We reflected in worship yesterday on how God calls us to reach in love as a small group of people. We wondered about our Kitchen Tables, the gifts of those around them and where we might work together to reach in love. As we begin our final week in this worship series, let us pause to pray:
God of Hope and New Life,
May your Spirit inspire us as we seek to discern our gifts and the gifts of those we meet with each week. Grant us the wisdom to know where our efforts are needed and the courage to respond faithfully.
Make us more aware of how our actions and thoughts and imaginations dehumanize those around us. Forgive us for our harmful ways.
May your Grace inspire our hearts and minds. May we, like Jesus, be transformed by the love and hope and faithfulness of those we fear and ignore so that we might find ways to serve you in our neighborhoods.
We place our lives and each of our Kitchen Tables as offerings into your unfolding Grace. May it be so. Now and always, Amen.
For what else might the people of God offer prayers this day?
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Linda Dew-Hiersoux
Let us pray for our friends who are taking leave for Seminary in the East. Let us hold hope and healing for those who face grief and loss and are not yet able to hold hope for themselves. Let us pray for our church and our Kitchen Tables as we actively discern God’s will for how we will reach in love.