Morning Prayer, 18Dec2023, the Monday after the Third Sunday of Advent

Officiant: Joan Engskow Attendees (6, including officiant): Ian Julie and Pete Pam Wendy Petitions, Intercessions & Thanksgivings: Ian: Pray for all who travel to be with family during this Christmas and holiday season Joan: Prayers for all who have contracted the COVID virus, particularly Ian and Debbie, and for all who suffer from illness at this time of year Ian: Thanksgiving for yesterday’s Christmas pageant, for the children and youth who participated, and for Mary Lou’s wonderful playwriting Joan: Thanksgiving for yesterday’s educational forum, in which we heard about Fr Groff’s background and calling Joan: Pray for those in areas of war, particularly Israelis and Palestinians, and in Ukraine; by Your grace, may these wars end soon Joan: Pray for those who are having surgery, particularly Lydia, who is having shoulder surgery today; may she heal and emerge from the surgery without pain