These prompts are provided for worship leaders as they prepare the prayers of intercession for weekly worship. The prompts are prepared by several leaders in the ELCA and reflect current world and national events. You are encouraged to adapt and add other concerns for your local context, including staying informed of events and concerns in your synod.
Responding to Turkey/Syria Earthquakes
The ELCA Worship blog has complied a set of Prayer Resources in Time of Earthquakes.
Intercession prompts:
For world leaders, that they hold their power with humility and care…
Other notable events and observances:
Black History Month (Month of February)
Cancer Prevention Month (Month of February)
Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday (February 12)
Cyril, monk, died 869; Methodius, bishop, died 885; missionaries to the Slavs (February 14)
Valentine’s Day (February 14)
Martin Luther, renewer of the church, died 1546 (February 18)
Suggested prayers:
A prayer for times of financial stress (ACS p. 55):
O God, we pray for daily bread. We are overwhelmed by debt and seek your wisdom. Help us to be good stewards of the resources that you have already placed in our care. Send the resources and support we need to turn this situation around. Allow your justice and mercy to prevail. Generous God, hear our prayer. Amen.
ELW = Evangelical Lutheran Worship
ACS = All Creation Sings: Evangelical Lutheran Worship Supplement
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Additional topical prayers are found in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (pp. 72–87) and All Creation Sings (pp. 46–55), as well as in other resources provided in print and online at sundaysandseasons.com.
Follow this link to access resources to assist worshiping communities as they respond to the crisis in Eastern Europe. Several prayers are provided that could be used during the prayers of intercession or at other times, in public worship or for devotional use at home or in other settings.
Further assistance for composing prayers of intercession can be found here: Resources for Crafting Prayers of Intercession
Crafted intercessions for every Sunday and festival are provided in the Sundays and Seasons worship planning guide published in-print and online by Augsburg Fortress.
Prayer Ventures, a daily prayer resource, is a guide to prayer for the global, social and outreach ministries of the ELCA, as well as for the needs and circumstances of our neighbors, communities and world.
