Let’s take a moment to center - to quiet ourselves and relax.  This is a safe place.  You are in control.  Close your eyes now.  Rest your hands on your legs with the palms up.  Relax your body.  Take a deep breath in...  Breathe out...  Relax...  Breathe in...  Breathe out...

Leave the pressures of the day behind you...

Take a few moments of silence to release the tensions of the day...

Breathe in...  Breathe out...

Come to the quiet place within yourself...

Accept the goodness that is present within...

Take a few moments of silence...  Reflecting...

Feel the relaxation in your body...

Feel the absence of tension and stress...

Breathe in...  Breathe out....

You are loved by those around you...

This your safe place...

Relax...  Breathe in...  Breathe out...

Now as we begin this evening, remember, Christ is present... within us... around us... in our silence... and also with us as a group...

Come back now... we begin our evening together...