A Prayer for YL Capernaum - Celebrating 30 Years!

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It’s March! March means a lot of things but to Capernaum, it means it’s our birthday month! Our 30th birthday to be exact. The big 3-0 and we’re thrilled to celebrate. Since our friends in Capernaum teach us more about celebration than we can even imagine, we thought we would celebrate this birthday Capernaum style… ALL MONTH LONG! To kick us of, please join us in praying a prayer written by Nick Palermo, the founder of Capernaum, for Capernaum on this special birthday.

Blessed Trinity-our one God of community. We come and kneel before you in awe, wonder and with shouts of gratitude for Capernaum’s 30th birthday.

What You have done simply takes our breath away! Thank You for every friend, every leader, every committee member, every Staff person, every financial partner! Glory to You, God, because You thought Capernaum up and nurtured it into its adulthood in order to bless our friends everywhere…and now...the next 30 years!

My first prayer is for You to return quickly Lord Jesus, but in the meantime let Capernaum flow throughout the nations like a mighty river. Guard us from leaving the river for small tributaries that stop us from Your mighty plan. We ask that our friends flow into churches in such a way that every one of the millions of people with disabilities and their families receive and grow in the good news of Jesus!

Let Your body, the church, be known as the ones who embrace those society throws out. Let us live in sharp contrast to our world and not be of it as we worship You as a community of people with possibilities. In Jesus strong name for the weak, Amen.

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