For our GUC Community:
- We give thanks for those who the many volunteers in our congregation
- We give thanks for those people who are new as part of our life
- We pray for our discernment as a congregation as we seek to elect our Church Council for 2013
- We pray for those amongst us who are struggling in life at this time.
For Presbytery & the wider church: Canberra Central Congregation, ACT
Pray for:
- The three worshipping groups the 9am and 10.30 am Wesley services and the 9am St Aidan’s service
- Those who lead and share in the “An Exploration of Christian Meditation” series of 4 sessions on Saturday afternoons during November
- Our three newly elected elders as they begin to share in their responsibilities in the parish
- The various Advent/Christmas activities as we come towards that time of the year, especially the Children’s Ministry functions as we seek to reach out to those on the fringe of the church.
For our World: Burundi, Congo, Rwanda
Pray for:
- Women who have contracted HIV and AIDS after being raped in the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda.
- Orphans, widows, street children, traumatized and disabled people, those in overcrowded prisons, and those who live in the squalour of refugee camps.
- Those steeped in ethnic violence and hatred, that their hearts may be turned and those displaced by violence, that they may be able to rebuild their lives.
- The establishment of a stable and lasting peace in the region and those who have suffered may begin to heal.
- Children, that they may attend school and play without fear of violence.