Prayers for General Convention of the Episcopal Church

Prayers for General Convention of the Episcopal Church

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Almighty and everliving God, source of all wisdom and understanding, be present with those who take counsel in Columbus for the renewal and mission of your Church. Teach us in all things to seek first your honor and glory. Guide us to perceive what is right, and grant us both the courage to pursue it and the grace to accomplish it; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

BCP 818

Almighty and everlasting Father, who hast given the Holy Spirit to abide with us for ever: Bless, we beseech thee, with his grace and presence, the bishops and the other clergy and the laity soon to be assembled in thy Name, that thy Church, being preserved in true faith and godly discipline, may fulfill all the mind of him who loved it and gave himself for it, thy Son Jesus Christ our Savior; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

BCP 255.

O God, Grant your blessing on all Who join in the General Convention, By your Spirit Give them/us grace to listen And grace to speak. Help them/us to discover Where you are leading this church. Give us all a unity in mission That will enable the church By its life and witness To fulfill the ministry You have entrusted to us, Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

-- From Anglican Fellowship of Prayer www.afp.org/htm/resrc/prayers/74thpry4genconv.htm

A Prayer for General Convention

God of infinite patience:
stay with us through the long deliberations of our Convention; when we fall into pettiness, remind us of the scope of your compassion; when we find each other tiresome, help us call you to mind as the One who has created and loves us all; when we are self-righteous, show us again your Beloved, who humbled himself to share our humanity; when our words stretch out interminably, speak your mighty and precise word in our ears; and when the clouds of this world blind us, bring us out of darkness to see only Jesus, through whom we pray.

--By Jennifer Phillips

By your eternal word, O God, you call all things into being and fill them with your goodness. Be with your church gathering in convention by your calling in the coming days; fill it with your wisdom and your love, empower it with abiding courage and patience, sustain it through your spirit to carry out the decisions made in council; and in all things, grant that we in the Diocese of Name may greet the sojourner and the stranger at General Convention in a manner worthy of your son Jesus Christ our Lord, in whose name we pray. Amen.

--By The Rev. Dick Burnett for the Diocese of Southern Ohio, hosts of GC 2006.

Holy God, you promised Abraham and Sarah that you would bless them so that their descendants would be a blessing to all humankind. As Jacob wrestled with you throughout the night, refusing to let you go until you blessed him, grant each of us the courage to claim your blessing as our baptismal birthright. Open the ears of our bishops and General Convention deputies so that we can hear what your Holy Spirit is saying to the church. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen

--By John Clinton Bradley

Father, God, Once again, we gather in General Convention with thanksgiving and petition. We thank you for those whom you have touched, blessed and served through your Church and for those saints upon whose shoulders we stand. We pray, Lord, Bless those who gather in this convention. Give them ears to hear and eyes to see. Bestow upon them the gift of discernment that they might know and do your will. Unite them with a spirit of godly unity. Make them instruments, leading the Church to minister as you call it and serve as you have entrusted it. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

--Originally for the 2000 GC by The Anglican Fellowship of Prayer. See www.nwt.org/newsletter-p99,%20part%203.htm

God, you have called us to work that fulfills your purposes.
This task is important to you, and we treat it with respect,
And we have given our hearts to this work.
At times we see the way so clearly, and we are impatient.
Other times we cannot tell where we are going, and we hesitate.
Calm us and fill us with your peace.
Save us from fear and impatience, from anger and jealousy,
From the selfishness and apathy that break apart your family.
Build up again in our hearts the work you have given to us.
Grant us compassion to hear and strength to serve you in one another.
Give us courage to trust you for the stirrings of our hearts
And to see this work completed according to your will.
We ask this in the name of your Son, who is our heart and mind and being.
Amen.

-- Douglas R. Briggs Douglas.Briggs@anheuser-busch.com

We rejoice, O God, that you have delivered us at last to this time of decision making. We are about to begin the work you have brought to us for our upcoming convention. Make us each ready for the tasks and challenges that await us. Where we have questions, pray give us answers. Where we have doubt, give us faith. Where we have fear, give us courage. Where we have discord, give us consensus. Allow us to live entirely within your Will, and help us work together as one mind and one heart. Bless, O God, our undertaking, for all this we ask of you through the mercy of Jesus Christ, our great Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

-- Douglas R. Briggs Douglas.Briggs@anheuser-busch.com

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