Loving Father, we pray for all Chaplains in the Diocese and beyond. Thank you that in our hospitals, schools, prisons and community spaces, chaplains are there to meet human needs and bring the comfort of your love and peace.

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Almighty and loving God, please guide us in building good and loving relations in our lives. Strengthen us to love and care for all around us, in our homes and families, and in our neighbourhoods.

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We thank our Father God that at Lavender Bay Preschool, in our church grounds, Laura and her team are teaching the Christian faith to the small children in their care.

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Thank you, Lord, that we can offer mission support to Lachlan and Candy Grice serving with CMS in Taiwan. We pray for blessings and good health for Lachlan, Candy, Beau and Jonathan. They ask, Lord, that you will guide Christians in Taiwan in wise responses to traditional Chinese beliefs and give them courage to uphold and speak your Gospel.

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Father, please bless Margaret Powell and her Mentac team in their work in south-west Sydney at this time. May your Holy Spirit guide all those serving in the Peace Tent. May all who visit be eager to hear from the Prince of Peace, and have ears and hearts open to receive the stories shared there.

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Almighty and Everlasting God, please sustain and guide our Archbishop, Kanishka Raffel, and his bishops, as this month they attend a meeting of Anglican bishops worldwide, gathering in Abuja, Nigeria. Please grant your wisdom to all who attend, enlighten and guide their deliberations.

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Please ask for God’s continued blessing and guidance for our Archbishop, Kanishka Raffel, our Bishop, Chris Edwards, and all who serve in our Diocese. Please thank God also for our long-standing and deep connections to Anglicans around the world, and for our ability to support ministry training for 750 Anglican clergy and lay students in 15 nations across Africa and Asia.

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We thank you, Father, for our Bible Study groups, our Home Groups, Mens Groups, special times of prayer and Coffee times. Please be with them as they embark on a new year of fellowship and shared faith.

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Thanks for all who share our Sunday worship

Father, we thank you for all who come to join us in joyful praise and worship on Sundays. Please help us to welcome all to join us in hearing your Word and growing in love and knowledge of you, especially in these troubled times when many people do not know of your love and salvation.

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Father, we thank you that we can praise you in music and song. Please bless our organist Louie and all who sing in choirs and offer music dedicated to your glory.

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Father, please help us to build up our church family, with commitment to your Gospel truth. Help us to grow in spiritual strength and gain inner peace, joyfully expressing our faith in care for our human families, our church family and all with whom we come into contact.

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Lord, may your mercy enfold all who are bereaved and  grieving. We pray for Robyn Owen after the death of her husband John. Please comfort former Christ Church members, and family members in full-time care: Warwick, Graeme, Silla and Val; and those house-bound, Enid and Norman.

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We praise and thank you, Father, for the contributions made to the smooth running of church life by our many dedicated volunteers, who provide service leadership, assist at Communion, who lead prayers, serve on the tech desk, who cater and serve refreshments, who welcome others and encourage church fellowship. We pray too for those who provide paid administrative help.

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Father, we thank you for the inspiring examples of Christian leadership set by Bishop Paul Barnett, his wife Anita, and the Rev John McIntosh. We thank you for the many in our church community who provide inspiring and loving leadership.

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Please continue praying for our Wardens: Glenn Crichton, Ian Davidson and Philippa Armfield, our Treasurer Maggie Springett, our Parish Council and Nominators. Please ask for God’s guidance, wisdom and energy for them all – and guidance and wisdom for us too, as we make decisions about our church at our AGM on Sunday, 29 March.

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We thank you, Lord, for Cath’s contribution to our church fellowship, and her support for Greg. We pray for guidance for Cath in her role as Anglican Chaplain in the Australian Navy; and wisdom as a Board member of Anglicare.

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Let us pray for God’s guidance for Andrew in his work as Anglican Chaplain at RNS Hospital, as he talks to patients, listens to their cares, needs and challenges, and prays with them. Please ask for guidance for Andrew in this work and among hospital staff. Please also ask for God’s loving support, comfort and wisdom for Andrew in the care of his wife Jen.

