

Daily Devotions for Families and Individuals

These devotions follow the basic structure of the Daily Office of the Church. When more than one person is present, the Reading and the Collect should be read by one person, and the other parts said in unison, or in some other convenient manner. (For suggestions about reading the Psalms, see page 582.) For convenience, appropriate Psalms, Readings, and Collects are provided in each service. When desired, however, the Collect of the Day, or any of the Collects appointed in the Daily Offices, may be used instead. The Psalms and Readings may be replaced by those appointed in A) the Lectionary for Sundays, Holy Days, the Common of Saints, and Various Occasions, page 888 B) the Daily Office Lectionary, page 934 C) some other manual of devotion which provides daily selections for the Church Year.

From Psalm 51 Open my lips, O Lord, * and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. Create in me a clean heart, O God, * and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence * and take not your holy Spirit from me. Give me the joy of your saving help again * and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: * as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. A Reading Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3

A period of silence may follow. A hymn or canticle may be used; the Apostlesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Creed may be said. Prayers may be offered for ourselves and others. The Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.

The Collect Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought us in safety to this new day: Preserve us with your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity; and in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Daily Devotions for Families and Individuals

In the Morning

Daily Devotions for Families and Individuals

At Noon From Psalm 113 Give praise, you servants of the LORD; * praise the Name of the LORD. Let the Name of the LORD be blessed, * from this time forth for evermore. From the rising of the sun to its going down * let the Name of the LORD be praised. The LORD is high above all nations, * and his glory above the heavens. A Reading O God, you will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are fixed on you; for in returning and rest we shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be our strength. Isaiah 26:3; 30:15 Prayers may be offered for ourselves and others. The Lord’s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Collect Blessed Savior, at this hour you hung upon the cross, stretching out your loving arms: Grant that all the peoples of the earth may look to you and be saved; for your mercies’ sake. Amen. or this Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, “Peace I give to you; my own peace I leave with you:” Regard not our sins, but the faith of your Church, and give to us the peace and unity of that heavenly City, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, now and for ever. Amen.

This devotion may be used before or after the evening meal. The Order of Worship for the Evening, page 109, may be used instead. O gracious light, pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven, O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed! Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the vesper light, we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices, O Son of God, O Giver of Life, and to be glorified through all the worlds. A Reading It is not ourselves that we proclaim; we proclaim Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants, for Jesus’ sake. For the same God who said, “Out of darkness let light shine,” has caused his light to shine within us, to give the light of revelation--the revelation of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:5-6 Prayers may be offered for ourselves and others The Lord’s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Collect Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day is past; be our companion in the way, kindle our hearts, and awaken hope, that we may know you as you are revealed in Scripture and the breaking of bread. Grant this for the sake of your love. Amen.

Daily Devotions for Families and Individuals

In the Early Evening

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At the Close of Day Psalm 134 Behold now, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, * you that stand by night in the house of the LORD. Lift up your hands in the holy place and bless the LORD; * the LORD who made heaven and earth bless you out of Zion. A Reading Lord, you are in the midst of us and we are called by your Name: Do not forsake us, O Lord our God. Jeremiah 14:9,22

The following may be said Lord, you now have set your servant free * to go in peace as you have promised; For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, * whom you have prepared for all the world to see; A Light to enlighten the nations, * and the glory of your people Israel. Prayers for ourselves and others may follow. It is appropriate that prayers of

thanksgiving for the blessings of the day, and penitence for our sins, be included. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Collect Visit this place, O Lord, and drive far from it all snares of the enemy; let your holy angels dwell with us to preserve us in peace; and let your blessing be upon us always; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

We extend a special thank you to: To the Diocese of Southern Ohio for their financial support and Our planning team: Darien McCoy, Kate Howton, Jason Oden, Christopher Richardson, and Emma Helms-Steinmetz Our Chief Artist: Brianna Taylor, find more of her work on Instagram @poormarigold Nia McKenney, our song leader extrordinaire To Jane Gerdsen, a fearless leader and advocate for Young Adults whom we are lucky to learn from And to The Procter Center for hosting years of Young Adult Retreats which inspired us to continue the tradition amidst this challenging year!