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Partners in Prayer a Prayer Resource for Mission © Anglican Board – Australia of Mission Welcome to ABM’S 2011 Prayer Diary Partners in Prayer A Prayer Resource for Mission © Anglican Board of Mission – Australia Board © Anglican Welcome to ABM’s 2011 Prayer Diary n the final pages of this Prayer Diary ABM highlights the Five Marks of Mission that ground its work. Among them are standing in solidarity with the poor and needy, challenging injustice and oppression, and protecting, Icaring for and renewing life on our planet. In building welcoming, transforming communities of faith we witness to Christ’s saving, forgiving and reconciling love for all people. Praying and giving thanks are central parts of our faith. The Prayer Diary is a wonderful resource providing daily focus for prayer in areas where ABM is at work. It also highlights the global environment and the broad range of areas where ABM has an impact. It makes for inspired and informed praying. As Christians we are called to express Christ’s compassion for the poor and to work for justice. Prayer and action go hand in hand. The deeper and more profound our prayer the wiser and more effective will be our work for Christ in the world. There is so much to do and this can all be helped by our dedicated prayer. I commend this Diary to you and I congratulate the many people who were part of putting it together. I trust and pray Anglicans across the nation will use its pages to pray and align themselves with God’s mission in our world. The Most Revd Dr Phillip Aspinall Cover image: © Gretel Hawtrey/ABM 2009. This page: A Melanesian Cross. Primate See page 6. © Don Brice/ABM 2008. 2 3 The Anglican Board of Mission Day 1 The Anglican Board of Mission (ABM) is the national mission agency of the Anglican Church of Australia. We have been working with Anglican Church partners for over 150 years in both overseas communities and with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. ABM believes in a world where all people enjoy God’s promise of love, hope and justice. • Pray for the Executive Director, the Revd John Deane • Pray for the ABM Board • Pray for the committees of ABM including the Church to Church committee, the development committee and the finance committee • Pray for the ABM Staff; the Revd John Deane, Karin Schrooder, Denise Wilson, Ruth Moline, Ivy Wang, Merlina Nixon, Melany Markham, Vivienne For, Christopher Brooks, Elizabeth Keevers, Brad Chapman, Dr Julianne Stewart, Beth Snedden, Robert McLean, Virginia Lee, Lina Magallanes, Annabel Dulhunty, Lorien Vecellio and Chris Peters …and the Anglican Church of Australia and the Most Reverend Dr Phillip Aspinall Blaze, Holy Spirit, through the hearts and minds of the board, staff and supporters of the Anglican Board of Mission. May the same energy that fuelled the first disciples fill ABM as it seeks to bring your wholeness and healing to a world longing for God. Personal Prayers Where there is no vision, Dr Julianne Stewart is the Programs Director of ABM. She is pictured here with Esther Musili, Executive Director, Ukamba Christian Community Services, in the Diocese of Machakos in Kenya the people perish. during her visit in 2009. Julianne works with program co-ordinators who all travel regularly to strengthen ABM’s projects around the world. © ABM 2009. – Proverbs 29:18a AV 4 5 Day 2 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders The missions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders of last century have given way to a new era of leadership. It is one where the original inhabitants of Australia are leading their own Christian ministry within the Lord, you have been our dwelling-place Church. Into the future, ABM will support projects that engender leadership in all generations. Before the mountains were and community among Australia’s original people. ABM currently supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander projects in New South Wales, Victoria, brought forth, or ever you had formed the Queensland and the Northern Territory. • t Pray tha all Australians may be reconciled with one another and earth and the world, from everlasting acknowledge this country’s recent history with its original owners • Give thanks and pray for the dedication and commitment of the Revd to everlasting you are God. Tom Slockee, the Revd Gloria Shipp and all other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander priests and leaders who work so hard living the Gospel – Psalm 90:1-2 • Pray for NATSIAC as they go through periods of change • t Pray tha all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children will receive a proper education …and the Diocese of Adelaide and the Most Reverend Jeffrey Driver Spirit of God, you have been here since before the dawn of time and you waited long for the first people to walk on this land. We thank you for the long heritage of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures of Australia and the great gifts they provide to us. Help us to transform all our cultures, O God, till they be a reflection of your creativity and the love that you have for us all. Personal Prayers Yulki Nunggumbanjbarr (at left) was ordained a priest in the community of Numbulwar and continues to minister to her community offering spiritual guidance and support to those in need. © Gretel Hawtrey/ABM 2009. 