From: "Barb Kavouras (by way of Rev. Eric J. Stefanski, )" To: Subject: CLIMB: A Prayer at the Staten Island landfill Date: Friday, November 02, 2001 12:54 PM I thought you might be interested in "listening" in as my husband ministers to those at the landfill. He starts each shift praying with the workers. He has left several of these in the tent at the worksite for those who want to have a copy. Barb K Cleveland kavouras@multiverse.com A Prayer at the Staten Island Landfill Rev. Dean Kavouras, Chaplain FBI Cleveland Division chap7953@multiverse.com (You may keep this sheet for future devotional use for yourself and your family.) + In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. My dear Heavenly Father, I ask you to take me by the hand and lead me safely through this tour. Watch over me and all the people I work with. Give your tender love and powerful care to the people I love, who worry about me even as I worry about them. Be my strength in this crooked and perverse world; my Rock in the hour of temptation and my Refuge in every trouble. As you have rescued me from the kingdom of darkness by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ from the grave, preserve my faith, weak as it is, little as it is, assaulted from every side as it is. Fill my heart with the joy of your forgiveness and let me walk with you every hour of every day praising your name in all I do and say. Uphold me with your everlasting arms of mercy and goodness, which are more powerful than any weapon an enemy can employ against me. Truly, a thousand may fall at my side, then thousand at my right hand, but it will not come near me, for you have vowed to rescue me. Let me not be discouraged by the trials of the day; but let me remember that you turn all things around and will use them for my good. Oh Lord I do this work out of deep love for You and for my fellow man. In your mercy remember the families whom we serve by the vocation to which you have called us, in this particular duty and in each one we perform. +++ Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. +++ The Apostle's Creed: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate; Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven and sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty, from thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Christian church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen. + The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all, Amen. + + + Confessional Lutherans in Missionary Boldness + + + The CLIMB e-letter brings you unedited, uncut reports directly from the mission field, whether in South America, Africa, Europe, inner-city, rural, or collegiate America, or military installations and battle sites around the world. It is our contention that those who truly hold to the ~Book of Concord~ as the pure exposition of Holy Scripture and the true confession of the Christian faith are also the most zealous supporters of the preaching of the Gospel in every corner of the world and, as such, ought to be kept thoroughly informed of how those endeavors are faring and shown how they may be rightly carried out without the destruction of orthodox doctrine and practice that some within the pale of Lutheranism now advocate. You may contact the authors of individual posts to this list simply by using the 'Reply' feature of your email reader (unless otherwise indicated in the above message). Because of the demands of their endeavors, there is the possibility that not all responses will be able to be answered. You may freely discuss the contents of these columns on other CAT41.org mail lists AND, (unless otherwise indicated) as long as proper acknowledgement is provided, you may reprint them for dissemination via free media. List subscription instructions (found below) should also be included. Subscribe? Send any message to: CLIMB-on@CAT41.org Unsubscribe? Send any message to: CLIMB-off@CAT41.org For more information on this or other lists offered by Confess And Teach For Unity, you can contact the CAT 41 list administrator at: Rev. Fr. Eric J. Stefanski + + + Confess And Teach For Unity + + +