A Prayer
for
O
gracious and living God, you work everywhere reconciling, loving and healing
your people and your creation. In our
Son and through the power of your Holy Spirit, you invite each of us to join
you in your work. We, young and old, lay
and ordained, ask you to form us more and more in your image and likeness,
through our prayer and worship of you and through the study of your scripture,
that our eyes will be fully opened to your mission in the world. Then God, into our communities, our nation,
and the world, send us to serve with Christ, taking risks to give life and hope
to all people and all of your creation.
We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen