St John United Church of Christ

Previous Service Resources

- October 5th, 2025 -

- Prayer for Scripture Video -

Prayer Translation:

Dear sisters and brothers in Global Ministries, and on World Communion Sunday with the churches, Disciples of Christ, and the United Church in Christ in the United States. From El Salvador, this sister church, Emmanuel Baptist Church, joins you in this moment of witness. We pray. God of all mercy, who has blessed us in your son Jesus, Messiah, Redeemer, we want to thank you for all that Jesus has taught us and all that Jesus has bequeathed to us. We are grateful that He exhorts us to remain in this communion of faith and hope, so that we may be one family, one people, proclaiming that Jesus Christ is the hope of the world. We believe that your Holy Spirit will make us more fraternal, more of a family, more of your people, to proclaim the precious message of the Kingdom of God on this earth and in this history. Bless all the work and witness of Global Ministries, as well as all its counterparts in Latin America and throughout the world. May honor and glory be to Jesus Christ, our Lord and Redeemer, Amen.

Who wrote this prayer?
Eammanuel Baptist Church, El Salvador

The vision of Emmanuel Baptist Church, located in El Salvador’s capital city of San Salvador, is to be a Christian, Evangelical, Baptist, and Ecumenical church committed to the cause of peace and justice in El Salvador.

Special Music - Great Is Thy Faithfullness (Instrumental):

- September 14, 2025 -

“In 2025, Just Peace Sunday takes place at a time of unprecedented upheaval.  Our immigrant and other community neighbors are being denied civil rights, in Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan the soil itself is soaked with blood.  Policies that protect our planet are being rolled back or cut to the detriment of the Earth itself and our collective future. In our prophetic imagination, we can almost hear the Earth groaning in lament, along with our Creator God, amidst the chaos.” 

– UCC.org Just Peace Sunday 2025 page

Peace Doves Video