Prayer List
Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there is hatred let me bring your love.
Where there is injury, your pardon Lord,
and where there is doubt true faith in you.
Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there is despair in life let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness only light,
and where there's sadness ever joy.
*Based on St. Francis' prayer
This week we pray for:
Diane Chupp
Prayers for healing for Diane who contracted pneumonia. She is grateful for the love and support our community has shown her after the death of her mother Barbara.
István (Stephen), Pastor Enikő's uncle
István died peacefully in the hospital in Debrecen, Hungary on Monday, December 15. Prayer for his family as they grieve him and prepare for his funeral in the coming week.
Mark, friend of the Relles
Prayers for healing for Mark as he begins cancer treatment.
The Mitchell family, the Iams' neighbors
Prayers for the Mitchell family as they grapple with difficult family situations.
Nahida Gordon
Continued prayers for healing for Nahida.
Peggy Schmitz
Continued prayers for healing.
Deb Hostetler
Prayers for healing for Deb as she grapples with continued health challenges.
November 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance. On this day, we remember those who have been murdered for being who they are, those who face violence on a daily basis, those who have lost loved ones, and those who worry for loved ones. We pray:
"God of love, you weep with us in our grief and fear.
Enfold in your loving embrace all those in our trans community lost to death this year. You know their names, Divine Creator,
even when they are misnamed or misgendered as a last act of violence and erasure.
You see each one as beloved, and call them by their chosen name.
You claim them as your children.
God of peace, give comfort to those who mourn. Give courage to our trans communities in the face of cruelty and harassment. Bring to justice those who perpetrate this violence.
Challenge us, O Holy One, to speak out for those who are silenced, to stand with those who are bullied, and to go with those who face danger.
God of wonder, you are beyond gender. You made each of us in your image. Be with us today and always as we long for a day when every individual is safe and known and honored.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, who brings us all together in one human family. Amen." (Prayer from prayerist.com)
We pray for the lingering challenges at the US southern border, and especially for the many around the world seeking asylum, help, and care.
We pray for the people struggling for freedom, peace and justice; for places torn by conflict, famine and violence. We give thanks for all who work to make this world a more peaceful place.
We pray for those who grieve, struggle and suffer as infections caused by the Delta variant of COVID-19 are on the rise especially among the unvaccinated in country. We pray for exhausted medical staff who care for the sick; for wisdom to do the right thing to protect the wellbeing of all in our communities; for people in countries with no access to the vaccine.
