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WORSHIP RESOURCES IN A MENNONITE VOICE FOR EARS OF ALL KINDS. Are you looking for resources for a Christian service? Feel free to use or adapt my prayers, poems and litanies.  Some were written for worship services, some are more personal reflections on faith.  We encounter God in the stories of our lives; these writings grapple with the meanings of these encounters.  They are written in a Mennonite voice, for ears of all kinds.  It’s my delight to pas* along these thoughts to you through this blog.  I’d love to hear from you.     Carol Penner Feel free to use these orally in a worship service, but if they are printed in a bulletin please use the following credit “Copyright newsletters or printed resources, I am happy to grant permission but I would like to know how my writing is being used.  You can reach me at Thank you for all who are on a journey this year: a journey to give birth to a child, a journey to lay a loved one to rest, a journey to complete a school program, a journey to find themselves. Thank you that you are the Sender, sending us to places we would rather not go to meet people we would rather not meet. Forgive us when we are too comfortable to get up, too fearful to open the door, and too lazy to take the first steps. We pray today for all who are in hard places on the journey. For those who are sick, especially…. For those who are grieving, especially…. We want to be compas*ionate, companioning the weary, and offering help to those who are struggling. We want to do this in community; bless our church, and help it to be a place we can be honest both with where we are at, and where we want to be. Hear our prayers for people who are on a mission to provide good government; our councillors, our members of provincial and national parliament. Give them wisdom and insight to govern not for their own interests, but for the interests of this good earth, for the interests of the least fortunate, and for the interests of generations yet unborn.