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Prayer focus for the week beginning 19th May 2024

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Prayer focus for the week beginning 19th May 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: Alexander Gardens, Bartley Croft and Malthouse Walk
• The Parish of St Marys
• Remember in prayer and give thanks for our PCC secretaries
• 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 Roy Bennett (23/05). (“Year’s Mind” is to mark the first anniversary of a death –often a difficult time for family and friends.
• Praying for St Mary’s School: Year 1 Plum Class with Mrs Beckett – Mrs Bell/ Mrs Amor
• Praying for Kevin Painter and Cornelia De Kock who are getting married in St Marys’ Tetbury on Thursday 23rd May, and Fraser Kent and Matilda Browne who are getting married in St Mary’s Beverston on Saturday 25th May.
• Praying that God will bless and use the PCC Training and Team Building event on Tuesday 21st May, that it will be a valuable time for growing closer in trust, understanding and sharing a common vision for our church.
• Local issues: Pray that the iSingPop Celebrate on 19th May will draw families closer to God
• National issues: Pray for ongoing disputes and strikes among train drivers, medical staff and others, that fair solutions can be reached and that all may work for the good of the national community
• World issues: for all organisations and communities seeking to provide fresh water and build healthy latrines for communities lacking these basic facilities

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice! Ps.130 Vs.1 & 2

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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