Menu
North Shore Baptist Church
  • Home
  • Who We Are
    • About Us
    • Three Congregations
      • Congregación Hispana
      • English Congregation
      • Karen Congregation
    • Our Covenant
    • Pastors
    • Staff
      • Office Staff
      • Music Staff
      • Missionaries
    • Newsletters
  • Ministries
    • Children & Youth
      • Children's Stories Online
      • Youth Fellowship
      • Scholarship Program
    • Adult Small Groups
    • Counseling
    • Refugee Ministries
    • Mission Projects
    • Affiliate Ministries
    • Wilbur Warner Grant Program
  • Worship
    • Worship Schedule
    • Weekly Bulletin
    • Online Resources
      • English Language Sermons
    • Music
  • Donate
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Who We Are
    • About Us
    • Three Congregations
      • Congregación Hispana
      • English Congregation
      • Karen Congregation
    • Our Covenant
    • Pastors
    • Staff
      • Office Staff
      • Music Staff
      • Missionaries
    • Newsletters
  • Ministries
    • Children & Youth
      • Children's Stories Online
      • Youth Fellowship
      • Scholarship Program
    • Adult Small Groups
    • Counseling
    • Refugee Ministries
    • Mission Projects
    • Affiliate Ministries
    • Wilbur Warner Grant Program
  • Worship
    • Worship Schedule
    • Weekly Bulletin
    • Online Resources
      • English Language Sermons
    • Music
  • Donate
  • Contact Us

A Litany For Peace

9/29/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Compiled from prayers of the English-language congregation

Lee en español
​
Peace is hard to hold, seeming to slip away amidst the chaos of our world.  Pain, pollution, prejudice, gun violence and greed, fear, self-doubt, and inequality, illness, and constant stress create a haze.

 A haze that seeps into every level of our society, into our homes and our hearts, into our governments. 

When divisions are soul deep, binding connections become divisive endings.  We fail to connect.

Hate cancels hope.  Greed covers for hate.  For every ray of light, there are more shadows. 

In this place,

We seek to create a space that is safe for even a moment, where people feel accepted and loved.  Where they love and accept themselves, and bask in that feeling.  For God wants us to be happy and love one another.
As we leave this place,

We seek to live boldly in a world of fear.  To love with the love of God, which heals the woundedness in the world.  To speak truth, to honor people, to name bullies.

We resolve to strive for equality.  To answer selfishness with giving, to meet self-doubt with the encouragement of friends.  To answer ignorance with education, imagination, and artistic expression. And above all, to hope.

The world around us may be chaotic.  Our challenge is to find God and find peace not in spite of this chaos, but through the chaos.

 The peace that Jesus gave makes us calm in the midst of the storm.  “In this world, you will have trouble.  But take heart!  I have overcome the world.”
​

God, use your church to be an example of your will for our world.  Give us strength to speak out, act out, and believe what is right and good in your sight.  Use us as your hands and feet of justice, peace, and love.  Reveal to us what you would have us be.  Amen.
​
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    August 2024
    February 2022
    January 2022
    November 2021
    April 2021
    February 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017

    Categories

    All
    By Church Members
    David Gregg
    Events
    Kathryn Ray
    Saw Solomon Opehtoo
    Yuki Scroggins

    RSS Feed

Who We Are

worship

Donate

contact

calendar

North Shore Baptist Church
5244 N. Lakewood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60640 | Phone: 773-728-4200| Website by RyTech, LLC
Picture