Prayers of the People May 29, 2022

These are the Prayers of the People that will be used during church this week. We encourage you to use them as part of your personal prayers this week.

Please join in the Prayers of the People; the congregational response is “let all the people praise you.”

Jesus, we thank you that, as your disciples, we are in you as you are in the Father. Help us to abide in you more deeply, so that we bear the fruit of transformed lives.
We praise you; let all the people praise you.

Lord, we thank you for all our area churches, of many denominations, including Beulah Baptist Church. May we be one in Christ, united in our love for you and for our neighbors. Use the unity of the Body of Christ as a witness of your love to a needy world.
We praise you; let all the people praise you.

We pray for all who called to the ministry, especially our Diocesan Bishops,

Susan, Jennifer and Porter, our Rector, Stacy, our retired Bishop Ted and our occasional celebrants, Jenks and Amanda. May they, as well as all bishops, priests and deacons, lead us faithfully in pursuit of the Church’s mission.
We praise you; let all the people praise you.

Shine your light of love on the peoples of Ukraine and Afghanistan who are suffering the ravages of war—hunger, cold, grief and displacement. May there be peace in the world.
We praise you; let all the people praise you.

Remember the needs of our brothers and sisters who are sick, hungry, imprisoned, unjustly treated or abused. We pray for those on our church prayer list, especially (read the first names of those on our prayer list).Please add the names of others in need of protection, comfort or healing.

You are invited to share your prayers for those who need comfort or healing.

We praise you; let all the people praise you.

We thank you, O God, that by your great mercy, you have granted an entrance into your heavenly city to our friends who have died recently, especially (read the first names of those on our prayer list). Please add the first names of others who have passed away.

You are invited to share prayers for those who have died or are grieving.

We praise you; let all the people praise you.

With the assurance that the Lord hears us and answers our prayers, please offer your petitions and thanksgivings to him.

You are invited to share your petitions and thanksgivings at this time

We praise you; let all the people praise you.

As Jesus Christ offered his great high priestly prayer for all who would come to believe in him, through the witness of his disciples through the ages, may we be faithful to pray for others to enter also into his glorious family.
We praise you; let all the people praise you.

Holy God, you demonstrated your love for us through the Resurrection of your Son and our Savior Jesus Christ. We commit to making decisions regarding the future of our congregation and church grounds as who trust in your ever-present love and grace. Guide us in becoming a congregation that welcomes all, values mutuality in our outreach and partnerships, and honors the past while focusing on the future. Provide us courage and insight as we seek to make Little Fork a place where the larger Rixeyville community finds respite, a place to sooth their souls, and a connect to Your creation. Grant us all things necessary for our common life, and bring us all to be of one heart and mind within your holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.