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JOIN THE PRAYER JOURNEY Autumn/Winter edition, 2019 GOD’S CHURCH FOR GOD’S WORLD JOIN THE PRAYER JOURNEY Welcome to the journey A CELEBRATION OF OUR of prayer for the Lambeth GLOBAL ANGLICAN COMMUNION The Lambeth Conference will bring together bishops and Conference 2020. spouses from a wide range of countries and provinces across the world. They represent the life of the church in these Join a movement of people praying for the conference places and the needs, opportunities and challenges of the and the life of the Anglican Communion as we seek to be wider communities in which they are based. In this season God’s Church for God’s World - and walk, listen and witness of prayer, give thanks for the rich diversity of the Anglican together. Communion and the opportunity of learning and sharing Convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lambeth together through the Lambeth Conference. Conference is a once-a-decade gathering of bishops from the Anglican Communion. The first conference was held in 1867 making Lambeth 2020 the fifteenth gathering. Held in Canterbury in the summer of 2020, over one thousand bishops and spouses will gather from 165 countries, for prayer, worship, Bible Study and dialogue on issues of common concern in the Church and the world. BIBLE READING A global event of Anglican church leaders, the Lambeth “There are different kinds “Just as a body, though Conference will have impact and influence on the Anglican of gifts, but the same Spirit one, has many parts, but Communion for the decade ahead. distributes them. There are all its many parts form one different kinds of service, body, so it is with Christ. As Bishops of the Anglican Communion prepare to join together, but the same Lord. There For we were all baptized we invite Christians and churches world-wide to join with us in are different kinds of by one Spirit so as to form our journey of prayer. working, but in all of them one body—whether Jews or and in everyone it is the Gentiles, slave or free—and Share prayers for the Lambeth Conference. same God at work.Now to we were all given the one Social Media: #LambethConference #Prayer each one the manifestation Spirit to drink. Even so the of the Spirit is given for the body is not made up of one Email: [email protected] common good.” part but of many.” Online: www.lambethconference.org/shareyourprayers 1 Corinthians 12: 4- 7 1 Corinthians 12: 12-14 God’s Church For God’s World JOIN THE PRAYER JOURNEY GIVE THANKS FOR THE PLEASE PRAY FOR... ANGLICAN COMMUNION The Anglican Communion is in communion with the See of Canterbury and recognise the Archbishop of The Anglican Communion is... Canterbury as the Communion’s spiritual head. Pray for the Archbishop who has a unique focus for Anglican ...One of the world’s largest Christian communities... unity, in his role as an instrument of the communion. ...Has tens of millions of members in more than 165 countries around the globe... Over one thousand bishops and spouses will make the ... Organised into 40 provinces and extra-provincial journey to Canterbury for the Lambeth Conference. Pray areas, which are national or regional. for the bishops attending the Lambeth Conference and their ministry. Pray for guidance and wisdom as they prepare to contribute to the conference. PRAY FOR A PROVINCE: In this season of prayer we pray for the Provinces of: The participation of spouses through the joint programme of the Lambeth Conference is an • The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia important part of the event. Pray for the spouses • The Anglican Church of Australia attending and the different vocations and ministries in • The Church of Bangladesh which they are involved. • Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil • The Anglican Church of Burundi Give thanks for the nations, provinces, dioceses and parishes in each part of the Anglican Communion. Pray for the work of the church in sharing the Gospel and working to support the needs of local people. Pray for the work of bishops and diocesan teams across the world in enabling local congregations to pursue the Five Marks of Mission, so that the transforming message of Gospel hope will be known. Prayer for the Anglican Communion Environmental Network and its work in addressing climate change across the world. God’s Church For God’s World JOIN THE PRAYER JOURNEY SHARE YOUR PRAYERS FOR REFLECTION “It’s my prayer that, inspired by the Holy Spirit, Walking, listening and the Lambeth Conference will reinvigorate the Communion with the vision and resources to witnessing together bring the transforming love of Jesus Christ to every level of society across the world. It will be a time of addressing hurts and concerns; of deepening existing relationships and building Walk new ones; of grappling with issues that face the Many people will travel hundreds Church and the world. We will listen to each other; we will or thousands of miles to attend the seek God’s wisdom to find ways to walk together; we will Lambeth Conference. This season, consider build each other up as leaders.” what journeys and new discoveries God may The Archbishop of Canterbury invite you to make. “The Conference theme reminds us that the Church neither exists alone, nor does it exist for itself. It exists for and through mission. Listen “God is busy reconciling the world to the divine, One body and many parts. There is a rich always inviting us to reach out beyond the confines diversity of Christian tradition, culture of our stained-glass windows to minister to a world and experience in the Anglican Communion. longing for God’s love, comfort and embrace. By sharing and learning together, we grow in “As Anglicans, we want to say to the world: we are here for you as understanding. Who can you listen to this week bridge-builders, working for peace, addressing social needs and that will help you to deepen in faith? - acknowledging our brokenness - doing all we can to rebuild trust and help people to grow into who God wants them to be.” Archbishop Thabo Makgoba South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Witness and Chair of the Lambeth Conference Design Group The Lambeth Conference is an opportunity for sharing in good news and equipping the church for mission. How Share prayers for the Lambeth Conference. can you seek to be good news this week in your Social Media: #LambethConference #Prayer community? Email: [email protected] Online: www.lambethconference.org/shareyourprayers God’s Church For God’s World Sign up for Lambeth Conference news and future editions of the Prayer Diary at: www.lambethconference.org/subscribe Share prayers for the Lambeth Conference. Social Media: #LambethConference #Prayer Email: [email protected] Online: www.lambethconference.org/shareyourprayers.