For our GUC Community:
- We give thanks for our Easter Worship and the place we have to worship in.
- We give thanks for the opportunities ahead of us within our community.
- We pray for vision and insight into the way of mission before us.
- We pray for each other throughout these school holidays.
- We pray for leaders for Oasis (Primary School Children’s Ministry).
For Presbytery & the wider church: ACT Churches’ Council
Pray for:
- All members of the ACT Churches’ Council representing many denominations in our region.
- DOUG TAYLOR and Rev KEVIN DILKS who are our representatives on the Council.
- The Christian Religious Education (CRE) in ACT government schools project – The ACT Churches’ Council offers a coordinated approach to address Christian Religious Education (CRE) in ACT government schools.
- CRE Co-ordinator, KAREN BARON and Project Officer, ROSEMARY COTTRELL.
For our World: Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan
Pray for:
- Those who continue to be affected by the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
- An end to nuclear weapons.
- Those families torn apart by the separation of North and South Korea.
- Peace in this region of frequent tension and misunderstanding.
- A just and peaceful resolution to the conflict between China and Taiwan, and an end to the ambiguous understanding of Taiwan’s identity in the world.
- Aboriginal peoples in Taiwan.
- Those still rebuilding their lives after powerful earthquakes.
- Children forced into prostitution.