Called to Purpose

 Prayers for the Week of August 24

This week we turned to Micah’s words: “to do justice, embrace faithful love, and walk humbly with your God.” Purpose isn’t abstract; it’s woven into daily life. It’s how we show up for one another, how we carry our joys and griefs together, and how we trust God’s love to meet us in each circumstance.

Prayers of the People:

• Rebecca shares sorrow that a neighbor who suffered a stroke has passed away.

• Rebecca asks prayers for Mawce as they move into Emerson College this week, continue new treatments and medications, and look to the college’s medical team for strong support.

• Rebecca also lifts up Ben as they head back to school.

• Michele and Steve M.celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

• Steve B. gives thanks for his grandchildren.

• Sabrina celebrates that Paisley, who was in a serious accident a few weeks ago, has now returned home and faces a long road of recovery.

• Sabrina also asks prayers for her co-worker Dina, who suddenly lost her brother.

• Sandy celebrates significant donations to Knight’s Closet at Fairview, giving thanks for the generosity of the community.

May each of these prayers be a thread of purpose: justice in action, kindness embodied, and humble love carried into the week ahead.

Living God’s Story

 Prayers for the Week of August 17

This week we began a new series with a simple but bold reminder: God knows us by name. Even when the labels don’t fit, even when the waters rise or the fires burn, God’s story holds us steady and calls us beloved.

We carry that promise into our prayers, celebrating with joy and lifting up those in need.

Prayers of the People:

• Scott shares praise for Victoria, a PATH Fund client, who has started a new job and is enjoying a visit from her son home from college. She also needs help with school supplies.

• Scott and Rebecca ask prayers for their neighbor A.K., who suffered a stroke. We pray for healing and recovery.

• Rebecca and Scott celebrate their 28th wedding anniversary.

• Sandy gives thanks for the many donations to Fairview’s Knight’s Closet—the shelves were overflowing with generosity.

May every name, every story, be gathered in God’s care, where joy is honored and need is met with love.

Holding Each Other Up

 Prayers for the Week of August 10

In worship this week, we heard Jesus’ call to meet one another with honesty and care—joining lines, bearing weight, keeping the community strong even when stress threatens to pull us apart. That same spirit carries into the prayers we hold for one another.

Prayers of the People:

• Sabrina asks for prayers for Paisley, a former student, who was in a serious car accident. Prayers for healing for Paisley and strength for her family.

• We lift up all victims of recent fires and all those still in harm’s way, praying for safety, shelter, and the resources they need to rebuild.

May these prayers be the lines we join, the weight we share, and the strength we offer one another.

New Beginnings, Shared Hope

 Prayers from Sunday, August 4, 2025

This week, Sabrina asked for prayers as the school year begins—for both teachers and students stepping into the rhythm of a new season. We hold their energy, their nerves, and their hope.

Sometimes a single sentence is enough to remind us we’re in this together.

What We Name Together

 Prayers from Sunday, July 28, 2025

This week, we held joy and concern side by side—both spoken with tenderness, both belonging here.

Larry and Diane celebrated 50 years of marriage, and gave thanks for the chance to mark it with their family gathered close. A milestone wrapped in gratitude.

Dave asked for prayers for a teenager in critical condition, a patient of his son Lance, who responded to the scene of a head-on crash. We hold the teen, their loved ones, and all first responders in care.

In this space, we keep showing up for what’s beautiful and what’s unbearably hard. That’s the kind of prayer we practice.

This, Too, Is Prayer

 Prayers from Sunday, June 23, 2025

Some weeks the prayers come quiet and steady. Other weeks, they remind us just how wide the range of human life really is.

• Mark asked for prayers of comfort and healing for his sister-in-law in Santa Fe, who is facing troubling health issues without clear answers. We hold her in hope and care.

• Mark also lifted up his daughter, who is deep in the trenches of potty training her two-year-old. He asked for prayers for fortitude—and we offer them gladly.

This, too, is prayer: the unknown, the exhausting, the holy mess of it all.

Bridges of Mercy

 Prayers for the Week of July 7, 2025

This week we gathered in the soft light of shared presence, naming both hope and heartache. Our words became stepping-stones—small bridges of mercy that carry us from worry to witness, from fear to faithful care.

Prayers of the People

• Louise lifts up Don, asking for steady healing as he recovers from pneumonia and sepsis.

• Judy holds the families in Texas Hill Country close: parents still searching for missing children in the floods and the first responders who press on.

May these prayers remind us that compassion travels on every breath we offer. As we speak aloud what burdens our hearts, we also affirm that none of us walks alone.