This coming week will be the "walkabouts" for the bishop nominees for the Diocese of California. Please keep all the nominees and their families in your prayers. Blogging will resume after May 6th. In the meantime, please join us in this prayer:
Gracious God, source of all wisdom and goodness: As we search for our next Bishop, we give thanks for the ministry of The Rt. Rev. William Swing, our chief pastor. Together, as one diocese, we recommit ourselves to its ministry, its future, and the vision of what we might become. We ask you to summon our dreams and our courage. We pray for realism in our discernment and the willingness to meet this challenge. We pray for the ability to listen to one another and to your voice in our midst. Ground us in common love and Spirit. Ignite us with a passion for the ministry you have called us to do and set our hearts on fire; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For more information, visit http://bishopsearch.org
Posted by mbarlowe at April 21, 2006 05:07 PM