{"id":1522,"date":"2009-06-01T00:37:07","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T04:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/?p=1522"},"modified":"2009-05-31T14:42:03","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T18:42:03","slug":"pentecost-prayer-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/1522","title":{"rendered":"Pentecost Prayer 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was asked to offer the Prayers of the People this Pentecost Sunday. At my former church I regularly gave the Pastoral Prayer in the worship service. As a matter of course a pastoral staff member led in that prayer during Sunday worship, and on occasion, a church member would. The practice is opposite at my current church, where the norm is to have the Prayers of the People led by a church member, and on occasion, a pastoral staff member leads it. Here is the prayer for Pentecost Sunday:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Our Creator God,<br \/>\nYou who birthed your Church<br \/>\n\twith rushing wind and tongues of fire;<br \/>\nIn this season of Pentecost<br \/>\nwe celebrate the life of your Church.<br \/>\nYou have redeemed us and called us the Bride of Christ,<br \/>\n\tand so we have become a new creation;<br \/>\nCalled to live in faith and action,<br \/>\n\tto light the world aflame with your love<br \/>\n\tand toil to realize your kingdom on earth<br \/>\n\t\tas it is in heaven.<\/p>\n<p>But we confess our God,<br \/>\n\tthat often we have lived in the shadow of the Old Nature,<br \/>\n\tliving in the illusion of the search for the certain<br \/>\n\t\trather than in faith.<br \/>\nAnd we have hidden our light from the world<br \/>\n\tby keeping it behind the vanity of amenability<br \/>\n\t\tand the opaque curtain of accommodation.<br \/>\nYou have promised, O God,<br \/>\nThat you will forgive our shortcomings,<br \/>\n\tif we confess them in the name of your Son;<br \/>\nSo we confess today, that in Christ, we can love deeper than we have,<br \/>\nact kinder, walk humbler, trust more, give more.<\/p>\n<p>We trust in your word, and with this confession<br \/>\n\tcelebrate the liberating truth<br \/>\nthat the expanse of oceans, languages, races, and cultures<br \/>\n\tdo not separate your Church<br \/>\n\tjust as the expanse between heaven and earth<br \/>\n\t\tcannot separate us from<br \/>\n\t\t\tyour redeeming love.<br \/>\nAmen.<\/p>\n<p>The prayer is adapted from the book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Let-Us-Pray-Contemporary-Prayers\/dp\/0817012966\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1243795127&#038;sr=1-1\">Let Us Pray: Contemporary Prayers for the Seasons of the Church<\/a>. Of the book a member of my former church said, \u201cOh, so that\u2019s what you preachers do with all those prayers you write!\u201d Well, only some of us compile them into collections. Feel free to use the prayer next year if you like. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.galindoconsultants.com\"><img src='http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/galindobanner5.jpg' alt='galindoconsultants.com' \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was asked to offer the Prayers of the People this Pentecost Sunday. At my former church I regularly gave the Pastoral Prayer in the worship service. 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