Advent begins: What shall we pray? As Advent dawns in any church, the pace of preparation towards Christmas heats up considerably.
Teams of church members have already been planning and praying together to piece together a wide range of acts of worship
- Please pray that many members of our community will join us as we worship.
- Please pray for those who are doing things for the first time - and for new ventures, including "Messy Church" and our outdoor nativity.
Our Outreach Group are working on the final stages of producing "The Parish at Christmas", distributed to every household in our community.
- Please pray for a smooth production process, careful etiding (oops - editing) and an appealing final product
- Please pray that each household will indeed recieve a copy and be drawn to the life of the church through it's content
In the wider world, two reasons for remembering that John, the gospel writer, refers to Jesus as "light in the darkness"
1) the ongoing financial turmoil in the western world
- Please pray for all who are making colossal decisions about the complex elements of finding solutions for nations, communities and individuals to the threat of collapse of financial security
2) the resultant lack of focus on the ongoing poverty and turmoil in developing countries, whose financial insecurity is an ongoing reality of daily life for individuals and nations.
- Please pray that all nations retain their sense of responsiblity to show compassion and seek justice for the hidden, weakest and oppressed elements of our world and society.
Most of all, Jesus is the reason for the season
- Please pray that our worship, ministry and relationships throughout Advent and Christmas season will demonstrate the presence and wonder of our Lord Jesus.
- Please pray that the whole Christian church, throughout the nation and across the globe will shine as a beacon of good news this Advent and Christmas time.