Prayer focus for the week beginning 24th March 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: Southfields
• The Parish of St Marys
• Preparations for the services in Holy Week
• The Departed and those who mourn their loss remembering especially Valerie Grey (Funeral in St John The Baptist, Shipton Moyne on Friday 22nd March at noon), Susan Davis, Barbara Ball and Brian Kimber. We give thanks for their lives and pray for God’s comfort for their family and friends.
• Year’s Mind: Pamela Cleaver (28/03). (“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 4/5 Elm Class with Ms Browning and Mrs Lee
• Local issues: For the Walk of Witness on Good Friday, that the people of Tetbury may be reminded of the events of Easter and be drawn to attend church services and feel welcome.
• National issues: Pray for our clergy and bishops at this busy time, that they may experience anew and share the mystery, the grief, the joy and hope of our Lord’s sacrifice and glorious resurrection.
• World issues: as Christians throughout the world celebrate Easter, may many people outside the church come to realise that the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus are for them, and come to know His love, peace and hope for themselves.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord. Psalm 31:24
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Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord. Psalm 31
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