Prayers of the People, January 17

by Prayers of the People Team

Intercessor:  Oh Holy Creator, our hearts cry to you; guide and protect our leaders, especially at this time our President Elect and Vice-President Elect, Joseph and Kamala, as they prepare to take the reigns of a chariot whose wheels seem ready to fall off.  Please keep them, and all people, safe from harm, and help […]

White Supremacy and the Epiphany: A Statement from Bishop Rickel

by SKM

Dear Ones,   “These tragedies have reminded us that words matter and that the power of life and death is in the tongue.” -Chaplain to the Senate, The Rev. Barry Black.   January 6th. The Feast of the Epiphany in our Christian calendar. Much of that was lost on most people in the United States […]

Prayers of the People, January 10

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Intercessor:  Dear God of Heaven and Earth, we come to you in prayer, with our hearts open to your love. As we each stay in our separate space, we are grateful to be gathered in community through Emmanuel Parish with inclusiveness for all.   Lord, we are strengthened by the power of sharing your Love. We […]

Epiphany Message from our Bishops and Prayers for our Country

by SKM

Dear Ones,   The scenes from our nation’s capital today are surreal, appalling, and unprecedented. In our Christian calendar today is the Feast of the Epiphany, the day the Magi arrived to be in the presence of the baby Jesus and for us then, the physical manifestation of Jesus to us all. There is no […]

Prayers of the People, January 3

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Dearest Lord, in this season of epiphany, we ask that you might turn our mourning into joy, that you give us gladness for sorrow, and that we might exchange sickness and hunger for health and plenty, for all the peoples of the world In Jesus’s precious name, we pray. Dearest Lord, happy are those whose […]