Prayer List
May this be the day
We come together.
Mourning, we come to mend,
Withered, we come to weather,
Torn, we come to tend,
Battered, we come to better.
Tethered by this year of yearning,
We are learning
That though we weren’t ready for this,
We have been readied by it.
We steadily vow that no matter
How we are weighed down,
We must always pave a way forward.
This hope is our door, our portal.
Even if we never get back to normal,
Someday we can venture beyond it,
To leave the known and take the first steps.
So let us not return to what was normal,
But reach toward what is next.
What was cursed, we will cure.
What was plagued, we will prove pure.
Where we tend to argue, we will try to agree,
Those fortunes we forswore, now the future we foresee,
Where we weren’t aware, we’re now awake;
Those moments we missed
Are now these moments we make,
The moments we meet,
And our hearts, once all together beaten,
Now all together beat.
Come, look up with kindness yet,
For even solace can be sourced from sorrow.
We remember, not just for the sake of yesterday,
But to take on tomorrow.
*Amanda Gorman, from “New Day’s Lyric”
This week we pray for:
David and Mary Moldstad
Prayers for David and Mary during this time of more limited visits at Brookdale due to Covid cautions. They appreciate your care and concern and love receiving cards.
Diane Chupp
Continued prayers for healing and comfort for Diane. The surgery on her right eye was successful. She will have a glaucoma surgery on the left eye on February 7.
Gabbriel, goddaughter of Gayle Walker, friend of Pastor Enikő
Continued prayers for Gabbriel to make the needed decisions regarding crucial medical treatment.
During these frigid snowy days, we pray for those who do not have a safe and warm place to call home. We pray for all in our community who are supporting the operation of the Severe Weather Shelter at the Salvation Army. Special thanks to members of Westminster who prepared and served meals at the shelter every Monday during January.
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. As fears of Russia's military aggression over Ukraine mount and US troops are being deployed to Eastern Europe, we especially pray for the peaceful resolution of the conflict and for the safety and wellbeing of the people in the region.
As the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus spreads across the world, we pray for wisdom so that all will do the right thing to protect the wellbeing of our communities. We pray for exhausted medical staff who care for the sick; for people in countries with no access to the vaccine.
