Weekly Prayer – November 27, 2024

Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family

Week of November 27, 2024

Gracious God,

On the eve of Thanksgiving, we offer our gratitude to you for your mercy and love over the last year. It is good that our nation, our community, and our families set aside the last Thursday of November each year to give thanks. The traditions and rhythms of this holiday are important to us for so many reasons. Help us to always be mindful of all that for which we should be ever thankful and exude gratitude year-round.

We pray for those who will travel this week. Grant patience for those stuck in airports, those who will navigate traffic, and those who work to ensure the safety and reliability of our infrastructure. We are thankful to live in a place where we may move freely to see relatives and friends. We are thankful for systems that work to regulate and maintain our highways and airspace.

We are thankful for the work you give each of us. Labor can allow each of us to feel accomplished, to provide for those we love, and to tend to the needs of our neighbors. We offer thanks for all of those who will be able to rest from their work this week. We pray for those who do not have meaningful work, those unable to work, and those who work and so rarely have rest. Be with those that will work tomorrow. We pray for those in the service sector, for firefighters, police, and other emergency workers, and for those who will rise early to work retail. May they all know our thanks and gratitude for their willingness to work while others rest.

Gracious God,

See the needs of each of our hearts. As many prepare to fill themselves with turkey and stuffing, fill us with humility and mercy. Tend to those who are brokenhearted, guide and direct those filled with energy and joy. Use your church, including all of us connected to Church Street UMC, to show the world how being a people that gives thanks daily, transforms hearts and changes the world.

We offer prayers for those who suffer from illness, loneliness, disease, or oppression. We trust that you see the needs of all your people, and work for the good of all creation. It is with that trust that we offer these concerns of our community to you now:

We offer prayers of thanksgiving for…

• A promising report from Thompson Cancer Center
• Our Knox County teachers! May they have a good Thanksgiving!
• Family being able to visit this weekend.
• A new job for my son!
• All the people who helped make the Thanksgiving blitz possible
• A grandmother who was able to be here for her granddaughter’s baptism

We pray for….

• Family members and friends who are going through a difficult time
• Everyone who is traveling this weekend; prayers for safety!
• A family making decisions about long-term care for wife/mother
• Our church members dealing with cancer treatments
• Caregivers who feel extra stress this weekend; especially from family members who show up once a year! Lord, have mercy!
• A young couple who is wanting so badly to conceive; Lord, bless them!
• A neighbor who is in critical care; prayers for comfort and support for her family

We continue to pray for….

• Our young adults and college students who are under so many pressures
• Young people struggling with anxiety and depression
• One who is grieving after the death of her pet; prayers for comfort as she misses her companion
• A member who is preparing for radiation treatments and meeting with oncologist
• One who has been in hospital with heart issues; prayers as doctors discern best medications and next steps
• A member whose husband is in hospice care
• Those whose parents are in hospice care
• A member who will have open heart surgery early in December; prayers for peace as she waits
• The homeless in our community; especially those who were housed at Magnolia UMC and Vestal UMC

And now we join our hearts with Christians the world over as we pray the pray Jesus taught us…

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

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