The following offerings on this webpage include: The Apostles' Creed, The Nicene Creed, and The Lord's Prayer.  We list here, too, those on St Mary's Prayer list and the List of those in the Military for whom we pray in the Daily Cycle of Prayer and at our Holy Eucharists. Also, we've added the Collect for Evangelism and some additional devotions. If you have someone whose name you would like to have included for prayer, please contact us.  Also, you can click on links to websites where you can engage in Morning, Noonday, Evening Prayers and others. If that would be a preferred prayer practice for you, there are several websites to choose from, for example, www.missionstclare.com . Or, you can join into a format for the Daily Cycle of Prayer below. Daily prayer is found within The Book of Common Prayer. We invite you join us in prayer, here through our website...at our church, especially on Sunday mornings. Prayer is opening...it invites us into a deeper relationship with our God, who is always present with us.
 

The Apostles' Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth, I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

 

 

"Teacher, which commmandment in the law is the greatest?" Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind."  This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: "You shall love your neighbor as your self." On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."  Matthew 22: 36 - 40 

 

 The Lord's Prayer  

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
 

The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.  We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation, he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. we acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

 

Collect for Evangelism

Holy God, Your Son called us to wrap the whole world in your saving embrace.  By your Holy Spirit, give us compassion, purpose and energy to invite into your church those who do not yet know the transforming power of your love.  We ask this through him who has brought us from darkness into light, your son, our savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

A Prayer for Healing

Loving and tender God, touch my heart with hope, touch my mind with clarity, touch my soul with peace, and touch my body with the warmth of your healing presence.

Grant me courage to face the future, insight to understand life's trials, wisdom to discern how I can touch the lives of others, and the comfort of people who care about me as I reach for your loving hands.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

                 - from Healing Words for Healing People by Deborah Patterson

 

 

Devotions for the "Daily Cycle of Prayer"
 

1. From Psalm 51:  Open my lips, O Lord.   And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.  Create in me a clean heart, O God.   And renew a right spirit within me.   Cast me not away from your presence   And take not your Holy Spirit from me.  Give me joy of your saving help again    And sustain me with your bountiful spirit.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit   As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever.         Amen

2. Collect printed in the weekly bulletin or to be found in the Book of Common Prayer or through online links.

Readings from the bulletin or to be found in The Book of Common Prayer or through online links, include (we offer examples following):  (a) the Lesson.  (b) the Epistle and  (c) the Gospel

3. 1 Peter 1:3:     Blessed be God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ  By His great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

A period of silence follows. You may wish to consider your hopes and prayers for today.

4. Prayers are offered for ourselves and others: (a) the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer and (b) the prayers from our list of parishioners who are ill, shut-in, at care facilities, and (c) at St Mary's, prayers for service people whose names have been provided to us.

 

 St Mary's Prayer List:

Tom Anderson, Ginny Anderson, Louise Bartholomew, Ethel Boyer, Wanda Castro, Suzanne Demski, Skip, Lisa and Carly Dorman, Willy, Jeanine, Jonathan & David Dorman, Barbara Eshenaur, Rosie Genna, Lillian Gibson, Michelle Hammond, Harry Hart, Sammi Hill, Joyce Hiller, Gary & Cindy Hogman, Marcia Kapps, Ardelle Kielman, Margaret Lavallee, Johanna LeVan, The Rev. Canon Bill Lewellis, Corey Lopez, Bishop Paul Marshall, Mike Martinez, Rebecca Moatz,  Anthony Parise, Jean Peiffer, Grace Robbins, Dottie Scheib, Marny Shope, Norma Szajna, Barry Walters, Arthur White, John Yingling and Raymond Young.

Prayers for those in the Armed Forces of our Country:

Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trails and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Eron Fick, Frank Lobash, James Lobash, Beverly Phillips, Adam Rickert, Walter Von Buskirk, and Robert Wilkins. We offer our prayers, too, for our men and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for their families, for the fallen members of our coalition partners and their families, and for the citizens of Iraq and Afghanistan, and all war-torn countries who have died, unnamed and unknown to us, for those who mourn...and for an end to this endless war.

