We are praying for you.
We always pray for you. During Lent,
however, we are making a particular commitment to pray for one another.
As we get acquainted, we become aware of the
many ways those around us touch the city. In our congregation there are
librarians and landscapers, a bus driver and a baby-group member, politicians
and potters, artists and activists, researchers and reverends! Some of us are
preparing for professions and others are retired. Some are mentors and others
put their shoulder to the grindstone.
As we move about the city, remembering to
pray for one another, we see the gifts of thoughtfulness, care, and spirit that
keep us persevering in neighbourhoods, school boards, nursing homes,
associations and friendships. The energy to maintain and nourish hope comes
from a deep abiding place, and I for one could not keep on without it.
Or, as John Wesley said, “The best of all,
God is with us.”
May the nourishment of prayer sustain you
the need to pray encourage you, and
the nearness of God hold you.
The Rev. Dr. Catherine Faith MacLean