Blessings and Benedictions

Each Sunday, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor offers a blessing and benediction for the week ahead. We hope that these will inspire you and nurture your faith.

8/12/2022

Benediction from Jeniffer Rodriguez

Let’s plant perseverance among the opposition we might be facing
Let’s dig until we find reconciliation among divisions we see and experience every day
Let’s water the seeds of our plantation so words of healing can be spread to the ones who are broken-hearted

Plantemos perseverancia en medio de la oposición que estemos enfrentando
Excavemos hasta encontrar reconciliación en medio de las divisiones que vemos y experimentamos cada día
Reguemos las semillas de nuestra plantación para que palabras de sanación puedan esparcirse a aquellos/as con el corazón roto.

8/2/2022

Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Jeff Sockwell

The glory of the morning sun, the wonder of a moonlit night, the imaginative dance of light that each day discloses…

7/26/2022

Blessings and Benediction from Rev. Amantha Barbee

Our lectionary text Psalm 107 reminds us to give thanks to the Lord, for the Lord is good. We are also called to speak of our redemption. Our redemption can and must be spoken not only with our mouths but with our actions and ways of being. In many ways, we all experience wandering in the desert. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we can be brought confidently into a right relationship with God and our fellow human beings.

7/21/2022

Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Dr. Kevin Park

We are built up in the steadfast love and faithfulness of Christ. So in Christ, ask boldly, search and knock diligently, for everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Amen.

7/14/2022

Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Adriene Thorne

In the warmth and freedom of summer we celebrate with those who celebrate – newlyweds, new parents, students with exams completed and days of rest and relaxation stretching before them like so much sand on a beautiful beach.

7/7/2022

Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Elizabeth Kanerva

The summer heat is intense this week. Radiating off the sidewalk, it permeates our bodies.

6/30/2022

Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Rebecca Mallozzi

Every year, my family (extended family included) takes a vacation to the shore. We each drive down at meet at the same motel we’ve been visiting for the last 25 years (give or take).

6/23/2022

Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Ivan Herman

There is an original holiness implanted in all that God has made.
When we live in God’s way and love in God’s way, we nurture that holy nature and
our lives blossom and bear the holy fruit of self-control, gentleness, faithfulness,
generosity, and kindness.

6/16/2022

Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Larissa Kwong Abazia

Do not be fearful! Do not worry about the troubles ahead or anxieties right in front of you. Boast in the love of God so that you envelop yourself in the hope that is to come. Despite all brokenness, we are never too far from God. Therefore, grasp onto hope as God’s abundant love washes over all of Creation.

6/8/2022