Song “I will praise you in the storm” https://youtu.be/0YUGwUgBvTU?feature=shared
In a world of great wealth
Where many are hungry
Many persecuted
Guide us into your way of hope, justice and love
Song “Bow down” https://youtu.be/ksR5FHI0i3c?feature=shared
Loving God, we are fragmented and conflicted,
We speak of liberation and oppress
We speak of peace and are violent
Help us to love and not hate
Especially in these dark days. Amen
We say the Lord’s Prayer in our own language
Acts 17
16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. 19 Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?20 You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.” 21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)
We pray for all those we carry in our hearts. We pray for the UK dealing with the far right and xenophobia, all countries who are experiencing war, Gaza and Ukraine, Israel and Russia, for elections in the US and France, for Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Myanmar, for China and India, for those working for peace and justice, for work to halt climate change, for refugees and asylum seekers, for the homeless, the hungry, the distressed. Spirit of the Living God be beside us at this time. In Jesus Name we pray.
Song “Take this moment” https://youtu.be/7EFbMwM4aWo?feature=shared
This is the day that God has made
I will rejoice and be glad in it
I will not offer to God
Offerings that cost me nothing
I will go in Peace
To love and serve the Lord
Amen
Song “Prayer” https://youtu.be/_-vDUpp3XSQ?feature=shared
Song “Little things” https://youtu.be/FOp3P-QToTA?feature=shared
