Today’s Readings:
1 Samuel 16: 1-13
Ephesians 5: 8-14
John 9: 1-end
Pray for mothers
- For new mothers, struggling with sleepless nights and a hungry baby
- For experienced mothers, stretched to their limits
- For mothers we will not be able to be with today because of the Coronovirus pandemic
- For mothers we love but see no more
Pray for Mother Church
- For congregations as they seek out a new way of being Church, together yet separate
- For Church leaders, giving guidance in unexpected circumstances
- For Church Wardens, providing leadership locally
- For Parish Administrators, heading up the communications of the parish
- For our Readers, Michael & Richard, ministering to us in new ways
- For our Vicar & Area Dean
Pray for National and Local Government
- For scientists and analysts, that they may have wisdom and discernment
- For those who speak publicly, that they may have clarity and honesty
- For Parliament, that it may take just and fair decisions through this crisis
- For our borough, that it may prioritise the weak, the vulnerable and the lonely as it seeks to maintain services to all
For ourselves
- For all families with children home from school for the foreseeable future
- For those living by themselves
- For members of the Avenue Club, unable to meet together at St Luke’s
- For our personal wellbeing, health and spiritual life