Opening Ourselves to the Work of God, A Prayer by Pastor Katy Stenta KatyandtheWord.com
(Please stand if you are able, if not you can do this prayer seated))
God thank you for bringing us here (Hands to heart)
Holy Spirit extend your presence across this space to our companions (stretch your hands in front of you as far as you can)
Jesus, spread your love and care that we are practicing here, to all of our neighbors and across the world (Open hands wide in an open armed gesture)
Bless us please, remind us that we are connected to all those saints who have come before us (Stretch your hands up as high as you can)
And help us to extend our work so that it touch those who come after us (Reach down as low as your can, then return upright)
Stretch us (Lean one direction)
Mold us (Lean the other direction()
And help us to become our true baptized selves in Jesus Christ (return to center)
In Jesus Christ we pray (Return hands to heart)
Amen
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Pastor Katy has enjoyed ministry at New Covenant since 2010, where the church has solidified its community focus. She now works at Capital CFO plus as the Non Profit Director. All opinions expressed on this blog are her own and do not reflect those of Capital CFO plus. 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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