For the season of Pentecost 2024

With all our heart and with all our mind, let us pray to God, saying, Christ, make us a channel of your peace.

Gracious God, help the church be a place that where there is doubt, we may bring faith, that where there is despair, we may bring hope, that where there are shadows, we may bring light, that where there is sadness, we may bring joy.

Gracious God, help all authority govern with justice, compassion, and mercy and make our nation be a place that where there is hatred, we may bring love, that where there is wrong, we may bring the spirit of forgiveness, that where there is discord, we may bring harmony, that where there is error, we may bring truth.

Gracious God, we pray for the welfare of the world where all people are treated with kindness, all are safe, and we care for the environment, and when we fail, Christ, grant that we may seek to comfort.

Gracious God, we pray for the concerns of this community and the concerns of the Sacramento area.  We pray especially for

Frances, Sandy, Jane, Robert, Sherry, Jackie, Thom, Annette, Michael, Eileen, Sarah, Tina, Jennifer, Jay, Kyle, Mark, Mary, Kay, Hunter, and Billie. Christ, grant that we understand and care about the needs of others.

Gracious God, we pray that we are your way of love for all those who suffer or are in any kind of trouble.  We know that you are steadfast in love and abounding in mercy.  Help us accept your love and mercy.

Christ, it is by self-forgetting that one finds.

It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.

It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life.

Gracious God, we pray for all those who have entered the realm of eternal life, especially Marijane Jacobs and Gene Schrepel. We pray that we may be a channel of peace and comfort for all in grief. Christ, make us a channel of your peace.

For what else and whom else shall we pray? Christ, make us a channel of your peace.  

We gather these prayers together, knowing God’s presence is within us, which allows us to be faith, hope, and love. With you, Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier, bring us to a new day and a new kingdom. We pray this all in Jesus’ name. Amen.