Prayers for Roger by Revd Sally Muggeridge (his sister-in-law):
Let us pray
Almighty God, our heavenly Father, you promised through your Son Jesus
Christ to hear us when we pray in faith.
We thank you for those people who sustain us by their love and forgiveness.
Thank you for the network of people with whom our lives are inextricably
linked and who make up the fabric of our family and community life. We
thank you particularly at this time for the life of Roger. For his work on
behalf of the wider community. For his voluntary work and leadership on
behalf of the Scout Association. For the courage and dignity with which he
coped with accident and illness. For the times he quietly managed the
assault of pain from pins in his ankles and his other health problems, not
wishing to succumb to the limitation it placed on his activity. We thank you
for the love he showed to the members of his family and the help he gave.
Dear Lord, we remember today with deep gratitude all those who like Roger
have left their mark on our lives by giving us love and laughter, but have now
gone before to be with Christ. We hold them, and Roger, in our hearts,
knowing that you Lord, hold them in yours. In Jesus Christ’s name Amen.
Dear Lord, in this difficult period with all our lives affected by a pandemic, we
recognise and commend to you Rogers unstinting work on behalf of the
community both here in Reading and also in Tilmanstone. We pray for the
social communities of which we are part, for their spiritual health and
welfare, where people of all nations are welcomed, helped and nourished.
We pray that you will make these places where all can flourish and the weak
be cared for, where there is harmony and celebration. And we pray
particularly for those that lead our communities. May their leadership be
that of the servant and their goals those of the Kingdom of God. In Jesus
Christ’s name, Amen
Finally, Lord, into your hands we give Roger who has sailed the course and
kept the faith – even if that faith was known only to you – and has now gone
to his reward. May your light shine upon him forever and all our lives be
richer because of his memory. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen