As always post your own prayer requests/stories for praise here.
A few other things we can pray for:
At TILT:
:. There are potentially, from what I know, four families from TILT (Halls/Adams/Moores/Kays) all moving within the next month. This can often be a stressful time and difficult in moving from a certain neighbourhood. May God grant peace and a sense of excitement about moving into a new neighbourhood. What is exciting for us (I speak for myself [Scott] only here, but I'm sure the others would agree) is that we are all moving into the same neighbourhood around Yonge & Sheppard. An awesome opportunity to be missionaries together in the area around Spring Garden! Are there any other people moving that we can pray for?
:. Continue to pray for Matt's step-brother Trevor and his family as they care for him.
:. Continue to pray for Martin as he prepares to head to France. Read more here.
:. We had a good day-long meeting yesterday as TILT leadership (thanks for praying). Pray that what God spoke to us and what became clear to us through the day would be brought into practice. In particular, pray for unity between TILT and the broader Spring Garden community - we affirm our part of that community and want to seek to be truly committed to one another in support and unity.
Broader Community:
:. There is supposed to be a First Nations blockade from Toronto to Montreal on Friday (read more here). This is a "national day of action". I'm not even sure what or how to pray for this. The First Nations people have been hurt so badly and yet confrontation and violence will not bring reconciliation in this nation. This is especially poignant for us as we can visibly be people of reconciliation as we visit the Moose Deer Point First Nations Reserve in August.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
COMMUNITY LIFE & PRAYER | June 26 Week
Resources for the Week | 06/26 - 07/03
As a result, you will notice this week we'll be reading a couple of times from the book of "Ecclesiasticus", which is an Apocryphal book. Typically not included in the Protestant Bible, it is read by Catholics and some Anglicans (I think?! Matt A, am I right?). If you print out your resources, use the Divine Offices Calendar to find these texts as I imagine none of us have a Bible with the Apocrypha in it!
The resources for this week can be found here:
Once-A-Day Approach for June 26 - July 3
Divine Offices/Hours for June 26 - July 3.
(Note that if you print out the Divine Offices, I've changed the format so that they can fit on ONE double-sided page!)
Monday, June 18, 2007
Resources for the Week | 06/19 - 06/25
Please find resources for the week here:
Once-A-Day Approach for June 19 - June 25
Divine Offices/Hours for June 19 - June 25.
The Divine Offices Calendar is up and running too (click on the right sidebar). It is a great and incredibly easy to pattern your life around prayer.
COMMUNITY LIFE & PRAYER | June 19 Week
We have now finished our series entitled "Moth and Rust". It's been a seven-week journey (I think) of looking at various Scriptures relating to a spirituality of money and giving our everything to Christ. How has God spoken to you through these Scriptures and the gatherings at TILT? How can we pray for one another to respond to God with action in our lives?
Some things that came up for prayer last night:
:. Martin Dewar is headed to France in July. Read about it here. Pray for him!
:. Pray for Matt's step-brother Trevor, for his caregivers throughout this week.
:. Pray for Laura's friend Julia how is grieving the loss of family members very suddenly.
Please post anything else by clicking on "COMMENTS" below!! You can always post anonymously, or write in your comment that you don't want it to be published and only TILT leadership will pray for you.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
COMMUNITY LIFE & PRAYER | June 12 Week
We also learned on Sunday night that Rick Wukasch is leaving Spring Garden Church for another opportunity as a pastor with the Meeting House. Pray for him as he makes this transition. We will miss him!
Please pray for discernment as we seek people for the community connections trip to Moose Deer Point Reserve to run a kids' day camp. Our heart is that this be the beginning of a long-term relationship, but we want to make sure this is God's desire and not just ours! If you want more info, go here.
Of course, there are always things happening around our city and our world which we have the privilege of praying for with God. The looming renewed Cold War comes to mind. Please post anything else! Are there things at your places of work for which we can pray? Relationships? Government?
Resources for the Week | 06/12 - 06/18
Once-A-Day Approach for June 12 - June 18
Divine Offices/Hours for June 12 - June 18.
If you print out the Divine Offices, click here for a format which you can print on one double-sided sheet.
Please post any thoughts, insights, experiences, ponderances as you use this resources throughout the week.
