• Faringdon United Church
• Swanage
• Fareham

August – A Christian Aid prayer
Good God of creation,
we sing praise to you.
But even as we raise our voices
we know we have faltered and failed.
Walking on paths that turned our hearts inward,
Too often our leaves have withered
our branches are barren.
We have failed to be pruned
and the axe is now poised.
Poised to cut down
the excesses that crucify all creation,
the systems that impoverish all people,
the privileges that diminish our faith.
But even now it is not too late.
For in the face of judgement
comes the offer of grace
and the hope that deadwood can spring to life.
Where we have failed to bear good fruit
and share your abundance for the earth
GOD HAVE MERCY
When our actions and intentions
have been as chaff for the winds of heaven
GOD HAVE MERCY
Forgive us.
Restore us.
Inspire us now
to delight in your purposes,
to embrace your possibilities,
to inhabit your promises,
to flourish as fruit for the world you so love
and bring healing for all the nations.
AMEN