Uniting in Prayer is an invitation for the whole Church to slow down, listen deeply to God, and reconnect with one another across cultures, communities and distances.

From Pentecost Sunday on 24 May to the 49th Anniversary of the Uniting Church in Australia on 22 June, we are embarking on a shared season of national prayer.

Over these 30 days, 30 voices from across the Church will come together. Each day, a new voice will lead us in praying as one body around a single, unifying question: “What does it mean to be woven together in Christ's love across cultures and boundaries?”

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Day 7: Listening Deeply

Gracious God – Creator, Christ and Holy Spirit,
on this day you gather us as one Church,
across this wide land – many cultures and voices.

Your Word reminds us: “There are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit… For in the one Spirit we were all baptised into one body” (1 Corinthians 12).

And so, we come, listening, trusting that your Spirit is already at work among us.

Teach us to listen deeply:
to your Word that gives life,
to one another in all our diversity,
and to the wisdom of First Peoples,
with whom we walk in covenant.

Lord Jesus Christ,
you call us to be woven together in your love,
not erased in our differences but held together by your grace.
Where there is distance, draw us close.
Where there is misunderstanding, grow in us patience and humility.
Where there is hurt, lead us in truth, healing, and renewed trust.

Holy Spirit,
breathe upon your Church again.
Renew us for your mission.
Shape us as a people who listen before we speak,
who discern together,
and who follow where you lead.

We give thanks for the signs of your presence among us
in quiet faithfulness, in courageous leadership,
and in communities seeking to reflect your love across every boundary.

Make us one, O God
one body, one people, sent in Christ’s name.

Amen.

Questions for Reflection

• Where is the Holy Spirit inviting us to listen more deeply?
• Whose voices might we need to hear more clearly in our life together?
• What does covenant look like in practice in our community?
• Where do I see Christ’s love already weaving us together?
• What might the Spirit be renewing or reshaping in us at this time?

Rev Bruce Moore
Moderator, Synod of Queensland