A Prayer before a new year

On December 29, 2019 - I used the following prayer in worship. The refrain "we send to the cross" is something I’ve encountered in other prayers and was impressed upon to use in this prayer.
Kind Father, As we transition from one year to the next, we look back and we look ahead.
Remind us to look to you and to trust you fully, to send to you our hopes and fears, our joys and sorrows, for you can receive them and make all things new. In faith we pray...

• For the moments of this past year that brought us great joy... we send to the cross
• For moments of grief and sorrow... we send to the cross
• For moments when we blew it with a sister, brother, neighbor, or friend... we send to the cross
• For moments when we were renewed in an act of worship... we send to the cross
• For our hopes in the year ahead... we send to the cross
• For the turmoil in our country and the new election cycle... we send to the cross
• For those who will welcome new life, or those who will have a new medical diagnosis... we send to the cross
• For the church of Jesus Christ, and for the UMC as it looks ahead in its stymied state of being... we send to the cross
• We send to the cross the following....

Thank you for the work of Christ done on the cross; to take away our sins, to transform life’s moments of grief and lead them to a new and glorious beginning. This past year we send to the cross. This new year, we receive from You, and commit it to the Way of Jesus. Amen.