Clergy Jail Visiting Project

God of all creation,
grant me the strength and wisdom
to seek justice, love, mercy,
walk humbly and

declare independence
from the tyranny of hatred,

fight for freedom
from oppression in all its forms,

and embrace the self evident truth
that all are equally created
in your image.

May it be so.

Amen.

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Today is the day! Join us on zoom at noon- bring your lunch and your questions!

We’re in Albany today to speak with legislators about accountability, oversight, and human rights and the need for these things in county jails across NYS. Thank you New York State Jails Justice Network for coordinating and bringing together advocates across New York!

While this project is interfaith, the director Pastor Miranda is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We do our best to include various paths, and today we offer a prayer from the Lutheran Hymnal, All Creation Sings:

Merciful God, merciful and just: we pray for our jails, prisons, and detention centers, that they be places of fair and humane treatment for all. Lead us to end solitary confinement and other cruel and demeaning practices. Guide police and corrections officers, attorneys and judges to use wisely their power entrusted to them. Inspire prison worshiping communities and chaplains. Rouse us to eradicate racism, corruption, and greed in the criminal justice system. By your Spirit, transform our society, that the dignity and worth of every incarcerated person be honored. We ask this through your resurrected Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Amen.

Please join us in prayer as a team of clergy will be visiting today; may their eyes be open to see, ears to hear stories and experiences, and hearts open to feel.
We pray for those incarcerated, that they be cared for and guided with decency and love. May their spirits be resilient, their hopes renewed.
We pray for all who enter our county jails, that they recognize the humanity in all they encounter.

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Hebrews 13:3: Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them, those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves are being tortured.