Prayers of the People, November 25

by Prayers of the People Team

Lector: Dear God—What is going on with your planet and your children? Fires, hurricanes, floods and famine. Wars and addictions and abuses of all kinds–abuses to children, to the helpless, to animals, to the very earth itself. Senseless and repeated shootings in widespread areas. Religious persecution. Unrelenting self-importance. God, lately it seems that it’s one […]

Prayers of the People, November 18

by Prayers of the People Team

Dearest Lord of all that is, that was, that shall be. You are the Alpha and Omega. We come to you in prayer, for all the world, as we are all one people under you God. We come to you Lord for our strength. We pray for the power of your peace throughout your churches […]

We listen. We pray. We vote faithfully.

by SKM

We are blessed as a nation to vote. As citizens of this country this is a right, an obligation, and a duty. Go vote. Vote your conscience. Your conscience is informed by what it means to love your neighbor, to participate in the process of seeking the common good, to participate in the process of […]

Prayers of the People, November 4

by Prayers of the People Team

Lector: Lord, through Moses and Jesus, you taught us to love the Lord your God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our mind, and with all our strength. We are blessed to be led by Michael, Greg, Berto, and Hugh who set a good example for us, may they […]

Statement on the Shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh

by SKM

Dear Ones, As we gathered for the second day of the 108th Convention of the Diocese of Olympia in SeaTac, the news began to come that yet again, gun violence had taken the lives of innocent people, and yet again, inside a house of worship. We now know that the massacre at the Tree of […]