Dear Clergy and Parish Administrators,
Thank you for the prayers already being said for the Standing Committee and the newly selected Nominating Committee as the work has begun in the search for our next Bishop in the Diocese of Florida.
In your bulletins and other parish communication, please include the following prayer. Please encourage the use of this prayer and all other prayers on Sundays and parish gatherings.
Diocese of Florida Prayer for the Election of Our Bishop
Almighty God, giver of every good gift, we pray that you would look graciously upon the Diocese of Florida, and so guide the minds and hearts of the Nominating Committee as they prayerfully select candidates for the election of the next bishop of this diocese, that we may receive a faithful pastor who will care for your people and equip us for our ministries: Guide also the minds and hearts of the candidates who will come before the Nominating Committee, that this process will be a time of discernment and growth in their lives and ministries; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
