Call Process Booklet

Suggested Prayers
The church: Gracious Father, we pray for your holy catholic church. Fill it with all truth and peace.
Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it;
where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in need, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it; for the
sake of Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord.
Spread of the gospel: By your word, eternal God, your creation sprang forth, and we were given
the breath of life. By your word, eternal God, death is overcome, Christ is raised from the tomb,
and we are given new life in the power of your Spirit. May we boldly proclaim this good news in our
words and our deeds, rejoicing always in your powerful presence; through Jesus Christ, our risen
Lord.
Pastors and bishops: Ever-living God, strengthen and sustain pastors and bishops [especially
Mark and Duane], that with patience and understanding they may love and care for your people.
Grant that together they may follow in the way of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Seminaries: We give you thanks, O God, for all of life and for our common calling as your servants,
for the work of your church and for the ministries of word, sacrament, and service. We give you
thanks for women and men whom you call to be leaders in your church and for teachers who form
them for service. Through the witness and mission of our seminaries may the church join
courageously in your work of compassion, mercy, justice, and peace; through Jesus Christ, our
Savior and Lord.
General thanksgiving: Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we humbly thank you for your
goodness to us and to all that you have made. We praise you for your creation, for keeping us and
all things in your care, and for all the blessings of life. Above all we bless you for your immeasurable
love in redeeming the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace, and for the hope of
glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies that with thankful hearts we praise
you, not only with our lips but in our lives, by giving ourselves to your service and by living in your
gifts of holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you
and the Holy Spirit, be all worship and praise, now and forever.
Walking together † for the sake of mission † in God’s world
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