Bishop's 2022 Appeal: Prayers

Bishop Deon Johnson shares this prayer (in two versions) to use during our appeal. We encourage parishes to include the prayer in your weekly services. We encourage individuals to pray this prayer as you consider your gift to support Diocesan ministry.

Holy and loving God,
You call your people to a vision of the world transformed;
Help us, like Jesus, to give of ourselves for the sake of others,
Holy and loving God, open our hands and hearts
to the mission and ministry of the Bishop’s Annual Appeal.
Strengthen our resolve to be like Your Son, Jesus Christ,
to give of ourselves in every moment of our lives. Amen.

Holy and loving God,
You call your people to a vision of the world transformed;
Help us, like Jesus, to give of ourselves for the sake of others,
To see the hungry and feed them,
To walk with the lame and cure them,
To sit with the sick and heal them,
To uphold the discouraged and renew them,
To soothe the sorrowful and revive them,
To shelter the oppressed and embolden them.
Holy and loving God, open our hands and hearts
to the mission and ministry of the Bishop’s Annual Appeal.
Strengthen our resolve to be like Your Son, Jesus Christ,
to give of ourselves in every moment of our lives. Amen.