Local
Join with the Gungahlin Uniting Church community as we pray…
For all who are homeless, for those seeking accomodation, for the people who work towards ensuring people have shelter and security, for families finding it hard to pay all the bills and for services like the GUC Food Pantry, the Ngunnawal Food Pantries and Communities at Work who try to make it easier to live.
Regional
Join in with the Canberra Region Presbytery in prayer for the Monaro Parish (Cooma and Bombala)
We pray:
• We give thanks for the work and witness of this Parish and its people.
• We pray that God would continue to hold the leadership of this parish and guide their work.
• We give thanks for the communities which this parish is called to serve.
• We pray that God would continue to inspire and lead God’s people in the Monaro region to engage in God’s mission.
National
This week we join with the Uniting Church in Australia in prayer for
- Our political leaders and decision-makers to continue to seek the flourishing of all people and all creation.
- All those across the Uniting Church who are living out a commitment to seek and advocate for equality, be in solidarity with the marginalised, work for peace, and care for creation.
- Preparations for the 16th Assembly of the Uniting Church which will be held online from 17-18 July.
Global
Join in with the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, this week we pray for Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
We are thankful for:
- the peoples of these nations – the diversity of their cultures, languages, and art, and their resilience
- the breath-taking beauty of these lands – the mountains in all their grandeur, overflowing rivers and green paddy fields
- all those who work for the churches and their institutions, especially in places where natural disasters strike
We pray for:
- efforts of governments and others to build up these nations’ economies
- those who have lost families and homes in earthquakes and other disasters as they struggle to rebuild their lives, homes and infrastructure
- those who contribute to religious harmony and advocate for the minority voice of Christians, especially amid religious and ethnic tensions
- religious and government leaders that they will make it possible for all peoples to live in justice with peace and harmony.
- these small nations which depend on other countries and are often threatened by interests of their bigger neighbours.