The Land is an outdoor faith community dedicated to connecting with and caring for all of Creation!

Our community is open ALL! The labels and distinctions of society tend to divide us, at The Land we call on God’s love to unite us.

This is holy ground, we’re standing on holy ground
For our God is present and where God is is holy.
This is holy ground, we’re standing on holy ground
For our God is present and where God is is holy.

These are holy hands, God’s given us holy hands
God works through us and so these hands are holy
These are holy hands, God’s given us holy hands
God works through us and so these hands are holy

These are holy lips, God’s given us holy lips
God speaks through us and so these lips are holy.
These are holy lips, God’s given us holy lips
God speaks through us and so these lips are holy.

These are holy times, we’re living in holy times
God loves through us and so these times are holy
These are holy times, we’re living in holy times
God loves through us and so these times are holy

When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” He said further, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. So come, I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” He said, “I will be with you; and this shall be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God on this mountain.”

Steve Kennedy and Tony Edelblute

In all the earth, O Yahweh God,
how glorious is your name!
For you have set above the heavens
your glory and your fame.

From infants’ and from children’s lips
you ordered praise to sound,
To silence all your enemies,
the wicked to confound.

When I regard the heavens you made,
your fingers’ work I trace;
I see the moon and shining stars
which you have set in place.

I ask myself, “What then are we
that you should give us thought—
Our children, that you to them
such gracious care have brought?”

You made us little less than those
who dwell in heaven above,
And you have crowned and honored us
with glory and with love.

You gave us charge of all the works
created by your hand,
And everything that you had made
you gave us to command—

All flocks and herds, and birds and fish,
all beasts both wild and tame.

In all the earth, O Yahweh God,
how glorious is your name!

This time of Offering at The Land is an invitation to remain present to the Divine.

1. Turn the compost from bin 1 to bin 2 or back.
2. Cut a few thistles.
3. Pick a few weeds in the common areas of the garden.
4. Transport just one wheelbarrow of dirt from next to the garden to one of the many low spots.

Take a prayer walk, spend quiet time in meditation, try poetry writing, walking the labyrinth, and or pastel painting. Any activity done with an attentive heart is an offering in this space. Stay as long as you like or leave as soon as you need to. This is your time.