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Lord, we thank you for Di’s faithful leadership, care and loving guidance to all in our church community. Please bless and uphold Di in her devoted pastoral work, visiting, serving and encouraging; and in her leadership of Bible Studies. May Di enjoy daily blessings of peace, happiness and good health.

Please pray for our Rector, Greg Webster, that our great God will bless, direct and strengthen Greg as he leads us in proclaiming the Gospel in the North Sydney area, and beyond to a troubled world. Let us support Greg in bringing God’s message of love, peace and salvation to those who are anxious and distressed by personal problems, and prevailing conditions. Pray that Greg’s preaching on Mark’s Gospel will plant seeds of faith in many hearts.  

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Wise Father, please guide our Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, and Premier, Chris Minns, in their leadership.

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Lord, we need your help and guidance in our families, our work places and our societies. Please lead and help us, that we may act with love, tolerance and kindness.

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Father, we thank you for the increasing growth of Christian schools in our cities and towns. Thank you for the many Christian schools in our Diocese and we pray for growth of faith in our city and our society.

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Lord, please bless all Scripture teachers in their vital work of teaching your Gospel and bringing growth and spiritual knowledge to our youngest citizens. Help us to be a faithful, God-centred community.

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Heavenly Father, we pray for all children returning to school – for the young attending for the first time, those in middle years, those starting secondary school, or beginning university. We pray for teachers and good relationships in schools, for your wisdom for school principals. May these be fruitful years of growth.

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Lord, we thank you that we can offer mission support to Explore Mission in Africa, based at George Whitefield College in Cape Town. Thank you that Explore has grown so fruitfully around south, central and eastern Africa and continues to grow. We pray for Explore’s Director, Dr Mawonga Celesi, and for the Regional Coordinators, Pastor Isaac, Pastor Misheck and Pastor Simon, as they prepare to expand Explore’s reach in their regions. We pray that Explore students will persevere in their studies and that you, Lord, will grant them wisdom and growing understanding.

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Heavenly Father, we thank you that we can offer mission support to James and Brittany Daymond serving you with BCA in Cobar, and thank you for the recent opportunity to send personal greetings to the Daymonds through Leisa and Ian Davidson.  We pray you will encourage James and keep him safe as he visits people and properties in the New England North-West. We pray for good responses to Scripture classes in Cobar High School. Lord, please bless the BCA initiative to support Nungalinya College, and Scott and Eilidh Thomson, serving BCA in Augusta & Margaret River in WA.

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Please thank our Father that at Lavender Bay Preschool, in our church grounds, Laura and her team are teaching the Christian faith to the small children in their care. We pray for blessing for them all as the new term begins.

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We thank you, Father, that we can offer mission support to Anglicare. We thank you for the expanding work of Anglicare in Greater Sydney, Wollongong, New England North West and NSW Central West. We thank you for the Foster Circle providing foster care for children at risk. We thank you for Food and Financial Services helping those in financial need; and for affordable professional relationship counselling for people seeking help with life challenges.

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God of Love and Power, please enlighten our hearts day by day. Help us to hold tight to the words of our Archbishop: ‘[Jesus] died that we may live; may we not live so that others may know eternal life through faith in Jesus.’

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Almighty and loving God, please guide us in building good and loving relations in our lives. Strengthen us to love and care in our homes and families, in our neighbourly relations, in our community. May we know the blessings of being guided by your love and example.

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Thank you, Lord, that we can offer mission support to Lachlan and Candy Grice serving with CMS in Taiwan. We pray for blessings and good health for Lachlan, Candy, Beau and Jonathan. They ask, Lord, that you will guide Christians in Taiwan in wise responses to Chinese New Year gatherings in their families, and in how to act in a suitable way.

