The Northern Prayer House: Prayer from the Chairman, Together Lancashire

Friday 28 October 2016

Prayer from the Chairman, Together Lancashire

Loving, generous God,

We praise you for our creation, your sustaining grace and your loving
forgiveness and redemption.

The beauty of the world around us this autumn is marred by our fears,
anxieties and the results of the greed which consumes us. We have failed to
live our lives as we have been taught. Forgive us, gracious God.

Grant us, O Lord,

- the trust to live our lives as Jesus teaches us still,
- the courage to put others before ourselves and not to count the cost
- the vision to be prophetic and creative in ways which honour You
- the assurance of knowing that your guidance will always be before us.

In the name of Christ, we offer this prayer.

Amen

Ken Wales, Chair, Together Lancashire

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What it's all about

The Northern Prayerhouse –handing on a basket full of prayers from area to area across the North of England.

Together Lancashire invites faith groups across the North of England to take part in series of prayer events and activities with a focus on tackling poverty and deprivation.

The North of England has a long history of being a House of Prayer. From the Celtic saints of Northumbria, the great abbeys, the Cathedrals and Minsters, the early, dissenters and Quakers, the Methodist revival in the midst of the industrial revolution, there has been a deep spiritual longing to transform the world as it is into the world as it ought to be.

Christian organisations and networks are addressing challenges of poverty. As austerity measures continue to bite, faith groups continue to respond, ever more stretched through lack of resources, and burdened by the higher expectations from the public sector that we can pick up the pieces.

We wish to recognise the hard work, the pressures being faced by those who care and those we care for, and the resilience and expertise of people in local communities who are at the sharp end. At the same time, we wish to highlight areas of injustice and to appeal to decision makers and to God for change.

Each area will offer prayers from your neighbour as well as your own. Your prayers will be easily transferred via an electronic ‘basket’ to a neighbouring area; there is scope for those who would like to be “pilgrim heralds/angels/messengers” to make journeys to neighbouring centres in person in the real world.