As part of our
liturgy at Annual Council 2015, each delegation wrote a prayer for their
parish. We are sharing these prayers each week in the eNews so that we
all can support one another in the upcoming year.
St. Peter's, Norfolk
Heavenly Father,
we give you thanks for your faithfulness and for the blessings you have
bestowed upon our parish family. Keep us faithful in celebrating the new
life we have through faith in your Son Jesus Christ; strengthen us to
proclaim that new life through word and deed; and help us be a loving
and caring church family that draws people to Jesus and equips them to
serve him. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
St. Aidan's, Virginia Beach
Gracious and
loving God; we thank you for the abundance of gifts that you have given
to St. Aidan's and the Diocese of Southern Virginia. We pray that you
will lead us and help us to use those gifts to reach those who sit in
darkness, those who have never known you, and those who have been hurt
by the church or by those claiming to represent the Church. Help us to
call those people back into a relationship with you, heal their hurts,
open their minds and hearts so that they may know and love you; through
Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
now and for ever amen.
