Lord Jesus, God, brother, healer, hope of the world. I pray for all those who are seeking asylum. No matter what the reason, no matter who they are. Those who are political, religious or emotional refugees from their home, how can I not cry out on their behalf. There are so many kinds of homelessness in the world Lord, and my heart breaks for all those who cannot find sanctuary, sabbath and peace. How can we do better? How can we find space for the sanctuary, sabbath and peace? How can we open our doors to those who have nowhere else to go? How? Lend us your Holy Spirit so we may build places of safety for all of your children to go home to…every single one.
Amen
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Pastor Katy has enjoyed ministry at New Covenant since 2010, where the church has solidified its community focus. Prior to that she studied both Theology and Christian Formation at Princeton Theological Seminary. She also served as an Assistant Chaplain at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital and as the Christian Educational Coordinator at Bethany Presbyterian at Bloomfield, NJ.
She is an writer and is published in Enfleshed, Sermonsuite, Presbyterian's today and Outlook. She writes prayers, liturgy, poems and public theology and is pursuing her doctorate in ministry in Creative Write and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
She enjoys working within and connecting to the community, is known to laugh a lot during service, and tells as many stories as possible. Pastor Katy loves reading Science Fiction and Fantasy, theater, arts and crafts, music, playing with children and sunshine, and continues to try to be as (w)holistically Christian as possible.
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