For our GUC Community:
- We pray for Kanthi Fernando who has travelled to Christmas Island to help translate for Sri Lankan refugees.
- We pray for Shirley Williams who continues to recover her health.
- We pray for Lynne and Mark as they prepare for their wedding in September.
- We pray for Maggie Nangolo as she finishes up her study and prepares to return home in September.
- We pray for those who are close to us, but who live far away; Anand Deo, Christine Walmsley.
For Presbytery & the wider church: Monaro Parish – Cooma and Bombala
Pray for:
- We pray for guidance and future success in finding a replacement part time Ministry Agent
- We praise God for the lay people taking our services in the meantime and ask that they receive guidance and the inner strength to avoid burn-out.
For our World: Kenya, Tanzania
Pray for:
- Refugees from neighbouring countries, that they may find food and shelter and soon be able to return to their homes.
- Those affected by drought, that they may have clean water to drink and grow their crops. Those who live in abject poverty, many of whom are not able to feed themselves or their families.
- Churches and church leaders as they seek to fight corruption and promote democracy and good governance.
- Young women forced into prostitution. Those suffering from HIV and AIDS, children orphaned by the epidemic, and those who care for them.
- Relief for the people of Africa from the burden of international debt.