Here is a litergy that I wrote for a friend a little while ago, but lately it has felt very appropriate for not only her life, but also mine and many others in my circle so I wanted to share it.

*Lord, God you are Alpha and Omega,  beginning and the end

You are God of our beginnings You are God of our endings

*God of the ending

*God who causes the sun to set And the leaves to fall from the trees

*God who inspires the caterpillar to crawl into the cocoon And the tides to rise and recede

You are in the endings

*May we be a people who end well

 

*This is a day of ending

We mourn together for that which will not be again.

(silence)

*We say goodbye to the years that have past, And thank you for the years gone by

*We thank you for your presence

*We thank you for your guidance and provision

*We thank you for your love

We thank you for the work of your spirit

*We thank you for the mystery of cocooning,

*The darkness of uncertainty,

*The tears of yesterday.

*We thank you for the beauty of the setting sun, the wonder of your presence in our midst, the laughter that has been.

*May we never forget where we’ve been and where we come from

*May we honor the past that has been,

But move forward in power and freedom

*God of endings, break clean the ties that hold us down, tear loose the chains that bind us

And set us free to fly into new beginnings

 

*God of the beginning

*God who causes the sun to rise And flowers to blossom in new life

*God who inspires butterflies to burst forth into the sky And the tides to rise and recede

You are in the beginnings

*May we be a people who begin well

 

*This is a day of beginning

We sing together for that which is yet to come

(silence)

*Together we welcome the coming tide of change and look forward to the years to come

*We look forward to your presence with us

*We look forward to your guidance and provision

*We look forward to your love

We look forward to the work of your spirit.

*We thank you for the mystery of new birth,

*The lightness of your presence,

*The freedom of tomorrow.

*We thank you for the beauty of the new dawn, the wonder of your presence in our midst, the laughter which is to come.

*May we move forward in strength into that which is yet to be

*May we lean into your leading in our lives,

Move us forward in power and freedom

*God of beginnings, break clean the ties that hold us down, tear loose the chains that bind us

And set us free to fly into new beginnings

*Alpha and Omega, you are God of All

*Be God of this new season. Amen. 

* change readers Bold read in unison

Rejoicing in the journey - Bethany Stedman