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Father, we thank you for the visit of medical missionaries Anil and Shalini Cerian, the brother and sisiter-in-law of our sister in God Jessie Cherian. Thank you that Anil and Shalini could share with us personal insights into their work in maternal and child welfare, family medicine, vaccinations and trauma counselling among people in South Sudan and Uganda.

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Father, please bless Margaret Powell and her Mentac team as they reach out to their neighbours in south-west Sydney, hosting women’s and children’s groups and building friendships. May your Holy Spirit guide all those who attend.

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Please thank God for 20 years of the Year 13 program, which offers students a post-school  ‘gap year’ to strengthen their spiritual life and better equip them for the challenges ahead. Please thank God for all the young people who have attended.

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Please ask for God’s continued blessing and guidance for our Archbishop, Kanishka Raffel, our Bishop, Chris Edwards, and all who serve in our Diocese. Please thank God for our Archbishop’s reminder that we can all pray directly to God as ‘Our Father’, who hears and answers our prayers.

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We thank you, Father, for our Bible Study groups, our Home Groups, Mens Groups, special times of prayer and Coffee times, as they resume for a new year of fellowship and shared faith.

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Father, we thank you for all who came to join us in joyful worship over Christmas and the recent holidays. Please guide us now as we seek to welcome all, newcomers and valued friends, to join us in praise and worship. May we know you better, Lord, and love you more dearly.

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Father, we thank you that we can praise you in music and song. Pleasebless our organist Louie, JoAnn and Hans, and all who sing in choirs and offer musicdedicated to your glory.

Father, please help us to build up our church family, with commitment to your Gospel truth. Help us to grow in spiritual strength and gain inner peace, joyfully expressing our faith in care for our human families, our church family and all with whom we come into contact.

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Lord, may your mercy enfold all who are bereaved and  grieving at this time. And please comfort all former Christ Church members, and family members, who are in full-time care: Warwick, Graeme and Val; and those house-bound, Enid and Norman. May they feel your loving presence.

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We praise and thank you, Father, for the contributions made to the smooth running of church life by our many dedicated volunteers, who provide service leadership, assist at Communion, who lead prayers, serve on the tech desk, who cater and serve refreshments, who welcome others and encourage church fellowship. We pray too for those who provide paid administrative help, asking especially for blessing on Alice Hung and her family, as she takes maternity leave.

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Father, we thank you for the inspiring presence among us of Bishop Paul Barnett, his wife Anita, and Rev John McIntosh.  Please guide us in seeking future ministry help for our church.

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Please continue praying for our Wardens: Glenn Crichton, Ian Davidson and Philippa Armfield, our Treasurer Maggie Springett, our Parish Council and Nominators. Please ask for God’s guidance, wisdom and energy for them all. Please ask, too, for God’s guidance and understanding for us all as we prepare for our AGM next month.

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We thank you, Lord, for Cath’s contribution to our church fellowship, and her support for Greg. We pray for guidance for Cath in her role as Anglican Chaplain in the Australian Navy; and wisdom as a Board member of Anglicare.

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Let us pray for God’s guidance for Andrew in his work as Anglican Chaplain at RNS Hospital, as he talks to patients, listens to their cares, needs and challenges, and prays with them. Please ask for guidance for Andrew in this work and among hospital staff. Please also ask for God’s loving support, comfort and wisdom for Andrew in the care of his wife Jen.

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Lord, we thank you for Di’s faithful leadership, care and loving guidance to all in our church community. Please bless and uphold Di in her devoted pastoral work, visiting, serving and encouraging; and in her leadership of Bible Studies. May Di enjoy daily blessings of peace, happiness and good health.

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Please pray for our Rector, Greg Webster, that our great God will bless, direct and strengthen Greg as he leads us in proclaiming the Gospel in the North Sydney area, and beyond to a troubled world. Let us support Greg in bringing God’s Good News to those who are anxious and distressed by personal problems, and prevailing conditions in these changing times. May all rest in the certainty of God’s eternal power and justice, and His forgiving love.

