”Today we have gathered and when we look upon the faces around us we see that the cycles of life continue. We have been given the duty to live in balance and harmony with each other and all living things. So now let us bring our minds together as one as we give greetings and thanks to each other as People. Now our minds are one.”

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”

How are you experiencing any of the many ways God draws near to us? Who or what have been embodiments or conduits of this Divine Love in your life in recent weeks? Where are you feeling nudged to more fully express this Love in some tangible way?

How am I called to build the Kingdom of God, or to make the Dream of God come true? How am I called to strengthen relationships here at Camas Friends Church?

Do not fear, O soil;

    be glad and rejoice,

    for the Lord has done great things!

Do not fear, you animals of the field,

    for the pastures of the wilderness are green;

the tree bears its fruit;

    the fig tree and vine give their full yield.

O children of Zion, be glad,

    and rejoice in the Lord your God,

for he has given the early rain for your vindication…

I will repay you for the years

    that the swarming locust has eaten…

How have you practiced transformative self-advocacy? Where have you witnessed it? How has “persistence” been part of your experience of prayer? How have you experienced a connection between prayer and action? Where is persistence most needed, for the sake of justice?