Wishing you a Joy-filled New Year!

Every Tuesday at 9am, staff and residents from across the campus meet in the Menno Hospital Chapel for a time of prayer. You are invited to join us!

A short devotional is led with a reminder of God’s Word and prayer requests are shared. Following the sharing, prayers are lifted to God – silently and in spoken word. One by one prayers are shared. Often a tear slides down the cheek of one who is sharing in the prayer circle. Sometimes as God’s love and kindness touches their heart, sometimes as they allow themselves to feel the suffering of others, sometimes for their own sufferings.

As we prepared for the New Year, Ingrid Schultz, Menno Place chaplain led us in the devotional and to the heart of God. She reminded us of how the Psalmist opened his heart to God in Psalm 103 and found gratitude for life…

Bless the Lord, O my soul…. and all that is within me bless His holy name!

Bless the Lord, O my soul… and forget not all His benefits,

We then shared with each other our gratitude for experiences, people and understandings with each other and then we prayed -for those in the circle, for those whose names were brought forward and for all whose lives are touched by the service and care at Menno Place. We prayed for you.

Here is a New Year’s Prayer for you…

God,

bless this year

giving us

time for the task

peace for the pathway

wisdom for the work

friends for the fireside

love to the last.

Amen

From The Mothers’ Union Anthology of Public Prayers