An Usher’s Prayer
Lord, you make
all kinds of people,
even people
like me.
In your love,
you gather them all into your Church.
As you gather
your people this day,
help me to
serve them in a Christ-like manner, even
as your Son
served those who gathered about him.
Make me
prayerful and patient, helpful and
understanding,
and may I radiate the joy that faith
brings as I serve their needs.
Give me your
strength to support my fellow ministers.
May all who
assemble to celebrate our common
faith in the
risen Savior be glad of heart for being
here and for
having encountered your Son in one
another, in our
priest, at the tables of the
Book and the
Bread, and through the ministry of
ushers like me.
I ask this in
Jesus’ name.
Amen.