Lector: Abba! We give thanks for all ministers of your church, especially Greg, Berto and Hugh; may they be a witness to testify to the light, so our faith is strengthen to be your servants.
Grace and truth come through you Jesus.
Abba! We give thanks for this nation and its leaders, especially Donald and Jay; may they hear your word as you declared it to Jacob, so we may be safe and free.
Grace and truth come through you Jesus.
Abba! We give thanks to you, so the Lord God will cause righteousness to spring up before all the nations.
Grace and truth come through you Jesus.
Abba! We give thanks for Orcas Island and all the San Juan and Gulf islands, especially for the bounty of our farms and the Salish Sea; may we be good stewards of your creation.
Grace and truth come through you Jesus.
Abba! We give thanks for this year of 2017, especially for new beginnings, new parishioners, and those who have left the island to start college careers or continue retirement; may we welcome the new as we treasure our memories.
Grace and truth come through you Jesus.
Abba! We give thanks for our life in this temporal world as we welcome the new year of 2018 this evening; may we be anxious to be there to help when those we love as well as strangers need us the most.
Grace and truth come through you Jesus.
Abba! We know you lift up the lowly and heal the brokenhearted, so we pray for all who suffer in mind, in confusion, in body, in pain, in addiction, in spirit, and in loneliness; in particular for those we now name, either silently or aloud, (…pause….) and especially for those on our parish prayer list:
Grace and truth come through you Jesus.
Abba! We sing to you in thanksgiving for the lives of those who have died, especially those parishioners who have gone to you in this past year; may you comfort those that mourn their absence.
Grace and truth come through you Jesus.
Presider: Abba! We greatly rejoice in you. As you hear the prayers of us, your faithful servants, help us and those we pray for to accept your will; through Jesus, your son, the light of the world. Amen.