THE DIOCESE of FALSE BAY Revd Eugene and for Their Families
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The Right Revd Henry Okeke Wau (South Sudan) The Most Revd Moses Deng Bol Ibba (South Su- dan) The Right Revd Wilson Elias Kamani (Anglican Cycle of Prayer) TUESDAY 31 PRAYERS AND INTERCESSIONS ST PETER’S, KLEINVLEI Gracious Lord, we thank you for calling us to be your followers. Grant to our Parish your mercy and grace and send your Spirit to open our hearts to your will. Forgive us for the mistakes we’ve made FOR THE PEOPLE AND PARISHES OF and help us to be generous in forgiving others. We acknowledge you, Lord, as the Way, the Truth and the Life, and so help us always to choose you. We pray for our clergy, Canon Delmaine and THE DIOCESE OF FALSE BAY Revd Eugene and for their families. We commend to you also our Parish leadership; our families; our young people; our elderly people; the sick and the lonely in our community. We pray for the MARCH 2020 varying needs of all our parishioners and ask that you will strengthen our faith and commitment to you and your Church. May your Holy Spirit guide and direct us in our role as partners in your mis- sion. Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer. Pray for Mbeere (Kenya) The Right Revd Moses Masam- ba Nthukah Wellington (Aotearoa NZ & Polynesia) The Right Revd Justin Duckworth Idah (Nigeria) PRAYER THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH: The Right Revd Joseph Musa (Anglican Cycle of Prayer) Lord may Lent be a time of inward searching that makes me more able to look with compassion at the needs of the world. The Archdeaconry of Mitchell’s Plain to submit their prayers by 6 March ARCHDEACONRY OF BLUE DOWNS EVENTS IN THIS WEEK: 1-7 March 1 Confirmation: St Michael and All Angels, Ottery 1 Vestry: St Peter Khay & St Andrew Strand 1 Mandela Park PCC Admission 2 Mitchell’s Plain Clergy Fellowship Day 3 Mountain Bay Clergy Fellowship–Lotus River 10am 4 Kleinvlei – Admission of PCC 6 World Day of Prayer 7 Tutorial Day Grassy Park 7 KALK BAY FISH FARE 7 Church Lads/Girls Brigade Ann. Returns/Nom. 7 Breede Valley Lay Training @ Bella Vista SUNDAY 1-FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT We pray for the Church in the world today, that it may be receptive to the needs of humankind and faithful to its Gospel, that it may preserve all the good from the past and reach out fearlessly to the future. We pray that the Church will care for the individual and help to change society and that it will have a growth in unity. Please pray for all to be confirmed today at St Michael and All Angels, Ottery. Pray for Mandalay (Myanmar) The Right Revd David Nyi Nyi Naing Toronto (Canada) The PRAYERS FOR PARISHES AND PEOPLE OF THE DIOCESE OF FALSE BAY Most Revd Colin Robert Johnson (Anglican Cycle of Prayer) PREPARED BY MIDGE AND MIKE GRAHAM EMAILED BY THE DIOCESAN OFFICE MONDAY Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, 672 TEL: 021 856 34 23 The Cluster of Belhar E-mail: [email protected] ST MATTHEW, DELFT WITH DELFT-SOUTH Pray for our Rector Revd. Joy Klimbashe and family, Revd Monica Bantom and her family. We pray for newly elected Churchwardens, Chapelwardens and Parish councillors at St. Matthew and Delft-South. We continue to keep the congregation in our prayers. At Delft- South, we ask God to put an end to the vandalism of our property, an end to violence, gangsterism and abuse. We pray for Walking Bus members for the work that they do to ensure the safety of our learners to and from school. We pray for insight and wisdom for the community in Delft, that we may have healthy rela- tionships and live in harmony with one another. Pray for Manicaland (Central Africa) The Right Revd Erick Ruwona Toungoo (Myanmar) The Right Revd Saw John Wilme Hawaii (The Episcopal Church) The Right Revd Robert Fitzpatrick (Anglican Cycle of Prayer) TUESDAY 3-John and Charles Wesley, Priests, 18th century port this ministry. Pray for Mauritius (Indian Ocean) Vacant Waikato & Taranaki (Aotearoa NZ & Almighty God we pray for our world in this time of crisis. We bring before you our political and reli- Polynesia) The Most Revd Philip Richardson (Primate) Wangaratta (Australia) The Right Revd John gious leaders. We pray for our nations, our president and all ministers in public office, praying that they Parkes (Anglican Cycle of Prayer) may be an example to the people they choose to serve. Help us to understand what your will is in the confusion and unrest of our time. Give us insight to distinguish between the signs of your spirit de- FRIDAY 27 HOLY NATIVITY, BLACKHEATH manding change and renewal. We pray for peace in our communities; move the hearts