A Prayer That Shapes Our Work

At LinC Yarra Valley, our work begins with relationship – with God, with one another, and with our community.

The LinC Yarra Valley Prayer was developed by our committee as a shared expression of who we are, what we value, and why we serve. It is more than words – it is an anchor for our work.

It reminds us that we are called to respond to God’s compassion with practical love. Each day, we see the reality of need across our community through Crisis Support, Social Supermarkets, and LinC Play. And yet, we are invited to be instruments of that love – offering care, dignity, and hope in tangible ways.

The prayer also reflects the heart of LinC: unity across churches, volunteers, supporters, and partners, working together to serve the Yarra Valley. It calls us to steward our resources with integrity and to continue this work with strength and humility.

Above all, it points us to hope – a bigger story of restoration that gives meaning to even the smallest acts of kindness.

LinC Yarra Valley Prayer

Our God of Compassion,

Thank you for your grace, your providence and your intimate care. Thank you for the cross that inspires us towards lives of self-sacrifice and service.

As we look to you, our hearts are touched with the infirmity of our friends and neighbours. Both our local neighbourhoods and our wider society are broken by poverty and need.

You told us that in this life, those less fortunate would always be with us, but that all would know that we were yours if we loved one another.

Lord, give us the strength and the will to be instruments of your love in the Yarra Valley.

Let us continue to strive to feed the hungry, minister to the disenfranchised and love the less fortunate. Lord, we beseech you to bless and increase the work of LinC Yarra Valley and similar organisations.

Revive and provide for LinC member churches in the Yarra Valley so that they, in turn, may bless their communities.

Protect and strengthen all our volunteers, customers, clients and supporters, as we move forward together in unity.

Help us to be transparent and responsible with the resources you provide.

Draw us together in compassion and service until you complete your work at last and every fear is vanquished, every tear is wiped away, and there is no more death, or sorrow or crying or pain.

We speak all these things in the Name of the caring Father, and of the compassionate Son, and of the intimate Holy Spirit,

Amen.