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Please remember the church, its work and the wider community while you enjoy a cup of coffee or tea.
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| 12 February |
| Lord, help us to share your love with everyone we come into contact with this week. Amen. |
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| 29 January |
| Loving Lord, Remembering that Jan 29th is Homelessness Sunday we pray for all who have lost their housing during the past year and for all who are searching for a secure and safe place to live. |
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| 22 January |
| Generous God we pray for those who are hungry as a result of natural disaster or through poverty. |
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| 15 January |
| Loving Father, at the start of Christian Unity Week we pray for opportunities to meet and pray with fellow Christians of other denominations in our locality. Amen |
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| 08 January |
| Lord, in the harshness of winter we pray for those who do not have comfortable homes, warm clothing and adequate food. Amen |
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| 01 January |
| Dear Lord, we thank you for all you gave us and did for us last year, and ask that we may know your presence ever with us throughout the coming year. Amen |
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| 18 December |
| At this increasingly busy time, Lord, we pause to think of those without a home in which to enjoy Christmas and ask you to bless them. Amen |
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| 11 December |
| Father forgive us when, in the busyness of preparations, we sometimes overlook the true meaning of Christmas. Amen |
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| 04 December |
| Dear Lord, thank you for the beauty I see all around me in your wonderful world. Amen |
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| 27 November |
| Lord Jesus, as we begin to prepare for Christmas, may our hearts catch fire again as we remember your love. Amen. |
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| 20 November |
| Dear Lord, in dark autumn days help us to feel sure of the warmth of your love. Amen. |
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| 13 November |
| Lord, we remember many who gave their lives for us. Thank you even more that you loved us enough to die on the cross for us. Amen. |
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| 06 November |
| Father, just as rockets light up the sky, may your love and joy be light in our lives. Amen. |
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| 30 October |
| Lord, thank you for my church. Help us to pray as if with one voice where our knowledge is insufficient and our ability inadequate. Accept our work in the spirit in which it is given. Amen |
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| 23 October |
| Help me, Lord, to affirm the unique present,
To live the holiness of each moment,
To be filled with your presence. |
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| 16 October |
| Lord, why is it that I often feel as though I’m not doing enough for you? Help me to distinguish between the claims of people around me and your claims. |
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| 09 October |
| Your love starts to grow in me at exactly the time when I become unsure and when I think you have forgotten me. Thanks you Jesus. |
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| 02 October |
| Lord, we thank you for our Church Family. In times of joy and in times of sadness, help us to always support each other. |
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| 25 September |
| Lord, thank you for the beauty of the autumn colours we see in your creation around us. Amen |
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| 18 September |
| Lord of the harvest, thank you for your bounteous gifts, help us to share with those in need around us. Amen |
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| 11 September |
| Lord, open our eyes, our ears and our hearts that we may share your love with those we meet each day. Amen. |
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| 28 August |
| Thank you God for giving me another day, another chance to become a better individual, another chance to give and experience your love. |
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| 14 August |
| Lord, hold my hand through the storms that happen in my life. Stay with me in those moments to give me strength and comfort. |
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| 07 August |
| Lord, bring comfort and hope into my life. Teach me your will and light the path in front of me so that I know which way to go. |
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| 31 July |
| God of stillness and creative action grant to those who seek to move us forward a sensitivity to the small voices whispering on the breeze. Amen |
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| 24 July |
| Lord, grant me renewed confidence in Your unfailing love. May my eyes be fixed on the glory You have prepared for me. |
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| 17 July |
| In all my uncertainties Lord grant me the grace to know what you would have me do. Illumine the way ahead I pray. Amen |
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| 10 July |
| Lord, take my mind and think through it, my lips and speak through them and my heart set on fire with love for You and each other. |
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| 03 July |
| Lord, help me listen to your voice, wisdom to discern your will, a desire to walk in your way and a passion for the journey. |
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| 26 June |
| Lord, allow our Church to be a place of worship and praise. A place where people feel safe. A place blessed with people who love You. A place that reaches out. A place of calm and peace. A place of family. Amen |
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| 19 June |
| 'Lord, even if it is not what we want, allow us to let your will be done in our lives. Amen' |
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| 12 June |
| Lord, when we face difficult situations, help us to remember the footprints in the sand and know that you are there, guiding us through the dark and helping us see the light. Amen |
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| 05 June |
