Dear Mother God,
We give thanks for the Mother's who gave us physical and spiritual birth. We give thanks for our common home our beloved Mother Earth. We give thanks for you God, who like a loving mother embraces us into her greening power of co-creation. We give thanks for all animal and plant mothers who show us how to love and how to be loved instinctually and with grace. May all of us people, both men and women learn how to love Gracious Mother God from your greening force, power and beauty this spring. Thank you for your living light that infuses all creatures. Our human family is in trouble and we ask for your guidance during these times of disaster and suffering. We celebrate the miracle of all life today and we give thanks. We give thanks. We give thanks. Amen
This Mother's Day we celebrate a woman who loved God the Mother, Earth our Mother and who healed from not having had a loving mother!!! We invite you to our series on Hildegard this spring during Sunday worship. Hildegard is an extroverted mystic who calls us to pray and worship God with passionate love and devotion. Her visions reveal to us the God who calls us to transform and give birth to our most joyful, artistic, beautiful, loving and USEFUL selves. She was abandoned by her own mother and family and given to the church when she was 8 years old. Like many of us who have suffered from self doubt, anxiety and depression in her early life, but she shows us how to heal from this wound. In the second half of her life, Hildegard in her 40's was flooded with visions from God. Co-creating with God she catapulted herself into one of the most productive and beautiful lives ever to have lived. She created Benedictine communities (photo above of the Hildegard Monastery) for women to thrive and live in harmony and joy with natural beauty. She is a saint and doctor of the Catholic church, a 12th century prophet whose accomplishments are mind blowing. She is calling during this time of planetary crisis to live a new story for our time staring huge women like, Lady Wisdom, a feminine divine manifestation of the God of Love, with unfathomable greening power and force. She is the God of the living light of the universe inside every creature. May we follow in her footsteps and commit to rich and full lives of useful hard work and service, devotion to God and the joy of creative work in the arts living in harmony with nature.
NEW Book Group coming soon time and date to be announced with Hildegard of Bingen and Her Visions of the Feminine by Nancy Fierro. Please contact Rev. Bonnie if you are interested in joining this book group.
To join Zoom Church go to church website www.churchforourcommonhome.com
and click on Zoom link using the password of ten 9's or 9999999999 or contact Rev. Bonnie Tarwater (858) 248-5123, revtarwater@yahoo.com to receive an email reminder and link.
Sending love and please contact me if you have prayer requests,
Rev. Bonnie
Church for Our Common Home is a "Home Church" and counseling center, God centered and guided that offers worship and programs online and in person, caring for the Earth, creating Loving Community and celebrating Beauty and the Arts. We have recently relocated to a 5 acre small farm in Dallas, Oregon to begin biodynamic farming, named in honor of the planetary treasure on Earth Day this year, the John Cobb Farm. We are expanding our ministry to create an artistic church to pray for our common home, Gaia, aka Mother Earth.As soon as it is safe we will resume our time together for church, farming, dancing, sharing dreams, singing, art making, communing with nature, prayer and counseling in person, including weekly potlucks and dancing at the Mary Magdalene Cafe following weekly worship Sunday evenings, 15435 Strong Road, Dallas, Oregon 97338. We are less than a 30 minute drive from Salem, Oregon and about an hour plus south of Portland. Before we are able to safely gather in person we are meeting on the internet, phone and are together as we unite in our hearts and spirits in prayer!
Zoom Church, Dream Group
Lectio Divina/Centering Prayer
Three weekly Zoom programs to provide support during this time of global crisis and isolation.
Zoom worship, weekly Sunday 5 pm PST
Dream Group, Wednesday 7-8:30 pm PST for during collective crisis dreams often become very powerful and meaningful.
Lectio Divina and Centering Prayer Group
Tuesday 9 am PST change from 10 am.