Weekly Noon Thursday Prayers – 29th October 2020

Cornwall Faith Forum sends warmth and love to everyone in Cornwall. We need it now the Autumn has really started.

Andrew kindly sent us the following prayer which is used during Harvest Time.

 

Lord for the years

Verse 1

Lord, for the years

your love has kept and guided,

urged and inspired us,

cheered us on our way,

sought us and saved us,

pardoned and provided:

Lord of the years,

we bring our thanks today.

 

Verse 2

Lord, for that word,

the word of life which fires us,

speaks to our hearts

and sets our souls ablaze,

teaches and trains,

rebukes us and inspires us:

Lord of the word,

receive your people’s praise.

 

Verse 3

Lord, for our land

in this our generation,

spirits oppressed by

pleasure, wealth and care:

for young and old,

for commonwealth and nation,

Lord of our land,

be pleased to hear our prayer.

 

Verse 4

Lord, of our world

where men disown and doubt you,

loveless in strength,

and comfortless in pain,

hungry and helpless,

lost indeed without you;

Lord of the world,

we pray that Christ may reign.

 

Eve also very kindly send us a prayer for the festival of Samhain.

At this time of Samhain we welcome our beloved dead. We thank them for their gifts they have brought us, both in life and in spirit. We share a meal with our honoured ancestors, tokens of our love and gratitude, symbols of earth which connect us. As we eat and drink, we hold them close in our hearts, close in our circle. We will speak their names aloud to welcome and honour them.

Samhain prayer.

O Ancestors known and unknown, ancestors of my body, ancestors of my spirit, all those who have given form to my life, who have made me who and what I am, body and soul. Mothers of mine! Fathers of mine! Teachers! Guides! Healers! Showers of the way to go ……and of the way not to go! All you whose Fire is in me, whose Water is in me, whose Air is in me, whose Earth is in me…all you whose Spirit is in me! On this night of Samhain I feel you near. At this time of no time I call to you.

I thank you for the gifts you have given me, of body and mind, of will and heart. By your presence is my spirit blessed.

Interfaith Week 8th – 15th November 2020

Interfaith Week Buddies

Inter Faith Week this year is from November 8th to 15th. Cornwall Faith Forum is inviting you to take part in an Inter Faith Buddies scheme https://www.interfaithweek.org/resources/inter-faith-week-buddies to celebrate this important time.

The scheme involves two people of different faiths holding a conversation to share their thoughts on topics such as:  

  • How does your faith shape your daily life – including at this time of COVID-19?
  • What, in your faith encourages service to others in society?
  • Or on anything else that you might want to share experiences

This is an opportunity for sharing and learning, on a one-to-one basis across a limited period of time, about what is important to us, in the context of our wider community. The process may, of course, lead to longer term conversations and new forms of practical co-operation.

If you are interested in taking part we will require your name, and your Faith tradition and we will pair you up with a member of a different faith community within Cornwall.  You may wish to state if there any particular faith or belief background or backgrounds from which you be would be interested to have an ‘Inter Faith Week buddy’ from.  We will try and match you up but we cannot guarantee this.

Please also provide details of the means by which you are willing to make and receive contact. i.e. Phone and/ or email. In doing this you are at the same time giving your permission to share your contact email address and/or phone number with someone who would also like to be a ‘buddy’. Safeguarding is very important. Buddies should be over the age of 18 years old and commit to engage in respectful listening and dialogue. You should also respect the privacy and security of other buddies and their families.  We will email you more information on safeguarding and safety once you let us know you wish to participate.

To be involved please register at [email protected]  before Thursday 29th October .

As a reminder we will require:

Your Name:  

Your Faith tradition: 

Your Phone or email address (the means by which you are willing to make and receive contact):

Whether you wish to ‘buddy up’ with someone from a particular faith or belief background:


Looking forward to hearing from you and some fruitful buddying!  For more information click HERE

Cornwall Faith Forum Annual General Meeting – Wednesday 4th November 2020

Our Annual General Meeting is going to be held on Wednesday, 4th November at 7.00 pm.  Unfortunately we will not be able to meet in person but shall spend time together via Zoom.  We will have look at our three areas of work throughout the year:  Learning, Sharing and Building for Peace, followed by the more formal part of the meeting. Do join us for this meeting by emailing [email protected] and the Zoom link will be emailed onto you.

