Author: Robin.Kyd

Loving God, you are the source of life and strength;
we approach you with longing hearts and weary bodies.
Mercifully we lift our faces to see you, even when the world is puzzling and unclear.
Teach us to be patient as we wait for your response.
We know that you hear all our prayers, however they are made and whoever we are.
Give us faith to trust your awesome love and care for us.
Amen

Compassionate God, who sent Jesus Christ to deliver us from all manner of injustices and inequalities,
create in us new hearts and enlarged visions, to see the image of God in every person
irrespective of background, race and ethnicity.
May we be generous in our love of others
as we work towards ending misunderstanding, racism and injustice;
creating communities of human flourishing,
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen

The stone which the builders rejected has become the headstone of the corner.
This is the Lord’s doing: and it is marvellous in our eyes
We pray that this place continues to inspire us and those who come after us
in the service of God’s people in this city, and in the praise of God’s Name.
Almighty God, to whose glory we have dedicated this house of prayer:
we praise you for the many blessings you have given to us;
and we pray that all who find you in this place
may be filled with the holy Spirit and may become a living temple
acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

Holy God, as we try to live our lives as Jesus did,
fill us with a longing for justice, and give us generous hearts.
Help our actions to show that we really do want your kingdom to come,
here and now, and not just in heaven.
Amen

Merciful Father and Lord of all life,
we praise you that we are made in your image and reflect your truth and light.
We thank you for the life of our late Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth,
for the love she received from you and showed among us.
Above all, we rejoice at your gracious promise to all your servants, living and departed,
that we shall rise again at the coming of Christ.
And we ask that in due time we may share with your servant Elizabeth that clearer vision
promised to us in the same Christ our Lord;
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end.
Amen