Dearest Lord, through Christ, you have given us a ministry of reconciliation.  Help us to be fearless messengers of Christ’s love and service in the world. The faithful make their prayers to you in time of trouble. Dearest Lord, your church and its members are ambassadors for Christ.  Guide us in love, compassion, forgiveness, and […]

O God of Abraham and Sarah, of Isaac and Rebecca, of Jacob, Leah and Rachel, we pray for the church and the world.  May your church in all its forms inspire each of us so that when we sit down to eat and drink, we rise up not to play but rather to praise you […]

Lector: Dearest Lord, we pray for our broken world, that each of us will turn toward your light, and, with our faces unveiled, see the glory of your face in each other and the wonders that you have created. In Christ we pray. Dearest Lord, we pray for our church in the world.  Let us […]

We pray that all members of your Universal Church remember that love does not insist on its own way. For you are our hope, O God We pray that all leaders of this nation and candidates for office remember that love is not boastful or arrogant or rude. For you are our hope, O God […]

Lector: Loving God, we come to you with our petitions for worries, troubled minds, and broken hearts. We come also o?ering our gifts of trust, hope, and thanks. Come and listen, Lord. Calm us, Lord, assuring us that you are by our side in di?cult times as well as times of peace and happiness.  Show […]

Dear God, with gratitude for your constant love, we pray.  For your heavenly saints and those who have gone before us, leaving their teachings of how to be in this world in love and service. How priceless is your love O God. With gratitude we pray. For your church, and ministers, who collect and teach […]

Lector:  Dearest Lord, in this New Year, please send the dove of peace into our broken world that so desperately needs it. Anoint us with your holy spirit, that we may know and do your loving will in the world.      In Christ we pray. Dearest Lord, in this year 2016, let your church be a […]

May a spirit of wisdom and revelation flow through your church in all its forms so that we may carry out your mission in this temporal world. Save, O God, your people May the leaders of this nation not frightened us, but be so overwhelmed with joy to lead us with grace. Save, O God, […]

Lector: Eternal God, As we come to a new year, we pray that you would be with us. As we re?ect upon all of the endless possibilities of creation, we are overwhelmed that you gently called each one of us into being. Help us to nourish the mystery of the spirit of light in us. […]

Lector:  Dear Father, Mother God, we come to do your will. We pray in these short days of winter, that you restore us; show the light of your countenance, that we may be renewed by your love.  We pray in the hope which Advent brings, for the creation of new visions, expecta-tions of peace, and […]