Services

Sunday 7 July Trinity 5 

Thursday 4 July 2023 Silent Prayer from 13.00-13.30

You are invited to join others in church on 4 July for our monthly silent prayer session. You may find this prayer sheet helpful – please bring a copy with you. If you are not able to join us, we hope you will pray with us wherever you are.

Our text for July; Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens and I will give you rest.’

Let us pray for the church and the world and thank God for his goodness. Heavenly Father we pray for the fellowship of the church that supports and helps us to put our faith into practice.

Strengthen us Lord i your service that we may be an encouragement to others and hold fast to all that is good.

We pray for all candidates standing in the general election on the 4^th July, for a result that will lead to a renewal of core values and a government seeking to include all sections of the population in their policies and deeds.    

We pray for all children as they come to the end of the school year and look forward to holidays and spending time with their families. We remember families still struggling with the cost of living, for those living in poverty and all in their local communities who seek to help them.    

We pray for our ecumenical friends at St Joseph’s, Wesley’s Chapel, and Jewin Welsh Church and for the covenant we share to support each other and live a Christian life.

We pray for members of the Corporation of London and all who work to provide services to residents in the City, including those in the Barbican and Golden Lane Estate Offices.

We pray for a cease fire between Israel and Hamas, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, an eventual permanent cessation of the war and a plan for reconciliation, peace and reconstruction in Gaza so that Palestinians can go back to their communities. 

We pray for peace in Ukraine remembering all who have died, been injured, lost their homes, or forced to flee for safety outside the country.                                                                                                              

We give thanks for the beauty of God’s natural world around us and for time to relax and be refreshed in our gardens, parks, countryside and by the sea. We pray for all who work to stop climate change and pollution with green and sustainable programmes to safeguard God’s world for future generations.

Comfort and heal all those who suffer in body, mind, and spirit, remembering all who are in hospital, hospice or care-home. Give them courage and comfort in their troubles and bring them the joy of your salvation. We pray for those known to us who need our prayers. 

Give grace to us, our families, our friends and all our neighbours that we may serve Christ in one another and love as he loves us.

Merciful Father, accept our prayers for the sake of your Son our Savour Jesus Christ Amen

We finish by saying the Lord’s Prayer. 

A Prayer for all the people of the Holy Land

God of mercy and compassion, of grace and reconciliation, pour down your power upon all your children in the Holy Land: Jews, Muslims, Christians, Palestinians, Israelis.

Let hatred be turned into love, fear to trust, despair to hope, oppression to freedom, occupation to liberation, that violent encounters may be replaced with loving embraces, and peace and justice can be experienced by all. Amen

Prayer for Peace in Ukraine 

God of peace and justice, we pray for the people of Ukraine today.

We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons.

We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow, that your Spirit of comfort would draw near to them.

We pray for those with power over war or peace, for wisdom, discernment, and compassion to guide their decisions.

Above all, we pray for all your precious children, at-risk and in fear, that you would hold and protect them.

We pray in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Amen 

Lectionary for Sundays in July 2024. 

7^th July Trinity 6

2 Samuel 5. 1-5, 9-10

Psalm 48

2 Corinthians 12. 2-10

Mark 6. 1-12

14^th July Trinity 7

2 Samuel 6. 1-5, 12b-19

Psalm 24

Ephesians 1. 3-14

Mark 6. 14-29

21^st July Trinity 8

2 Samuel 7. 1-14a

Psalm 89. 20-37

Ephesians 2. 11-22

Mark 6. 30-34, 53-56

28^th July Trinity 9

2 Samuel 11. 1-15

Psalm 14

Ephesians 3:14-21

John 6. 1-21