Taize Prayer Service

Healing Prayer in the Style of Taizé

 

Four times per year St. David’s is pleased to offer Healing Prayer in the Style of Taizé. This is a quiet, meditative, hour-long service which includes an opportunity for prayer and anointing by clergy. The worship tradition called Taizé (pronounced: Tay-zay) began in the ecumenical French monastic community of the same name. It is a quiet service of meditation, reflection, reading, music, and healing. The experience finds its true meaning in the active participation of all assembled by focusing and deepening our faith through the power of prayer to bring spiritual, mental, and physical healing. Therefore, everyone is encouraged to participate as the Spirit moves them, whether that be in song, prayer, or quiet meditation.
These days much of our modern, personal need is for entertainment. Our souls are “busy.” The liturgy that has developed around the Taizé community is primarily for the worship of God, but it is also meant to quiet the soul and to create a much-needed place for healing. This quietness does not happen at once, but gradually during the worship. There is repetition in the words of the music, there are many periods of silence, and the readings are read slowly - all so that we may have a deep quiet growth in our hearts. Then we may be still and at peace in the presence of Jesus and through this stillness accept his healing. Please click here to download our brochure.  You may also visit the Taize Community web site: www.taize.fr/en
Four Taize Healing services are normally scheduled during each church program year (September through May).   This year we are taking a thematic approach to the service.  Together we will explore ideas as we seek to break down the barriers that keep us from God and the Lord's healing in our lives. The schedule for 2012 is:       January 20, 2012 - Theme: African       March 16, 2012 - Theme: Celtic       (see Church Calendar entry for more details) Church Sanctuary doors open at 5:30 pm for silent meditation. Service begins at 6:00 pm.