and minds of all We pray for our Parish during the interregnum, and especially for the interim rector, Fr. John Hanson. your people to work towards peace, and help us to work towards rebuilding family values. We continue We pray for the visitation of parishioners, as per our parish role, for all the people who will be in- to pray for an end to fear within our communities and our beloved country; give us the strength and volved in the process. We pray also for the Lent program, the upcoming Vestry Meeting, and for a insight to offer our love and support to all in their time of need. We give thanks to you Father for your greater active participation of parishioners in the day to day running of the parish. Pray for the bounteous blessing so generously bestowed on us this year. We thank you for our laity and our wider churchwardens, parish councillors, organisations, lay ministers, and area leaders. Pray for Mbaise congregation, some active, some home bound and working to your honour and glory for the extension (Nigeria) The Right Revd Chamberlain Chinedu Ogunedo Warri (Nigeria) The Right Revd Christian of your kingdom in this place. Lord renew your church in holiness and help us to serve you with joy. Esezi Ide (Anglican Cycle of Prayer) Pray for Maper (South Sudan) The Right Revd William Madding Machar Trichy-Tanjore (South India) The Right Revd Gnanamuthu Paul Vasanthakumar (Anglican Cycle of Prayer) SATURDAY 29 WEDNESDAY 4-Ember Day Let us pray. God our Father, be with us in this time of prayer, and grant us living touch with you. ALL SAINTS, BELHAR Give us an insight of your Kingdom, a vision of your purpose, and the guidance of your wisdom and We thank God for the ministry of Revd Gail and the retired clergy; for Ven Steyn as we pray for his grace, to be fellow workers with you in doing your just and loving will. During this period of Lent, healing and the wardens and councillors during this time of interregnum. We look prayerfully forward give us an awareness of your unique sacrifice on our behalf, and teach us to be humble in acknowl- to the institution and ministry of Revd Gradwell Fredericks, our newly appointed Incumbent and his edging that all our gifts come from you for the service of people and the spread of your Kingdom. family. Pray for Mara (Tanzania) The Right Revd George Okoth Trinidad & Tobago (West Indies) The May you live in us so that in all our little acts of sacrifice, the light of your resurrection may shine Right Revd Claude Berkley Truro (England) The Right Revd Philip Mounstephen (Anglican Cycle of through and give them meaning. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Pray for Mbale (Uganda) The Prayer) Right Revd Patrick Gidudu Washington (The Episcopal Church) The Right Revd Mariann Edgar Bud- de Ibadan (Nigeria) The Most Revd Joseph Akinfenwa Ibadan North (Nigeria) The Right Revd Segun THURSDAY 5 Okubadejo Ibadan South (Nigeria) The Right Revd Akintunde Popoola (Anglican Cycle of Prayer) Creator, open our hearts to peace and healing between all people. Creator, open our hearts to provide and protect for all children of the earth. Creator, open our hearts to respect the earth, and all the gifts of SUNDAY 29-FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT the earth. Creator, open our hearts to end exclusion, violence, and fear among all. Thank you for the Season of Prayer and Repentance Today, the fifth Sunday in Lent, is the focus of the Primates’ Task gifts of this day and every day. Pray for Mara (Tanzania) The Right Revd George Okoth Trinidad & Group’s call for a period of prayer and repentance in the Anglican Communion. The Bishop of West Tobago (West Indies) The Right Revd Claude Berkley Truro (England) The Right Revd Philip Mounste- Malaysia, Moon Hing, is a member of the Task Group and has written this prayer, which the Task phen (Anglican Cycle of Prayer) Group offers to the Anglican Communion for use today. Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Sovereign Lord of the universe, Creator of humankind, we, your unfaithful children, are truly FRIDAY 6-Ember Day sorry for our sins and the lives that we have lived. We sincerely believe and confess in our hearts that Almighty God, we thank you for your servant/s _____(N)________, whom you called to proclaim the only through the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross at Calvary, can we obtain Your Gospel to the people of this parish. Raise up in this and every country, leaders of your Kingdom, that forgiveness. We repent that: In thought, word or deed, we have committed serious offences against your Church may proclaim the richness of salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord.