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It's okay if you don't have all the parts. The hope is that as this wall gets filled, we can build prayers based on people's contributions.

Maybe you have a petition, but no affirmation.

Maybe you are seeing ways to lament but don't get know how how to trust God.

As a community, we can bring together the parts we do have and make a whole.

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[Directions] 6 Major Parts of Lament Prayers

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[Directions] 6 Major Parts of Lament Prayers

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The next 6 columns are divided into the 6 parts of a lament, which are:

1. Address to God

2. Complaint (Laments)

3. Confession of Trust

4. Petition for Help

5. Statement of Praise

6. Affirmation of Assurance

Each one has a "prompt" card to help you write parts of a prayer. Respond to the prompting questions that speak to you. You can use text, audio, video, upload a file!

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Psalm 13 [NRSV]

Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

To the leader. A Psalm of David.

1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

2 How long must I bear paina in my soul,

and have sorrow in my heart all day long?

How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

3 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God!

Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

4 and my enemy will say, “I have prevailed”;

my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

5 But I trusted in your steadfast love;

my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

6 I will sing to the Lord,

because he has dealt bountifully with me.

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Psalm 42 [NRSV]

Longing for God and His Help in Distress

To the leader. A Maskil of the Korahites.

¹ As a deer longs for flowing streams,

so my soul longs for you, O God.

² My soul thirsts for God,

for the living God.

When shall I come and behold

the face of God?

³ My tears have been my food

day and night,

while people say to me continually,

“Where is your God?”

⁴ These things I remember,

as I pour out my soul:

how I went with the throng,a

and led them in procession to the house of God,

with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving,

a multitude keeping festival.

⁵ Why are you cast down, O my soul,

and why are you disquieted within me?

Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,

my help 6 and my God.

My soul is cast down within me;

therefore I remember you

from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,

from Mount Mizar.

⁷ Deep calls to deep

at the thunder of your cataracts;

all your waves and your billows

have gone over me.

⁸ By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,

and at night his song is with me,

a prayer to the God of my life.

⁹ I say to God, my rock,

“Why have you forgotten me?

Why must I walk about mournfully

because the enemy oppresses me?”

¹⁰ As with a deadly wound in my body,

my adversaries taunt me,

while they say to me continually,

“Where is your God?”

¹¹ Why are you cast down, O my soul,

and why are you disquieted within me?

Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,

my help and my God.

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If you feel comfortable, share prayers here, built from the contributions in each section or feel free to reinvent the format.

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How has God been there for you? For New Roots? Where has God's love revealed itself in the past?

If the memories cannot be retrieved, what do you hope trusting in God for this moment looks like?

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How would you like to start the conversation with God? What names of God speak to you in this moment? What parts of God's character would you most like to see?

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What specific situation or feeling is causing you pain, confusion, or sorrow? How would you describe the impact of this struggle on your life or faith? Are there any questions or “why” statements you want to express to God about what you're facing?

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What specific situation do you want to bring to God's attention? What needs or support are you looking for from God?

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How would you like to respond if or when God answers this prayer? How will you commit to praise, gratitue and trust as you wait? Despite the answer, what can you find to praise about God from the things you believe God is working on and through (you, New Roots, the world, etc.)?

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Help us to organize ourselves in such a way that we form a web of support around those who will be most impacted by the terrors 47 has already started to unleash. Show us where we are strong enough to do this work and prepared enough to be agents of subversive change.

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How can you reaffirm that God hears and sees you, even if you can’t see a change yet?

Where do you see God's promises unfolding? Where do you feel God's comfort?

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I trust you as you are named by this community that is reimagining what Church can look like. I trust you to unfold your vision for true kin(g)dom in this world.

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God you have already provided for me in ways that make it possible for me to care for myself in this season. I thank you for the tools you've given me and the community that I can lean on that you've surrounded me with.

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God who sees, are you seeing us now? Do you have your eyes on this beloved church?'

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I will praise you as I write, speak and sing. I will praise you with each reminder that I am not alone.

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We are shocked and confused by the results of this election. How can we move in faith when we've watched our hopes get crushed? Why must we share the label Christian with those who hold nationalist beliefs? Do you see what this is doing to your reputation?

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This resource is an introduction to nonviolent organizing. Reading it helped me feel a bit more hopeful about what we can do as we find energy to meet this moment.

There are several training links at the bottom. I especially loved the one called "How Social Movements Win," which is an introductory course on movement work

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time to level up / an early draft of a playbook

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God of love and patience, who holds so much space for us and also holds us close when the space of the world is too much…

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I grieve and pray for people whose sense of home, protection, and dignity (home in an expansive heart-sense of belonging and shelter, not restricted to stationary residence) are threatened. I lament that so many people are not guaranteed these. Especially in my heart are children losing and separated from caregivers through the ongoing violence of war, genocide, and border enforcement.

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God, I trust that you tend to what we cannot, that you know our pain as deeply as we do, and that when we feel the world’s pain it is because you are moving and calling us all to love.

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Guide us to see where we are responsible and capable to act, to change our ways; hold us in your grace and patience when we fall short; help us generate love/justice/freedom from what feels like anger and grief right now; keep us close together so that we can remember the power of your love amidst it all.

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I praise you God for berries and flowers on a late November walk, candlelight on too-short days, gatherings with friends around dining tables, confessions of curiosity rather than doubt, reliability of loved ones, gentle transitions.

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God, I feel your presence and power whenever I remember my breath, when I give attention to the space in my body. God, you assure so gently in my interactions with friends and community members who are looking out for each other and seeking to be with each other. Thank you.

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Creator of the Universe who exists before time, who sees everything, who has watched humanity from the time that you brought us into existence. God who has been through so many moments of transition and collapse.....

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Dear God, I have written nightly letters to you as a child and teenager and you have answered. In my 30's and many hundreds of miles from my family of origin I began to pray publicly and privately to Dear Mother Father God and You began to answer when I least expected in symbols and phrases sometimes spoken to me randomly by strangers. You always answered if I was patient even during my times of distress.

Now I see and am reminded of your blessings and instruction in the dancing light reflections on the ceiling above a warm pool of water.

In this time of hurt and pain and devision among your children, we need you now more than ever. Speak and dance for me now and I promise to be listening. Now I weep and want to be cradled in your hands. I am seeking your touch, your connection, your joy and understanding. Help me rise in strength and understanding to do your work...be your voice....be your support in this our community.

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God - I am realizing that I am not just sad about where we are as a world - I am frustrated that we can't be honest about how this situation has been brewing for years. Both in our churches and in our social justice movements we have lost a deep love for your people. We have not prioritized deep connection as we have retreated more deeply into our social media constructed bubbles. Before you can help us shift, we need to be honest about where we are. Please help us to see. Please help us to repent and want to change. And let it start with me - help me to see where I am complicit - how I need to change and how I can do it in a way that invites others in.

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A Holiday Memorial: A Candle Ritual of Remembrance 

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A Holiday Memorial: A Candle Ritual of Remembrance 

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This is a resource Rahn shared this past Sunday (Dec. 22). Helpful for those who are grieving losses during this season.

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Check out this Real Estate Flyer designed by Rose Percy.