6 7 Day 3 The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu The Anglican Church of Melanesia encompasses the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Projects across these countries include support for peace and reconciliation, HIV and AIDS awareness, health, education, water, and stopping domestic violence. These all help the local church to Your fame, Solomon, reached carry out the mission and respond to the many needs in Melanesia. to far-off islands, and you were • Pray for the Most Revd David Vunagi, Archbishop of Melanesia and Bishop of Central Melanesia • Pray for the Rt Revd Nathan Tome, the Rt Revd Alfred Karibongi, the loved for your peaceful reign. Rt Revd Sam Sahu, the Revd Alfred Hou, the Rt Revd James Ligo and the Rt Revd Richard Naramana – Ecclesiasticus 47:16 • Pray for Mr George Kiriau, General Secretary and Mr Anthony Seketa, Deputy General Secretary • r Pray for F Patteson Worek, Fr John Sovan and the work of the Melanesian Board of Mission • Pray for Ms Ollie Pokana, Inclusive Communities Program Manager, Mr Joses Togase, Vanuatu Church Partnership Program Coordinator and Sr Catherine Rosa, Head Sister, Christian Care Centre • Give thanks for the clergy and people of the Anglican Church of Melanesia, and their witness to Christ …and the Diocese of Armidale and the Right Reverend Dr Peter Brain Prince of peace, we give you thanks for the Melanesian Brothers who gave their lives trying to establish peace and reconciliation in the Solomon Islands in 2003. May their great example of steadfastness to the end become a gift of the Anglican Church of Melanesia to Anglicans in this country, and may it continue to inspire our sisters and brothers in the Solomon Islands, in Vanuatu, and in New Caledonia to be faithful to the end. A youth group in Vanuatu. There is a large proportion of youth in Vanuatu and this combined with close proximity to other Pacific countries and little HIV awareness, creates an increasing risk of HIV. Around 13% of the population identifies with the Anglican Church of Melanesia so through this partnership ABM works to educate the youth and the wider population in both health awareness and literacy. © Don Brice/ABM 2008. 8 9 Myanmar (Burma) Day 4 Poverty in Myanmar stands at 32% (UNDP). These people have insufficient income to cover food and other basic items. In the poorest regions of Myanmar 73% of people live below the poverty line (UNDP). Along with the Church of the Province of Myanmar, ABM funds Bibles to parishes, water projects, HIV and AIDS education, and small livelihood activities to utilise the country’s natural resources. • Pray for the Most Revd Stephen Than Myint Oo, Archbishop of Myanmar and Bishop of Yangon • Pray for the Rt Revd John Wilme, the Rt Revd Saw Stylo, the Rt Revd David Than Lwin, the Rt Revd James Min Dein, the Rt Revd Saw Noel Nay Lin • Pray for the priests, deacons, workers and the people of the Church of the Province of Myanmar …and the Diocese of Ballarat and the Right Reverend Michael Hough More precious to you, God, than all the rubies of Myanmar are the souls of those who come to you. Bless the Church of the Province of Myanmar as it proclaims your Son Jesus Christ to the people of that land. May the Church be a beacon of hope, help and healing and ever show your love to the world. Personal Prayers I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of jewels, and all your wall of precious stones. All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the prosperity of your children. In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not The Archbishop of Myanmar with an Anglican family in Myanmar. © CPM/ABM 2008. come near you. – Isaiah 54:12 10 11 Day 5 Korea The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, North Korea is still recovering from the effects of the global food crisis and his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; relies on international aid for food supplies. ABM’s work in Korea dates back to 1884 when missionaries worked in the country. Today, ABM funds great is your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, food aid and heating fuel to North Korea through the Church.
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