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Prayer Book
A prayer book is available on the shelf by the inner entrance
doors to the church. You are welcome to add details of people
or concerns that need our prayers.
The book will be brought forward for the intercession prayers each week.
Prayer s of intercession
For our prayers of intercession this week, you are
invited to hold three short periods of quiet, in which
you are invited to bring our own prayers to God.
First, we pray for those close to home, calling to
mind the name or the face of somebody in our own
family, amongst our church congregation or a close
friend. In the quiet, we hold them and their situation
up to God.
(Silence)
Living God, you know our hearts and our hurts. We
commit them to you now, and invite you to come
close to those we have prayed for, bringing them
your healing, your comfort, your hope.
Second, we pray for situations further afield – taking
a moment to pray for something we have heard in
the news that troubles us, or for someone we have
never met but whose story has affected us. In the
quiet, we hold these people and situations up to
God.
Living God, you know the pains of your world. It can
feel like a dark world when we switch on the news,
or read our newspapers. In the darkness, bring
your light. In the conflict, bring your peace. In the
brokenness, bring your healing.
(Silence)
Finally, we spend a moment praying for the church:
perhaps this church congregation, the wider
Christian church, or all people of faith. In the quiet,
we pray for all who are gathering in worship today.
(Silence)
Living God, help us – your people – to be your
hands and feet in the world. May we find ways to be
an answer to prayer, to bring transformation in our
own lives, communities and our world.
We pray these, and all our prayers, through Jesus
Christ our Lord.
Amen.
(Silence)
Prayer
If you would like some time of prayer before
or after the service one of our prayer team are
available to help in anyway they can.
Prayer is the fundamental part of our
Christian faith.
A prayer for the people of The Middle East
Dear Jesus, please bring peace to the people
of Israel, Gaza and Iran. You have the peace that
surpasses all understanding.
Please give peace to these lands and bring
hope into their hearts as they continue to face
a time of fear, uneasiness, and worry.
Please surround them with your
hope, peace, and love.
Thank you, Lord, for always
being there for all of us.
In Jesus’ Name,
Amen.
