What an honour - an Anna Chaplain's new prayer is featured...

Anna Chaplain Kate Ellis

Anna Chaplain Kate Ellis who serves in the Epworth, Scunthorpe and Gainsborough circuit in Lincolnshire, has composed a prayer which now forms part of the latest edition of the Methodist Prayer Handbook. Alongside her prayer there is a QR code through to the Anna Chaplaincy website.

'In sorrow and in joy you meet us,

in despair and in hope,

feeling ignored or fully known

help each of us to do the same;

to weep with those who mourn,

to be alongside the wounded,

to reach out to all,

to listen and not be quick to move away,

in this moment - whoever, wherever, however we are -

be our centre, grounding us,

opening our hearts to your grace and bidding. Amen'

With daily prayers and a lectionary, the handbook costs £4.99 from Methodist Publishing