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Prayer Around the Table for Home Use

The Season of Harvest, October 2020

This is a way to create a Sabbath around an evening meal once a week, or more frequently if you wish.  It is designed to be simple, flexible, for one or for several participants.
 
A candle is lighted
Praise
Glory to God, who has brought us to the evening of this day.  May the Holy Spirit cover us with grace. Come Lord Jesus, bring your peace. Amen.
 
Bible Reading
In Preparation for the reading someone may say:
Turn for help to God who is your strength and constantly seek God’s presence.  Remember the marvelous things the Most High has done: the wonders, and the judgments God has given.
 
The Scripture is selected and read.  It can be a lesson from the most recent Sunday, or one of the following: Deuteronomy 8:6-10, John 15:1-5, John 21:3-11
 
Prayer
God of all the earth, you have given us the heritage of this good and fertile land;
Grant that we may so respect and use it, that others may thank us for what we leave to them.
 
Personal prayer may follow.
 
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
As we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
And deliver us from evil. 
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and forever.  Amen. 
 
The meal is shared. 
 
At the end of the meal, the candle is extinguished with a brief prayer:
God, with your Word and your presence you nourish us.  Bring out of our lives a harvest of love and hope to share with all whom we meet.  Amen.

Daily Prayer in the Home

Resources from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

https://blogs.elca.org/worship/2044/

Faith and Race Conversations
Lutheran Church of the San Juans

Thursday Evenings, Oct 1, 15, 29, and Nov 12
7:00-8:15 PM, via Zoom

Sign Up: Email (annehall@familyhealing.com) or call (360.468.3025) Anne Hall. 

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body — Jews or Greeks, slaves or free —and we were all made to drink of one Spirit ... if one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it.” (1 Cor 12:12-13, 26) 

The violent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless other black and brown people at the hands of police have further catalyzed a decades-long movement for racial justice across our country. As people of faith, we believe that we are intimately connected with our neighbors and all of creation through Christ. And yet, it can be hard to act on this solidarity when our life experiences seem so different or we feel far away from places of injustice.

Aware of these potential barriers to loving our neighbors, what could it look like for us to intentionally engage the complex reality of racism in ourselves and the world around us? How might the vulnerability and discomfort this risk requires open us up more fully to God’s liberating work happening in our midst?

The recent Juneteenth sermon of Rev. Priscilla Austin was a powerful example of the Spirit at work in our own Northwest Washington Synod. Rev. Austin and other leaders from the Synod’s Strategic Team for Authentic Diversity have developed resources for faith communities seeking to “dismantle white supremacy in ourselves, our congregations, and the wider church.”

If you’ve been stirred by the call for racial justice and are wondering where to start, join us for a series of five sessions as we consider these resources and how we can engage this important topic as people of faith. The sessions will be held over Zoom and co-facilitated by Jess Ingman and Anne Hall. We will share prayer, engage in conversation, and consider options for ongoing reflection and action.
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Dates: Zoom sessions will be held over five Thursday evenings from 7-8:15 PM (Sept 17, Oct 1, 15, 29, and Nov 12). Participants will be asked to review short articles or online videos in between each session to prepare for our conversations.