For our GUC Community:
- We pray for our Easter Worship services.
- We pray for leaders for Oasis.
- We give thanks for the volunteers who clean our building and worship space.
- We pray for our Property Committee which meets this Tuesday.
- We pray for our new Treasurer, Wayne, and Assistant Treasurer, Gloria.
For Presbytery & the wider church: Ministers and Lay Leaders retreats (Kaltara Retreat)
Pray for:
- Retreat leader Rev Ken Day as he prepares to facilitate the retreat 26-30 August on the theme of ‘Discernment’.
- Those attending the Retreat; that they may find it a time for refreshment, renewal and a deepening of their sense of call to ministry Members of Congregations; that they may encourage, support and pray for those from their communities attending the retreat.
For our World: Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Pray for:
- Religious groups who are oppressed despite official freedom of religion.
- Chinese inhabitants of Brunei who have been denied citizenship and face discrimination.
- The poor of Brunei, that they gain access to the means necessary to sustain and nourish themselves.
- Peace among the many ethnic groups within these countries.
- The protection and encouragement of religious freedom.
- The respectful use of natural resources and sustainable practices.
- Women, who in some of these countries are treated as second-class citizens.