Tag: Intercession

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. Intercession prompts: For the United Nations team and all those navigating the dynamics surrounding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine… For those remembering the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end.. For peaceful…

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. Intercession prompts: For communities in China impacted by drought… For communities in Algeria impacted by wildfires… For victims of gun violence in Washington DC… For resolution to the ongoing war in Ukraine as we cross the six-month mark of the war, and especially…

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. Intercession prompts: For victims and families of the mosque bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan… For members of congregations to feel equipped and energized to engage with the efforts uplifted during the Churchwide Assembly… For students of all ages who are returning to school… For…

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. Intercession prompts: For the capacity to wisely live into the discernments made during the Churchwide Assembly… For those in Seoul, South Korea impacted by heavy flooding… For those in Europe who continue to navigate extreme temperatures… For those who are incarcerated… For educators…

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. Intercession prompts:  For those who are tending, harvesting and sharing seasonal produce… For communities in eastern Kentucky impacted by flooding… For communities in the western United States experiencing expanding wildfires… For collective engagement in the ELCA’s Truth-Seeking and Truth-Telling Initiative For those who…

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. Intercession prompts:  In gratitude for and solidarity with members of our community living with disabilities… For communities harmed by earthquakes in the Philippines and threatened by wildfires in California… For the life of Rev. Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo, the first Native American woman ordained…

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. Intercession prompts:  For those in London and all across Europe, experiencing record-high temperatures and facing the on-going threat of wildfires… For jurors, students, and families in the midst of the Parkland shooting sentencing trial… For the victims of the mall shooting in Indiana,…

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. Intercession prompts:  For the community of Highland Park, IL, and for all areas in our nation suffering recent gun violence… For Jayland Walker’s family and community following the release of police bodycam videos… For those injured and traumatized by gun violence, for grieving…

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. Intercession prompts:  For the apostle Thomas, whose life we commemorate this day: for the courage to name his questions, declare his belief, and for his devotion to Jesus… For those who will gather this weekend to celebrate our nation’s independence… For those affected…

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. Intercession prompts:  For those grieving, injured, and displaced after the earthquake in Afghanistan, and for all relief and aid efforts… For the people of Ethiopia, as their nation is torn apart by civil war… For those whose lives have been upended by the…