Services

Sunday 15 September Trinity 16

Thursday 5 September 2024 Silent Prayer from 13.00-13.30

You are invited to join others in church on 5 September 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 September: “the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and goodness and good fruits, without a trace of hypocrisy. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.”                                                                                                            James 3 vv17-18

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 in your service that we may be an encouragement to others and hold fast to all that is good.

We pray for our Ecumenical friends at St Joseph’s, Wesley’s Chapel and Jewin Welsh Church celebrating their 250^th Anniversary on Saturday 7 September where some of us will join the celebrations.

We pray for children, students and teachers, starting or changing schools and those going to college or university at the start of a new school year. We pray particularly, for the new head teacher, for teachers and children at St Luke’s Church of England Primary School.

We pray for the world where humanity and love for others so often fails. We pray for those in government in every nation. We pray that those who lead and take on great responsibilities may not simply wish to be seen great to others, but to genuinely serve their people, searching continually for policies and strategies which are good for all, especially for the weakest and most vulnerable, including the unemployed, the homeless, refugees and the poor.   

We pray for places in the world were war and conflict are causing great suffering and death to so many. In particular, for the wars in Ukraine and the Holy Land that have both reached ever dangerous situations with the international community seemingly unable to bring pressure on the warring parties to seek for peace and reconciliation. We pray that humanitarian aid can flow more freely to help those in desperate need.  

We praise and thank our heavenly Father for giving us so much to enjoy in the world. May we open our eyes to see the beauty around us as summer turns to autumn and appreciate his greatness in giving us the different seasons. Help us to safeguard your world so that our children and future generations will benefit from all that he has  created.

Comfort and heal all those who suffer in body, mind, and spirit, remembering all who suffer with cancer and those who care for them. 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 September 2024. 

15^th September – 16^th Sunday after Trinity

Proverbs 1. 20-33

James 3. 1-12

Mark 8. 27-end

22^nd September – 17^th Sunday after Trinity

Proverbs 31. 10-end

James 3. 13-4.3, 7-8a

Mark 9. 30-37

29^th September – Michael and All Angels

Genesis 28. 10-17

Revelation 12. 12-17 or Hebrews 1. 5-14

John 1. 47-51