MorningPrayer Thursday
Dear God,
This morning we are in sorrow for the shootings and death of the nine African American worshipers at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. This apparent crime of racial hate is reprehensible and beyond our thinking of our treatment of one another and your Kingdom of justice, equity and love. We grieve and pray for the victims and their families. We pray for the community and throw ourselves on your mercy, O God, for truly we have fallen short of your vision and hopes for us. Hear our prayers, and may your Spirit hold and support us all. AMEN