Local
We continue to hold the family and friends of Ranjini in our prayers, we pray for warm memories, loving stories and hearts full of love.
We pray for all going through cancer at this time. For those coming out of treatment and the people unsure what the next step may be. For those who are exhausted, frustrated and over it as well as those who are entering treatment. For those journeying with a loved one through treatment and those who have only just found out that someone they love has cancer.
We pray for all the teachers as they come to the end of an exhausting term, for all the reports they’re writing and the coming weeks as the year comes to an end. We give thanks for our teachers and praise for their passion and calling.
We pray for all the churches in Gungahlin as we journey towards the manger, may this season be one of renewed passion, hope and joy.
Regional
We join with the Canberra Region Presbytery as we pray for Crookwell Uniting Church, we pray
- Pray for the church council of Crookwell
- Pray for the children of Crookwell, including members ofthe playgroup community.
- Prayer for ongoing conversations about future use ofproperty and resources at Crookwell
- Prayer for Rev Daniel Mossfield as he works with the leadership of Crookwell and Goulburn Uniting Churches.
- Pray for the upcoming season of Advent – may it be atime of regeneration and renewal.
National
We join with the National Assembly of the UCA as we pray for
- Those whose homes are not safe places and who live in fear of gender-based violence. May they find spaces of safety, support, healing, and strength.
- Members of Parliament as they consider the Religious Discrimination Bill. We pray for thoughtful discernment and respectful conversation that is mindful of the rights of all people to be free from discrimination.
- Conversations taking place across the Church as part of the Act2 project. May we discern the leading of the Spirit as we look to the future.
World
We join with the World Council of Churches as we pray for Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
We give thanks for:
- Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox and evangelical churches and councils of churches in Malaysia and Singapore which have witnessed to the gospel and ministered to groups who are discriminated against and marginalized
- economic developments that have enhanced the standard of living for many
- policies and practices that seek to sustain the environment and its resources
- those who have sought to further ethnic and religious harmony.
We pray for:
- more just, participatory and democratic rule
- locally-determined economic development that lessens inequalities and protects natural resources
- greater ethnic and religious understanding and cooperation
- the forging of national identities and visions that genuinely include all the diverse people in these countries.
We continue praying with the World Council of Churches by joining in their Prayer Cycle