Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping
all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad.
Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace;
strengthen them in their trials and temptations;
give them courage to face the perils which beset them;
and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Book of Common Prayer, pg. 823)
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You are invited to post names, hopes, prayers, for our military serving around the world.
- Mike Elliott of Trinity Episcopal Church, Hinckley, who is stationed in Iraq
- Lt. Colonel Johanna Clyborne, daughter-in-law of Dick and Elaine Clyborne Barber of Trinity Church, Excelsior and Church of the Advent, Farmington
- Tom Wanamaker, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Hastings
- LCPL Jeremy Hanson, US Marines, from St. Peter’s Church in Kasson, MN, who (as of September 8, 2009) is in the middle of the troop surge in Afghanistan.
- Avery Ziebell of Emmanuel, Rushford, who is currently serving in Kuwait.
- Airman Summer Gulnara Jeffrey, daughter of Ben and the Rev. Kathryn Jeffrey.
- CDR Kathryn Bidstrup, USN-MC who is serving in Afghanistan
If you know someone who is returning after serving in our military, you might consider the book, Welcome Them Home – Help Them Heal: Pastoral care and ministry with service members returning from war, available as an e-book at: www.welcomethemhomebook.com.