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Gracious Father, we pray for our political leaders, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and State Premier Chris Minns. Please grant them wisdom and your guidance.

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Father, we pray for blessing and joy, and also safety for all who welcome in the New Year in our area.

Father, please bless all our plans for families and fellowship over this New Year period.

Father, we thank you that we were able to meet and listen to Dr Mawonga Celesi, Manager of Explore Mission. We thank you for his visit and visitors GWC’s Mark Dickson and Explore’s Alison Lee. We pray for them, and ask for further prayer and financial support for their Gospel mission.

We thank you, Father, that we can offer mission support to Explore, at George Whitefield College (GWC) in Cape Town, spreading your Gospel in Africa. We praise and thank you for the great growth in Explore’s ministry, praying for Simon in his oversight of the Southern Region in South Africa; for Isaac, leading the South Central Region in Malawi and Zambia; and Misheck in the Eastern Region.

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We praise and thank you, Father, that we can offer mission support to Lachlan and Candy Grice, serving with CMS in Taiwan. We pray for good health for all the Grice family, and an end to niggling health problems. We pray for good language learning for Lachlan, and little Beau, who is in pre-school. Lord, please bless and support them, especially at this Christmas season away from home.

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‘Glory to God in the highest. Peace on earth and good will to all people, on whom God’s favour rests.’ Hallelujah!

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Father, we pray for your loving presence to enfold all those who are feeling alone, who are grieving and sad at this time.

May they know your loving presence.

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Father, we thank you that we can offer mission support to James and Brittany Daymond, serving with BCA in Cobar and the North-West, Diocese of Bathurst. Thank you that we were able to send Christmas messages of goodwill to James and Brittany, both personal messages and a signed card.

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Father, we thank you that we have been able to support the Anglicare Toys ‘n’ Tucker appeal with food and gifts. We pray that the dedicated Anglicare Food and Financial Services team are able to provide help to the many people in our city suffering financial hardship.

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We thank you, Father, that we can offer mission support to Anglicare, praying for your guidance for its Board and CEO.

We thank you that we can support the work of Anglicare in Greater Sydney, Wollongong, New England North West and NSW Central West, and please guide us in our responses.

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Glory to you, Father! Thank you for the angel’s message to Mary and birth of your Son Jesus. Thank for the heavenly angels’ chorus: ‘Peace on earth and goodwill to all people!’ Thank you for the star of Bethlehem, the visit of the wise men, and the Scriptures that tell of your great salvation plan.

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We thank you, Lord, that we can support Margie Powell, working with Mentac in south-west Sydney. Please guide Margie, and us all, in using time wisely in your service. Please give Margie wisdom in planning Christmas activities with women. Pray that those reading the Scriptures will meet our Lord Jesus.

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Please thank our Father that at Lavender Bay Preschool, in our church grounds, Laura and her team are teaching the Christian faith to the small children in their care. We pray for blessing and safety for them all through the holidays.

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We thank you, Father, for the new ministry centre under construction at Jervis Bay Anglican; and answers to the prayers of Aboriginal leaders by way of the new Shoalhaven Aboriginal Community Church in Bomaderry.

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Lord, we thank you for the work of Sydney Anglican Property. Please prosper the work of building new churches and ministry centres in expanding areas of western Sydney. Please guide Bishop Koo as he seeks ‘to turn our [property] assets into impact’ that your Gospel will reach all in our growing city.

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Please pray for our new Anglican Primate, Archbishop Mark Short. Let us pray for God’s leading and guidance for all preparing beach missions, Gospel retreats and camps for this month and for January. Please pray for the strengthening of missions to children and young people.

Lord and Father, please give us wisdom and understanding in all we seek to do. Let us be guided by the message of our Archbishop to Synod this year: ‘The Lord gave his life as Saviour, our Saviour rose as Lord of life and judge of all. He has dealt with our sin and risen from the dead… He has sent his Spirit who transforms our lives.’

