Please, Father, help me not to get stressed about all the details related to getting the next GriefShare session up and running. Help me to trust you with all of that, while still being willing to do whatever you ask of me to help in the process.
Right now, what is on my mind is getting the word out about GriefShare, so that those who are grieving the death of a loved one and who could use some support during this time will know that this service is available.
You know each grieving person in our community by name and you know the needs of each of those people. You know who could be helped by the GriefShare program at Cornerstone. I ask that you would please make sure that each person who you want us to reach out to would hear about our services, whether through a family member or friend telling them about GriefShare, or whether they see a brochure or a poster with information, or whether they are told about GriefShare by a professional in the community, or if they read about it in the paper. Just please help us to know what avenues you would have us try for getting the word out, and please help those in the community that we approach for help in this to be open to helping us.
Father, I also ask that you would help us as we try to build a team to help with the GriefShare ministry so we are able to be more effective. Give us wisdom and discernment about who to approach when we are looking for volunteers. Help us to be effective in letting people know about the ministry opportunities with GriefShare. Continue to be working in the hearts of the people you want to help with this ministry so that when the time comes that they hear about the need, they will feel you calling them.
Finally, Lord Jesus, I ask you to comfort those in our community who are grieving. Even before we start this next session of GriefShare, please provide comfort and support for those who have experienced or are experiencing the loss of a loved one. Help each of us who comes into contact with someone who is grieving be ready to listen and offer support. I know that the words of comfort don't always come easily, even to those of us who have already been through the experience of loss ourselves, but I also know that most of the time, the words we say are not nearly as important as the love and concern we show and the time we take to really listen. So help us to make listening to the hearts of the people around us and to love unconditionally.
Please pour forth your Spirit on me and each of those who are reading this and praying with me, so that your love might pour through us, so that your light will shine through us, and so that those around us will know that they are being ministered to by you, through us.
Amen
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