Devotional Resources

The links below are intended to assist you in your daily devotion. Their inclusion here is intended to enrich your relationship with Christ. Next Sunday's scripture reading is included at the bottom of this page.

The Lectionary provides full text of Sunday Bible Readings.

The Daily Office is another good devotional.

The Book of Common Prayer contains all the approved forms for Common worship in the Episcopal Church. This is a good reference for any Christian.

Prayer Requests

Below you will find a form for submitting prayer request to the church. Please designate in your request whether you would like to have the request passed on to the parish and its ministries. Any request with out designation will be considered a request for private prayer by the Pastor/Rector and will not be further dessiminated. All prayer requests are reviewed by the Pastor/Rector.

The form below is not intended to be used for confessions or other requests for spiritual guidance. Should you require such spiritual assistance it is recommended you contact the Pastor/Rector to discuss those issues further. In such cases Father/Pastor Cal can be reached at calvingirvin@yahoo.com.

Don’t forget that we have Church School at 10:00 am each Sunday. Come and learn more about the Scriptures we will be reading in church that Sunday.

Prayer List

Please include the following people in your personal prayers.

We also pray for those with special needs, including Jo, Cleo, Peggy, Red, Anne, Tye, Betty, Jane, Richard, Robert, Kim, Brian, Sam, Kathy, Jeff, Mike, Elizabeth, Tommy, Dennis, Billy, Melissa, Alisha, Maxine, Hilda, Bob, Louise, Jarred, Errol, Barbara, Ralph, Betty, Bill, Kim, Julia, Amanda, Cooper, George <!--[if !supportAnnotations]--><!--[endif]--> , Diana, Jenna, Marvin, Tricia, Lavell, Mary, Jeffrey <!--[if !supportAnnotations]--> , Beth, Becky <!--[if !supportAnnotations]--> <!--[endif]--> <!--[if !supportAnnotations]--> <!--[endif]--> <!--[if !supportAnnotations]--><!--[endif]--> [and _____] . May they receive healing, hope, and comfort, we pray to you, O Lord.

Let us also pray for those serving in the military. Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping Heather, Robert, Miriam, Jolene, Briana, David, Leah, Brian, the Riendeau family, Mike, Bo, Kain, Paul, Justin, Sam, Jim, John , Kial and 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 trials 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. Amen .

Helpful Prayers

Here are some prayers which may be of help to you:

For Joy in God's Creation

O heavenly Father, you have filled the world with beauty:

Open our eyes to behold your gracious hand in all your works;

that, rejoicing in your whole creation, we may learn to serve

you with gladness; for the sake of him through whom all

things were made, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Peace

Eternal God, in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn

but the sword of righteousness, no strength known but the

strength of love: So mightily spread abroad your Spirit, that

all peoples may be gathered under the banner of the Prince of

Peace, as children of one Father; to whom be dominion and

glory, now and for ever. Amen.

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 trials 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.

For the Poor and the Neglected

Almighty and most merciful God, we remember before you

all poor and neglected persons whom it would be easy for us

to forget: the homeless and the destitute, the old and the sick,

and all who have none to care for them. Help us to heal those

who are broken in body or spirit, and to turn their sorrow

into joy. Grant this, Father, for the love of your Son, who for

our sake became poor, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the Victims of Addiction

O blessed Lord, you ministered to all who came to you: Look

with compassion upon all who through addiction have lost

their health and freedom. Restore to them the assurance of

your unfailing mercy; remove from them the fears that beset

them; strengthen them in the work of their recovery; and to

those who care for them, give patient understanding and

persevering love. Amen .

For Guidance

Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings with your most gracious

favor, and further us with your continual help; that in all our

works begun, continued, and ended in you, we may glorify

your holy Name, and finally, by your mercy, obtain everlasting

life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen .

A Prayer attributed to St. Francis

Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is

hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where

there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where

there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where

there is sadness, joy. Grant that we 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. Amen.

A General Thanksgiving

Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you have

done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole

creation, for the beauty of this world, for the wonder of life,

and for the mystery of love.

We thank you for the blessing of family and friends, and for

the loving care which surrounds us on every side.

We thank you for setting us at tasks which demand our best

efforts, and for leading us to accomplishments which satisfy

and delight us.

We thank you also for those disappointments and failures

that lead us to acknowledge our dependence on you alone.

Above all, we thank you for your Son Jesus Christ; for the

truth of his Word and the example of his life; for his steadfast

obedience, by which he overcame temptation; for his dying,

through which he overcame death; and for his rising to life

again, in which we are raised to the life of your kingdom.

Grant us the gift of your Spirit, that we may know him and

make him known; and through him, at all times and in all

places, may give thanks to you in all things. Amen.