Pastoral Prayer by Paul Meeks #20
Our gracious and loving Heavenly Father, we come to you
today in Jesus’ name. It’s so good to be part of a vibrant, loving
fellowship where exciting things are happening week after week. We want
to keep pace with you and the moving of the Holy Spirit as you inspire and move
us in your will and your way.
Today is especially meaningful as we have the Ketcham Family and the Fussners
here for this time of consecration. We’ve followed both of these families
for several years as they have been a part of our church.
We didn’t call them, you did that, but we do recognize your
hand upon them and we want to confirm their call and pray your blessing on
them.
Chase and Cindy and their children felt your call a few
years ago and they have been in preparation to fulfill that call for many
months and now the time has come for their move to their new home and place of
their ministry. We can only wonder at this time where all Chase will be
going to work on mission airplanes that will enable missionaries to do their
work more efficiently. Lord, we pray that their move and transition will
be easy for all five of them. They will be making new friends, so we as
that they will feel comfortable from the very beginning. You’ve already
prepared other children and youth to be friends to Neil and Andy and
Jillian. They’ll miss their family and friends here, but we ask that they
will feel at home and comfortable right away.
The Fussners have already had a
long career in missions, but during these days they’re adjusting to a new
country and new responsibilities. We pray for their family as they
continue to make adjustments with one son left behind here at Indiana Wesleyan
and the other two children in
We bring these two couples and their children to you and ask
for your continual blessing on their lives and ministries. And we join
our hearts together as we lay our hands on them and consecrate them to you and
to your service.
We pray for all those assembled here in the various venues
this morning and ask that we all may sense your presence as we worship you.
We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Paul Meeks