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Prayers for the Week of January 18, 2026

Please feel free to join us in the prayers prayed in worship Sunday, January 18, 2026: Loving God, you created everything that is, your awesome and fabulous world. In love, you created the Earth – the mountains and seas, forests and deserts, all the creatures that crawl and fly and swim, you created us in the image of you, and called all you had made, “Good.” We celebrate your creation, and join you in naming it good. And as we celebrate, help us also be humble. Help us see o

Scott Clark

3 days ago2 min read

Prayers for the Week of January 11, 2026

Please feel free to join us in the prayers prayed in worship Sunday, January 11, 2026: Almighty God, we know that you created the world in love, every bit of it, every bit of us, and you have never stopped loving your creation. You have accompanied your creation down through the generation, bringing those enslaved out into freedom, bringing the those who are exiled back home, healing our brokenness. We know that you love your creation, and we give you thanks and praise. And

Scott Clark

Jan 112 min read

Prayers for the Week of December 21, 2025

Photo credit: Daniel Schwarz, used with permission via Unsplash Please feel free to join us in the prayers prayed in worship, Sunday, December 21: Loving Christ, Emmanuel, God with us, you come to us in this season and every season, with healing, and justice, and peace. You enter into the fullness of human experience, all the suffering, all the joy, all the longing, you are with us in every bit of life, even unto death, and even then, bringing us into more life. We give you t

Scott Clark

Dec 21, 20252 min read

Gratitude Practice and Prompts -- Prayers for Thanksgiving

Photo credit: Aaron Burden, used with permission via Unsplash In worship Sunday, November 23, 2025, Pastor Scott shared the following gratitude practice and prompts: A practice of gratitude is simply taking time during the day to notice the good and give thanks. You can set aside a regular time to do this – in the morning as the day gets started, at close of day when you look back over the day just lived. Or, you can do this throughout the day, whenever gratitude arises in y

Scott Clark

Nov 23, 20252 min read

Prayers for the Week of November 9, 2025

Please feel free to join us in the prayers prayed in worship Sunday, November 9, 2025. Our prayers included a prayer of visio divina (or "holy seeing"), with this image. Spend some time with this image, see what you notice and what prayer the image and the experience evoke in you. Feel free to use the following guided meditation, leaving space where you need. In the silence, just take some time to look at this image. (silence and space for considering the image) What do y

Scott Clark

Nov 9, 20252 min read