27 September 2025 10:30am to 4:00pm
Venue: Online Ticket: Free
Led by Leslie Bailey (opening prayers), Mark Argent and Ann Barton, and Jane Weedon (closing prayers).
The day draws its theme from part of the gospel for 27 September, which records Jesus predicting his death (again) and saying to the disciples: “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”
For some that carries an invitation to come to God “like a child” — which could be heard as “praying with one’s inner child”. For others that can feel like a more difficult space — particularly if there are uncomfortable memories or associations to childhood.
In biblical times those words could have been heard quite differently — perhaps as a challenge to the idea that power gets someone closer to God (or God is on the side of the powerful).
The invitation of the day is to spend some time in prayer away from our screens, and in discussion with others, to attend to what God may be saying to us.
The readings for the day are Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16; Jeremiah 24:1-10 and Luke 9:43b-48. For this quiet day we’ll focus on the gospel:
43b And they were all amazed at the greatness of God.
While everyone was marvelling at all that Jesus did, he said to his disciples, 44 “Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you: The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.” 45 But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
46 An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. 47 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. 48 Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”
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