And offer our praise to you
Open our hearts and our minds
Give us your presence
In our life today
Song “Psalm 91”
Prayer for Gods help
Loving God
Come into our confused and troubled lives
Send your Spirit
To work in us
Realign us
So that we may know
Your in our lives
Your joy, your peace, your Shalom
The Lord’s Prayer in our own language
Reading Acts 15
Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question. 3 The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the believers very glad. 4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.
Our Prayers
We pray especially today for the 1027 people who came to the UK from Jamaica on this day in 1948, for justice for the way that they have been treated.
Lord in your Mercy
Hear our prayer
We pray for people and situations we are concerned about including
the ongoing unrest after the murder of George Floyd and now other deaths,
the continuing deaths from Covid 19, the government, the lockdown easing in schools,
key workers, PPE, and protection for BME people, people on low or no incomes,
for those with underlying health conditions and those over 60,
for care for those who are alone and those suffering with depression
and ensuring food is reaching the vulnerable.
Ending with…May we not fail them Amen
Song “The Lord is my salvation”
Closing Responses
This is the day that God has made
We will rejoice and be glad in it
We will not offer to God
Offerings that cost us nothing
We will go in Peace
To love and serve the Lord
Amen
With thanks to © Iona Community adapted