Monday, June 4, 2007
COMMUNITY LIFE & PRAYER | June 3 Week
Our prayer time was specifically centered around this part of the prayer:
"Bring about Your kingdom.
Manifest Your will here on earth,
as it is manifest in heaven."
Stemming from this, we prayed through Psalm 145:9-16.
Please post comments, prayer requests, stories of God's Kingdom being revealed here on Earth!
Resources for the Week | 05/29 - 06/11
We are a little behind on the resources, so here's two weeks worth.
Once-A-Day Approach for May 29 to June 4
Once-A-Day Approach for June 5 to June 11
Divine Offices/Hours for May 29 to June 4
Divine Offices/Hours for June 5 to June 11
We would love to hear from you if you are using these! Post comments on this post...
As always, you can also use the Google Calendar for Divine Offices. This calendar isn't yet updated but will be soon!!
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
COMMUNITY LIFE & PRAYER | May 27 Week
Bill spoke to us on Sunday about having a heart as a community after the heart of God. This is what God said through the prophet Isaiah.
Isaiah 58:
This is the kind of fasting I want:
Free those who are wrongly imprisoned;
lighten the burden of those who work for you.
Let the oppressed go free,
and remove the chains that bind people.
7 Share your food with the hungry,
and give shelter to the homeless.
Give clothes to those who need them,
and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
8 “Then your salvation will come like the dawn,
and your wounds will quickly heal.
Your godliness will lead you forward,
and the glory of the Lord will protect you from behind.
9 Then when you call, the Lord will answer.
‘Yes, I am here,’ he will quickly reply.
Let's pray through this passage this week. How can we at TILT reflect God's heart in our community? Please post any thoughts, words, comments, issues, reflections, challenges...as always, personal requests can be posted so we can pray for one another.
Monday, May 14, 2007
COMMUNITY LIFE & PRAYER | May 14 Week (and probably part of May 21 week as well!)
Hello friends!
On Sunday we had some exciting announcements! Scott and Kate are now husband and wife! Monica is going to be induced Friday May 18! Jen-Mai has a new 7 pound 12 oz nephew Jakob Alexander Peterson as of May 10 (the top picture)!! And Jay and Michelle had their daughter Rylie Noelle McIntyre also May 10, (middle pictures)!!! Super exciting! Plus, here is a picture of Trev and Gwyneth's Annie for those of you not with us when we showed her off! (bottom picture).
This last Sunday night and throughout the week we also had the opportunity to pray for one another about many things... Nick's mom going to England to care for her sister just out of surgery but missing her chemo because of it, all the new mom's and mom's to be in our community, Les' colleagues' husband who received the lungs he needed for surgery, Conrad's struggle with his job and being in a "valley" time in life... I forgot to take notes, so if there were some that I have forgotten, please post them! Also, we as a community have been invited by zoecarnate.com to be part of praying and working against present day slavery throughout the globe, which is a huge issue of justice to which the Church should be responding. For specific information, please check out http://www.mychurch.org/notforsalecampaign
In new and sad news, Marion Goertz's father passed away this week. Please continue to pray for Marion and Donald Goertz as they have now lost two parents in a months time.
Please post comments throughout the week to let us know how you're doing, if there are places we can pray in thanksgiving or requests!
Christ be with you!
Resources for the Week | 05/15 - 05/21
Hello fellow urban monks! Forget what this urban monk this is all about? Check out the original post here. You can also click on all the "about" links on the sidebar at the right.
Here are the resources for the week:
Once-A-Day Approach for May 15 to May 21
Divine Offices/Hours for May 15 to May 21
We would love to hear from you if you are using these! Post comments on this post...
As always, you can also use the Google Calendar for Divine Offices.
Monday, May 7, 2007
COMMUNITY LIFE & PRAYER | May 7 Week
On Tuesday night, anyone is welcome to join the broader Spring Garden community in an evening of prayer at the church at 7:30 pm.
We continue to affirm this weekly posting as a place where we can 'gather' together throughout the week to journey with one another, pray for one another and listen to one another's stories. Nick spoke to us about his journey with respect to the story in John 21 and the reality of the cost of following Jesus. Pray through the reality of following Jesus - what will this cost you? What will it look like? How does TILT as a community whole follow Jesus? How are we to respond to his words to feed his sheep - ALL his sheep, not just the ones we agree with, like or the ones that believe what we believe?
