Hear Our Prayer: Prayers of the People for the Revised Common Lectionary

by Jon White, Lisa Graves

Overview

A collection of fresh, inspiring Prayers of the People that connect to the Sunday lectionary.

The needs of the church change from week to week, and the Prayers of the People should change with them. Hear Our Prayer features Prayers of the People that connect to the themes of the readings for each Sunday and principal feast in the Revised Common Lectionary. Originally crafted for the Subversive Undercroft podcast, hosted by Jon White and Lisa Graves, the prayers are contemporary, inclusive, and deeply relevant.

Based on the pattern for the Prayers of the People in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, the prayers in this volume retain the familiarity of liturgical tradition, while offering a call to action to congregations in the present. Suggestions for customizing each prayer for the needs of individual worshipping communities appear throughout the book, and a concluding section includes prayers that respond to current events such as natural disasters, mass shootings, and elections.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781640656949
Publisher:	Church Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/02/2024
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Lisa Graves is a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, where she is active in diocesan leadership, having served as dean and member of diocesan council, as a member of the commission on ministry, co-chair and chairperson of the evangelism committee and St. John's House After School Learning Center Board member. Previously, she served in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, where she was a member of the task force on mission and vitality, as well as in the dioceses of West Virginia, Chicago, and Southwestern Virginia. Graves is a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary, and before becoming a priest was a creative director in the advertising industry. She co-hosted the weekly podcast Subversive Undercroft with Jon White. She lives in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey.

Editorial Reviews

The language is invocative and rich in biblical imagery, and the work lends itself to communal worship. I appreciate the care and depth of the theological reflection that went into the writing of these collects.

Mark Van Koevering

"Hear Our Prayer is a resource that you will find you turn to time and again."

Practical Church Resources

I heartily commend this new resource to broaden and deepen our communal prayer life.

Bosco Peters

Graves and White have gifted the church with Prayers of the People for every proper of the Revised Common Lectionary. This allows the prayers to rise as the people's response to the scriptures.

Juan M.C. Oliver