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 17 - We belong to one another in Christ
Rev Catherine Solomon

Holy Trinity,
We pause now to re‑centre ourselves in you. You are the source of love and life and you are the one who holds together all creation in its rich diversity.

As we pray today, teach us to listen deeply to you and to one another.

In the mystery of your being, draw us into a presence that moves across difference, across culture, across experience. Forgive us individually and collectively, when we have been fearful of or hurtful to another because they are different from ‘me’.

Where diversity unsettles us, remind us that we are all created in your image and we are all called to grow into your likeness.

Wherever we find ourselves on our faith journey, you welcome us into shared life, shared work, and shared hope, where each person’s dignity and story are honoured. In this gift of belonging, you make space for diversity, so that as more lives intermingle, your church becomes more fully alive.

Come, Holy Spirit.
Renew us. Breathe fresh life:
breathe hope where trust has diminished,
endurance where unheard voices are weary,
strength where energy has waned,
and imagination where vision has faded.

Remind us that we are a people who belong - not because of what we do or where we participate, but because of Christ’s great love for the world. Hold us together by this love that has first held us. In the name of Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Rev Cathering Solomon
Presbytery Minister -- South Moreton Presbytery
Queensland