Detroit, my beloved city, has been suffering for decades and is in need of many good people to serve in a plethora of ways. One of the ways is spiritual, in that we need a spiritual revival in the city. To this end, a prayer gathering for the city will take place July 14. A website for the event is here. It would be great to have many local Christian leaders take part in this event as an ecumenical vehicle to get more church-based involvement back in the city.

I've included the prayer for cities from the BCP below. I believe it is imperative for Christians to take part in ministering to their city/town/community, for we have lost the importance of the community church as was once commonplace.

Heavenly Father, in your Word you have given us a vision of that holy City to which the nations of the world bring their glory: Behold and visit, we pray, the cities of the earth. Renew the ties of mutual regard which form our civic life. Send us honest and able leaders. Enable us to eliminate poverty, prejudice, and oppression, that peace may prevail with righteousness, and justice with order, and that men and women from different cultures and with differing talents may find with one another the fulfillment of their humanity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen