Diocesan Day of Prayer for the Mission and Unity of God's Church

For our two hours of prayer over lunchtime at St John's Seven Kings, as part of the Diocesan Day of Prayer for the Mission and Unity of God's Church, we had prayer stations, projected meditations, and short liturgies for mission and unity:

Lord God
Renew your Church
and begin with me,
Heal our land
tend our wounds
And make us one,
And use us in your service;
For Jesus Christ’s sake
Lord of the Church
Make us the Church of the Lord. Amen.
(Diocese of Natal: Southern Africa)

O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
our only Saviour, the Prince of Peace:
give us grace seriously to lay to heart
the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions.
Take away all hatred and prejudice,
and whatever else may hinder us
from godly union and concord;
that, as there is but one body and one Spirit,
one hope of our calling,
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
one God and Father of us all,
so we may henceforth be all of one heart and of one soul,
united in one holy bond of peace, of faith and charity,
and may with one mind and one mouth glorify you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

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Karen Peris - Song For A New Day.