Creator God,  
Thank you for the glory of trees in autumn.  
Red, orange, yellow: the changing leaves remind me to stop and to wonder at the everyday miracle of changing seasons.  
This fall beauty is giving me new eyes to pay attention to all the wonders you have made.  
The majesty of your creation is all around us.  
Today, I pray also for renewed eyes to see the glory of your image that is found in one another as we work together to respond to a changing climate.  
May we be able to see your transforming power as we listen to one another, pray with one another, and engage in actions together to care for your precious creation.  
Just as the changing season reflects another aspect of your glory, may we also find space to wonder and praise in our response, together.  
Amen 
—Anna Vogt (Canada), Creation Care Task Force  
Photo: Karla Braun

“Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.” (Hebrews 13:7)  

Lord God, thank you for calling and equipping leaders to serve the church in humility and grace. May we support them with our prayers and through encouraging words and actions.   

#pastorappreciationmonth  

We pray for the Lord´s provision for the work of living out the good news. May God awaken us to his mission. May we have eyes, hearts and hands ready to receive new projects and new workers that God raises up.
Photo:Windhi Arsari

Lord have mercy! God of love, show your grace to the children in Myanmar who are affected by war. Minister to their hearts and spirits so that the chill of fear and the root of bitterness will not take hold and poison their futures.
Jesus, bring conversion and repentance to the leaders and the soldiers of the civil war in Myanmar. May they see the suffering they are inflicting begin to re-evaluate their goals and strategies.
Spirit of God, walk alongside the church members who are displaced and suffering, and the pastors who are ministering among them. Assure them of your steadfastness.
Amen!
Photo supplied

We thank you, God, for Assembly!
Thank you for the opportunity to gather in person despite many barriers to cross.
Thank you for the chance to invite participants from around the world to join through their screens at home.
Thank you for the hospitality of our Indonesian hosts and for the lessons of interfaith harmony they modelled.
Thank you for all the staff and volunteers whose generous and cheerful service enabled the event to happen.
Lord God, nurture the relationships that have been planted through this event. Grow fellowship between our churches to strengthen us as ministers of reconciliation and beacons of shalom.
Photo: Loyce Twongirwe

We pray for the churches and servants of God to be protected from persecution in India.
Photo: Sunderland Mennonite Church Dhamtari

Associacão dos Irmãos Menonitas de Portugal está em busca de um novo lugar. Ore para que Deus os guie e ajude-os com o conhecimento para lidar com todo esse processo e os fundos para a compra de outro edifício.

Duas de suas igrejas funcionavam em edifícios diferentes, uma costumava ser uma igreja com base africana, e a outra portuguesa, ambas estão se unindo para se tornar uma. Ore para que esse processo seja suave e saudável e que se veja frutos espirituais dele, especialmente a unidade e o amor. Durante o mês de agosto, eles terão atividades de divulgação em todos os sábados no novo local de Massamá.

Orar para que Deus inicie relações significativas entre a igreja e o bairro e que Cristo seja conhecido e aceito por muitos durante o tempo. No dia 11 de setembro, eles terão uma grande celebração para começar a igreja que segue o ano letivo; dois adolescentes serão batizados e há mais pessoas interessadas. Ore por proteção espiritual e que este dia será um dia para testemunhar Jesus a muitos descrentes que pretendemos convidar.

Que Deus traga alguns deles e impacte suas vidas. Há novos e jovens líderes em nossa equipe de líderes da igreja, ore para que Deus traga maturidade, fé, encorajamento, sabedoria e, especialmente, espírito de equipe e unidade, além de oportunidades de treinamento.

—Atualização de Oração do ICOMB, Agosto

We pray that Christians would seek the unity of the Spirit, showing grace and forbearance in a politically divided culture. 

Photo: Tiz Brotosudarmo 

Renewing Spirit,
Help your church to be open, in fidelity to the gospel of Jesus,
to all possibilities in the coming of the new kinship – the kin-dom of God – on earth.
Help us to align our ways to sharing, social cohesion,
and symbiotic co-living between humans and the rest of creation;
to see creation as a cosmic web of living beings,
in which all creatures live in mutual interdependence.
Help your church to abide in a harmonious bond between the Source of being and all things.
—Nindyo Sasongko, Creation Care Task Force