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An Invitation to Prayer 2004
January
| Sunday 4th January 2004 |
The Church of England:
Province of Canterbury |
Diocese: Bath and Wells
Bishop(s): Peter Price (Diocesan Bishop), Andrew
Radford (Bishop of Taunton) |
| Give thanks for the Diocesan mission initiative
entitled ‘Changing Lives’. Pray for Bishop Peter visiting
each deanery this Spring as part of a teaching and mission programme
‘First to the Lord’. |
| The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
Diocese: Turku
Bishop(s): Jukka Paarma (Archbishop of Finland),
Ilkka Kantola (Bishop of Turku) |
| Please give thanks for the church music and for
all those who serve in our parishes with gifts of music; please pray
for those servants; may the Lord give them strength and wisdom to
use their gifts so that out parishes could with all their hearts praise
the Lord by lyrics and tunes. |
| Sunday 11th January 2004 |
The Church of England:
Province of Canterbury |
Diocese: Birmingham
Bishop(s):
John Sentamu (Diocesan Bishop), John Austin (Bishop of Aston), |
| Please give thanks for the life of the church and
pray for the diocese and its bishop. |
| The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland |
Diocese: Iceland
Bishop(s):
Karl Sigurbjörnsson (Diocesan Bishop), Sigurdur Sigurdarson (Bishop
of Skaholt), Jón Baldvinsson, (Bishop of Hølar) |
| Pray that all members of the church may join hands
and hearts in the new mission of the Church in Iceland. |
| Sunday 18th January 2004 |
The Church of England:
Province of Canterbury |
Diocese: Worcester
Bishop(s):
Peter Selby (Diocesan Bishop), David Walker (Bishop of Dudley) |
| We give thanks for the signs of our rising to the
challenge of being ‘a Church for those who are not, or are not
yet, our members’. |
The Church of Ireland:
Province of Dublin |
Diocese: Dublin and Glendalough
Bishop(s):
John Neill (Archbishop and Diocesan Bishop) |
| Pray for new ventures in Youth ministry in the diocese.
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| Sunday 25th January 2004 |
The Church of England:
Province of York |
Diocese: Blackburn
Bishop(s):
Nicholas Reade (Diocesan Bishop), John Goddard (Bishop of Burnley),
Stephen Pedley (Bishop of Lancaster) |
| Pray for those responsible for the choice of a new
Bishop of Blackburn. |
The Church of Ireland:
Province of Armagh |
Diocese: Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
Bishop(s):
Ken Clarke (Diocesan Bishop) |
| Please pray for new clergy and a developing ministry
amongst children and young people. |
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