Responsive Prayer
Creating more awareness for inclusion.
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Creating more awareness for inclusion.
A prayer by Elizabeth E. Schultz to offer at a Diversity/Disability Awareness service.
Autumn prayer to offer at a Disability Awareness Sunday service.
A responsive prayer
To offer at a Disability Awareness Sunday
To offer at a Disability Awareness Sunday
Here is a simple prayer for Diversity/Disability Awareness Worship Service.
A brief unison prayer asking God to "Open our hearts to our brothers and sisters whoever they may be."
I wrote this congregational prayer called "Do Not Worry" based on Matthew 6:25-27 for today's church service. This prayer affirms that God has a plan for creation (and for us) in both the sadness and the joy.
Are you looking for resources on prayer? Don’t forget to check out what’s available to you through the CRC’s Digital Library.
The CRC’s Canadian Aboriginal Ministry Committee invites you to pray for Indigenous youth and their communities as some communities face some of the highest suicide rates in the world.
We love a good story. We love to pray. How about combining Bible stories and our prayers? Paul Ryan and Lester Ruth have developed this into a meaningful practice with youth.
Here is a prayer I will be using for Friendship Sunday. Please use and share if you'd like!
The deadline to receive free bulletin inserts for OSJ Offering Sunday is coming up quickly (May 15). If your church is planning a Sunday focused on the call to do justice, we hope this prayer can be helpful to you.
Do you prepare to worship? The kid’s are going crazy. You’re tired. Anxious. Overwhelmed. How can we prepare the heart for gathered worship? Try focusing your heart using this prayer from Valley of Vision.
Please consider using this prayer for the suffering church in Egypt on November 5 or 12, the International Day(s) of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.
The following is a list of songs that can be used for prayer walking. Please add a comment to this post with your favorites!
One way to honour the spiritual nature of classical meetings is by opening and closing with prayer. But what to pray? Here are two prayers buried deep in the back of the 1934 red hymnal.
This prayer confesses our sin of selfishness and asks God to help us love other people, especially people whom we consider "different."
I was organizing my basement recently and came across the following prayer that has meant so much to me in my spiritual journey. Perhaps it will encourage those who are wondering about the road ahead.
Guilt troubles most suicide survivors. These suggested points help put into words what one may be feeling after their loved one dies.
Prayers Newsletter is a weekly email with 3-5 prayers addressing justice issues from around the world. Forward them to your pastor for Sunday's congregational prayer, print them for use in small groups, or supplement your personal devotions.
A prayer guide to help your church pray for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
I'd like to share the prayer I wrote for the annual prayer service of the CRC churches in Hull, IA.
Prayers for the broken, wounded, and suffering. This prayer is for chaplains and spiritual companions to share as they walk alongside those who are sick.