This Sunday, as we are so busy with our Christmas activities, may we remember the recent words of our Archbishop, Kanishka Raffel: ‘[Jesus] died that we may live; may we not live so that others may know eternal life through faith in Jesus.’

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Great Father, we pray for your Holy Spirit to lead and guide us as we reach out to our neighbours in this city, especially blessing Margie Powell and her team in south-west Sydney as they welcome others; may your Holy Spirit be with them all.

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We thank you, Father, for our Bible Study groups, our Home Groups, Mens Groups, special times of prayer and Coffee times, as they conclude a year of fellowship and shared faith.

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Father, we thank you for all who join us in worship. Guide us as we seek to make our Christmas events known and to invite neighbours and visitors to join us in joyful praise.

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Father, we thank you that we can praise you in music and song. Please bless our organist Louie, JoAnn and Hans and all who sing in choirs, offering music dedicated to your glory.

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Father, please help us to build up our church family, with commitment to your Gospel truth. Help us to grow in spiritual strength and inner peace, and joyfully to express our faith in our care for our human families, our church family and all with whom we come into contact.

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Lord, we pray for all who are grieving, suffering loss, in distress at this tiime. May your loving mercy enfold them, and all former Christ Church members, and family members, in full-time care: Betsy, Warwick, Graeme and Val; and those house-bound, Enid and Norman. May they feel your presence.

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We praise and thank you, Father, for our church and for the dedicated contribution of the many who volunteer in service leadership, assisting at Communion, in leading prayers, on the tech desk, by catering, serving refreshments, in welcoming  those who are new, and encouraging church fellowship.

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Please continue praying for our Wardens: Glenn Crichton, Ian Davidson and Philippa Armfield, our Treasurer Maggie Springett, our Parish Council and Nominators. Please ask for God’s guidance, wisdom and energy for them all.

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Father, we thank you for the inspiring presence among us of Bishop Paul Barnett, his wife Anita, and Rev John McIntosh.  Please guide us in seeking future ministry help for our church.

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Let us thank God for Cath’s contribution to our church fellowship. And let us pray for safety and guidance for Cath in her role as Chaplain in the Australian Navy, and wisdom in her role as a Board member of Anglicare.

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Let us pray for God’s good guidance for Andrew in his work as Anglican Chaplain at RNS Hospital. Pray that God may guide Andrew in listening, speaking and praying with patients, many of whom are at crucial times in their lives. Let us also pray for Andrew’s wife Jen, and every member of their family.

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Lord, we thank you for Di’s faithful leadership and direction. Please bless and uphold Di in every aspect of her work: in her devoted pastoral care, visiting, serving and encouraging; and in her leadership of Bible Studies. May Di enjoy daily blessings  of peace, happiness and health.

Please pray for our Rector, Greg Webster, that our great God will bless, direct and strengthen Greg as he leads us in celebrating God’s amazing love for us all this Christmas season. God so loved the world that he sent His Son to be born as a man and reconcile us to God through his life, his teaching and his sacrificial death – followed by the triumph of his resurrection. Let us pray that, led by Greg, we may proclaim this message widely and joyfully.

Gracious Father, we pray for our political leaders, Anthony Albanese and Chris Minns; guide them under your mighty hand, as you alone are our strength and shield.

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Lord of the Nations, we thank you for the growth in Explore’s ministry, praying for Simon in his oversight of the Southern Region in South Africa; for Isaac, leading the South Central Region in Malawi and Zambia; and Misheck in the Eastern Region. Lord, may your blessing strengthen these ministries.

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We thank you, Father, that we can offer mission support to Explore, at George Whitefield College (GWC) in Cape Town, spreading your Gospel in Africa. We pray for good responses to coming visits to Sydney of GWC’s Mark Dickson, Alison Lee and Explore’s Mawonga Celesi.

Loving Father, we thank you for our food, the plenty we enjoy. We pray for all those whose work, often tiring, difficult and challenging, supplies us our daily food.

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Great God, we thank you that new AI enables people to read the Gospel in real time in 32 languages, including English, Simplified Chinese and Persian.

