<html><body><div><font size="4">Collect for 1 Epiphany - Baptism of the Lord:</font></div><div><font size="4">Let us pay:</font></div><div><font size="4"></font><br></div><div><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">God who washes,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">and cleans away our un-baptized reluctance,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">you call us beloved.</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">So loved, may we love in turn</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">all your sons and daughters,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">and so be in solidarity with Jesus Christ our Lord, </font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, </font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">one God for ever and ever. Amen</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4"></font><br></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">For reflection and haiku on 1 Epiphany go to > </font><a href="http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/" target="_blank"><font size="4">http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/</font></a></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4"><br></font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">Bob Eldan</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">Lander, Wyoming</font></p></div></body></html>