Wise Father, please be with our Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, and Premier, Chris Minns, and guide them in their leadership through these uncertain times.

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Heavenly Father, please be with us daily, that through your guidance, we may act with love, tolerance and kindness to all around us – those close to us, those we see only rarely – help us to act as you have taught us, daily relying on your wisdom.

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We beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy people, that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Wilona Ave

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Great Father, we pray for your grace to fulfil every good work that you have prepared for us, as we await the triumphant return of our King and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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Lord, we thank you that we can offer mission support to Explore Mission, based at George Whitefield College in Cape Town. Please bless Explore Executive Dr Mawonga Celesi. We pray for funds to extend scholarships to 1,000 students this year, and to increase shared-cost partnerships. Please bless Explore’s regional leaders (including Pastor Misheck, Pastor Moses and Pastor Isaac) all facilitators and Learning Centres,  and raise up shepherds who will preach your Word clearly.  We pray for the completion of all language translation this year, and for the rollout of Explore Online.

God of Nations, author of all justice and goodness, set  your Word in our hearts, teach us your ways of peace. Thank you for all who serve, and have served, our nation so that we live in peace. Let us honour sacrifice and turn our hearts to you.

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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. We pray for growth in spirit and numbers among students at Cobar High School who attend Snacks n’ Jesus; and thank you for the TRAX 4WD Mission that visited, reaching out to people in Cobar at Easter time.  

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Father, thank you for the many people who attended Evensong in March; and for fellowship with members of The Bridge Church. Please guide us as we work to reach out to our community, bringing your love and guidance to people facing troubled and uncertain times.  

Lord, please bless all Scripture and SRE teachers in their vital work of teaching your Gospel and bringing spiritual growth and knowledge to our youngest citizens.

We thank you, Father, that we can offer mission support to Anglicare. We thank you for the Foster Circle providing foster care for children at risk. We thank you for Food and Financial Assistance helping those in financial need; and for affordable professional relationship counselling for people seeking help with life challenges. Please bless all who serve as leaders, as staff members and as volunteers for Anglicare.

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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.

We thank you, 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. Please bless them, Father, and bless all ministry to children.

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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, and thank you for recent family time away at the beach. Lachlan and Candy ask for prayers for an after-school tutoring ministry, one of the missions of the Church Association of local churches meeting and working together.

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Thank you, Lord, that we can offer mission support to Margaret Powell and her Mentac team for their work in south-west Sydney. Thank you for their mission in the Peace Tent, and all who served there. May all who visited the Peace Tent recently now be eager to learn more of the Prince of Peace.

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Almighty, Eternal, all powerful God, we thank you for our four Gospels, coming down to us through times and ages. Thank you for this eye-witness testimony of Jesus: his life, teaching, his death for our salvation, his conquest of death. Help us, Lord, joyfully to hold to these eternal truths.

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 pray for the 25 new Anglican Deacons ordained at St Andrew’s Cathedral in February.

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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 members as they seek to know you better and love you more.

Father, we thank you for our Evensong in March, as we joyfully joined in worship with members of The Bridge Church, hearing and sharing new and timeless songs of praise to you.

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Father, we thank you that we can praise you in music and song. Please bless our organist Louie, Jo-Ann and Hans, 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. 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 we encounter.

Lord, may your mercy enfold all who are bereaved and  grieving lost loved ones, and comfort 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 volunteers, who provide service leadership, assist at Communion, who assist in administration, lead prayers, serve on the tech desk, who cater and serve refreshments, welcome others and encourage us in church fellowship.

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Father, we thank you for the inspiring example set by Bishop Paul Barnett, his wife Anita, and the Rev John McIntosh. We thank you for all who provide inspiring and loving leadership.

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Please thank God for our orderly AGM, just past, and pray for Wardens, Glenn Crichton (Rector’s Warden), Philippa Armfield and Alan Smee; Treasurer Maggie Springett; our Parish Council, Nominators, and Synod representatives. May our Lord guide and bless them as they serve in His name.

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Let us with joyful hearts praise God for Easter! Praise God for His victory over death and sin! Praise God for our salvation through Jesus Christ, our Saviour! Praise God for His Holy Spirit who guides us! May this message resound in a darkened and troubled world: ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.’ (John 3:16) Amen.

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We thank you, Lord, for Cath’s contribution to our church fellowship, and her support for Greg. We pray for God’s loving guidance for Cath 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 strength and encouragement for Andrew and all his family members as they deal with personal grief, and as they seek the best care for Andrew’s 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 Lord 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 have planted seeds of faith in many hearts.  

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

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Lord and Saviour, please help us by word and deed to proclaim your Gospel to our needy and confused society.

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Lord, please enlighten our understanding and vision for the future, so we may serve and please you as your people.

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Lord, please be with us daily, that we may act with love, tolerance and kindness, relying on your wisdom.

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Almighty God, mercifully look upon thy people, that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, in body and soul, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Great Father, we pray for your grace to fulfil every good work that youhave prepared for us, as we await the triumphant return of our King and Saviour.

Father, we praise you for your Gospel of peace and love. Thank you for all Christian preaching that builds your church and transforms our lives and purpose.

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Lord, we thank you that we can offer mission support to Explore Mission, based at George Whitefield College in Cape Town. Thank you for the growth of Explore around Africa. Please support and sustain Explore Executive Dr Mawonga Celesi. We praise you, Father, for two new study centres in central Malawi. Thank you that Explore has been invited to train youth leaders in Kampala. Thank you that Explore courses will become available online.

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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. 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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Father, we pray you will be with us at our Evensong today, as we seek fresh ways to praise, honour and serve you. Give us hearing ears and responsive spirits. Inspire us, as we worship in new but time-honoured ways. McMahon & Middle Sts

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Lord, please bless all Scripture and SRI teachers in their vital work of teaching your Gospel and bringing spiritual growth and knowledge to our youngest citizens.

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We thank you, Father, that we can offer mission support to Anglicare. 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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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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