Weekly Prayer – July 16, 2025

Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family

Week of July 16, 2025

Rev. Catherine Nance

O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy
blast and our eternal home.

O God of Wednesday … it is the middle of the week.

We are aware of the past (where did it go?) and aware of the future (I hope I have time
to…)

So, we pause here in the middle of the week, towards the end of the day, to say,” God we are here. In this moment, right now, we acknowledge you are with us, you’ve been with us, and you will remain with us.”

We thank you, God, for the gift of a loving congregation. We thank you for those we know, and those whom we have yet to meet, who join us in prayer. This act of reading a prayer together is a reminder we are not alone. We know you are with us, but there is a “church family” who prays along with us. We are grateful for the gift of the Holy Spirit who connects us to you and to one another.

You are our “shelter from the stormy blast” whatever that blast is for each of us.

• The news of the day …
• The heat …
• Reports from doctors and more medical appointments and wrangling with insurance companies. How much time have we spent on hold only to hear, “Our menu has changed. Please press one for …”
• Family tensions – when we will accept that we can only change ourselves.
• Financial worries – Didn’t we plan better than this? What is happening?
• Feeling helpless when neighbors are suffering
• Images of immigrants being rounded up amidst protests and violence – we think, “Is this our country?”
• Overwhelming grief from the loss of a loved one – we thought we would be “over it” by now…
• Other stormy blasts …

We thank you God, who is our shelter, our refuge, and our source of strength, for hearing our prayers, letting us speak our hearts, and receiving us as we are.

Having spent time in prayer with you and with our church family, we feel a sense of renewal. We know that we can face today. You have been with us in the past and you are leading us into your future.

O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come; be thou our guide while life
shall last and our eternal home.

We pray for ….

• All those who are grieving and who have suffered so much loss in Texas, New Mexico, and other areas affected by flooding.
• One recovering from shoulder surgery.
• A member who had oral cancer surgery this week and is home; prayers for continued healing.
• A friend with advancing leukemia; prayers for remission.
• Our youth and the experiences they are having this week as they Make A Difference in the City (MAD)!
• A friend whose mother has moved to hospice care in a residential facility
• A member’s mother who has ovarian cancer; in hospital (age 84); prayers also for the father, age 90, who has vascular dementia.
• For a sister who is placing her brother in assisted living; may they both accept this good but hard decision.
• For a member in rehab in North Carolina after an accident while visiting family there. Prayers for back to heal and body to get stronger.
• For a husband who had bladder cancer surgery a few months ago and is facing gall bladder surgery this week.
• Family members and friends going through difficult times.

We continue to pray for …. 

• Couples who are wanting to be parents; those waiting on IVF results.
• All who are receiving cancer treatments and dealing with the waiting in between scans and treatments.

We give thanks for ….

• A healthy grandson (6 months old) after stay in NICU and several surgeries.
• A good follow up report with oncologist.
• Children’s Choir Camp that ended this afternoon! Days of music, fun, and learning with friends!

Finally, we pray as Christ taught us to pray,

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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