 

5. The Lord's Prayer:   Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

 6. The Concluding Collect:  Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought us in safety to this new day.  Preserve us with your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity, and in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose through Jesus Christ our Lord.   Amen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following offerings on this webpage include: The Apostles' Creed, The Nicene Creed, and The Lord's Prayer.  We list here, too, those on St Mary's Prayer list and the List of those in the Military for whom we pray in the Daily Cycle of Prayer and at our Holy Eucharists. Also, we've added the Collect for Evangelism and some additional devotions. If you have someone whose name you would like to have included for prayer, please contact us.  Also, you can click on links to websites where you can engage in Morning, Noonday, Evening Prayers and others. If that would be a preferred prayer practice for you, there are several websites to choose from, for example, www.missionstclare.com . Or, you can join into a format for the Daily Cycle of Prayer below. Daily prayer is found within The Book of Common Prayer. We invite you join us in prayer, here through our website...at our church, especially on Sunday mornings. Prayer is opening...it invites us into a deeper relationship with our God, who is always present with us.
 

The Apostles' Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth, I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

 

 

"Teacher, which commmandment in the law is the greatest?" Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind."  This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: "You shall love your neighbor as your self." On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."  Matthew 22: 36 - 40 

 

 The Lord's Prayer  

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
 

The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.  We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation, he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. we acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

 

Collect for Evangelism

Holy God, Your Son called us to wrap the whole world in your saving embrace.  By your Holy Spirit, give us compassion, purpose and energy to invite into your church those who do not yet know the transforming power of your love.  We ask this through him who has brought us from darkness into light, your son, our savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

A Prayer for Healing

Loving and tender God, touch my heart with hope, touch my mind with clarity, touch my soul with peace, and touch my body with the warmth of your healing presence.

Grant me courage to face the future, insight to understand life's trials, wisdom to discern how I can touch the lives of others, and the comfort of people who care about me as I reach for your loving hands.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

                 - from Healing Words for Healing People by Deborah Patterson

 

 

Devotions for the "Daily Cycle of Prayer"
 

1. From Psalm 51:  Open my lips, O Lord.   And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.  Create in me a clean heart, O God.   And renew a right spirit within me.   Cast me not away from your presence   And take not your Holy Spirit from me.  Give me joy of your saving help again    And sustain me with your bountiful spirit.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit   As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever.         Amen

2. Collect printed in the weekly bulletin or to be found in the Book of Common Prayer or through online links.

Readings from the bulletin or to be found in The Book of Common Prayer or through online links, include (we offer examples following):  (a) the Lesson.  (b) the Epistle and  (c) the Gospel

3. 1 Peter 1:3:     Blessed be God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ  By His great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

A period of silence follows. You may wish to consider your hopes and prayers for today.

4. Prayers are offered for ourselves and others: (a) the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer and (b) the prayers from our list of parishioners who are ill, shut-in, at care facilities, and (c) at St Mary's, prayers for service people whose names have been provided to us.

 

 St Mary's Prayer List:

Tom Anderson, Ginny Anderson, Louise Bartholomew, Ethel Boyer, Wanda Castro, Suzanne Demski, Skip, Lisa and Carly Dorman, Willy, Jeanine, Jonathan & David Dorman, Barbara Eshenaur, Rosie Genna, Lillian Gibson, Michelle Hammond, Harry Hart, Sammi Hill, Joyce Hiller, Gary & Cindy Hogman, Marcia Kapps, Ardelle Kielman, Margaret Lavallee, Johanna LeVan, The Rev. Canon Bill Lewellis, Corey Lopez, Bishop Paul Marshall, Mike Martinez, Rebecca Moatz,  Anthony Parise, Jean Peiffer, Grace Robbins, Dottie Scheib, Marny Shope, Norma Szajna, Barry Walters, Arthur White, John Yingling and Raymond Young.

Prayers for those in the Armed Forces of our Country:

Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trails and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Eron Fick, Frank Lobash, James Lobash, Beverly Phillips, Adam Rickert, Walter Von Buskirk, and Robert Wilkins. We offer our prayers, too, for our men and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for their families, for the fallen members of our coalition partners and their families, and for the citizens of Iraq and Afghanistan, and all war-torn countries who have died, unnamed and unknown to us, for those who mourn...and for an end to this endless war.

 

5. The Lord's Prayer:   Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

 6. The Concluding Collect:  Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought us in safety to this new day.  Preserve us with your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity, and in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose through Jesus Christ our Lord.   Amen.