We praise and thank you, Father, that we can offer mission support to Lachlan and Candy Grice, serving with CMS in Taiwan. We pray for good health for all the Grice family. We pray for encouragement for them as they face the practical challenges of adjusting to a different culture. We pray you will lead and guide them as they consider how to reach out to a community in which traditional beliefs are firmly established. We pray for good language learning for Lachlan, and little Beau, who is in pre-school. And please, Lord, work in the hearts of Candy’s parents.

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Thank you, Father, for the growth of Indigenous Ministry. Please guide and strengthen Michael Duckett in his role as Director of Indigenous Ministry.

Father, we thank you that we can offer mission support to James and Brittany Daymond, serving with BCA in Cobar and the North-West, Diocese of Bathurst. Thank you for the new Scripture Union ISCF Lunchtime Group at Cobar High School. Thank you for the BCA Nomads Greg and Liz Grosser and Ken and Roe Kitchin, assisting James in his outreach visiting. Thank you for visiting minister James Morrison, helping to take services in the region when needed.

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Father, we thank you for the dedicated Anglicare workers who serve in Food and Financial Assistance, who help to provide retirement housing and home care.  We thank you that Anglicare supports the emotional and mental well-being of young people through our Sydney North Health Network. We thank you for the Foster Circle, caring for vulnerable children, their families and for foster parents.

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We thank you, Father, that we can offer mission support to Anglicare, praying for your guidance for its Board and CEO.

We thank you that we can support the work of Anglicare in Greater Sydney, Wollongong, New England North West and NSW Central West, and please guide us in our responses.

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We thank you, Lord, that we can support Margie Powell, working with Mentac in south-west Sydney. We thank you that Margie could attend a recent  discipleship conference and enjoy encouraging talks with brothers and sisters there. Please guide Margie, and us all, in using time wisely in your service. Please give Margie wisdom in planning Christmas activities with women. Pray that those reading the Scriptures will meet our Lord Jesus.

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Please thank our Father that at Lavender Bay Preschool, in our church grounds, Laura and her team are teaching the Christian faith to the small children in their care. We pray for fruitful interactions with Laura and the pre-school.

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Father, please guide and bless all Scripture teachers, especially those in our church. Please give them wisdom as they teach by word and example. We pray for your guidance for all within SU Australia, all SRE boards and SRE teachers.

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Lord, we thank you for evidence of growing faith in our communities and schools. Thank you for the many dedicated Christian schools. Please help us spread your Gospel by teaching, and by loving you and our neighbours as ourselves.

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Please pray for our new Anglican Primate, Archbishop Mark Short; for our Archbishop, Kanishka Raffel, and our

Bishop, Chris Edwards. Lord, we ask your guidance and inspiration as we work to spread your Gospel among those who do not know of your love and your salvation.

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Please give us wisdom and understanding in all we do and seek to do. Let us be guided by the recent words of our Archbishop Kanishka Raffel, “Jesus is in the midst of his people, as we pursue the mission on which he has sent us”. Loving Father, may we be encouraged by these words as we  share the message of salvation through our Lord Jesus.

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May our music and song honour you, Lord. And please bless Louie, our organist, relieving organist Stephanie, and JoAnn, Hans and all who praise you with music and song. Father, please bless our planning and work for Advent and Christmas.

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Great Father, we pray for your Holy Spirit to lead and guide us as we reach out to our neighbours in this city, especially inviting them warmly to join us during the Christmas season.

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We thank you, Father, for our Bible Study groups, our Home Groups, Mens Groups, special times of prayer and Coffee times, that they may honour you and strengthen our faith.

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Father, we thank you for all who join us in worship, both new and long-term believers. Help us to grow in our faith, fellowship and love for you.

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Father, please help us to build up our church family, with commitment to your Gospel truth. Help us to grow in spiritual strength and inner peace, and joyfully to express our faith in our care for our human families, our church family and all with whom we come into contact.

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