Rev. Chrysanthia F. Carr-Seals is a pastor, educator, and community advocate. She is a graduate of Lexington Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity degree and has a Juris Doctor and Master of Public Affairs degree. She has served as a pastor in the Kentucky Conference of the United Methodist Church for 15 years, a teacher in the Fayette County School System, and an instructor at Kentucky State University. She has also served as a community advocate for children and youth in Lexington, Kentucky.
The Dawn of New Life
Father, God of all consolation, in your unending love and mercy for us you turn the darkness of death into the dawn of new life. Show compassion to your people in their sorrow.
Be our refuge and strength to lift us from the darkness of this grief to the peace and light of your presence. Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, by dying for us, conquered death and by rising again, restored life. May we then go forward eagerly to meet him, and after our life on earth be reunited with our brothers and sisters where every tear will be wiped away. Amen.
Pastor Chrysanthia