Come Holy God
Give me your peace
Send your Spirit
To heal and help me
So I can build a world
Of love and justice
And care for your earth. Amen
Song “O sing a song of Bethlehem”
Prayer for Gods help
A candle is lit.
We light a candle for light, sending
prayers high into the inky heavens and
dreams deep into our human soul.
We light a candle for light. May it light our way.
Forgive me
When I choose the wrong way
Restore me
Help me to have compassion for myself and others
To create a world that is good and just
And to carry your dream within me
The Lord’s Prayer in our own language
Reading Psalm 68
When you, God, went out before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness,
8 the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
9 You gave abundant showers, O God;
you refreshed your weary inheritance.
10 Your people settled in it,
and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.
Our Prayers
We pray for people and situations that are on our hearts today ...
For lorry drivers stuck in Kent without Christmas with their families, for people who are lonely, for staff in hospitals and care homes, for people suffering from war where their children cant sleep because of bombs falling, for people imprisoned for protesting about the abuse of human rights, for people suffering because of floods or temperatures soaring because of climate change and forests burning, for the vulnerable in this Covid time and those sick and dying, for the homeless in their own country and those far from home, for asylum seekers and refugees the world over, and finally for our children and grandchildren who we must give a better future. In Jesus name we pray,
May we not fail you though we face great dangers.
Give us your peace, your wisdom and your strength. Amen
Closing Responses
Take us to Bethlehem
House of bread
Where the empty are filled
The poor find riches
And the rich recognise their poverty
Where all kneel, worship
And are fed.
Amen
Pat Nimmo with thanks to © Janet Morley adapted