Post your comments throughout the week!
Resources for the Week | 05/08 - 05/15
Click on the links below for the associated resources for the week:
Once-A-Day Approach for May 8 to May 14
Divine Offices/Hours for May 8 to May 14
We would love to hear from you if you are using these! Post comments on this post...
As always, you can also use the Google Calendar for Divine Offices.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
COMMUNITY LIFE & PRAYER | May 1Week
Rebecca led us in prayer this Sunday evening - guiding us through praying for one another as a TILT community, for our city, Toronto and for broader international issues. Scott challenged us to hear the mission to which God is calling TILT - to receive it and respond to it in faith. Please post any reflections, thoughts, answers to prayer and of course prayer needs!
One thing on our hearts as leadership today was marriage. We were praying specifically for one person, but we know the numbers tell us that on the whole Christian marriage is no better off than society as a whole. Pray for marriages within the TILT community, but also the institution of marriage as a whole!
As always, please post through the comments!
Resources for the Week | 05/01 - 05/07
Click on the links below for the associated resources for the week:
Once-A-Day Approach for May 1 to May 7
Divine Offices/Hours for May 1 to May 7
We would love to hear from you if you are using these! Post comments on this post...
As always, you can also use the Google Calendar for Divine Offices.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Our Stories | Diana Marello
In regards to TILT: I have so loved it. Just shortly after the night of the commissioning, I was asked three times...not once (just like Peter!)...by the staff of the Sanctuary to come to the drop-in for women. I prayed and I believe that this is where I needed to be now. I went yesterday afternoon and it felt just right! God is good! It felt so wonderful to be with my buds there. I will be going there on Tuesday afternoons from now on. Praise the Lord!
- Diana
Monday, April 23, 2007
COMMUNITY LIFE & PRAYER | April 22 Week
A number of things came up in prayer at TILT last night as Jen-Mai led us: Praying for the healthy pregnancies of Michelle, Monica and Shelby. Praying for discernment for Matt as He seeks God going forward past seminary. Praying for leadership at TILT and Spring Garden as a whole. We continue to pray for the after-effects of last week's shooting at Virginia Tech.
Greg spoke truthfully and powerfully to us about our human condition - rather than just following Jesus, we so easily start looking at others' journeys and wish we had theirs. We compare ourselves - either berating ourselves or pridefully building ourselves up. Pray through this throughout the week, asking God to see where in your life you are more distracted and motivated by others' journeys rather than just following Jesus.
It is also important that we pray through this as a community - as Greg told us. Is the community of TILT trying to be something other than a group of people following Jesus in the context of a specific community? What draws us away from this? Let us simply be a group of people authentically following Jesus and sharing that journey together.
As always, please post thoughts, prayer requests, whatever we can to share our journeys with one another.
Resources for the Week | 04/24 - 04/30
Click on the links below for the associated resources for the week:
Once-A-Day Approach for April 24 - April 30
Divine Offices/Hours for April 24 - April 30
We would love to hear from you if you are using these! Post comments on this post...
As always, you can also use the Google Calendar for Divine Offices.
Monday, April 16, 2007
COMMUNITY LIFE & PRAYER | April 17 Week
 | You may remember this image from the two weeks when we did the Stations of the Cross and our Easter Celebration. The image is meant to represent Jesus after his resurrection, when Mary mistook him for a gardener. Gene commented that it took him almost the whole time of worship to realize it. Sometimes in the midst of this world, it is hard to see the resurrected Jesus! How do you need the hope of the resurrection in your life right now? How do those around you need it? Other places in the world? Our city? Please, as always, post your responses to the above and anything else that we can pray for, celebrate, and reflect upon. Have a great week. |
| Scott Moore | From TILT Set-ups |
Resources for the Week | 04/17 - 04/23
Click on the links below for the associated resources for the week:
Once-A-Day Approach for April 17 - April 23
Divine Offices/Hours for April 17 - April 23
We would love to hear from you if you are using these! Post comments on this post...
