Prayers

We’re not standing on any lofty mountain
but we have a god who is changing us every day,
making us ready to reach out and change a broken world.
(Transfiguration Sunday Year C) ...

Protect us as we venture into new things,
as we become the people you already see.
(4-10 February Year C) ...

Original prayers for you to use in any Sunday service.
“to most it is a voice far off, indistinct, uncertain,
But if we listen very very hard we might hear the words:
This is my son”.
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You transformed a belief in laws into a faith of grace;
you transformed the everyday into the extraordinary.
(14-20 January Year C) ...

Original prayers for you to use in any time of worship.
“Let our words be inspired by yours,
Let our motive be simply your love”. ...

Fill us with your spirit
and the desire to tell everyone that this is the year –
The year when they could make a difference.
(21-27 January Year C) ...

Can anything good come from this place, from the shuttered shops and minds?
Somewhere, or everywhere, your voice is calling, calling us to be the difference.
(14-20 January Year B)
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The days are short and the wind cold,
and in our houses there are dark, shadowy corners.
But with love and hope
help us to bathe our world in sparkle and wonder. ...

On the frst Sunday of Advent the candle lighting script is based on the theme of Expectation, and the intercessions calls for us to be God’s light in dark places.
(First Sunday of Advent Year C) ...

Short advent-candle lighting scripts with weekly themes of the future, justice, joy and peace. ...

Short advent-candle lighting scripts with weekly themes of expectation, preparation, justice and joy. ...

You are a king of all and for all,
with all and in all,
forgetting nothing and forgiving everything.
(20-26 November Year B) ...

On the second Sunday of Advent the candle lighting script is based on the theme of preparation, and the intercessions ask God to prepare us to reach out to this world.
(Second Sunday of Advent Year C)
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If we shut our eyes really tightly
we can see a sea of lights,
the multitude of those
who have set out on your journey of faith. ...

We are called to love God,
also to love strangers.
Not just love a bit, but love in abundance.
(30 October to 5 November Year B) ...

We remember those who down the generations
have given everything to build a better world.
Lord help us to bring your everlasting love to this weary earth.
(6-12 November Year B) ...

We remember that in every generation
people all over the world have made a choice:
who to stand for? who to live or die for?
(6–12 November Year A) ...

Let us see again
through new eyes, a child’s eyes,
full of wonder, full of hope.
(23-29 October Year B) ...