Prayer focus for the week beginning 26th 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: Bath Road
• The Parish of Beverston
• Please pray for the Church Fabric teams, and give thanks for their care and dedication
• 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 Pat Boulton (30/05). (“Year’s Mind” is to mark the first anniversary of a death –often a difficult time for family and friends.
• Praying for Fraser Kent and Matilda Browne who are getting married in St Mary’s Beverston on Saturday 25th May.
• Praying for Skyla-Jane Smith who is being baptised in St Marys’ Tetbury on Sunday 2nd June and her parents and Godparents
• Local issues: pray that the Woolsack Races on Bank Holiday Monday will be an enjoyable community event; give thanks for those organising it and taking part, and pray for safety for participants and spectators
• National issues: give thanks for the national Covid vaccination booster campaign and all those involved in administering it, keeping older and more vulnerable people safe.
• World issues: for protection for the people of Ukraine as the country faces fresh advances from Russian forces
I trust in the steadfast love of God for ever and ever. Ps.52:8
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