As Holy Week approaches, we invite you to use the following suggestions as you pray for our services and our community:
For our preparations
For all of us to enter our Lenten practice of communal lament
For Sandy Richter, our Holy Week coordinator, to have strength, health, and wisdom as she leads our planning
For Erin, our minister of music, and all our musicians to be drawn upward in worship as they prepare to lead us
For wisdom about how to handle any limits in parking or seating
For God’s Spirit to anoint and guide each preacher: Father Kevin on Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday; Mother Karen at the Easter Vigil; and Mother Linda on Maundy Thursday
For our people
For our children and youth to deeply experience the love of Jesus and the life of the church, and for Pastor Mary, Sarah Lindsay, and Ellen Vosburg to be strengthened to serve them.
For our members who are sick and suffering, and those who love them, to have grace to bear with these limitations and still meet the Lord
For people who are new to Savior or returning to church in general, to be gently opened by God’s Spirit to receive all God has for them
For at least one person to return to God
For the many who serve in hidden ways, that they will enjoy the smile of Christ
For God to lead us as a people through these services, giving us discernment about the people and places He would have us serve
For God to raise up people with gifts as apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers who can lead a new Savior community when the time is right
For our worship:
For the Word of God to be proclaimed boldly and creatively through the Scripture readings in each service
For our prayers to be honest and Spirit-led, particularly during the Prayer Watch on Maundy Thursday and the Veneration of the Cross on Good Friday
For people to have the grace to give freely, joyfully, without compulsion to the Good Friday gift, and for our gift to bless immigrants and refugees
For all the arts—music, drama, dance, banners, craftsmanship, and more—to be more fully released in our midst
For a deep taste of resurrection joy at the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday services; for heaven to come down during our worship at these services