Prayer Calendar | September 2019 Praise Items and Prayer Requests Coming from Within Anic, ACNA and the Anglican Communion for Each Day of This Month
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Prayer Calendar | September 2019 Praise items and prayer requests coming from within ANiC, ACNA and the Anglican Communion for each day of this month. 1. Our diocese – Pray for the Anglican Network in 9. Pray for our Missionary Bishop Andy Lines (& Canada and all our parishes across Canada and in Mandy). Given the spiritual drift from orthodoxy New England. Pray for revival in our churches. We so of the Church of England and the Scottish Episcopal desperately need the Lord. May great passion for the Church, his ministry to orthodox evangelicals is vital. Gospel be a hallmark of each congregation. Please pray as Bishop Andy resumes his ministry responsibilities after a time away. 2. Our province and primate – Pray for Archbishop Foley Beach (& Allison) as he gives godly leadership 10. ANiC’s New England congregations to the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA). Holy Trinity (Marlborough, MA) Pray also for him as he embraces his strategic role as St Brigid of Kildare (Medway, MA) chairman of the Gafcon primates’ council. Holy Trinity (Attleboro, MA) All Saints’ (Rutland, VT) 3. Pray for Bishop Charlie Masters (& Judy) as he Emmanuel - Chinese (Boston, MA) leads ANiC. May God grant him the health, strength, discernment and the passion he needs for this heavy 11. ANiC archdeacons, canons & all clergy – Pray for responsibility. Pray for protection for him from illness spiritual and physical protection and renewal as well and fatigue. Grant him great zeal for the Gospel as he as God’s blessing upon their ministry. Pray also for cares for the parishes in Canada and New England. their spouses & families that God would grant them safety and health in body, mind and spirit. During 4. ANiC’s 5 Ministry Priorities – Pray that God will use these summer months, may they also experience some these five priorities to transform us and our parishes: deep rest and restorative vacation time. Bold witnesses; Biblically grounded; Loving children; On mission; and Planting churches. 12. ANiC congregations the Atlantic Provinces St Stephen the Martyr (St John’s, NL) 5. Pray for ANiC’s suffragan bishops: Bishops Stephen Resurrection (Halifax, NS) Leung (& Nona) and Trevor Walters (& Dede). Pray Good Samaritan (St John’s, NL) for health, protection, wisdom and vision as they care Christ the King (Quispamsis, NB) for clergy and churches. All Saints (Bonavista, NL) 6. September first Friday: We urge you to set aside 13. ANiC congregations in Quebec the first Friday as a day to pray and fast for our Emmaus (Montreal) diocese (ANiC), the Anglican Church of North America, St Timothy’s (Montreal) and the Anglican Communion worldwide. We live in an St James (Lennoxville) age of immense pressure against the Gospel. It is critical that we unite together in prayer. 14. ANiC congregations in the Ottawa area Pray for Bishop Don Harvey (& Trudy) in his roles Faith Anglican (Limoges) as ANiC’s episcopal vicar and as senior chaplain to St Luke’s (Pembroke) the ACNA College of Bishops. Pray for his continued Messiah (Ottawa) health and vigour. Stand with him against any assault Blackburn Hamlet Community (Ottawa) or strategy of the “enemy of our souls” as he gives St Peter & St Paul’s (Ottawa) oversight to the spiritual warfare team. Grace (Mississippi Mills) Eternal Hope (Carleton Place) 7. Pray for the following ordinations occurring today, September 7th in New England: Rev. Praveen 15. ANiC congregations in Ontario Mutalik to the priesthood, and Rev. Shawn Fowler St Aidan’s (Windsor) as a transitional deacon, both at Holy Trinity, St Aidan’s at River’s Bend (Belle River) Marlborough MA. May the Lord richly bless their Cornerstone Anglican Church (Sarnia) ministry with much “fruit that remains”. New Life (Sturgeon Falls) The Way (Wasaga Beach) 8. Pray for Bishop Ron Ferris (& Jan) as he fulfills his The Gate (Sault Ste Marie) important role as Assisting Bishop for Missionary Church of the Good Shepherd, (Sault Ste Marie) church Planning. Pray also for our retired bishop, Bishop project (recent) Malcolm Harding (& Marylou). Thank God for their fruitful ministries. 