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Prayer List
Friends,
In the gospel song “Ordinary People,” an angel's voice keeps repeating: “little becomes much as you place it in the [Spirit’s] hands.”
So as we ponder how we may engage in God's work of healing and transforming the world with the Spirit's guidance, let us praise the little.
"Let us praise a little...
The ordinary ways we show up for one another.
The everyday honoring of our own capacity.
Let us place our hands on our hearts and breath in that, in a world where grief weighs on us like a stone, this can be enough:
The phone call. The haircut. The loaf of bread on the doorstep. The herbal tea in the mail. The folded up poem. The slow walk through the neighborhood. The staying in bed. The text message holding the names of the loves we have lost --- earth pressed into our hands.
For are ordinary moments of care not the very fiber of the Sacred Web of Interdependence?
May your Little be blessed to The Much, beloveds.
*Prayer adapted from Enfleshed: Liturgy that Matters.
This week we pray for:
Barbara Mykkanen
Prayers for Barb who begins her chemo treatment for uterine and ovarian cancers today.
Debbie Hostettler
Continued prayers of strength and comfort for Debbie and her family as Debbie is preparing for a follow-up CT scan this Friday.
Greg and Linda Barbu
Continued prayers for comfort and peace for Greg and Linda as they celebrate the life of Greg's sister Barbara who died recently and as Greg prepares to travel to Louisiana to take care of her estate later this month.
Christina, the Barbu's daughter
Continued prayers for Christina who is undergoing therapy after a recent stroke..
Otis Whitmore's Family
Prayers for Otis' family as they grieve his death.
A funeral service for Otis will be held at Strowder's Funeral Home (822 E. 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 44108):
Tuesday, June 14
10am - Family Visitation
10:30am - Funeral Service at Strowder's Funeral Home
1pm - Internment at Western Reserve Military Cemetery (Rittman)
Pastor Enikö will offer a prayer during the service at Strowder's Funeral Home. You may send a sympathy card to Otis' sister Veronica at the following address:
Veronica Sallie
747 E 117th Street
Cleveland, OH 44108
Prayers of thanksgiving and gratitude for all of you in our Westminster community who made the Ohio Light Opera Welcome Picnic such a wonderful event. Thanks for those who made sumptuous dishes, for those who set up and decorated Mackey Hall, and those who washed the dishes and cleaned up afterwards. We celebrate the gift of hospitality revealed again so beautifully on Monday night and give thanks for Westminster's longstanding partnership with the OLO singers musicians.
Look forward to having our Sunday worship services enriched by their gifts through the summer.
We pray prayers of gratitude for all alumni who have shaped our shared life and ministry here at Westminster across generations. We look forward to celebrating with you this Sunday.
We pray for healthcare workers & care providers at home as Covid cases rise again.
We pray for all those grieving loved ones lost and all communities living in fear of violence; for the children who are hurt and traumatized by violence.
We pray for everyone who is uncertain about their future and what the next best step may be; for those who struggle with illness, treatments, and life transitions.
We pray for our local, state, and national elected leaders; may they find courage to work for the common welfare of our communities;
We pray for people and places around the world caught up in warfare and violence and for refugees and immigrants seeking safety, and sustainable homes.
We pray for guidance, wisdom and courage for all Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly committee leaders as they prepare for the work of the assembly to discern the will of Christ for our denomination at this year's GA meeting between June 18 - July 9. Pastor Enikő is vice moderator of the Theology, Worship and Education committee.
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