Weekly Prayer – July 2, 2025

Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family

Week of July 2, 2025

Rev. Catherine Nance

It seems that we were making new year’s resolutions a few days ago, O God of new beginnings and God of all time. And now we are exclaiming, “It is July! Where did the summer go?”

O God, who called each day of Creation, “good,” we pray to see your goodness around us. We are thankful for children and grandchildren who are enjoying summer.

We are thankful for the time to travel and visit with relatives and friends.

For the cool waters of lakes and swimming pools, we are eternally grateful!

For peaches from South Carolina and cucumbers from our neighbor, we give you thanks!

We begin with gratitude, O God, because there is much we are grateful for! We do not want to lose sight of the things, people, and situations that bring us joy.

But you hear all our prayers, O God, and we are concerned about so many things. As this prayer is being written, US Representatives are deciding if they will vote for or against a bill that can impact so many people. We are worried about those who are already living in poverty and those who do not have health facilities nearby. We pray for veterans who are worried about their future and families who are anxious about grocery bills.

O God, we are living through a time when we feel the need to stay informed but also want to hide. So, we come to you tonight, our Refuge. Thank you for this time of prayer and for this time of choosing to focus on you. A refuge is a safe place – it is not a hiding place. We can rest in you, O God of all people, and then feel renewed to venture out. Not leaving you but carrying your strength and your love with us. Give us a time of respite and reprieve from the world so that later today or tomorrow, we can make faith-filled decisions about how we will be witnesses to your grace.

On Wednesday evening, it is a sacred time to gather as a church community and pray for one another. This, too, is a refuge. A very present help in time of trouble. Knowing there are others who share our concerns and offer prayers on our behalf.

We share the concerns of our brothers and sisters in Christ ……

We pray for…

• A member whose sister died after a long illness
• The mother of a member who is in final days; thankful goodbyes have been said
• A member who has experienced a suicide in the family.
• A friend whose daughter is having postpartum complications
• A friend who was in a bicycle crash while traveling  in Ireland, age 74. Prayers for her and family as doctors at hospital in Dublin care for her.
• A member’s father who is awaiting diagnostic tests and determining if/when biopsy should be done.
• A father who had knee surgery yesterday.
• A 96-year old mother who needs our prayers
• A friend who is having sinus surgery just as she starts a new job.
• A daughter who is seeing doctor following trip to ER because of cardiac pain; prayers that new meds and routines will help.
• A young adult who is feeling spiritually attacked.
• A family in the death of their father
• A member in rehab working on getting body and mind and spirit stable and strong.
• Those involved in an auto accident; prayers that bodies will be healed.

We continue to pray for…

• One who is beginning physical therapy; prayers for strength and healing
• One who had surgery on wrist and is at home doing well.
• A husband/father recently diagnosed with cancer; prayers for healing and peace as treatments move forward.
• A member continues to heal but needs prayers for anxiety to diminish as she waits for results of tests and scans.
• A member dealing with a new diagnosis.

We give thanks for….

• Renewed energy at work.
• The love and support of friends and family while a member is receiving cancer treatment out of town.
• Those who serve our country.
• Surviving a horrible wreck on the highway.

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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