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 for the Non-human victims of War
Praying for Peace and Justice on June 07, 2026 Let us pray. I took a solitary morning walk along the river in Piscataway Park yesterday, and like all animals do, I took note of my surroundings. So in the course of the hour I noticed a red fox standing at the edge of the path; a low-flying eagle; two rabbits hopping into the grass; a pair of nesting ospreys; a small family of Canada geese; scores of redwing blackbirds; two zebra swallowtail butterflies; and other creatures, all just living their lives. As I know many of you also do, I…
A Prayer for Focus for Seekers Church in this Time of Turmoil
Praying for Peace and Justice on May 31, 2026 Let us pray… Creator God, in this time of massive immigration challenges, of hatred and war, of environmental destruction and fear, my prayer is for us as Seekers Church to remain focused on what we can do every day and every week to encourage peace and justice among those we interact with, and that our ongoing focus on peace and justice will bring others to join us to help make this Earth a better, more loving place for all your creatures. AMEN.For the children who are afraid, who sense the not-rightness…
A Prayer for Justice for all Falsely Imprisoned Immigrants
Praying for Peace and Justice on May 24, 2026 Holy One, we rejoice that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has been vindicated of wrongdoing in the case of human trafficking so unjustly brought against him. Our joy knows no bounds for him and his family, yet our hearts remain heavy for all those falsely imprisoned simply because they are not white skinned and born in the U.S. We who know that all are born of the same blood of your making look to you for solace and justice as the sense of superiority and greed fuels horrid and unjust action against…
A Prayer for God’s Blessing on our Damaged World
Praying for Peace and Justice on May 17, 2026 Dear Lord, We come before you today to seek your blessing on our damaged and hurting world. We ask that you watch over our brothers and sisters of any country who continue to suffer the frenzy and confusion of war. Please stand alongside people of goodwill, on all sides, who wish for peace. Give them patience and hope; let them see a future of comfort and goodness, and let them find the courage to keep living lives which will build a world of wholeness for everyone. Blessed God, please allow the…
A Prayer for God’s Embrace of our Immigrant Neighbors
Praying for Peace and Justice on May 3, 2026 Let us pray: Lord of Peace and Justice, inspired by the call of Pope Francis, who reminds us that “every migrant who knocks on our door is an opportunity to encounter Jesus Christ,” We have witnessed how your immigrant sons and daughters live in fear of going out into the streets, how they have been beaten, imprisoned, and some murdered; separated families cry out to be reunited we also raise to you the anguish of exiles and refugees who live in uncertainty and constant fear, facing the risk of being deported…