Together We Pray : Prayers and Services for Gatherings and Groups

by Caltagrione, Carmen L.

• ISBN13: 9781594710407
• ISBN10: 1594710406
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

Everyday we convene gatherings to make decisions, plan, solve problems, to take on projects, celebrate unity, and to recognize accomplishments big and small. The prayers in this book are intended help groups acknowledge God's role at the center of their common work and in all of life. These prayers fit the needs of groups struggling with change, grief or discord, as well as those who are rejoicing, celebrating a job well done, or just beginning a project together. Nineteen reproducible prayer services and thirty-four short prayers in user friendly formats make this book a welcome addition to any parish, school or other faith based organization's resource shelf.

Table of Contents

Introduction	11	(6)
PART I: PRAYER SERVICES	17	(64)
Welcoming a New Day	18	(3)
Beginning a Day of Ministry	21	(3)
Come, Lord Jesus (An Advent Prayer)	24	(4)
Living the Paschal Mystery	28	(3)
Unless You Become Like Little Children	31	(2)
Dreaming Our Dreams	33	(3)
If God Does Not Build (For Beginning a New Project)	36	(5)
God's Good Earth	41	(6)
Love Will Keep Us (The Gift of Friendship)	47	(2)
Returning to God (A Celebration of Reconciliation)	49	(3)
Remembering Who We Are	52	(4)
True Riches	56	(4)
Living Water	60	(4)
Prayer at the Completion of a Project	64	(2)
Hearts on Fire	66	(3)
Celebrating a Faithful God	69	(2)
Longing for God	71	(3)
We Are the Light of the World	74	(3)
Summer Sabbath	77	(4)
PART II: SHORT PRAYERS	81	(28)
Morning Prayers
A New Beginning	82	(1)
Fixing Our Minds on God	82	(1)
Experiencing the Day Fully	83	(1)
Fill Us With Energy	83	(1)
We Belong to God	83	(1)
God Our Refuge	84	(1)
Give Us Time	84	(1)
Night Prayers
In the Stillness, In the Silence, In the Darkness	85	(1)
Calm Our Souls	85	(1)
Thanksgiving and Petition	86	(1)
Seasonal Prayers
Advent
Come, Long-Expected Savior	87	(1)
Awaiting a Newborn Savior	87	(1)
Christmastime
A Christmas Blessing	88	(1)
Prayer for the New Year	89	(2)
Lent
Seeking and Finding God	91	(1)
The Risk	91	(1)
Re-Creation	91	(1)
Holy Week
Lead Us Out of the Tomb	92	(1)
Easter
Newness	93	(1)
Prayers for Meetings
Relying on God's Power in Us	94	(1)
Confident of God's Guidance	94	(1)
We Are Channels of God's Energy	95	(1)
Called and Chosen	95	(1)
Doing God's Work	96	(1)
A Blessing to Open a Meeting	96	(2)
Prayers to Celebrate Our Human Journey
For Personal Peace	98	(1)
Awaken Us	98	(1)
We Resonate Jesus in Our Lives	99	(1)
Give Us What We Need	100	(1)
An Offering	101	(1)
Prayer to the God of All Consolation	102	(1)
Prayer to a Laughing God	103	(1)
In Thanksgiving for the People Who Bless Our Lives	104	(2)
Reshaping a Misshapen World	106	(3)
Bibliography	109