We join together in prayer. We praise God; we pray for our world, for the church, for ourselves, and we pray the Lord’s Prayer.
At the end of each petition, the leader will say:
Lord, in your mercy …
And the congregation may respond:
Hear our prayer.
Now we pray together the prayer our Lord taught us, saying:
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. 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, forever. Amen.