Weekly Call to Prayer

 

 

 

Call to Prayer-The MCC Elders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We lift up our eyes to You, God of many names,

 

So You can send the Holy Spirit to us, and inspire us for a new Pentecost

 

For the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches;

 

May it infuse the gifts of dedication, commitment, loyalty and sustained love,

 

Through the call to continue expanding the Radically Inclusive Message from the Gospel.

 

 

 

May we acknowledge that diversity and difference will always be enriching,

 

Even with our varied views and understandings we can reach unity;

 

And what is truly important is to continue responding,

 

After these first 50 years, to the vision and mission You have set for us all.

 

 

 

May General Conference be a time for prayer--in many languages, uniting and strengthening our faith.

 

 

 

In Your many names, and from different spots on Earth, we pray,

 

 

Amen.

 

Prayer submitted by
REV. ELDER HECTOR GUTIERREZ
Council of Elders
Metropolitan Community Churches

 

 

 And for anyone who is in Christ, there is a new creation. the old order has passed away; now everything is new!  All of this is from God, who ransomed us through Christ—and made us ministers of that reconciliation.  This means that through Christ, the world was fully reconciled again to God, who didn’t hold our transgressions against us,  but instead entrusted us with this message of reconciliation. -2 Corinthians 5: 17-19