Litany
of Thanksgiving:
Leader:
God, you have been our dwelling place for all of our generations
People:
and we rejoice in you.
Leader:
We lift our thoughts, voices and hands to you,
People:
and give you all of our praise.
Leader:
You have been our source of new life:
People:
calling together those who formed this
congregation,
Leader:
staying with our predecessors through conflict and turmoil,
People:
walking with them through the fire,
Leader:
giving hope in the midst of loss,
People:
enabling sacrifice and generosity,
Leader:
providing wise and dedicated leadership,
People:
generating new vision, and instilling love.
Leader:
We acknowledge your faithfulness to your people Israel, to the church of
Jesus Christ throughout the ages, to our predecessors at
St. Nicolai, and
to us.
People:
We rejoice in you!
Leader:
We acknowledge that you have given us many good partners or our
journey.
People:
We praise you with joy!
Leader:
We acknowledge that everything good that we have experienced has
been your gift to us.
People:
We thank you with hearts full of
gratitude!
Leader:
We acknowledge that you are continuously surprising us by your
goodness to us.
People:
We celebrate your unfailing love!
Leader:
We acknowledge that you are the one who brings new life among us
in many forms.
People:
Though many of us are growing old, you
still enable us to soar
like eagles, to run without growing
weary, and to walk without
growing faint.
All: All
of our rejoicing, all of our praise, and all of our thanksgiving
are for you, God, our Creator and
our Redeemer.
Amen.
Prayer for Healing:
Leader: God of mercy, show
your healing power among us.
People: Heal our bodies of every sickness.
Leader: Heal those who mourn
People: Particularly the family of our sister, Edith Snyder, who was buried
Thursday.
Leader: Heal our hearts
whether they have been wounded by love or hatred.
People: Heal every broken relationship that we endure with pain and
bitterness.
Leader: Heal the hurts that
we have done to each other.
People: Enable us to repent of the injuries we have caused.
Leader: Enable us to forgive
those who have injured us.
People: Heals any hurts that exist between us and our guest
congregations.
Leader: Heal the hurts that
keep rising up out of our past.
People: Heal our relationship with the Chicago Metropolitan Association
and the Illinois Conference of the
United Church of Christ.
Leader: God, we long to live
fully in the liberation and peace that you desire for
us.
People: Let your healing Spirit move among us!
Amen.
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