For our GUC Community:
- We pray for people who have had loved ones die at this time of the year.
- We pray for those burdened by the demands of consuming at Christmas.
- We pray for the Gungahlin Community Carols and BBQ on 19th. December
- We pray for our own Christmas Eve and Christmas Day worship and for Mark as he prepares.
- We give thanks for new opportunities for us as a Christian Community.
For Presbytery & the wider church: Crookwell Congregations
- Carol’s in the Park on Sunday 19th December and Christmas services
- The monthly ‘Family Service’
- Bereavements and illnesses in the congregation
- That the congregation may discern where God is calling them to go
For our World: Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
- Those who flee to urban areas and face problems such as chronic unemployment, alcoholism and drug addiction.
- Leaders, to govern wisely on behalf of all their people, and to address underlying problems of ethnic strife and the unequal distribution of wealth through non-violent means.
- Rebuilding and healing in Guinea-Bissau as it recovers from civil war.
- Those from Cape Verde who are unable to make a living in their home country and must live and work abroad.
- All who suffer the effects of water shortages and long-term drought.
- An end to discrimination on the basis of religion or ethnicity.
- Refugees who seek shelter and safety in The Gambia and for those who work to meet their needs.
- The environment, particularly areas that are subject to overgrazing, over fishing, desertification and soil erosion.