Each Sunday morning, bridging our informal gathering time, during which we share from our lives, and our formal worship time, a different person, usually from Seekers, offers a prayer for peace and justice. Each person chooses what to say, with no prompting or guidance from the coordinator other than to be brief, prayerful and focused on peace and justice. On this page, we offer the text of some of those prayers.
A Prayer that We may be Healers in the World
Praying for Peace and Justice on January 18, 2026 Let us pray, Holy One, Peace these days often seems distant, and justice non-existent. In spite of our determination to remain non-violent, violence from new sources again and again takes over our streets, our country, and our world. Danger is near-by, if not imminent. Our faith falters; we are outraged and terrified. Whatever is happening in this sensual world, we claim the spiritual world within us and all around. As we hold on to our inward journey, gradually our faith grows. As we surrender our personal will, slowly an immeasurably more…
A Prayer to Manifest God’s hope on Earth
Praying for Peace and Justice on January 11, 2026 Let us pray, Dear God, Mother of Life, Father of the Universe, our souls are deeply troubled and cry out for mercy, as violence is being perpetrated with impunity and justified by our government against innocent people, even blaming the victims. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? We deeply grieve at lives snuffed out and torn apart from families and rendering communities terrified. Our outrage at these atrocities leaves us speechless as we yearn for help. In our weakness we join your Spirit who intercedes with groans too deep for…
A Prayer to Strengthen our call for Justice and Mercy in this time and place
Praying for Peace and Justice on January 4, 2026 O Holy One, in whom all things hold together, we gather on this Epiphany Sunday to celebrate the Wise-ones who read the night-sky across trackless deserts like ocean-navigators. Wise to the ways of the inner journey, they also listened to their dreams which warned of Herod’s plan to kill the Christ-child. Make us wise to the ways of cruel and jealous leaders and strengthen our call for justice and mercy in this time and place. Bless our communal Confession of Faith, which is posted in the hallway, which reads in part:…
A Prayer for Awareness for those seeking to make war in Venezuela
Praying for Peace and Justice on December 28, 2025 Let us pray: Holy one, you have given us the dream of peace on earth. At every turn you remind us that we are one human family, and that all living species are meant to share the earth. Yet once again we find ourselves on the brink of another unjust and unnecessary war. I pray that you fill the minds and hearts of the warmongers with visions of death, of children maimed and bleeding, of women raped, of soldiers blown to bits, of hopelessness and destruction and misery. Help the warmongers…
A Prayer for the People of Palestine and Gaza and so many others
Praying for Peace and Justice on December 21, 2025 Let us pray. We pray as Seekers Church for the coming of the one whose name Emanuel means “God with us.” We pray with the people of Palestine and Gaza “Ya Rabbal Salam. Lord of Peace, rain peace upon us. Lord of Peace, fill our land with peace.” Pray with me. Ya Rabbal Salam. Ya Rabbal Salam. We pray for peace, we pray for justice, we pray that in future years we will not need to put other Christ Children within rubble in our front window, that they will no longer…