Washington Interreligious Staff Community
Faithful Budget Prayer Service
Offered by the PC(USA) Office of Public Witness
100 Maryland Avenue, NE, Washington, DC
June 27, 2012
Since Monday, June 18, the Faithful Budget Campaign has gathered daily on the front lawn of the United Methodist Building, across from the US Capitol, for prayer vigils in solidarity with the Nuns on the Bus tour. Today's prayer vigil was offered and led by the PC(USA) Office of Public Witness.
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OPW Fellow Blair Moorhead reads scripture during Wednesday's prayer service. |
Reader 1: “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?” (Luke 15:3b-4)
Reader 2: We are inspired by a common spiritual conviction that God has called on all citizens of the United States to protect the vulnerable and promote the dignity of all individuals living in our society.
All: With the help of our Creator, we aim to protect those struggling to overcome poverty in the U.S. and abroad and to exempt programs that protect people in poverty from the budget deficit debates. Help up Lord, we pray.
Sung by all: Spirit of the Living God fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God fall afresh on us.
Reader 3: Let us pray: We thank you for this day that you have made, O God. Your love upon all humanity is awesome. We pray that you will help our Congress understand the need to be just as loving toward those who are poor and rejected by our society. We pray for women and children who are made vulnerable through domestic cuts in SNAP, WIC and Head Start. We pray for college students whose federal loan interest rates are being debated. Let their interest in pursuing education be increased by accessible and affordable education. We pray for men and women who are trapped in a world that expects them to be providers, but instead builds more for-profit prisons to house them when the economic plight of our country is in turmoil.
All: Help us Lord, we pray.
Sung by all: Spirit of the Living God fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God fall afresh on us.
Sung by all: Spirit of the Living God fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God fall afresh on us.
All: Help us Lord, we pray.
Spirit of the living God fall afresh on us.
Reader 6: We pray for our Sisters who are traveling the country, spreading the message that a just and faithful budget is needed in these times. May our collective efforts to inform, instruct, and involve persons across this nation be for your glory. Keep us mindful that we do our work for You and not for ourselves.
All: Help us Lord, we pray.
Spirit of the living God fall afresh on us.

A Parting Reminder – J. Herbert Nelson
Sung by all: Spirit of the Living God fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God fall afresh on us.
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