Refuge of Peace:  Bless all those of every nation; let them take shelter in your goodness and grace. Bless all those who hunger and thirst for justice and mercy. Open the eyes of the those blinded by lust for power and control. Melt their hearts that they too may yearn for peace. Help them to recognize that a peaceful world where resources are shared and all paths to you are respected can bring greater well-being to everyone and greater health to the planet.
Protect all those who take refuge in you.

Refuge of Peace: We are so grateful for our church, our community, our priests, and their peaceful hearts. Thank you for inspiring them to extend gentle and effective outreach throughout our larger community. We ask continued blessings for our on our bishop, Philip, and presiding bishop, Sean, on spiritual leaders everywhere, and for all those who teach the ways of peaceful coexistence with all sentient beings.
Protect all those who take refuge in you.

Refuge of Peace: Protect our forests, our wilderness, our waters, our air. Help us to listen to the voice of wisdom as we seek ways to keep our archipelago healthy and vital. Instill in us the enduring fortitude to act where action is needed, and to pray with steady hearts, celebrating our oneness with You and with all of Creation.
Protect all those who take refuge in you.

Refuge of Peace: Guide those who look after the children in our community and throughout the world. Thank you for their sustained concern and loving care. As our school graduates go into the larger world for further study, work, and adventure, let us pray for their clarity of vision and purpose. And we fervently ask blessings for those among us who may live in fear of deportation.  May our intentions be strong enough to weave an impenetrable safety net of love and light around them.
Protect all those who take refuge in you.

Refuge of Peace: We pray especially for the exhausted workers in hospitals in Gaza and other war-torn areas. May they find ways to restore health-giving services and nourishment for all in need. With Elijah and Elisha let us forgo material pleasure and share our abundance with those less fortunate.
Protect all those who take refuge in you.

Refuge of Peace: Cast your mantle of love on all those suffering from illnesses, imprisonment, addictions, isolation, homelessness, gender-based persecution, neglect, memory loss, and all those on our Parish Prayer List: Beth… Lynn… Skipper… Roshni… Julia… Chris & Laura… Lynn… Sara… Sherwood & Laura… Margaret… Angie… Sharon… Louise & Robert… Effie, Stephen & Calder… David… Jan… Brianna… Rick… Tamara… We now join in mutual prayer for those concerns or individuals not mentioned here (pause to mention silently or aloud) and those for whom no one else prays.
Protect all those who take refuge in you.

For the dying, for the recently departed, and for all those who miss them [pause to mention silently or aloud] we do deeply pray for peace and comfort. 
Protect us all, oh Fountain of Peace.  We take refuge in you now and forever. AMEN.