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Prayer focus for the week beginning 25th August 2024

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Prayer focus for the week beginning 25th August 2024:

Before you pray, give thanks that ‘You, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer. (Ps.86 V.5)

• Tetbury Praying the Town: Conygar Road
• The Parish of Long Newnton
• Remember in prayer and give thanks our eco-church representatives, who help to raise our awareness of how we can each contribute to the care of our local environment
• The Departed and those who mourn their loss remembering those we love. We give thanks for their lives, and pray for God’s comfort for their family and friends.
• Year’s Mind Rob Bell (26/08). “Year’s Mind” is to mark the first anniversary of a death –often a difficult time for family and friends.
• Praying for Bruce Ford and Jazmin Gardener who are getting married in St Marys’ Tetbury on Saturday 24th August
• Local issues: Pray for wisdom and courageous action for our new MP, Roz Savage, as she faces the challenges of her new role and learns about the particular needs of the new constituency
• National issues: Pray for greater protection for women and girls in our country, who are increasingly under threat of attack.
• World issues: Pray for the forthcoming elections in the USA, that the canvassing will be peaceful and honest, and that there may be no further violent threats or attacks on candidates.

Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us. Psalm 62:8

Are you, or someone you know, in need of prayer? You are welcome to hang your prayer request on the prayer tree in the prayer corner at the front of St Marys’ church

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