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Revd. Canon Robin King & Revd. Katharine King
 

SEPTEMBER 2010
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1 Pray for our schools at the beginning of term.  Especially pray for all children starting a new playgroup or school.  Pray they will settle in quickly, make friends easily and enjoy their time there.  Pray school staff will quickly know and love their new charges.
2 Pray for God’s leading and guidance at Little Cornard’s PCC meeting this evening.
3 Pray for Pakistan suffering terribly from floods.  Pray for aid to be distributed with the minimum of corruption, and for disease to be contained as much as possible.
4 Pray for the success of the Assington Fête this afternoon, for good weather and good community spirit as well as raising ample funds.
5 Trinity 14.  Pray for Archdeacon David Jenkins coming to preach at the benefice service.  Pray that he will feel thoroughly welcome and will receive and convey God’s inspiration to us all.
Also, pray for a good time at the church cricket match this afternoon.
6 Pray for our home groups as they reassemble after the summer, that God will lead every member on to explore more deeply what the Christian faith has to offer.  Pray for new people to join the groups and to become valued members quickly and easily.
7 Thank God for the harvest.  Pray that we will never forget that He is the supplier of all our nourishment.  Pray for the harvest thanksgiving services that will take place in our benefice and throughout the country, that they will remind everyone to be grateful to God for our food.
8 Today is International Literacy Day.     Pray that the standard of literacy in our schools will be high.  Pray for dyslexic children and those teaching them.  Pray that adults unable to read will seek help and discover all that reading has to offer.
9 Pray for God’s Holy Spirit to lead and guide our PCC meeting this evening.  Pray for vision, unity, determination and encouragement.
10 Today Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, ends.  Pray that they will have drawn closer to God and be filled with a spirit of  peace towards Christians.
11 Pray for the Second Sunday service in the school hall tomorrow, for lots of people to be there and for a time of fellowship, fun and praise to God.
12 Trinity 15.  Pray for Little Cornard Harvest Festival Evensong, for truly thankful hearts for all God’s goodness.
13 Pray for all old people, especially those we know.  Pray that they will be treated with dignity and respect by everyone.  Pray that we will be alert to their needs.
14 Pray for the parish of Assington and the PCC this evening.  Pray God will help and guide Christians in this parish to spread the gospel to everyone there.
15 Pray for the pre-coffee service of morning prayer today, that is glorifying God and helping to give a glimpse of Him to many who come.
16 Pray for the Chapter Meeting for clergy from the Sudbury Deanery today.  Pray God will give Robin King wisdom and discernment as he chairs it.  Pray our deanery clergy will be encouraged and challenged.
17 Pray for the Friendship Church in Russe , Bulgaria , and for Daniel and Emilia Nalbantsky as they minister to the very poor.  Pray that God will move us to give them as much financial support as we can.
18 Pray for Younger Church and especially the leaders of all the groups of young people as they prepare for tomorrow’s sessions.  Ask God to inspire them and prepare the hearts of the children to receive all He has to offer.
19 Trinity 16.   Pray for everyone being confirmed at Long Melford today.  Ask God to anoint and fill them with his Holy Spirit so that their lives will never be the same again as they are filled with faith and the love of God.
20 Pray for our church and clergy this week.  Pray for our curate Andy and his wife Jan Wolton in their final months with us.  Pray that God will use their time here for their best in every possible way.  Pray for His clear guidance  for their future.
21 St. Matthew’s Day.    Pray for our vicar Robin, his wife Katharine and their sons Michael and Matthew.  Thank God for their long commitment to the benefice and pray for God’s leading and guidance for them all.
22 Thank God for our non-stipendiary clergy Jo Goymour and Mary Aikenhead.  Please pray for them as they juggle their duties with family life.
23 Please pray for a group of 20 Congolese refugees arriving in Colchester from Uganda today.  Pray for church leaders Enoch and Patrick who will be helping them settle in and build new lives.
24 Pray for our lay readers John Symons and Murray Emerson, that God will fill them with his Holy Spirit to equip them to preach His word, and thank God for them.
25 Thank God for Bures Baptist Church .  Ask Him to send them all they need in the way of leadership and encouragement.
26 Trinity 17.          Pray for people who have only recently started coming to church.  Pray that they will enjoy the services and take in their stride anything they find surprising or unfamiliar.  Pray that they fill find their faith in God deepening.
27 Pray for the Rev. Chris Ramsey who is being installed as the new vicar of Great Cornard this evening.  Pray for a warm welcome and a spirit of acceptance and encouragement for him and his family.  Especially pray for God’s work in this difficult parish through Chris and all at St. Andrew’s Church.
28 Pray for those who have graduated this year, that they will find careers that suit them.  Pray for any who are struggling to find work, that God will guide them.
29 Michael & All Angels.     Pray for everyone starting at university, that they will not be homesick but quickly make new friends.  Ask God to protect them from unsavoury contacts and drink and drugs.   Pray that Christian students will keep their faith and those who do not know God will find Him.
30 Pray for all young people taking a ‘gap year’ before going to university.  Ask God to protect them and use this time to increase their maturity and independence.

For the Lord is good and his love endures for ever;                                   give thanks to him and praise his name.  Ps.100:5a, 4b