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ELMC Prayer May 2008

 

We joyfully share this month's offering from Kristen Glass, Director for Young Adult Ministry for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and member of the Ecumenical Young Adult Ministries Team.
Holy God,
 
We celebrate partnership between all of God's people in the world.  We are blessed when we come together as people of different ages and stages of faith in order to live out God's call for us.  This month, we lift up to You those who are involved in intergenerational partnership of all kinds; we are especially mindful of and give You thanks for the gifts that young adults provide the world and the church.   We praise You for people of all ages who live out their callings each day as they connect with each other in life, service, and mission.
 
We are especially mindful of your mothering presence in the world.  Thank you, for mothers of all kinds, and for women who have shaped and formed us. We pray especially for those who are in need of comfort in times of grief and celebrate the life of those who have gone before us.
 
We pray for the faithful work  carried out in meetings:

NCC Meetings:
 
May 19--NCC Executive Committee Meeting; New York
 
May 20-21- Christian-Jewish Dialogue Meeting, Boston, Mass.
 
May 21-23- Interfaith Relations Commission Meeting, Boston, Mass.

May 30--Special Commission for the Just Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast 

We remember faithfully:

May 1st--National Day of Prayer

May 11th--Pentecost for the Western Church

May 11th--Mother's Day

May 18th--Trinity Sunday--for Sacred Conversations on Race

May 26th--Memorial Day

And we celebrate the work of colleagues, especially, Eileen Lindner, NCC Director of Organizational Development, as she leaves her post after a 32 year tenure at the council, that God will direct her in new paths of ministry.  We also pray for our former ELMC colleague, Patrice Rosner, as she discerns her next call in ministry as her present call as the Executive Director of Churches Uniting in Christ comes to an end at the end of this month.

All of these things, Lord, we pray in your holy and gracious name.

Amen.


Ecumenical Prayer Cycle:
 

Week 18

Eritrea, Ethiopia

27 April - 3 May

Week 19

Sudan, Uganda

4-10 May

Week 20

Kenya, Tanzania

11-17 May

Week 21

Malawi, Zambia

18-24 May

Week 22

Botswana, Zimbabwe

25-31 May

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