Inspired by lyrics from “Spirit Is in this Place” words and music by Denise Rosier:
We have come together as a family. We have come here as we are.
We have come with hearts wide open. We have gathered here in love. Spirit’s in this place.
We sing in celebration. We sing with words of prayer. We affirm all life as sacred.
We declare that peace is here. Spirit is in this place . . . . Raise the roof with shouts of praise. Spirit’s in this place!”
Responsive Reading for February 27
“Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (Mat. 18:20).
We have come together as a family.
We have come here as we are.
Spirit is in this place.
“Know that I am with you; I will protect you wherever you go, and bring you back to this land. I will never leave you . . . .’ When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he exclaimed, ‘Truly, the LORD is in this spot, although I did not know it!” (Gen. 28: 15-16).
We have come with hearts wide open.
We have gathered here in love.
Spirit is in this place.
“Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: The heavens are my throne, the earth is my footstool. What kind of house can you build for me? says the Lord, or what is my resting place? Did not my hand make all these things?’” (Acts 7:48-50). “We have a building from God, a dwelling not made with hands . . .’” (I Cor. 5:1).
We sing in celebration.
We sing with words of prayer
We affirm all life as sacred.
“You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shade of the Almighty, Say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and fortress, my God in whom I trust’” (Ps. 91:1,2).
We declare that peace is here.
Raise the roof with shouts of praise.
Spirit is in this place.