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PRAYER DIARY SEPTEMBER 2007 PARISH of |
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St Peter’s Church, Bredhurst
All
Saints’ Church, St
Paul’s Church, Parkwood St
Matthew’s Church,Wigmore |
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Daily Prayer helps
us to focus on God. As we talk with Him remember the needs in our community
and wider world
giving thanks that He hears our
prayers If you have
prayers or concerns to be included in the October Parish Prayer Diary please
advise Sue & Paul Warren 01634 372508
(sue.warren@tiscali.co.uk) |
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If the prayer diary has been
handed to you with the order of service sheet and you do not wish to keep it,
please hand back at the end of the service, |
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Prayer
is able to unlock the treasures of God and to lock the gates of hell. |
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Sat 1 Mark 8 1-10 |
Wedding: Andrew & Karen |
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Sun
2 Ps
112 |
Pray for all who are being baptised today: Thomas Desmond, Hannah Calvert,
Joh Pordage and Jack Elworthy.
May they grow to know God’s love and a sense of belonging to the
Church family. |
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Mon
3 Mark
8 11-21 |
Pray for those beginning in new classes and schools
today and throughout this week. Pray
especially for children who are nervous or uncertain that they may know God
with them. |
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Tue
4 Mark
8 22-26 |
Pray for Chris Butt leading a beginning of term
assembly at The
residents of: Tamarind Close, |
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Wed
5 Mark
8 27
– 9.1 |
As a new season of “Play and Chat” begins in
Parkwood, we give thanks to God for the commitment of the leaders and we pray
that this parent and toddler group would continue to be a blessing to the
local community. |
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Thu
6 Mark
9 2-13 |
Today
is the greatest day we will ever know.
Today is all we have, yesterday is gone. Lord help us to make the most of this day
and to take advantage of the ways that we could benefit this world. |
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Fri
7 Mark
9 14-29 |
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Sat
8 Mark
9 30-37 |
Pray for Jenny Spalding
who begins her training as a Pastoral Assistant today and for Chris Butt
leading a memorial Service in |
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Sun 9 Ps 122 & 123 |
Lord,
let those in power see the potential of their power. Let them fuel the world of tomorrow, help
them see past their office and onwards to global peace and unity. |
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Mon
10 Mark
9 38-end |
Deanery Clergy
meet together at St Mark’s, The residents of: Tanglewood
Close, Wigmore Tanker Hill,
Wigmore |
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Tue
11 Mark
10 1-16 |
Introduction
to Lay Training in the Diocesan Centre. The residents of: The
Everglades, |
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Wed
12 Mark
10 17-31 |
O
Lord, help our planet’s inhabitants realise how lucky they are for what is provided
for them. Help us to take care of our planet and to not pollute or destroy
it. |
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Thu
13 Mark
10 32-34 |
O Lord, help us to help
ourselves and help each other in any way we can. We have such positive things to say yet we
speak only of the troubles that surround us.
Let this be a day for pronouncing the joy that lies within us. |
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Fri
14 Holy
Cross Day John
12 27-36a |
Thank you Lord, that we
are made in Your image and that each one of us has value and dignity whatever
our age, stage of development or quality of life. We pray that a love and godly respect for
all will pervade our community. |
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Sat
15 Mark
10 46-end |
The
residents of: The Hazels, Wigmore The Old Carriageway, The Paddocks, The Rise, |
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Sun
16 Ps 126
& 127 |
Wedding: Phillip
& Victoria Lighthouse
Tea and Taster event. Pray that we
will begin to reach out to new families as we explore Joseph. |
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Mon
17 Mark
11 1-11 |
Early Steps Teddy Bears’ Picnic tomorrow. PCC Meeting tomorrow evening. |
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Tue
18 Mark
11 12-26 |
As
Louisa Waters and Alan Jenkins take the first of three assemblies to raise
awareness of |
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Wed
19 Mark
11 27-end |
Prayer Vigil for Poverty and Hope in the
Cathedral. Give thanks for the way
this appeal has reached out to others with compassion and hope over the
years. |
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Thu
20 Mark
12 1-12 |
Many are poor, oh
Lord, while many are wealthy. Let us
help those that are less fortunate than we are today. We are all human and created equal. A great car and a big house are not the measure
of our worth. Let us know that and
show others the beauty of our souls rather than the lustre of our posessions Help us Lord to fuel the fire of your
strength that burns within us. We need
you to awaken the spirit that is within us. |
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Fri
21 Matthew 2
Tim 3 14-end |
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Sat
22 Mark
12 18-27 |
Snowdown Colliery Male Voice Choir. Pray that this
first concert of the “season” will be a success and that it will encourage
many people to come and enjoy future concerts at St Matthew’s. |
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Sun
23 Ps 130
& 131 |
Adrian Newman, Dean of Rochester, preaches at St
Matthew’s Patronal Festival. The
residents of: The Everglades, |
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Mon
24 Mark
12 28-34 |
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, praise
him, all creatures here below, praise him above ye heavenly host, praise
Father, Son and Holy Ghost. |
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Tue
25 Mark
12 35-end |
Pray for all
who are ill especially those known to us. May sickness, sin and sadness to thy healing virtue
yield. |
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Wed
26 Mark
13 1-13 |
Sight: Remember blind and visually impaired students
in Medway’s schools/colleges. Give
thanks for resources that are provided for their help and welfare and for the
church’s support and encouragement. |
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Thu
27 Mark
13 14-23 |
Father,
help us to develop the qualities that influence others for Your Kingdom,
teach us to let people go when they want and not force our will on them. Help us to live in the freedom that Jesus
bought. |
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Fri
28 Mark
13 24-31 |
O Lord our Healer, draw near to all who are feeling
weak and discouraged because of disability or illness. Give them strength and grace in body, mind
and spirit and may many turn to you and receive peace. |
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Sat
29 Michael & All Angels Acts
12 1-11 |
Wedding:
Matthew &
Laura Farewell party
for Alan, Susie, Charis, Abbie and Poppy Jenkins. Give thanks for their ministry and pray for
their move to Great Bookham. |
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Sun
30 Ps
132 |
As
various harvest services take place today, we give thanks to God for all the
good things we enjoy and pray that the gifts we bring would be well used to
serve the local community. |
A copy of this months Prayer Diary can be downloaded
below:-
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Prayer
Diary |
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