Our Shared Prayers

Praying in 2026

Mennonite Church Alberta's Three Priorities will be the focus for 2026, which may take the form of a prayer or a Menno Minute, or a something else! (Have an idea - please reach out!) But let's not lose sight of communal prayer, either.

Prayers will be added to this page throughout the year as it seems natural. If you, your church, family, small group, Sunday School Class or any other group has an idea for a prayer, please email Linda

June

24-June-26

Blessing

May your life be a river.

May you flow with the purpose

of the One who created

and called you,

who directs your course

and turns you ever

toward home.

May your way shimmer

with the light of Christ

who goes with you

who bears you up

who calls you by name.

May you move

with the grace of the Spirit

who brooded over

the face of the waters

at the beginning

and who will gather you in

at the end.

~ written by Jan L. Richardson, and posted on The Painted Prayerbook. http://paintedprayerbook.com/

17-June-26

A Prayer at Summer Solstice

Great Spirit of the sun, on this dawning of a new day

we turn our faces toward your radiance,

looking for your grace to shine upon us.

Creator of light, may your fire burn within us,

igniting passion, fueling growth, empowering action,

extending warmth to all with whom we connect this day.

On this longest day of the year, we celebrate life, abundance,

fertility, growth, fruitfulness, ripening,

color, strength, vitality, and richness.

Wendy Janzen, taken from Together in Worship

10-June-26

Reverence

'Wake and watch the universe shrug itself into wakefulness, and night surrenders slowly to day and shadow relinquishes itself to light. I watch this display and realize that the moon lives in the lining of my skin, the sun rises with my consciousness, and the earth thrums in the bottom of my feet. Everywhere I go, I take that sense of wonder and mystery with me.'

-an excerpt from the book, "Embers", by Richard Wagamese

3-June-26

A Benediction

Beloved, as you go from here, go with the knowledge that God loves you just as you are and
longs to be your companion in life.

Go knowing that God calls each of us to grace and love
and mercy. Go knowing that you are surrounded by a community that is seeking to follow
God, and that you are in good company.

Go, and be a light in the world.

Written by Debbie Bledsoe, Pastor at First Mennonite Church Edmonton

May

27-May-26

May 31 is Trinity Sunday

Call to Worship – Praise the Trinity

Praise God, our Creator and generous King.

Praise Jesus Christ, our Savior and loving Redeemer.

Praise the Holy Spirit, our Comforter and trustworthy Guide.

We worship you, Holy Trinity, the three-in-one.

Join in praise, people of faith.

Praise God!

Karen Bachman Nafziger (USA), 2013.

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Taken from Together In Worship

20-May-26

May the face of God’s radiance shine upon you.

May the light of Christ glimmer, sparkle, and gleam within you.

May his love dazzle, shimmer, and glisten

behind and before you, day and night.

May Christ’s love radiate in, around, and through you.

May his love sparkle, glitter, and glow as he comforts and restores you.

And may you be a blessing as your light beams and twinkles,

sharing his light with all the lives you touch.

Amen

Joy Wagler (Canada), 2023.

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Together in Worship www.togetherinworship.net

February

11-Feb-26

Dear Friends within MCA,

As we pastors gathered for prayer this morning, we were mindful of the tragic events in Tumbler Ridge. We read the story of Hagar from Genesis 21, as she is alone with her dying child. God hears her cries and sends a messenger to her, saying “Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.” God hears the cries of parents. God hears the cries of children where they are.

Knowing the shock and hurt felt by many of us in response to the events of Tuesday in BC, we offer this prayer. We recognize that our human tendency is to move quickly to blame or to solving problems. We want to do something. Yet, in times of tragedy, we are called to sit in the pain with the community of Tumbler Ridge. We join them in their sorrow, trusting in God’s comforting presence.

Please pray with us…

God, who hears our cries,

The people of Tumbler Ridge

are in grief and shock.

Hear their cries of rage, of disbelief, of anguish.

You promise that when we do not know how to pray,

your Holy Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.

Hear the sighs, the piercing cries, the tears.

In your mercy, Lord

Hear our prayer.

Just as you came to Hagar in her grief,

comfort and surround this community.