Sunday 5th March 2017 First Sunday in Lent

St. Chad’s - Today! 9.30am

8.00am 9.30am Family Service Gen 2.15-17; Song 1 3.1-7 p 2 Ancient of days Psalm 32 p 252 (APBA) Song 2 Rom 5.12-21 p 798 10 000 reasons Matt 4.1-11 p 682 p 785 Song 3 My God is so big Readings for next Sunday: 5 March 2017 Song 4 Jesus I have promised Genesis 12.1-4a Song 5 Psalm 121 Father welcomes Romans 4.1-5, 13-17 Song 6 John 3.1-17 Soul on fire

Prayer of the Day Almighty God, whose Son fasted forty days in the wilderness and was tempted as we are, yet did not sin: give us grace to direct our lives in obedience to your will, that, as you know our weakness, so we may know your power to save; through Jesus Christ our Redeemer, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Sentence of the Day

We do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. Matthew 4.4

Prayer for Longbeach each Sunday: St Chads@11 , St [email protected]

Healing Prayer has been requested for: Allan, Ted, Sandra, Caroline, Michael, Jeff, Ken, Jason, Fay, Michael, Kate, Rachel, David, Pauline, Beth, Doss, Bruce P.

Prayers for the World & Community  International Day for Women  Our wider church family

Prayers for the world:  For women marginalized

For Longbeach Parish  That our love for each other will SHINE

Prayers for the Church  (Bp , Bp Robert Wickham, Bp , Bp , Bp , Bp , Bp Peter Broadbent);  Ministry with the Torres Strait Islander people of Australia (Torres Strait Clergy & People);  St Thomas' Moonee Ponds (Vanessa Bennett);  Brimbank Anglican Church – pastoral visit (Bp Philip Huggins);  St Christopher’s Bentleigh East – pastoral visit (Bp Genieve Blackwell);  St Andrew’s Rye –150 Year Anniversary (Bp Paul Barker).

MISSION PRAYER

CMS—Australia — Praise God for the sacrifices made by Mission Personnel Secretaries who travel regularly to visit missionaries across the world. Pray for Peter Rodgers on a pastoral visit to South East Asia, and for Chris Cooper as he visits workers in Nepal. Pray also for Chris Mitchell as he heads to South Asia at the end of February, and for Elizabeth Richards preparing to travel to Europe in mid-March

BCA— Port Hedland— Pray for the church as we hold our AGM this month. Give thanks for those who serve the church so well and pray for the election of a new parish council. Pray for the women's Bible study group to grow in spiritual wisdom and in reaching out to others