Community Prayers

Closing Words

As we leave this sacred space of fellowship and go our different ways this afternoon, go with more love than you came with.  Go with more peace than you came with.  Go with more compassion than you came with.

Pause throughout the week and remember you are a part of the interconnected web of life.

Don’t forget to bless a stranger with a smile.  Tell the people in your life how much they mean to you.  And take a moment each day beginning today, to say thank you for all that you have.

May all who want to set out on a personal search for answers to the most profound questions of life feel empowered to do so.  May all who want to awaken to who they really are, feel empowered to do so.  May all who want to journey from confusion to meaning feel empowered to do so.  May all who want to feel connected to their original source do the work to make it so.

May you live your beliefs and feel at one with everyone and everything.

Blessing upon you,

Blessings upon me,

Blessings upon every living thing,

Blessed Be.

Rev. Dr. Monica L. Cumming

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Spirit of Life, of decay and sustenance, of leaf mould and loam, of death and rebirth,
I find strength in your touch upon my soul, your gift of beauty, breaking bud and rising sap.
I am restored by the peace, the stillness, the possibility that comes with rebirth, the moment of potential that promises Life.
May I live to give birth to the promise, to raise it up, to grow it strong and grow it wise–and may I be able to offer it to us all.
– The Rev. Adam Robersmith
March 2010
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A Prayer for ALL People

Let us hold in our prayers,
The women, men and children who have had their lives forever changed by earthquakes and have been injured or killed.
Let us hold in our prayers,
The family members and friends who live far away and who feel hopeless and helpless to support their family and friends.
Let us hold in our prayers,
Relief workers who have been injured.
Let us hold in our prayers,
The non-human beings that have been injured or killed.
Dear Unknown, Unknowable, Yet Known by Many Names,
We call out to you in this time of uncertainty, loss and pain.  May we have courage and compassion to support the people of Haiti and Chile.
May we have courage and compassion to work for economic  justice. May we have peace of mind and the inner wisdom to know that our work for economic justice is not in vain.
In the Spirit of all that came before us. In the Spirit of all that is present this moment. In the Spirit of all that will manifest in the future. We offer this prayer.
Amen and Blessed It Be.
Rev. Dr. Monica L. Cummings
Jan 2010
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A Prayer for the Johnson Family
My Dear Sisters,
Your lives will forever be changed.  The loss of a father and all the father-daughter relationship encompasses; your loss is indeed soul deep.  For there are few things in life that touch our hearts as deep as the love of a father.
My prayer for you in the moments and months ahead, is the strength to grieve your father’s death, and the ability to celebrate his memory.
Your family is close, continue to console each other.  Continue to depend on each other.  Continue to be patient with one another.
Your collective love and support will be your greatest gift to your father’s memory in the months and years to come.
May you feel the loving embrace of the Source of Life in your times of sorrow, and may you remain mindful that you are not alone.
Amen and Blessed Be
Rev. Dr. Monica L. Cummings