Prayer
On Sunday 22nd January 2012 as we celebrated the festival of the Conversion of Paul, we re dedicated Banners representing St Pauls Mothers Union and Sunday School which have been beautifully restored by the Cathedral Embroiders and rehung in the Church. A gift in memory of Joseph Beckett, a former member of St Pauls, was used to fund the specially designed wooden frames.
The following prayers were used during the service:
We give thanks for these banners, for the work that went into making and restoring them and for the church life in Chester Green of which they are a lasting sign, a life that demonstrates God’s creativity, beauty and care.
We ask for God’s blessing on the continuing church community here as we discover God’s love together and seek to share that story with others.
May God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the source of all goodness and growth, pour blessings on all created things, including these banners and the boxes made for them, and most of all on us God’s children, that we may use all the gifts we have received to the glory and praise of God and the building of God’s kingdom here in Chester Green, in the name of Jesus, Amen