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.
Manakin, Midlothian
Almighty God, who
has promised to hear those who reach out to you, we ask your blessings
on and guidance for Manakin Parish as it prepares to say goodbye to its
spiritual leader and enter a process of discerning your will for its
future growth. Raise up among your people wise leaders prepared to seek
out and implement your plans for your church. Dear Lord, we also pray
that you will bless those who lead and those who prepare to serve in
Stephen Ministry beginning at Manakin Episcopal Church; enable them to
provide care and support to those who are hurting and need your help.
May they be mindful of your command to love one another as they are
loved by you. These things we ask through Jesus Christ our lord who
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and
ever. Amen
Emmanuel, Cape Charles
Dear Lord God,
Creator of us all, we thank You for your ongoing guidance and the
unconditional love Your Holy Spirit moves us to express for each other
and the world. We ask that, just as Your beloved Son Jesus began his
powerful ministry among small groups, You empower us within our small
community to minister to those in need, and transform our small parish
into an outsized force for blessings within Cape Charles and the larger
world. In the coming year, we ask that you guide those seeking to help
others to our doors to join us. We pray You increase our awareness of
the gifts we each have to share, and that You lay before us those in
need with whom we may share them, most particularly the hungry and
elderly.We humbly ask these things in the name of Jesus
Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one
God, now and for ever. Amen.
