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Prayer List
I can hear change humming
In its loudest, proudest song.
I don’t fear change coming,
And so I sing along.
I scream with the skies
of red and blue streamers
I dream with the cries
of tried-and-true dreamers.
Though some don't understand it,
those windmills of mysteries,
I sing with all the planet,
And its hills of histories.
I hum with hundred hearts,
Each of us lifting a hand.
I use my strength and smarts,
Take a knee to make a stand...
I don't make a taller fence,
But fight to build a better bridge.
I talk not only of distance,
From where and how we came.
I also walk our difference,
To show we are the same.
I’m a movement that roars and spring.
There’s a wave where my change sings...
We’re what the world is becoming,
And we know it won’t be long.
We all hear change strumming.
Won’t you sing along?
~ from Change Sings by Amanda Gorman
This week we pray for:
Amanda Hilty
Prayers for Amanda who is in a 3-week training in California to get a guide dog.
Lucy Ewing, Erica Ewing's mom
Prayers for healing for Lucy, who is recovering from a hip surgery at Wooster Community Hospital (room 408).
Russell, friend of Julie Douglass-Gillespie
We continue to pray for Russell, who is nearing the end of his earthly journey and battle with bladder cancer. Prayers for comfort and peace for him and also for his partner John.
Deb Hostettler
Continued prayers for Deb, who is hoping to regain her appetite and energy following an adjustment in her medication to reduce side effects.
Barbara Mykkanen
Continued prayers for Barb as she participates in a study to help others with similar cancer diagnosis.
We pray for
- all those struggling with stressful situations that weary the heart;
- those facing ongoing recovery, pain management, and health issues;
- people and places that are affected by climate upheavals - wildfires in Canada, cyclones in Indian and Pakistan;
- peace and a lasting end to violence and injustice - in Kosovo, Palestine and Israel, Ukraine, DRC and places across our country;
- rest, time of replenishment with family, friends, in nature;
- for the children and activity leaders at the Open Arms Summer;
- in gratitude for all College of Wooster alums who gathered on campus this past weekend; we give thanks for continued friendship and sense of community fostered;
- in gratitude for the four-decade long partnership Westminster enjoyed with the choirs led by Curtis Gomes.
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