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You continually create a people for yourself, Almighty God, and gather them to you: Call us this morning and make your will known to us, that we might be a part of your family called “church” which bears your love into your creation. Through your Son who called us in your name, and in the Holy Spirit who stirs our hearts anew, Amen.
Prayers of the People
Let us now respond to God’s Word with words of our own, our prayers spoken aloud to God and each other with the confidence of being heard. After each portion of the prayer, we shall respond, “Gracious Lord, where you go, we will go.”
We pray for your peace from above, for the welfare of your church and your people that we might be able to call your people “our people.”
Gracious Lord, where you go,
we will go.
We pray for the good earth which you have given us, and for the wisdom to preserve it. We pray for all of your creation, for the goodness of your gifts which you have entrusted to us.
Gracious Lord, where you go,
we will go.
We pray for those who have less than we do, those whose lives know poverty as closely as we know abundance. We pray that you would be a blessing to them in their poverty, that you would hear their cries of need, and that you would continue to invite us into your great work.
Gracious Lord, where you go,
we will go.
We pray for those unable to be with us today, either because of sickness or oppression or our own unwillingness to speak your good news to them. We ask that you would lead us to them, using us to proclaim your word of salvation to them.
Gracious Lord, where you go,
we will go.
We pray for our community here in Brier Creek, that your word and your sacraments which we celebrate here in this place would be a light to these people, bringing them to you.
Gracious Lord, where you go,
we will go.
We ask that above all you would give us the ears to hear your call, to lead us where you would have us go, and that you would continue to invite us to come along with you. Give us the courage to follow you, the desire to call your children our brothers and sisters, and the will to die to ourselves each day only to find life in you. We pray all of these things in the name of your Son who calls each of us to be a part of your Kingdom. Amen.
Prayers of the People
Let us now respond to God’s Word with words of our own, our prayers spoken aloud to God and each other with the confidence of being heard. After each portion of the prayer, we shall respond, “Gracious Lord, where you go, we will go.”
We pray for your peace from above, for the welfare of your church and your people that we might be able to call your people “our people.”
Gracious Lord, where you go,
we will go.
We pray for the good earth which you have given us, and for the wisdom to preserve it. We pray for all of your creation, for the goodness of your gifts which you have entrusted to us.
Gracious Lord, where you go,
we will go.
We pray for those who have less than we do, those whose lives know poverty as closely as we know abundance. We pray that you would be a blessing to them in their poverty, that you would hear their cries of need, and that you would continue to invite us into your great work.
Gracious Lord, where you go,
we will go.
We pray for those unable to be with us today, either because of sickness or oppression or our own unwillingness to speak your good news to them. We ask that you would lead us to them, using us to proclaim your word of salvation to them.
Gracious Lord, where you go,
we will go.
We pray for our community here in Brier Creek, that your word and your sacraments which we celebrate here in this place would be a light to these people, bringing them to you.
Gracious Lord, where you go,
we will go.
We ask that above all you would give us the ears to hear your call, to lead us where you would have us go, and that you would continue to invite us to come along with you. Give us the courage to follow you, the desire to call your children our brothers and sisters, and the will to die to ourselves each day only to find life in you. We pray all of these things in the name of your Son who calls each of us to be a part of your Kingdom. Amen.
