Benediction: Everyday Goodness In God's World (based on Zephaniah 3:17)

In our lives, may we continue to seek out the everyday sources of love, joy, grace, and peace which are available to us in God's world.

May we draw upon them for encouragement, hope, and guidance.

Benediction: Hope For The Weak and Grace For The Weary (based on Matthew 11:28-30)

In times when we feel weak or discouraged, God's bottomless goodness and love offer us reasons to have hope. That hope can give us both the strength to carry on and a safe place to rest and recuperate in time.

When life's burdens feel heavy and like too much for us to bear on our own, God reminds us of others who can be the hands and feet of grace to us.

When we lean into living hopefully, purposefully, and with communitarian care; we are aligning with how God the Trinity - itself a community of love - has designed us to live and thrive.

May we live and love like that. 

Benediction: Freed From Burdens To Be Grace To The World (based on Romans 6:16-18)

Thanks to God's goodness and grace, we can be free from unhealthy patterns and cycles in our lives. While brokenness weighs heavily on us and restricts us, God's love and mercy can unburden us and open up our spirits to hope and goodness.

In the freedom of that openness, we can do our part in the work which God has called us to; of being grace and bringing goodness to this world which God created and called "good."

Benediction: The Power Of God's Love In Weakness (based on 2 Corinthians 12:9)

In Christ’s birth, lived example, and sacrifice, God showed the power of love in ways that might initially seem like weakness to us.

Despite the brokenness which we all carry, God’s Spirit desires to roll up its sleeves and get to work within and through our weaknesses to help us to be wellsprings of grace in our everyday lives.

This truth gives us a good reason to have hope. May it inspire us to work towards bringing out the best in everyone and everything.