The Church of Christ the Cornerstone
Baptist Union / Church of England / Methodist Church / Roman Catholic Church / United Reformed Church
God of all ages and all people,
we give thanks that we can always trust you,
rely on you, count on you,
and know that you are always on our side;
even when we are not trustworthy,
even when we are not reliable,
even when you cannot count on us.
We thank you and we praise you.
In Jesus’ name.
Amen
Thank you, loving God,
For giving us an identity that is precious and eternal.
When the world calls us fools, you call us friends.
When the world calls us poor, you call us blessed.
When the world calls us failures, you call us faithful.
When the world calls us lost, you call us home.
We thank you in Jesus’ name.
Amen
Dear God,
thank you for mountain tops and valley bottoms,
days full of sunshine and joy, and days which seem dull and drab.
Thank you for the dying days of winter,
and the promise of spring to come.
Thank you that you are present with us
always and everywhere.
Amen
Starmaker God,
Lightener of the world,
bless us
and warm us
into light and loving.
Bring us to the light of Jesus
all the length and breadth
of our nights and days.
Amen
Jesus, we are yours.
Gathered together we make up many parts,
but one complete and perfect body.
We are your hands and eyes and ears,
each part valued and indispensable.
Thank you for one another,
and for the gift that each one here brings.
Help us to rejoice in all that, together, we can be
as your body here on earth.
Amen
Loving God, in your house there is room for everyone.
Help us to strive for a world where everyone has a home that truly meets their needs.
Give us the grace to welcome strangers and refugees.
Give us the insight to see where inequality hurts.
Fill us with courage to do our part.
Save us from being overwhelmed by the scale of the housing crisis,
and show us, O Lord, where to begin.
Amen
Turn us around, God,
around into your way of thinking,
around into your way of loving.
Turn us around, God,
and confront us with Jesus,
baptise our fears with your joy.
Amen
God of grace,
through the mediation of your Son,
you call us into a new covenant.
Help us therefore to draw near with faith
and join ourselves in a perpetual covenant with you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
Samuel (like Jesus) was at home in the temple,
happy with the gift of his annual new coat
made from cotton of kindness, dyed with compassion,
stitched in forgiveness and decorated in hope.
Lord of Salvation, whose power remakes us,
clothe me in righteousness, fitting for you.
Amen
We are called to the light from the hard times of darkness
to welcome a world turning upside down,
where the rich ones are humbled and the poor take their places,
where light from one candle is the new light of day.
Lord of Salvation, I believe in your promise
that one obscure birth will bring us exiles home.
Amen
The refugee road is filling up now with
outcasts and exiles, stumblers and foreigners,
trailing the Spirit who promises light.
God help us deliver the fruits of repentance:
a candle for welcome instead of disaster,
to live with enough and our spares to be shared.
Lord of Salvation who quashed my conviction
help us live like one people who are guilty no more.
Amen
This journey can be rough in the dark time:
without lamp or compass but accompanied by guilt.
John said to fill up the valleys, level the mountains,
become smooth and straight and ready for rescue.
Lord of Salvation, save us from darkness.
Come live in my heart, be my beacon, my light.
Amen
Here we are, Lord, on the edge of the future,
alert to the signs in events of today –
prejudice, poverty, terror, oppression.
What space in the hard times to welcome new birth?
Lord of Salvation, come to our rescue.
Help me light a candle in defiance of the dark.
Amen
Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
you sent your Son to be our teacher and saviour.
Forgive us when we have not made you our priority,
when we have dismissed your authority in our lives.
Give us grace to turn once more to the ways of your Son.
Help us to listen to your voice and seek your truth,
that we may do justice, love mercy
and walk humbly into your everlasting kingdom.
Amen
O God, where beauty fades, you do not fail us.
Though all unravels about us, you are still faithful.
Though all that is temporary will cease, your presence is eternal.
Give us your eyes to see what as yet we cannot see.
Give us your wisdom to know what our dreams can only hint at.
Give us your courage to walk with you into our future.
Amen
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Address: 300 Saxon Gate West, Central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes MK9 2ES
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Phone: 01908 237777 (answered when the Cornerstone building is open)
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