Prayers 5 10 2015
*Welcome; Mother’s Day in the US
*Nepal Earthquake Relief; thank you for your generous donations last Sunday that totaled over $3000; today with the special envelopes gives you a second opportunity to contribute with the confidence that 100% of your gifts will go to the disaster area
*Senior Center, Wednesday with Albert Chin talking about “Parking and Traffic,” See Anna and Dick Wong to register
*Regional Affiliation Forum, next Sunday at 9:00 AM in the Fellowship Hall; come and learn about the issues at hand
*Senior Pastor’s Retirement Luncheon, June 21st; make your reservations to attend
Mother’s Day—Recognition of Caregivers
Invite husbands, children, and men to give all the women in the congregation a carnation.
For this year’s Mother’s Day, permit me to read a meditation from Frederick Buechner on “Parents.”
Today, we remember our mothers for the simple fact that they gave us life.
Prayer Concerns
*Jimmy Chan recovering at a rehabilitation facility
*Nepal Earthquake relief
Prayer of God’s People
O God, you are our friend, our savior. By the glorious resurrection of your Son, you have vanquished the powers of death which once held our lives. By the return of the risen Christ to his disciples, you qualified us to share in the power of his glorious reign. Thank you, O God for gathering us here today to worship and to give praise in your name.
On this special day, we take a moment to recognize and honor the mothers in our lives when they provided love and care for us when we were young and vulnerable. We honor them when they taught us the way of life based on the truth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. And when it was time for us to become independent, we are grateful for our mothers and fathers for trusting in us to become mature and responsible members of the faithful community. For much of who we are today, we know have come from the love of God expressed sacrificially through our mothers and fathers.
We pray for the power of healing for those whom we love and know for you have placed them in our care. Continue to be with Jimmy Chan as he recuperates in the rehab center in order for him to become restored in health again. Grant him strength and the courage to become well again. Bless…
Give us the grace to bear fruit in your name, to tell others about what your love has meant to us, to heal the wounds of those who hurt, to bind up the brokenhearted, to rescue the perishing, to comfort the sad and lonely. We pray for the relief and rebuilding efforts that are underway after the devastating earthquake that hit Nepal by the generous gifts we make today.
And finally, O God, help us to love one another, here in the church, as you have loved each one of us. In the name of Christ Jesus we pray and who taught us to pray together, “Our Father…”
Benediction
Friends of Christ, carry God’s love into the world.
You have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit.
Let the “Hand on-the-String God” empowers you to love as we have been loved.
Amen.