Hello Friends!
For the past couple years, I’ve been blessed to be a part (with Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, and Enuma Orkoro as editors) of a beautiful project called Common Prayer, a mosaic of prayers, liturgies, and songs from communities around the globe. These have been woven into daily offices for morning, noon, and evening prayers in the style of the Book of Common Prayer.

The book will be released in time for Advent. An exciting opportunity presents itself for us to be truly praying together as a broad community of communities–churches, live-in communities, and families. To celebrate this, part of the book’s budget is helping local areas host release parties to give out free copies of Common Prayer (which will sell for about $25).

Holy Grounds at Fairlington Presbyterian Church has offered to host a party for this area. The party will be on Sunday, December 5th at 7 pm @ Fairlington Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, VA. Because there will be a limited number of free copies, if you want to be in the lottery for a free copy, we’ll need you to register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1001781355. At the party, we’ll have the opportunity for different churches and communities to connect and for us to pray and sing some of the prayers together.

To whet your appetite, check out www.commonprayer.net and download the free PDF sample. The book is a work of art in itself–our prayer together will enrich and enliven the tapestry and hopefully draw us closer to one another and God. I hope to see many of you in December!

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