| We pray for all those for whom we are concerned. May the grace of Christ bring them peace. Amen. |
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| 29 May |
| Lord, we thank you that your word is a rock on which we can build; a book that is freely available to us; a light for our path and fulfilled in Jesus, the living Word. Amen. |
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| 22 May |
| Dear God, help me to watch carefully and prepare patiently so that when opportunities to serve you are presented to me I am ready. |
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| 15 May |
| Forgive us loving God, when we treat lightly the precious things you have given us. Help us to see our blessings and share them with others. |
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| 08 May |
| Father help us to study your word in the Bible so that we may mature as Christians and others may see you working through us. |
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| 01 May |
| Lord, help us to engage our faith, to be involved, not standing at a distance, but in participation with our neighbours. Amen. |
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| 24 April |
| Lord thank you for the empty tomb, the sign of hope eternal. Deliver all humankind from the tombs of terror, despair, oppression and the power of evil and death. Amen |
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| 17 April |
| Today I joined the crowd, jostling, pushing for a better view of him who comes in the name of our God. We shouted “Hosanna in the highest” but now all that's left are broken branches and wonderful memories. Thank you Jesus |
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| 10 April |
| Today I joined the crowd, jostling, pushing for a better view of him who comes in the name of our God. We shouted “Hosanna in the highest” but now all that's left are broken branches and wonderful memories. Thank you Jesus |
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| 03 April |
| Lord Jesus you made vital decisions about the kind of life you intended to live. Thank you for your example. Help me to follow your example and grant me the strength to do so. |
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| 27 March |
| Jesus said “The water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (John 4:13). Lord, help us to grow closer to you, that we may find the living, eternal water of which you speak. |
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| 20 March |
| “I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.” (Psalm 121). When we need help, Lord, help us to remember to look to you for help, and help us to remember that you are always there for us. |
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| 13 March |
| “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4: 4). Lord, be our daily bread, and help us to feed those who need You |
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| 06 March |
| “Blessed are all who take refuge in God” (Psalm 2). Help us, Lord, to find ways to take refuge in You when things are tough; and help us to point others to You when they seek refuge. |
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| 27 February |
| Lord, at the start of Fairtrade Fortnight we pray for an end to poverty and a fairer world for all your people. Amen. |
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| 20 February |
| Lord, help us to keep you at the centre of our lives this week. May we honour you in everything we say and do. Amen. |
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| 13 February |
| Lord, thank you for all those we love, and for the love you showed us by sending Jesus into our world. Amen. |
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| 06 February |
| Father, fill us with your Spirit and enable us to be witnesses to your love in the world this week. Amen. |
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| 05 February |
| Father, help us to keep you at the centre of our lives this week. May we honour you in everything we say and do. Amen. |
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| 30 January |
| Jesus, you saw you had power and you used it wisely.
May we know our strength as your people and as a church
and act wisely. Lord re-awaken the power of God
in us to act together. Amen
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| 23 January |
Grant me God, the warmth of compassionate love,
The forgiving Spirit which harbours no thought of revenge
And the inner peace which reaches out to the world. Amen
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| 16 January |
| Gracious God, as I journey in life and faith,
may I discern the road I should travel as your faithful child.
May my church also know afresh the God who walks with us. Amen |
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| 09 January |
| All-powerful Lord, who still comes without baggage,
who still counts human life as God’s gift,
cleanse, I pray, this world of scheming;
of allegiances made in the head but not in the heart. |
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| 02 January |
Timeless One, may our numbered days
Keep pace with our neighbours,
Creating relevant and caring communities
Ripe with justice and hope. |
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| 19 December |
| Thank you, Lord, for all kind people who help us each day, every smile and every kind gesture makes us feel better. |
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| 12 December |
| Thank you, Lord, for the beauty all around us every day. |
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| 05 December |
| Lord let us have JOY in our lives: Jesus, Others, Yourself. |
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| 28 November |
| Lord, save me from self-importance. Teach me the dignity to be undignified. |
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| 21 November |
| Lord, I counted 305 beautiful things on my walk back from town. Thank you. |
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| 14 November |
| Give us the strength to do what is important, the discipline to ignore the distractions and the wisdom to tell which is which. |
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| 07 November |
| Lord, we remember the dramatic rescue of the Chilean miners. We pray for everyone trapped in dark places and for those working to free them. |
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| 31 October |
| In times of busyness, find rest in his presence. In times of loneliness, feel his arms around you.