16. ANiC congregations in Ontario All Nations – Japanese St Hilda’s (Oakville) St John’s – Sudanese (Surrey) St Peter by the Park (Hamilton) Good Shepherd Vancouver – Chinese St George’s (Burlington) St Timothy’s (North Vancouver) Epiphany (Hamilton) St Simon’s (North Vancouver) Good Shepherd (St Catharines) St Jude (Guelph) 24. ANiC congregations on Vancouver Island & Sunshine Coast 17. Asian & Multicultural Ministries in Canada Open Gate Church (Victoria) (AMMiC) – May God bless and prosper their ministry Living Edge (Victoria) as they reach out to ethnic communities and new Church of Our Lord (Victoria) immigrants with the transforming Gospel of Jesus, Christ’s Church (Oceanside) and engage in planting new churches. Also pray for The Table (Victoria, Saanich Peninsula) AMMiC’s fall mini-conference, September 17 – 19 in Christ the Redeemer (Pender Harbour) Vancouver. Included is a dinner of thanksgiving for the past and fundraising for the future of AMMiC. 25. ANiC council, chancellor & registrar – Pray for wisdom and servant hearts as they serve ANiC. May 18. ANiC congregations in Greater Toronto and eastern they know God’s leading, seek His will, and experience Ontario His joy. Pray especially for ANiC council as they meet St Chad’s (Toronto) in Burlington ON, September 25 & 26. Celebration Church (Barrie) Christ The King (Toronto) 26. Pray for the Anglican Relief and Development Fund New Song (Port Perry) Canada (ARDFC) as it is partnering with the Anglican Bethel South Asian (Brampton) Diocese of Egypt to help support the continued Living Waters (Kingston) development of a Vocational Training Center in Giza, St James Fellowship (Trenton) Egypt. The Vocational Training Center will enrol 144 St Stephen Anglican Fellowship (Napanee) (recent) students, both male and female, between the ages of 16 and 30. The life impact will also include 432 family 19. ANiC congregations in Saskatchewan & Manitoba members. In addition, 15 – 20 students will qualify for Resurrection (Brandon, MB) a small business loan to start a business. St Bede’s (Kinosota, MB) Redeemer (Dauphin, MB) 27. Please pray for Gafcon, our global family of Saint Saviour’s, (Lloydminster SK) authentic Anglicans standing together to retain and restore the Bible to the heart of the Anglican 20. ANiC congregations in Alberta Communion. Pray for the fulfillment of their God- Holy Trinity - Filipino (Edmonton) given mandate: “Gafcon works to guard and proclaim Grace Anglican (Calgary) the unchanging, transforming Gospel through Christ the King (Edmonton) biblically faithful preaching and teaching which frees Good Shepherd - Cantonese (Calgary) our churches to make disciples by clear and certain Living Water (Athabasca) witness to Jesus Christ in all the world.” 21. ANiC congregations in the Fraser Valley & Interior 28. Pray for the ANiC staff & volunteers for strength for of BC their tasks, for faithfulness in service, and for joy in Ascension (Langley) the Lord. May God’s blessing rest on ANiC as we seek Resurrection (Kelowna) to know, love & serve Him. Saint Matthew’s (Abbotsford) Christ Church (Kelowna) 29. Pray ANiC’s upcoming Synod being held in Ottawa Church of the Holy Cross (Abbotsford) November 5th – 8th. May the decisions that are made Bulkley River project (formerly Houston and Smithers) be fully in accordance with the Lord’s will. May it be (recent) a time of great refreshing and encouragement for our clergy and lay delegates, and may the Holy Spirit 22. ANiC congregations in the Vancouver area continue to impart renewed vision and clarity for our St John’s (Vancouver) future. Sojourn Church (UBC, Vancouver) St John’s (Richmond) 30. Pray for a fresh outpouring of repentance and Immanuel Church (Vancouver) revival upon our nations and our world! “Oh, that St Peter’s Fireside (Vancouver) you would rend the heavens and come down, that the St Andrew’s (Delta) mountains might quake at your presence - as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to 23. ANiC congregations in the Vancouver area boil - to make your name known to your adversaries, St Matthias and St Luke (Vancouver) and that the nations might tremble at your presence!” Good Shepherd Richmond – Chinese Isaiah 64:1-2 ESV.