A Special Prayer Station Service
Sunday, March 1 at 9:30 AM
Join us for a unique service of worship at Bay Shore Church, our annual Prayer Station Service. Our intent for this time of prayer is to offer a variety of forms of prayer for you to explore and a few different places to pray. How you choose to use this time of prayer is entirely up to you. Feel free to take part in the prayer stations that speak to you, visit them in any order, and don’t feel obligated to do everything or anything you don’t want to do. You may wish to spend some time praying in your seat too. Members of our worship commission will be on hand to host, give directions, and answer any questions you may have.
Service of Communion & Anointing – Front of Sanctuary
All are welcome to receive communion at Bay Shore Church. Jesus gave us this sacred meal as a way to remember him and to connect with God and each other as one Body of Christ. We will serve by intinction (dipping bread into cup). A gluten-free option is available. Feel free to come to the table to receive communion at any point during our time of prayer. We also invite you to receive a blessing with anointing oil on your forehead or back of your hand if you like.
Candle Lighting – Front of Sanctuary
Lighting candles is a traditional, symbolic way of offering a prayer. Lighters are provided for you to light your candle. As you light a candle, you might offer a silent prayer for another person, for yourself, for another need, or simply ask for God’s light to shine into those places in our lives and in our world that are in need of light, love, healing, etc.
Create a Prayer Flag – Front Lawn/Porch
Prayer flags have long been used in Tibetan Buddhism as a visual way of offering blessings such as peace, compassion, and wisdom. These blessings are carried by the wind into the world as they flutter for all to see. We invite you to decorate your own fabric prayer flag and clothespin it to the line on the porch out front, as an act of blessing for our neighborhood. Feel free to take your prayer flag home with you if you like or leave it on the line.
Sound Bath – Gabrielson Chapel
“We begin with sound, we are held together by sound, and someday we will return to the cosmic Music of the Spheres.” – Joy Gardner
Join Ceremonial Sound Bath Practitioner, Pris Munson, for a sampling of sacred tones & sonic frequencies that can elicit a felt sense of harmony and inner peace.
More information coming soon!