In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground. When the Israelite's saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?”[manna] For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat."

- Exodus 16:13-15

Graces for family prayer

Blessed are you, Holy One. You have fed us from our earliest days; you give food to every living creature. Fill our hearts with joy and delight. Give us what we need and enough to spare for works of mercy, in honor of Christ Jesus, our Lord. Through him may glory, honor and power be yours for ever. Amen.

Creator of the universe, you give us this gift of food to nourish us and give us life. Bless this food that you have made and human hands have prepared. May it satisfy our hunger, and, in sharing it together, may we come closer to one another. Amen.

God be our Holy Guest, our morning joy, our evening rest. And with this daily food impart Thy love and blessing to every heart. Amen

Holy God, I thank thee for the night and for the pleasant morning light, for rest and food and loving care and all that makes the world so fair. Help me to do the things I should, to be to others kind and good, in all I do at work or play to love thee better day by day. Amen.

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Please keep the following people in your prayers this week:

PRAYERS OF HEALING AND SUPPORT for Stan Houck and Ann Hirschy; Ardeth Johns; Edie and Richard Budd; Chip Burnett; Dot Forloines; John Mikeska; Kim Young's sister-in-law, Ruth Young; Anne-Marie Rosenthal’s mother; Wendy Wellington’s mother, Janet Morgan; Walt Kelly; Declan Steward’s father, Daryl; Lewis and James Shorter; Bruce and Karen Sanders’ granddaughter, Hannah Algoet; Judy Cooper’s sister, Barb Eardley; Lori Kronser’s father Cliff Corn; Chris Wilkens; Pat Sise’s grandfather, Ed Sise, uncle, Rob Sise, aunt, Shannon McCumber-Sise, and cousins, Packy, Dean and Rachael; Amy Tardiff’s father-in-law, Richard Tardiff; Margaret McGillivary’s friend, Kim Nolet; James Franklin’s father, Homer; Kameron and Kamarii Miller; Cheryl Walcutt’s mother and sister, Judy Walsh; Amanda Wehage’s family; Jon Nelson’s aunt, Linda, and grandmother, Peggy; Laura Doughty's aunt, Marie; Ylonda Fauntleroy's aunt, Bernice Taylor and friend Jawahn Clark; Brooks Emrick and her sister, Susan; Vaughn Brown and his sister, Kathie; Frances Keyes; Laura Willoughby's father, Norman; Julia Kirby's mother, Margaret Floyd; Steven Kirby; Greg and Diane Makar's cousin, Michael Makar; Amy Carskadon's nephew; Erika Sealing's son, Trip, and grandmother, Margaret Schade; Sue Hanburger and Sue's grandson, Enzo; Dotty Kaufmann's grandson, Nathan; Amy Benson's family and Amy’s friend, Brian Shriner; Lisa Mezaache’s friend, Pearl McNamara; Denise Grassel’s friends; the Winter family; Thomas and Judy Kochis; Kimberly Ann Barnes; Sally Schoener; Eileen O’Gorman; Amanda Crose’s friends, Patty and Mike Hester; and Doug Mattingly’s mother.

THE LOVE AND PRAYERS OF THE CONGREGATION go out to Cindy Knott, her mother Madeline and the Knott family on the death of Cindy's father, Reverend Richard Knott.

THE LOVE AND PRAYERS OF THE CONGREGATION go out to the Barbee family and Ylonda Fauntleroy on the death of her friend, Lemira Barbee. 

THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF THE CONGREGATION go out to a son and his family who are experiencing financial distress.

If you have prayer concerns or blessings that you would like to share, please contact Deacon Patriceo Green at patriceobgreen@gmail.com and he will add your concern to the prayer partners email chain.