Local
This week we hold in prayer all who are experiencing loneliness, disconnection and isolation due to the lockdowns occurring across the country. For people separated from family and home we pray.
We continue to pray for people in the community who are receiving treatment for cancer and for their caring support people, family, friends, partners, husband, wives, girlfriends, daughters, sons, mothers and fathers.
We pray for the ministry of the playgroup and for all who are a part of its community.
Regional
This week we pray with the Presbytery of Canberra Region for the ministry of the Greenhills Conference Centre
- We give thanks for Greenhills and the ministry that this centre offers.
- We give thanks for the resource that Greenhills has been and continues to be to the Presbytery.
- We pray for the staff, board and visitors.
- We pray for the ongoing challenge of COVID restrictions on operations of Greenhills.
National
We join in prayer with he National Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia as we pray for…
- All those grieving, suffering or experiencing loss, fear and anxiety due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19.
- The people of Lebanon, especially those gripped by poverty, as the nation faces an economic crisis.
- World leaders meeting at COP26 in October – for the courage and commitment to put in place policies and action that will limit climate change and protect the planet.
World
We join in prayer with the World Council of Churches as we pray for Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger
We are thankful for:
- the heritage of ancient trade routes, rich oral traditions and nomadic practices of people in the lands these countries now occupy
- humanitarian work to improve food security and livelihoods, especially for women
- pro-active efforts to preserve the environment in these desert lands
- welcome and provision for those who often must flee across borders.
We pray for:
- those impoverished who lack basic needs and rights, that these will be met
- desperate children and others who turn to crime or begging or become enslaved
- effective response to the frequent droughts and hunger in this area
- more stable political rule in these countries to stem violence and provide for all.
Continue to pray with the World Council of Churches by using their Prayer Cycle resources