In moments of joy and gladness, give him thanks and praise. At all times and in all places, know that he is with you. Amen |
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| 24 October |
| Lord, we give you thanks for our church family. We remember those no longer with us but whose lives touched ours.
As we travel forward together, open our hearts to your love. Amen |
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| 17 October |
| Father, take hold of our lives, fill us with your spirit and send us out into your world as examples of your grace and witnesses of your love. Amen |
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| 10 October |
| We go into the new week refreshed by the presence of God, filled with the love of Christ and overflowing with the life of the Spirit. Amen |
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| 03 October |
| Lord, we have come because you have called us. We have come because you have made us your people. We have come because we belong to you. We have come to give you thanks and praise. Amen. |
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| 26 September |
| Dear God, it’s me again, standing in the need of prayer. Fill me once again with your Spirit and the reality of your love that others will see Jesus in my words and actions. Amen. |
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| 19 September |
| Dear God, you lead me beside still waters where I can find peace and rest. As I pray fill my heart with peace as I pray and those I name before you now. Amen |
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| 12 September |
| Dear God, Thank you for the help of fellow travellers that have helped me on my journey of faith and for those whom I have yet to encounter. Amen. |
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| 05 September |
| Dear God, I think of my life as a journey. Not that I start far from you for you are there. Help me not hesitate nor wander away from the path but to keep to the course you and I walk together. Amen |
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| 29 August |
| Living God, you have taught me that faith without works is dead,
so temper my faith with love and hope that in giving to others in need my life will honour you for ever. Amen |
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| 22 August |
| Teach me to listen, Holy Spirit, for your voice -
In busyness and in restfulness,
In certainty and in doubt,
In noise and in silence. Amen |
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| 15 August |
| Lord Jesus, take me this day and use me.
Take my lips and speak through them.
Take my mind and think through it.
Take my will and act through it,
And fill my heart with love for you. Amen |
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| 08 August |
| God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference. Amen |
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| 01 August |
| Thank you Lord for the beauty I see all around in this wonderful world you have made. I see something remarkable each day and remember your love. Amen |
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| 25 July |
| Dear Lord, I pray for the workers who are refurbishing our church, that they may have your blessing upon their endeavours. Amen |
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| 18 July |
| Dear Lord, I thank you for your love and guidance in our lives and pray for your blessing upon our efforts to persuade others in our community to join us. Amen |
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| 04 July |
| Dear Lord, help me to make a special effort to follow your teaching and express love for my neighbours in the week ahead. Amen |
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| 27 June |
| I am here to thank you God of the future, always ahead of me.
I am here to trust you God of the present, here in the midst of me. I am here to praise you God who has fathered and mothered me. Amen |
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| 20 June |
| Lord, you are a God of peace, a peace which offer freely to all.
May this peace soak up our thoughts, flood our whole being,
fill this place and the homes from which we come.
May we ever accept each other as you are accepting of us.
Amen |
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| 13 June |
| Lord, make me a good steward of all your gifts.
For the life you have given me, my particular
responsibilities and opportunities.
I ask that I may be an instrument of praise in the words
I speak, the things I do and in the way I live. Amen |
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| 06 June |
| In every acorn there is the potential for a forest;
In every pip the potential for an orchard;
In every soul the potential for your kingdom, full of peace,
joy and love. We pray that you will grow your kingdom in
us and all creation. Amen |
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| 30 May |
| O God I pray for your Spirit to come upon your Church and renew us with your life, passion and love showing us where to go next and to treasure what we have. Amen |
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| 23 May |
| Come Holy Spirit renew me with your life!
A life that makes it possible to live with joy and passion and be sustained through sorrows. Come Holy Spirit renew, refresh to live as Jesus taught. Amen |
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| 16 May |
| Lord, life is a mystery, so often too deep to fathom, too large for me to grasp and I am only an ordinary person hoping in some way that my life might have meaning and might count. Lord Help me to understand through the things we will do together this week. Amen |
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