Opening Prayer 1/17/10

Offered by Pastor Mary Scheer Dear Lord, How fortunate we are to be in this place this morning. We are so thankful to have this time to come before your presence, to offer you both our praise and our prayers for mercy. We are so humbled having been reminded again this week that life can…

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Opening Prayer 12/27/09

Offered by Pastor Mary Scheer Dear Lord, you have brought us good news with great joy in the birth of our Savior.  He joined us in a world that is sure and steady, filled with your presence from the beginning, your throne was established, from everlasting your words of hope and promise that draw us…

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Opening Prayer and Lord’s Prayer 11/22/09

Offered by Pastor Mary Scheer Dear Lord, who surrounds us with compassion and favor, hear our songs of love and words of praise. We bless you God and lift up your holy name. We sing for joy at the thought of your glory and power of your presence. You have made your face to shine…

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Congregational Prayer 11/15/09

Offered by Pastor Mary Scheer Dear Lord, we know that we need you, we know there is no true wisdom, or peace or provision apart from you that is worth seeking. Thank you for today, for the chance that today offers, to know you better, to see your hand, to experience your grace and to…

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Congregational Prayer 10/25/09

Offered by Pastor Mary Scheer Dear Lord, It can be both comforting and frightening to consider that nothing is hidden from you, you watch our actions, you know our inner thoughts, you discern our motives and listen to our prayers. Lord, we lift up that inward place that guides and motivates our behavior.  Help us…

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Congregational Prayer 9/13/09

Offered by Dr. Catherine Clark Kroeger We thank you for those who from the earliest times have obeyed our Saviour’s command to carry his message from town to town, into market places and public arenas and in the first place to private homes. We thank you for the ministry of American Baptist missionary Lauran Bethell…

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Congregational Prayer 8/16/09

Offered by Pastor Mary Scheer Dear Lord, we listen to this scripture and hear you say keep my decrees, laws, commands and statutes and it can feel strict and hard to do, but in those same words we find promise, delight and comfort and so we come with confidence in your goodness. God help us…

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