Daily Prayer for Peace
Daily Prayer for Peace
1:00 p.m.

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Gathering in Silence
Call to Prayer
Lighting of Candle

Invitation
  Welcome today to this sacred place, and thank you for coming to pray with us.
Each day in this Temple dedicated to the pursuit of peace, we pray to God for peace in our world. In addition, each day we pray for a different country.

Today we will hold up the people of Qatar in our prayers. Located in the Middle East, Qatar transformed itself from a poor British protectorate noted mainly for pearling into an independent state with significant oil and natural gas revenues. Oil and natural gas revenues enable Qatar to have a per capita income not far below the leading industrial countries of Western Europe. Qatar is primarily a Bedouin culture, and the tribal ethos is still strong in modern society.

Welcome to this special time for worship and prayer. It is good to meet in the name of the Prince of Peace who came to show us the way to a better life. God will bless us with his presence.
 
Scripture Reading: Colossians 1:19-20 INT
  God wanted all perfection to be found in Christ,
and all things to be reconciled to God through Christ—
everything in heaven and everything on earth—
when Christ made peace
by dying on the cross.
 

Prayer for Peace by Ken Simpson, Lee's Summit, Missouri
  God of love and peace, hear us once again as we pray for conditions for which we long, and yet of which we understand so little. As we attempt to focus on that which we have come to understand as your divine call to us, there wells up within us a desire to more unreservedly join you in the quest for realization of these gifts in our world. We stand in awe as we contemplate your many acts of love and forgiveness that somehow enable us to seek your presence. In this moment we come to sense even more fully our need to be forgiven, and to commit ourselves more completely to your call.

God of love and peace, we have experienced the presence of your peace as your love and forgiveness have permeated our persons and our gatherings. We have known little true peace, yet enough to cause us to hunger and thirst for its fuller realization in our lives, our families, our nations, our world.

You have enabled us to understand that the absence of peace does not mean you are unwilling to have peace reign over all your creation, but rather that we have proven unwilling and unworthy to have your peace abide in our presence.

God of love and peace, cleanse us that we may receive your peace and go forth as your ambassadors of love, emissaries of peace. In Christ Jesus name, our Lord we pray. Amen.
 

Hymn - Amazing Grace - Hymns of the Saints #104
 
Prayers of the People
Please join us now, praying the Prayers of the People. During the moments of silence, you are invited to pray silently or meditate.
  We praise you, God of all nations, for your mercy is vast, and your greatness beyond our comprehension.
The People Pray in Silence
  In peace we pray to you, Lord God, and dare to ask your blessing for all people in their daily life and work; for our families, friends, and neighbors, and for those who are alone.
The People Pray in Silence
  We remember, and ask your guidance, for all who sorrow, fear, or have special needs. May we follow your example and minister in your stead.
The People Pray in Silence
  Grant your wisdom as we labor for peace. May success be realized. We especially ask your blessing on the people of Qatar. We pray that they shall continue to follow in the way of peace.
The People Pray in Silence
  We confess our shortcomings. Forgive us, we pray, and may we go from here strengthened in body and mind for the task before us to work for justice, and be your peacemakers in our world.
The People Pray in Silence
  We remember the concerns and needs of those gathered here. Hear us, we pray.
The People Pray in Silence
  Please use this space to pray for any current concern or event in our community, city, state, nation or world that you feel needs to be held up to God for prayerful consideration.
The People Pray in Silence
  The People Pray in Silence (20 seconds of silence)
 
Sending Forth
  We conclude our service today with Ministry of Music. We invite you to remain in the quiet of this place and pray or meditate for as long as you may wish.

As we have worshiped, praying for the peace that only God can give, let us now go forth in the name of the One who teaches us peace, and become makers of peace in our homes and communities. Amen.
 
Ministry of Music