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ePray | Episode 27| October 6, 2025
\nLectio Divina: Unity & Community<\/strong>
\nWith Jenn Brubacher – South Western Ontario Youth Unlimited<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Lectio Divina: Unity & Community
\nDate: October 6, 2025
\nScripture: 1 Peter 4:8-9<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenn Brubacher<\/b><\/p>\n

Part 1: Inward Focus<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Welcome everyone to this week\u2019s e-pray. Our theme this month is Unity & Community. We will begin our time together with The Welcoming Prayer written by Father Thomas Keating:<\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome, welcome, welcome.<\/span>
\n<\/span>I welcome everything that comes to me today, because I know <\/span>it’s for my healing.<\/span>I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions, <\/span>persons, situations, and conditions.<\/span>
\n<\/span>I let go of my desire for power and control.<\/span>
\n<\/span>I let go of my desire for affection, esteem, approval, and pleasure.<\/span>
\n<\/span>I let go of my desire for survival and security.<\/span>
\n<\/span>I let go of my desire to change any situation, condition, person or myself.<\/span>
\n<\/span>I open to the love and presence of God and God’s action within. Amen.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Today, we will be reading from 1 Peter 4: 8-9. As I read the Scripture, let\u2019s turn our thoughts quietly toward the Lord, asking him to open our hearts and ears to his voice and word.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMost important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins. Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

We are able to show one another deep love because we have received the deepest of loves from God. I take a few moments to become more aware of God\u2019s presence with me right now. I picture Him lovingly and attentively looking at me as I look back at Him.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Pause<\/span><\/p>\n

Where do I need to be reminded of God\u2019s love for me? Where is His love meeting me today?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Pause<\/span><\/p>\n

Living life close to one another in deep community is transformational. How am I deeply loving those around me? How am I receiving this deep love from those around me?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Pause<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Part 2: Outward Focus<\/b><\/p>\n

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As we reread this passage, let\u2019s think of one young person in our life who needs to<\/span><\/p>\n

hear this word. Who needs God\u2019s love and compassion right now?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMost important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins. Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As I think about the youth I serve, who \u201cneed[s] a meal or a place to stay\u201d? What needs do I see in my community?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Pause<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is God inviting me to journey with this month?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Pause<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMay the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit,\u201d (Romans 15:13)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Part 3: Wesleyan Covenant Prayer<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

We end this time together with the Wesleyan Covenant Prayer:<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>I am no longer my own, but yours.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Put me to what you will, place me with whom you will.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Put me to doing, put me to suffering.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Let me be put to work for you or set aside for you, praised for you or criticized for you.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Let me be full, let me be empty.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Let me have all things, let me have nothing.<\/span>
\n<\/span>I freely and fully surrender all things to your glory and service.<\/span>
\n<\/span>And now, O wonderful and holy God, Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer, You are mine, and I am yours.<\/span>
\n<\/span>So be it.<\/span>
\n<\/span>And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it also be made in heaven.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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