Creator God,
You made all, whether we see it or not.
And Your creative impulse
did not fizzle out with the stars;
You create anew, even still.

We are the work of Your hands,
an ongoing work, ever unfinished.
May we remain pliable,
submitting to Your will,
standing firm in Your strength
and not in our own.

Reveal Yourself to us
in ways that we can comprehend You
and in ways that we cannot.
Search us out and know us,
so that we may better know You.

Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

Restorer God,
In the midst of our mourning and grief
over the damage wrought by Hurricane Dorian,
the devastation in the Bahamas,
the destruction in North Carolina,
and the disturbances along the east coast,
we ask for Your mercy.

Have mercy upon all those affected,
those who have lost all:
loved ones, homes, identities.
Have mercy upon the helpers,
the first responders and clean-up crews,
guard their hearts as they do holy work.

Give us, Your Church, resolve
to care for Your world
and all Your creation in it.

Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

Healer God,
We place our community at Your feet.
Where we need healing,
we ask for Your provision.
Heal our illnesses, our hearts,
our emotional hurts, our past traumas.

For those in our Sanctuary community
suffering from lack,
we ask for Your sustenance.
Sustain us financially, materially, emotionally,
so that we may overflow Your love
into one another, the Tulsa area,
the state of Oklahoma, our nation, and the world.

We humbly ask that You guide us to healing
of past wounds, of systemic hurts
committed in the names of leaders long gone.
Bring restoration and instill in us a commitment
to do the difficult work of unity.

We also lift up to You our own prayers now,
either silently or aloud:

[Silence]

All this we ask through Christ, our Lord. Amen.