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Prayer Meetings at SSUMC

Let my prayer be counted as incense before thee, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice! - Psalm 141:2

Have you felt a need for more time for quiet? For communal prayer? For intercessory prayer? Prayer meetings will be held at School Street United Methodist Church Sundays at 7:00 p.m. and Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. All are welcome.

Please Pray for...

May they all continue to feel God’s healing presence and gain strength from their faith and prayers. Let us also pray for those looking for jobs and for those who are charged with the responsibility of guiding our country, that the Prince of Peace may guide them.  

About Taizé 

Taizé as a community and prayer began in 1940 by Brother Roger in France , and is now made up of over a hundred brothers from Catholic and various Protestant backgrounds from more than twenty-five nations. Taizé sees itself as a community of reconciliation between divided Christians and separated peoples. St. Anne’s Church in Gorham hosts a Taizé (pronounced “Teh-ZAY”) service on the second Sunday of each month. 

Some of the many United Methodist Churches with Taize services: St. Luke's, Grand Rapids, Christ United Methodist, East Heights

Taizé at St. Joseph's College

On Sunday, November 2^nd, all are invited to explore the Taizé method of prayer and song, one that offers a deeply moving spiritual experience through music, silence, prayer and image. If you are hungry for communion with the Divine and unity in worship in the search for what really matters, please join us for this simple, lovely service.

Our special guest is Brother John from the ecumenical, international Taizé Community in France, a community known for its music, its ministry of reconciliation and trust, and its outreach to young adults. Brother John will talk about how to apply your faith to your life at 7 p.m. on Nov. 2 in the Heffernan foyer, followed by a Taizé service at 9 p.m.

For more information please contact Abraham Schechter at ext. 7724 or Holly Zerrillo at ext. 7794. at St. Joseph's College

These prayers are from the Sacred Space prayer site and represent prayers for peace from the major world religions:

A Buddhist Prayer

Evoking the presence of the great compassion, let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings. Let us pray that all living beings realise that they are all brothers and sisters, all nourished from the same source of life.

A Muslim Prayer

O God! O our Master! You are eternal life and everlasting peace by your essence and attributes. The everlasting peace is from You and it returns to You. O our Sustainer! Grant us the life of true peace and usher us into the abode of peace. O Glorious and Bounteous One! You are blessed and sublime.

A Jewish Prayer

Cause us, O Father, to lie down in peace, and rise again to enjoy life. Spread over us the covering of your peace, guide us with your good counsel and save us for the sake of your name. Be a shield about us, turning away every enemy, disease, violence, hunger and sorrow. Shelter us in the shadow of your wings, for you are a God who guards and protects us, a ruler of mercy and compassion…. Blessed are you, Lord, who spreads the shelter of peace over us, over His people Israel, and over all the world.

A Jain Prayer

Lead me from death to Life, from falsehood to Truth.
Lead me from despair to Hope, from fear to Trust.
Lead me from hate to Love, from war to Peace.
Let Peace fill our heart, our world, our universe.
- Satish Kumar

A Sikh Prayer

By the grace of God's name
May humanity find itself lifted higher and higher.
In thy dispensation O Lord
Let there be good in all humanity.

A Hindu Prayer

Oh God, lead us from the unreal to the Real. Oh God, lead us from darkness to light. Oh God, lead us from death to immortality. Shanti (Peace), Shanti, Shanti unto all. Oh Lord God almighty, may there be peace in celestial regions. May there be peace on earth. May the waters be appeasing. May herbs be wholesome, and may trees and plants bring peace to all. May all beneficent beings bring peace to us. May thy peace itself bestow peace on all, and may that peace come to me also.

  A Baha'i Prayer

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be fair in thy judgement, and guarded in thy speech. Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness and a home to the stranger. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light to the feet of the erring. Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart and fruit upon the tree of humility.

 Christian Prayer of St Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred let me sow love.
Where there is injury; pardon.
Where there is doubt; faith.
Where there is despair; hope.
Where there is darkness; light.
Where there is sadness; joy.

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The Lord's Prayer

Jesus said to his disciples: 'When you pray, say this:

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. Lead us not into temptation, And deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory for ever and ever. Amen - Matthew 6:9-13

Glory Be to the Father (Gloria Patri)
      Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
  as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen

 

Prayer of Serenity
      God grant me the Serenity
to accept the things I
cannot change;

Courage to change the
things I can; and

Wisdom to know the
difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a
time; Accepting hardship
as the pathway to peace;

Taking, as He did, this
sinful world as it is, not
as I would have it;

Trusting that He will make
all things right if I
surrender to His will;

That I may be reasonably
happy in this life, and
supremely happy with Him
forever in the next.

Amen.
 
 - Reinhold Niebuhr, 20th Century
 
 
Morning Prayer
      My Heavenly Father, I thank You, through Jesus Christ, Your beloved Son, that You kept me safe from all evil and danger last night. Save me, I pray, today as well, from every evil and sin, so that all I do and the way that I live will please you. I put myself in your care, body and soul and all that I have. Let Your holy Angels be with me, so that the evil enemy will not gain power over me. Amen.
 
- Martin Luther, 16th Century
 
 
Evening Prayer
      My Heavenly Father, I thank You, through Jesus Christ, Your beloved Son, that You have protected me, by Your grace. Forgive, I pray, all my sins and the evil I have done. Protect me, by Your grace, tonight. I put myself in your care, body and soul and all that I have. Let Your holy angels be with me, so that the evil enemy will not gain power over me. Amen.
 
Martin Luther, 16th Century
 
 
 
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
 
St. Francis of Assisi, 13th century
 
 
 
Most high, glorious God 
enlighten the darkness of my heart
and give me, Lord,
    a correct faith,
    a certain hope,
    a perfect charity,
    sense and knowledge,
so that I may carry out 
your holy and true command.

Francis of Assisi, 13th century

 
 
Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve You as You deserve; to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labour and not to ask for reward save that of knowing I am doing Your Will.
 
St. Ignatius Loyola, 15th century
 
 
 
 

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Study of Praying Hands by Albrecht Durer from www.artrenewal.org/articles/2002/ Parkhurst/parkhurst5.asp

 

Dear Friends,  

      Sandy Dunton, Justine and myself have been serving on a Committee to raise funds for the MacPherson family. The next two pages in this newsletter are copies of the mailing we have been      sending out. They explain why the money is needed. To date we have raised over $16,000.

     We did not want to give out the mailing list here at School Street and decided we would have a special collection and forward the money to the National Transplant Assistance Fund in the name of the School Street United Methodist Church.

     As of this writing, Jean has had her transplant; and thank God, she has come through the surgery and is doing very well. Now expenses for future treatment and medicines really begin to mount!

     On Sunday, October 12th, we will be having a special collection for Jean and would request that your donation on that Sunday be placed in an envelope marked “Jean”. Checks can be made payable to the School Street UMC. If you can’t make it to church on that day, would you please send your donation to: Church Secretary, School Street UMC

   P.O. Box 607

  Gorham, ME 04038

     Thank you so much for any assistance you can give. If there was ever a benevolence that was close to home and close to the heart, this is it. Thank you on behalf of Jean and Andrew.

 

                                                        Ed Laverty