Rise within me like the star
And make me restless
Till I journey on
To seek my peace in you
Song “If you believe and I believe”
A candle is lit.
I light a candle for light, sending
prayers high into the inky heavens and
dreams deep into our human soul.
We light a candle for light. May it light our way.
Psalm 68
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden,
The God who is our salvation.
20 God is to us a God of salvation;
And to God the Lord belong ways of escape from death.
The Lord’s Prayer in our own language
Our Prayers
We pray for people and situations that are on my heart today ...
For teaching staff and school children, for people dealing with Covid, for people who are lonely, for people who are hungry, for staff in hospitals and care homes, for people suffering from war particularly the children, for people imprisoned, for people suffering because of climate change, for the vulnerable and those sick and dying, for the homeless, for asylum seekers and refugees, for our government to make the right decisions, and finally for the children who we must give a better future.
May I not fail you though I face great dangers.
Give me your peace, your wisdom and your strength. Amen
When the star in the sky has gone
And the wise men have gone back to their homes
The real work of Christmas begins
To find the lost, heal the broken, feed the hungry and release the prisoner. Amen
