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    Prayers for the Gathering: Conversations on the Journey
    Prayers for the Gathering: Conversations on the Journey
    Prayers for the Gathering: Conversations on the Journey
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    Prayers for the Gathering: Conversations on the Journey

    By Alan K Webster

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    This book of prayers is designed for use when gathering for worship, in person or online. Alan’s ministry background covers a wide denominational spectrum and his prayers use language that will resound with worshippers new to the Christian faith, as well as those who have been long on the journey. He picks up imagery from our everyday experiences and uses that to bring us into the presence of the divine.The book is divided into three sections: Prayers to gather us into the presence of God, Prayers of praise and worship, and Benedictions to bless us as we depart.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKereru Publishing Ltd
    Release dateAug 1, 2020
    ISBN9780473486938
    Prayers for the Gathering: Conversations on the Journey

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      Prayers for the Gathering - Alan K Webster

      GATHERING

      As we gather may your Spirit be among us

      LEADER 1: As we gather may your Spirit be among us

      LEADER 2: As we gather may we glorify your name

      CONGREGATION: As we gather may our hearts be filled with worship

      LEADER 1: We’ll be glad because we came

      LEADER 2: We’ll rejoice in hearing hearts aflame with music

      LEADER 1: We’ll rejoice in prayer, in drama: in word and deed

      LEADER 2: We’ll find a new perspective

      LEADER 1: We’ll affirm the places shared in common

      CONGREGATION: We will celebrate with all that is familiar

      LEADER 2: We will hear each other, find each other, meet each other anew

      LEADER 1:  And your Spirit will refresh, restore, rebuild us as we worship

      CONGREGATION AND LEADERS:

      As we lift our hearts and lives

      our hopes and fears

      our dreams and hopes

      our past and present

      once more together in Christ’s love

      Amen

      Come - Now is the time to gather our thoughts

      Come

      Now is the time to gather our thoughts

      Now is the time to bring the last week into God’s presence

      Now is the time for us to uphold one another

      in love

      in prayer

      in gentleness and sensitivity

      Come

      Now is the time for us to listen to each other

      Now is the time to hear God’s gentle whisper

      in the conversations we will enjoy

      Now is the time for us to see the face of Jesus in one another

      Come

      Now is the time to allow the silence to become our companion

      Now is the time for music to minister in places deeper than words

      Now is the time for familiar words to speak anew into where we are

      and where we hope to be

      Come

      Now is the time we meet with each other before God

      a place alone and a place together

      Now is the time to receive into our very beings the breath of God

      For now

      now is the time to worship

      Here in this room, around this table

      Here in this room

      around this table we have a wide spectrum of resources

      People good with their hands

      People good with their sense of money

      People good with their hearts

      People who grasp the wide perspective

      how everything fits into a big picture

      And people who discern the details

      that can trip up the best plans and make extra unnecessary work

      Here we have people who understand the past of the church

      and what really matters to the family

      Here we also have people whose gift is to take us to places we haven’t yet been

      and that will prove to be exciting and important

      Here we have people who remember

      And people who hope

      And people who dream

      And people who evaluate

      And people who are risk-takers by nature

      Here we have people who listen

      and hear the things that nobody else hears

      Here we have people who speak

      and who express what everyone else is thinking

      but can’t quite put into the right words

      Here we have people who are naturally shy,

      and whose words are few

      And we have people who think aloud

      finding their ideas as they speak

      Here we have people for whom this is an important meeting for the day

      and people for whom this could be

      one more thing to fit in before collapse

      In this wide collection of differences of viewpoint we expect to hear you speaking, Lord

      In this rainbow of colours we expect to find the light needed for the journey ahead

      We honour our differences

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