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Prayers of Intercession for the Third Sunday in Lent
Prayers of Intercession for the Third Sunday in Lent
by Christine Dutton
Prayers of Intercession for the Third Sunday in Lent These prayers were written to go alongside the gospel passage in Luke 13: 1-9 for the third Sunday in Lent. These are prayers for the barren places of our world – for situations which like the fig tree might seem hopeless and …
Open with God Book - Outings
Open with God Book - Outings
by Christine Odell
OUTINGS Open with God Prayers for Various Occasions Reading Psalm 8 We thank you, loving God, that we find you in our church, with us in the special holy moments, reminding us to focus ourselves on you, to open ourselves up to your word and spirit and to make worship the centre o…
Open with God Book - World Church
Open with God Book - World Church
by Christine Odell
WORLD CHURCH Prayers for Various Occasions Reading Galatians 3.26-29 Creator God, we adore and praise you for the beauty and diversity of your creation which makes our eyes open wide in wonder at the scale of your majesty and love. We thank you that we can see that your faithful …
Open with God Book - Worship Preparation
Open with God Book - Worship Preparation
by Christine Odell
WORSHIP PREPARATION Prayers for Various Occasions Reading 1 Corinthians 14.26 You, Creator God, love us and provide for us, as a father cares for his children. You give us all that we need, and cherish us, even when we disobey you. Creator God: we worship you...
Prayer: God of mercy and grace
Prayer: God of mercy and grace
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God of mercy and grace God of mercy and grace, we know that we can come to you each morning to bring our requests and our prayers to lay them before you. We are astounded at your great mercy, for we know how your standards for our behaviour are so high and yet you are pre…
Pentecost Reflection
Pentecost Reflection
by Christine Dutton
These reflections were written for Pentecost worship when the congregation worked in small groups on various ways of working with Acts 2. These were used with a group working with meditative prayer inspired by the coming of the Holy Spirit to the disciples. Pentecost Reflection T…
Opening Prayers for Pentecost
Opening Prayers for Pentecost
by Christine Dutton
Prayers suitable for gathering at the beginning of worship at Pentecost. Opening Prayers for Pentecost When the Day of Pentecost came there was a noise... like a strong wind blowing As we gather this morning, we pray that the wind of the Holy Spirit might blow strongly through th…
Prayers for Palm Sunday
Prayers for Palm Sunday
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving for Palm Sunday ADORATION Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest! The cry goes up from earth to sky, and angelic voices carry the song. Continues... CONFESSION When pride and selfishness obscure my vision, and voices of this world confus…
Gathering Prayers and Blessing for Remembrance Sunday
Gathering Prayers and Blessing for Remembrance Sunday
by Christine Dutton
These prayers are written following the experience of sharing with army chaplains and personnel on a ministerial placement. I thank them for their honesty and frankness and for what they shared. I thank God for their challenges to my thinking and their openness to answer my quest…
Three Prayers for Harvest #4
Three Prayers for Harvest #4
by John Birch
Prayers of adoration, thanksgiving and confession suitable for Harvest celebrations Three Harvest Prayers #4 The heavens proclaim your glory through creation's glorious song, and all that live upon the earth are moved to sing along, praising your gracious provision and glorious k…
Three Harvest Prayers #2
Three Harvest Prayers #2
by John Birch
Prayers of adoration, thanksgiving and confession suitable for Harvest celebrations Three Harvest Prayers #2 God of Summer sun, fruitful fields, food to eat, you are worthy of our praise! God of mountain stream, rolling hills, pleasant views, you are worthy of our praise! Continu…
Three Harvest Prayers #1
Three Harvest Prayers #1
by John Birch
Prayers of adoration, thanksgiving and confession suitable for Harvest celebrations Three Harvest Prayers #1 The God who breathed this world alive and sustains it day by day, whose hands threw stars out into space and controls our destiny says, "Do not be afraid, for I am with yo…
Three Harvest Prayers #3
Three Harvest Prayers #3
by John Birch
Prayers of adoration, thanksgiving and confession suitable for Harvest celebrations Three Harvest Prayers #3 Thank you for the gift of sunshine and rain in due season, of seed, soil and harvest, provision for our needs and others, if in love we share. Thank you for the gift of li…
Paper chain people prayers of intercession
Paper chain people prayers of intercession
by Katherine Fox
These prayers of intercession invite the congregation to use each figure in a string of paper chain people to guide their prayers. They pray by writing or drawing on the paper figure for those close to them, those they may not think to pray for, those whose situations they don't…
The Open Gate - The Eucharistic Prayer