Cornwall Faith Forum Income and Expenditure 01/04/2019 – 31/03/2020:

Independent Examiners Certificate:

Notes of Annual General Meeting 30.10.2019: Notes of CFF AGM held on 30th October 2019

Consitution Chart: Constitution chart

 

Weekly Noon Thursday Prayers – 15th October 2020

Cornwall Faith Forum sends warmth and love to everyone in Cornwall. We need it now the Autumn has really started !!
Next time we will be meeting at Penmount will be on Thursday 29th October at 12:00 noon. Please contact Rita [email protected] if you would like to come.

The prayer for today is from Gormola Kernewek – Celtic Praise – Prayers of Praise from Cornwall by Revd. Pat Robson.


You are my hiding place, O Lord. 
You know me by name. 
My thoughts and deeds are seen by you, 
and their memory brings pain. 

I come to you with a tear-worn soul, 
I come to you in grief. 

I need the love from your loving heart, 
that I may be at Peace. 

Reach out, my Lord, and touch my soul
Reach out and draw me from the dark
and let your love-light in. 

Your love that fills my soul with joy, 
that makes the wild wind sing, 
in cleanness, brightness claim my soul, 
my loving heavenly King. 

Weekly Noon Thursday Prayers – 8th October 2020

Cornwall Faith Forum is sending warmth and courage to everyone in Cornwall.

Sister Iqbal very kindly send us a prayer.

This prayer is in the light of the death of Sgt. Matt Ratana.

Sister Iqbal writes: “Here is a prayer from the heart”.

Bismillah Inrahmaa Niraheem

In the name of Allah, the most merciful &the most beneficent

Please Allah protect us from all who seek to harm those who protect us.

Bless all those who lose their lives in this service as the recent death of Sgt. Matt Ratana, lovingly known as the gentle giant.

Please Allah , Protect our families, our homes, our loved ones, the down trodden and the down and out from harm and pain and bad diseases as Corona.

Please give us strength to do good work in your name.

Please Allah forgive our mistakes and make us better in protecting each other and the beautiful world you gave us.

Forgive us and teach us to care for each other of all backgrounds and faiths and collectively protect this fragile earth.

Please let us not forget those suffering in poorer countries and in war torn countries and those affected by natural disasters as fire, flood and famines.

Allow our hands to do good deeds.

Ameen (Amen, let it be)

Poppy

(Sister Iqbal Warsi (M.Phil)

Weekly Thursday Noon Prayers – 1st October 2020

Cornwall Faith Forum is sending strength and perseverance to everyone in Cornwall.

Jeremy from Kehillat Kernow kindly sent us a prayer from the Torah.

We are in the period of High Holy Days for the Jewish Faith: starting with Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) which started on 18th of September and finishing with Yom Kippur which finished on the 28th of September.

This Prayer is used in the Rosh Hashanah Morning Service:

There is none holy

like the Eternal,

for nothing is like You

and there is no strength like our God.

For who is God besides the Eternal,

and what is strength except our God!

Moses commanded us Torah, the

heritage of the community of Jacob.

It is a tree of life to all who grasp it

and those who hold fast to it

are happy.

Its ways are ways of pleasantness and all its paths are peace

Weekly Thursday Noon Prayers – 24th September 2020

Cornwall Faith Forum is sending love and courage to everyone in Cornwall. There will be a meeting at our Peace Field in Penmount today at 12:00 noon.

On Monday it was World Peace day so our prayers and reflections will focus on Peace.

Eve very kindly send us this prayer. It is the Druid Call to Peace. This is said right at the beginning of every Druid ritual in most Druid traditions, for as it says “without Peace can no work be”.

 

The Call to Peace

Let us begin by giving peace to the quarters,
for without peace no work can be.

Re bo kres yn kledh
May there be Peace in the North

Re bo kres yn deghow
May there be Peace in the South

Re bo kres yn howlsedhes
May there be Peace in the West

Re bo kres yn howldrevel
May there be Peace in the East

Re bo kres dres oll an norvys
May there be Peace throughout the whole world.

Kathy very kindly send us as a prayer written by Peter Millar from the Iona Community:

God of the universe,
whose light shines in every culture and tradition,
hold close to you today the many women, men and children
who give themselves in order to bring
justice and peace on this earth.

The bridge-builders, the artists, the hidden saints,
the risk-takers, the intercessors, the campaigners
and all those who will not lie down to injustice
even at the cost of their lives.

And may we ourselves be in their midst –
alive to the possibilities of your justice-filled Spirit
at the heart of creation
Amen.

Peace be with you
Kathy

Weekly Thursday Noon Prayers – 17th September 2020

Cornwall Faith Forum is sending love and peace to everyone in Cornwall. There will be a meeting at our Peace Field in Penmount on Thursday 24th of September at 12:00 noon. Our group can only have 6 people so please contact Rita on [email protected] if you would like to join in.

Next Monday, 21st September is World Peace Day.

On this day, over the past four years in Truro and Cornwall, choirs, groups, organizations and speakers, have come together to raise awareness about World Peace Day and also to support One Day One Choir, a global choral project for peace. www.onedayonechoir.org Over 40 choirs have taken part, with many groups involved, and over 30 people have spoken about peace and also for some, the work they are involved with to make this world a better place. Due to ‘Covid’ restrictions, here are some suggestions of how everyone can take part, on the day, or near to it, either on your own, or with a small group. Anything, anyone can do, however large or small, can help to bring about a more peaceful world.

We have a Buddhist prayer, kindly send to us by Sophie and a Reflection on Peace by Marshall Rozenberg.

Prayer from The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva’s Bodhicaryavatara, 8th C.

As long as space endures,

as long as sentient being remain,

until then, may I too remain

and dispel the miseries of the world.

Paul kindly send us this Reflection on peace by Marshall B Rosenberg Ph.D who developed non-violent communication as an approach to nonviolent living developed in the beginning in the 1960s:

“Peace requires something far more difficult than revenge or merely turning the other cheek; it requires empathising with the fears and unmet needs that provide the impetus for people to attack each other. Being aware of those feelings and needs, people lose their desires to attack back because they see the human ignorance leading to those attacks. Instead, their goal becomes providing the empathetic connection and education that will enable them to transcend their violence and engage in cooperative relationships.”

Weekly Thursday Noon Prayers – 10th September 2020

Creationtide or the Season of Creation is the period in the annual church calendar, from 1st September to 4th October, dedicated to God as Creator and Sustainer of all life.

Creator God

In bright light and dull darkness
In the energy of each day and the rest that comes with night
We remember the goodness of God

In the heavens high above our heads
In waters that run deep around the world
We remember the goodness of God

In solid land and flowing seas
In vivid flowers and fruit laden-trees
We remember the goodness of God

In the rising and setting of the sun
and the cycles of the seasons
In the patterns of the shining stars
We remember the goodness of God

In oceans teeming with fish
In skies filled with birds
We remember the goodness of God

In a world filled with animal life
And in ourselves as human beings
We remember the goodness of God

And God looked and saw all that he had made, and indeed it was very, very good.

In rest and reflection, in wonder and worship
We remember the goodness of God. Amen

 

Weekly Thursday Noon Prayers – 3rd September 2020

On Thursday 3rd of September, we will be meeting on Zoom for Thursday Noon Prayers at 12:00 noon. Please contact Rita on [email protected] or on 07775 9374865 if you would like to be part of the zoom meeting.

Lucy very kindly send us a prayer from the First Nations People.
She has adapted it from the original and she finds it very beneficial:
“I try to say the blessing every day and face the appropriate
direction where-ever I am. I find it life affirming and important to include all living things on our wonderful planet”

Four Spirit Blessing.

Great Spirit of the East,
We thank you for each new day.
For the many opportunities that we have and choices that we can make.
New beginnings and new horizons.

We humbly ask that your energy will flow through us and be experienced by us for the good of the Earth and all the living things upon it.

Great Spirit of the South,
We thank you for the warmth and light that we need to grow and flourish, to love to nurture and to endure…

We humbly ask that your energy will flow through us and be experienced by us for the good of the Earth and all the living things upon it.

Great Spirit of the West,
We thank you for the wild places, the winds and the waters.
The rivers streams and springs that sooth, cleanse and heal.

We humbly ask that your energy will flow through us and be experienced by us for the good of the Earth and all the living things upon it.

Great Spirit of the North,
The wide open skies, the tall mountain ranges,
the rocks minerals and crystals.
You give us the strength and courage to rise to the challenges and hard times we face in our lives.

We humbly ask that your energy will flow through us and be experienced by us for the good of the Earth and all the living things upon it.