WorshipPrayers of the People

Prayers of the People

Prayers of the People  (Standing)                                       
In the course of the silence after each bidding, the People offer their own prayers, either silently or aloud.

Leader:     I ask your prayers for God’s people throughout the world; for our Bishops; for this gathering; and for all ministers and people.

(Anglican)  For Rowan, Archbishop of Canterbury; Bermuda (Extra-Provincial to Canterbury).  

(Nation)    Katharine, our Presiding Bishop.

(Diocese)   Peter, David, and Shannon, our Bishops; St. Mary’s (Arlington); St. Matthew’s, (Sterling);St. Thomas, McLean; Special Diocesan Congregations in need: Epiphany (Herndon); St. Stephen’s (Heathsville); St. Margaret’s (Woodbridge); The Falls Church (Falls Church).

(St. Paul’s)       The Micah and Emmaus programs; Father Erasto, the Carpenter’s Kids, and the people of Mwitikira, Tanzania; and St. Paul’s & Father Joseph in Kumasi, Ghana.

Pray for the Church.

Silence for spoken or silent prayers from the congregation.

Leader:      I ask your prayers for the poor, the sick, the hungry, the oppressed, and those in prison. Pray for those in any need or trouble.

(At St. Paul’s) Camille Parker, (cancer, friend of  Christie Montgomery), Bill Manning (lung cancer, brother of Nita Jones), Darren Raley (medical testing, husband of St. Paul’s choir member), Semora Killings (ill, member of St. Paul’s choir),

(For the past four weeks)  Michael Jarvis (treatment, friend of the Ritsch family), the family of Allison Morice Gibson, Laura Pickens (surgery, mother of Aliesha Hart), Sally Anna Evans (recovery, aunt of Sally Ray Griffith), Audrey Maziarz (ill, friend of Mimi Mosher). The Carter Family (on the death of Bessie Bocock), The Davis Family (on the death of Colton), Alton Ayer (on the death of his great aunt, Jesse Jay Nally), Barry Kirkpatrick (broken leg, recovering) Susan Davis (on the death of her father, Allan D. Fischer), Jimmie Lou Norwood (recovering, mother of Cindy Norwood), Ernie Musick
(cancer, father of Lewis Musick), Henry Martin (recovering).

(Continuing Concerns)  Lisa Comley (recovery), Ellen Boyd & Bill Miller (homebound), Edward Woodward (homebound), Ophelia Lowndes (homebound), Susan Pastore, Jeanne Hutchison (homebound), Nancy & Jim Todd (homebound), Gladys Hill (recovering).

(Armed Forces & their Families) Jason Morris (friend of Rebecca Wall), Michael Monfalcone (friend of Bob Moffett), Matthew Dolci (Annie Campbell’s son), Robert Bertrand (fiancé of Mollie Mahan), Baylor Woodward (son of Earlyne & Edward Woodward), Parker Garrett (of St.Paul’s), Justin Mayer (of St.Paul’s), Timothy Taylor (son of John & Ruth Taylor), Tom Booker (of St. Paul’s).

Pray for those in any need or trouble.

Silence for spoken or silent prayers from the congregation.

Leader:    I ask your prayers for all who seek God, or a deeper knowledge of him. Pray that they may find and be found by him.

Silence for spoken or silent prayers from the congregation.

Leader:    I ask your prayers for the departed. Especially Bunton “Jr.” Hall (godfather of Xavier Blackman) and Jock & Mary Yates (memorialized in today’s Altar flowers.)

Silence for spoken or silent prayers from the congregation.

Leader:    I ask your thanksgivings for God’s blessings.

At St. Paul’s: For the birth of James Irwin Cooke III, grandson of Lynn & Dan Evans; for the men and women of our armed forces who have selflessly served the United States at home and abroad.

Leader:    Offer your own thanksgivings.

Silence for spoken or silent prayers from the congregation.

Leader:    Praise God for those in every generation in whom Christ has been honored. Pray that we may have grace to glorify Christ in our own day.

The Concluding Collect