Fri 24 Oct 2025
Friday 24 October 2025
"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they eat.” (v. 2)
A prayer that we may give welcome to others
Dear Lord, we come to you in prayer, seeking your guidance to help us to continue to make our churches places of welcome and acceptance.
We know so many people of all ages are lonely and long to belong.
We want to build church families of all ages, who worship together with joy.
We need always to put prayer at the heart of all our planning and action.
Help us to sing a new song that tells of your love, by always listening and learning to become receptive to new ideas that translate into loving action in our neighbourhoods. Amen.
Eileen Simmons, Anna Chaplain and local preacher, Leigh on Sea
A prayer that God's grace may work through us - Alternative Prayer
Be the beginning, O God, of all our good, the wellspring of all our love and the source of all our freedom. Let your grace work in us, your will be done through us and your protection be over us. Amen.
Mary Ward (1585-1645)