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As a church community, we want to help bring healing and move forward by sharing our stories in prayer. To do this, we have made a Community Prayer Cross. This cross will allow us to offer prayers in memory of our losses and disappointments and also share prayers of thanksgiving for the ways our hope in Jesus showed itself or became stronger.

Insert a two-part prayer

1. Share a prayer in memory of a lost loved one, or a hurt, a disappointment or another painful loss experienced as a result of the pandemic. 
2. Share a prayer of thanksgiving for how your hope in Christ was made manifest or revealed through the pandemic. 

You may also insert pictures of loved ones but only insert copies of the pictures because they will not be returned. Paper and pens will be provided at the display, or you can download a copy below, write your prayer at home, and bring it up to the church. You can also pray and share with a group using the provided prayer experience.  

Prayer Sheet

Prayer Experience
(for a group or family to pray together) 

We recently conducted a survey asking people to let us know about the challenges they have experienced over the past year. 

• 11% reported the loss of a loved one

• 20% reported a job loss or loss in income

• 6% reported a decrease in faith

• 62% reported feeling disconnected from their church       home

You can see these results in more detail in the document below. 

St Gabriel Parishioner Survey Results