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  Our God—we, your people, stand ready and open to receive the flame of your Spirit.

Give us the ability to speak your truth so that others may hear...    more..

 

 

  O God, who made the world and everything in it,
we pray with one voice, proclaiming your presence to all the earth.
...    more..

 

 

  Let us stand in grace together and listen, old and young....    more..

 

 

  Holy Mother, maker of earth, water, sky and sea:

You cradled this planet in your arms in the beginning,...    more..

 

 

  God of every time and place, help all who in their journey, step by step,

come to worship you in spirit and in truth...    more..

 

 

  In patience and in hope, let us offer our prayers to God, saying with one voice,

We rejoice with joy and singing — For the coming of the LORD is near...   more..

 

 

  Oh God, help me find a way to live in your house today,

so that my spirit may bring life to your house tomorrow.    more...
 

 

  With open hearts, let us offer up our prayers together, saying, Arise, O God, Hear our prayer. 
For the clouds that rise over the mountain, for the mists that rise over the field...     more...

 

 

  Dear God, grant me the courage not to run from fear, but to walk in love.    more...

 

 

  Bathed in starlight, we pray together to the One who created all things, saying,

Show us your child, O God...   more...

 

 

  Dear God, who made the rocks just the way they are, rising from the earth;
Who made the stars just the way they are, red stars dying and new stars being born   more...

 

 

  In joy and thanksgiving at Christ's birth,

Let us sing to the Lord a new song,

Refrain: On earth peace, good will among people.   more...

 

 

  In this season of Advent,

dear God, for the sake of new life,

let me look ahead with courage and love.   more...

 

 

                   

 

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