Friday Evening

Season:

Epiphany

Friday, January 29

Evening

Read/Sing:

Psalm 6; 20

Read:

Isaiah 50:1-11

Galatians 3:15-22

Mark 6:47-56

Pray:

Merciful God, we praise you that you give strength for every weakness, forgiveness for our failures, and new beginnings in Jesus Christ.  Especially we thank you for

    the guidance of your spirit through this day...

    signs of new life and hope...

    people who have helped us...

    those who struggle for justice...

    expressions of love unexpected or undeserved...

Almighty God, you know all needs before we speak our prayers, yet you welcome our concerns for others in Jesus Christ.  Especially we pray for

    those who keep watch over the sick and dying...

    those who weep with the grieving...

    those who are without faith and cannot accept your love...

    the aged who are lonely, distressed, and weak...

    Reformed, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches...

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven

Give us this day our daily bread

And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil

For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.  Amen.

Hymn

Brightest and best of the stars of the morning

Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid

Star of the east, the horizon adorning

Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid

Reginald Heber, "Brightest and Best of the Stars of the Morning"