Prayer Focus
LORD
make me an instrument of Your peace; where there is
hatred, let me sow Love; where there is injury, Pardon;
where there is doubt, Faith; where there is despair, Hope;
where there is darkness, Light; and where there is
sadness, Joy.
O Divine Master;
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand; to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that
we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal
Life.
St. Francis of Assisi
Special Prayers for our
Members & Friends
Rex Ankrom, Richard Austin (son of Elaine Dunleavy), Darren Bailiff (son
of John Bailiff), Dick Beck, Millie Burris, Joan Carlson, Rev. E. David
Carson (brother of Warren Carson), Bill Carstensen, Grace Ciccone, Cathy
Clarke, Viola Creswick, Don & Brita Darling, Shellie David (niece of
Elizabeth Wright), Rex Dittamore, Marilyn Duncan, John Dunleavy (husband
of Elaine Dunleavy),Stephanie Fitzgerald(daughter of Mary Lou Nelson),
Lorraine Fritzel, Peg Fulmer, Pat Fullerton, Janet George, Marie Golden,
Emily Greenwell (daughter of Beverly Greenwell), Ruth Haaser (Carol
Carson’s mother), Lillian Hamilton, Don Hampton, Paul Henderson, Dorothy
Hinxman, Frieda Hofmann, Blanche Hughes (mother of Rita Hughes), Willis
Jackson, Jessie Jones, Jim Jones (son of Jessie Jones), Leona Jones
(mother of Pam Nash), J. Kalish (friend of Jim Coker), Ken Ketcham,
Barbara Kramer (daughter of Bob & Mary Garrod), Marje Laird, Betty
Lonergan, Lorraine Morgan, Elizabeth Morris (daughter of Phyllis
Morris), Sheena Murray (daughter of Ann & Charles Murray), Rob Ogg,
Theodora Otter (sister of Elizabeth Ward), Betty Palmer, Mary Petro,
Ellen Ray (sister of Karen King), Bill Ricketts, Bill Salmon (son of
Bette Salmon), Lois Sanderson, Shirley Say, Davie Sidner, Diane Snider,
Bob Snyder, Shirley Spittle, Ray Stanclift, Bud & Louise Stewart, Debra
Swartz, Bert Swisshelm, Joe & Judy Taraska, Lucille Troxel, Ginny Urban,
John Urban, Bill Urban, Margaret Walker, Bob Walker, Edith Walton
(sister of Marilyn Bode), Ken Warner, Elizabeth Wikander (daughter of
Dr. Frank & Shirley Nauman), Bob Williams, Pete Williford (sister of Jim
Coker), Shirley Wortman, Don & Barbara Wyrick and all others you know
needing our prayers.
Pray for our
Military Personnel
Sgt. Nathan Ashton (grandson of Don and Mary Ashton) in Iraq April
Bradley (granddaughter of Dick & Carole Mess) government assignment in
the Middle East Lt. Eileen Crawford, Navy (granddaughter of Phyllis
Crawford),at NAF Atsugi, Japan Lt. William Gallagher, a Navy Seal ( 2nd
cousin of Audrey Premetz) home now with shrapnel in his ankle - please
keep him in your prayers Capt. Gregory Huet and Commander Lisa Speer-Huet,
at Camp Pendleton (son and daughter-in-law of Bill & Ellen Ricketts)
Sgt. Matthew Isganitis (grandson of Armin & Naomi Furrer) in Quatar FC
Chris Laird (grandson of Marje Laird) aboard Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz
1st Lt. Amanda Murrell (granddaughter of Judy & Bob Hasch) serving in
Bagdad, Iraq Ens. Peter Slye (grandson of Marv VerSchure) aboard USS
Pinkney Lt. JG. Richard Slye (grandson of Marv VerSchure) aboard USS
Higgins SPC Daniel Spittle (grandson of Shirley Spittle) Ft. Hood
A PRAYER FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
This prayer circulated by the Presbyterian
Peacemaking Program is a prayer by the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem
and was used in an ecumenical service in Jerusalem on June 4. May it
speak to all of us as we share such concerns with our God.
We remember those who struggle for freedom,
We remember the disabled who cling on to hope, We remember the injured
who fight for their life, We remember the captives who yearn for
freedom, We remember the deportees who long for the homeland, We
remember our towns, villages, and camps that are often under siege, We
remember the children whose eyes reflect the light of the future. We
remember the brave who say “no” to injustice, We lift the olive branch
which says “yes” to a just peace. O God, we call upon you to grant us
your patience, determination and power, so that we may say: No to hate
and yes to love, No to death and yes to life, No to falsehood and yes to
truth, No to oppression and yes to justice, No to cruelty and yes to
mercy, No to violence and yes to the path of peace, No, no matter what
it may cost, and yes, no matter what it may cost. For you are the source
of love leading to reconciliation and forgiveness.
Amen.
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