A PRAYER OF LAMENT:

PSALM 44: 23-26 (CEB)

Leader: Wake Up!  Why are you sleeping, Lord?

People:  Get Up! Don’t reject us forever!

L:  Why are you hiding your face, forgetting our suffering and oppression?

P: Look: we’re going down to the dust; our stomachs are flat on the ground!

All: Stand up! Help us! Save us for the sake of your faithful love.

OUR PRAYERS OF LAMENT (silent and spoken)

A PRAYER HYMN FOR “HEALING” AND “LOVE IN ACTION”

Hymn 428:  For the Healing of the Nations”  (tune: Beach Spring)

A WORD OF HOPE

Luke 10:25-28

Meditation: “Tree of Life Neighbors”

A HYMN OF HOPE AND NEIGHBORS

Hymn 432: Jesu, Jesu

A HEBREW MISHEBERACH PRAYER FOR DIVINE GOODNESS AND HEALING

May the Source of strength,

Who blessed the ones before us

Help us find the courage

To make our lives a blessing

And let us say: Amen.    Bless those in need of healing

With r’fuah sh’leima

The renewal of body,

The renewal of spirit,

And let us say: Amen.SHALOM…GO IN PEACE TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS!

UMH 667  Shalom