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Matthew
5:21-22a:
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Word on Anger: Don Huey, a surviving son, CSE
Reflection
Prayer:
O God of love and compassion, send your Spirit to transform our hearts
from anger to a compassion for those who would hurt us.
People:
O God, hear our prayer.
Matthew
5:38-39, 43-44
A
Word on Revenge: Tom Dipko, WRA
Reflection
Prayer:
God of compassion, we pray for the families of the victims of
crime. May they know your healing presence that transforms revenge
into ways of love that they never thought possible.
People:
O God, hear our prayer.
Matthew
6:12, 14-15
A
Word on Forgiveness:
Rachel Muha, a surviving mother
Reflection
Prayer:
God of all mercy, we pray that surviving families and we may have the
same spirit that was in Christ who cried out, “Father, forgive them
for they know not what they do.
People:
O God, hear our prayer.
I
John 2:1-2
A
Word on Atoning Love: Frank Winegardner, NWOA
Reflection
Prayer:
God of atoning love, you have shown us that you care as deeply for
those who would harm us as you care for us.
Help us to see that Christ’s atoning love was for all those
whom the world counts as unworthy as well as for ourselves.
People:
O God, hear our prayer.
A
Confessional Word: Phil Kahal, CSE
Remembrance
- Bill Barndt, CSE
Of
the Victims – Charles Mitroff, Vinnie Price and Alexander Jones, Monte
Tewksbury, Marlene Walters.
Of
the Executed (Executions in Ohio were resumed in 1999.) - Wilfred
Berry, Jay D. Scott, John Byrd, Alton Coleman
Prayer:
O God, our strength and our redeemer, giver of life and conqueror of
death, we praise you with humble hearts. With faith in your great
mercy and wisdom , we lift up to you our remembrance of all these
souls and hope that they are in your eternal care.
People:
O God, hear our prayer
Intercession:
Jack Davis, CSE
For
the Families of Victims and Executed:
O
God, we pray for your Spirit to ease the pain of the grieving
families. Relieve their deep sense of loss and protect them from any
lingering feelings of anger and revenge; grant them a spirit of
compassion, mercy, and forgiveness so that they may walk toward the
future in freedom.
People:
O God, hear our prayer
For
Those on Death Row Who May Face Execution This Year:
|
Robert
Buell - Summit |
Richard
Fox - Wood |
| Jerome
Campbell - Hamilton |
Ernest
Martin - Cuyahoga |
| Jerome
Henderson - Hamilton |
Tony
Powell - Hamilton |
| Richard
Cooey - Summit |
David
Hamblin - Cuyahoga |
| Gregory
Lott
- Cuyahoga |
Maurice
Mason - Marion |
Merciful
God, may these men not feel forsaken by you. Hasten to be with them
with your love, mercy, and salvation. Grant them a spirit of
repentance for the lives taken so that they may know the fullness of
your grace, love and forgiveness.
People:
O God, hear our prayer.
John
Newton and “Amazing Grace” – Ron Hooker, CSE
Amazing
Grace
Amazing
Grace! How sweet the sound
That
saved a wretch like me.
I
once was lost and now I’m found
Was
blind but now I see.
Thru
many dangers, toils and snares
I
have already come
‘Tis
grace that brought me safe thus far
And
grace will lead me home.
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