Post date: Nov 25, 2017 8:28:49 PM
(Start of Worship)
With all Your saints we rise up to proclaim Your name above all names, King of Kings, Prince of Peace, Hosanna in the Highest! Amen.
(Community Prayers)
Reader 1: We do not always like what we are being asked to do, O Lord. Life is one way and we would like it to be another. We’re not in the right place, doing the right thing at the time we would prefer. Show us, Lord, that where we are now is exactly where you need us to be, and assure us of the blessings which you have promised.
Reader 2: You give us a peace which the world cannot, O Lord. Discourage us from seeking after temporary assurances or flimsy hopes. Instill generosity within us during a season that can often become a frantic scramble to take care of our own concerns. Open us to the unfolding mystery of your presence among us.
Reader 3: We give you thanks for a time to pause in gratitude for all the blessings of our lives. We thank you for family, for food and shelter, for friends and neighbors and our church community. Bless all those who find themselves alone on holidays, whether by choice or otherwise, and make of us one great human family.
WL: There is more suffering in the world than we can sometimes comprehend, and yet you hold us all in the palm of your hand. Pour out your healing spirit on all who cry to you. Send a special blessing this day to all whom we lift before you…PAUSE….
Like saints before us who waited on the fulfillment of your word, we find our peace in your faithfulness to all generations. Uphold us with your promises still, and assure us of our place among the heavenly throngs who adore you eternally. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.