Reverend Kristine Leaman
Priest In Charge for St. Mark's:
Please say this prayer on a daily basis, and pray for the Vestries and Search Committees:
O faithful God, as your people, we cherish our memories and our history as a sacred gift. We ask you to guide us in our time of transition. We need your wisdom, that we may be receptive to change, conversion, and growth. We need your grace to redirect our hearts, that we may be willing to offer ourselves in joyful service. Do not allow fear, ignorance or pride to limit the work of your Spirit, nor custom to prevent the creativity within us from bearing fruit. Open our hearts to the call of the Gospel. Give us courage and renewed hope, that we may meet the challenge of being the church of our time.
We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen
~taken from St. Gregory's Episcopal Church in Deerfield, Illinois