Dear Pastors and Prayer Leaders in the Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast,

Our Diocesan Synod is coming up next Friday and Saturday.  Bishop Clark has asked me to organize a ministry of prayer for the synod.  Time is short, so I am counting on you to help me get the word out to those in your congregation that are gifted in prayer.  There are several opportunities for service at the synod and one opportunity that can take place at home.  We are looking for home intercessors, and intercessors and prayer team members who will be at Synod.  Please email billkotlan@gmail.com and let me know your email address and which time slots you are available to pray.

Prayer for Parish Meeting

Almighty and everliving God, source of all wisdom and
understanding, be present with those who take counsel
at the St. Timothy's Parish Meeting and DWGC Diocesan Synod this week 
for the renewal and mission of your Church.
Teach us in all things to seek first your honor and glory. Guide
us to perceive what is right, and grant us both the courage to
pursue it and the grace to accomplish it; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for an Election

Almighty God, to whom we must account for all our powers
and privileges: Guide the people of the United States (or of
this community) in the election of officials and representatives;
that, by faithful administration and wise laws, the rights of
all may be protected and our nation be enabled to fulfill your
purposes; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Pray for Spring, Texas

Father,

We lift up to you our neighbors in Spring Texas. You have given us a commission to share your love with them. We ask that you would turn our hearts to you, strengthen us to serve you by calling and praying for our neighbors. Let us be a light and blessing to them through the power of your Holy Spirit. We pray for them, that you would heal their bodies, comfort them in sorrow and affliction, forgive them their sins and bring them into relationship with you through Jesus Christ our Lord. May your peace so encompass Spring that your name may be glorified by all people.

Thank you for your love and faithfulness to us and our neighbors.

For the Victims of Addiction

Blessed Lord, you ministered to all who came to you: Look with compassion upon all who through addiction have lost their health and freedom. Restore to them the assurance of your unfailing mercy; remove from them the fears that beset them; strengthen them in the work of their recovery; and to those who care for them, give patient understanding and persevering love. Amen.

Wake my Soul with All Things Living

Wake my soul with all things living
thanks be giving to the Source of life and day
Sunlight comes and gone confusion, night's illusion,
like the starlightfades away.

All your hopeful plans confessing
ask for blessing on that good which you would do
but if you should need correction, ask direction
pray for purpose clear and new.

Cry for help, when griefs assail you,
good friends fail you, life seems hopeless, death appears.
One whose child knew deep affliction, crucifixion,
ever waits to dry your tears.

Wake my soul with all things living
thanks be giving to the Source of life and day
Sunlight comes and gone confusion, night's illusion,
like the starlightfades away.

Canticle 12 A Song of Creation

Glorify the Lord, all you works of the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

In the firmament of his power, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

I The Cosmic OrderGlorify the Lord, you angels and all powers of the Lord,
*O heavens and all waters above the heavens.

Sun and moon and stars of the sky, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, every shower of rain and fall of dew,
*all winds and fire and heat.

Winter and Summer, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, O chill and cold,
*drops of dew and flakes of snow>

Frost and cold, ice and sleet, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, O nights and days,
*O shining light and enfolding dark.

Storm clouds and thunderbolts, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

II The Earth and its Creatures

Let the earth glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, O mountains and hills,and all that grows upon the earth,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, O springs of water, seas, and streams,
*O whales and all that move in the waters.

All birds of the air, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, O beasts of the wild,
*and all you flocks and herds.

O men and women everywhere, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

III The People of God

Let the people of God glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, O priests and servants of the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, O spirits and souls of the righteous,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

You that are holy and humble of heart, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Doxology

Let us glorify the Lord: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

In the firmament of his power, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.