Invitation to daily prayer

PRAYER LIST

At this time, we keep in our prayers, all those who are sick
and bereaved and their families, Including:

Kathryn, Sonya, Jod, Terry, Marg, Joanne, Wayne, Urbin, Jim, Betty, Corrine, Lionel, Lee, Pat, Mark, Nancy and Ian, Laurel, Keith and Joan, Jeff, Mary, Les, Bill, David, Helen, Father Tom, Bob, Mary Jean, Marylynne, Cathy, Pauline, Britany and family, knowing that you are doing for them, better things than we can ask or imagine.

  In the Diocese of Huron, we pray for the Parishes of:

• St. Mary’s (Walkerville), Windsor;

• St. Matthew’s, Windsor;

• Trivitt Memorial, Exeter;

• St. George’s, Goderich, and,

• Christ Church, Port Albert.

A PRAYER FOR OUR PARISH

O God, our heavenly Father, bestow upon our parish the rich blessings of your loving kindness; that we may prove ourselves a people of your favour and glad to do your will. Make us alive to all the opportunities and responsibilities of our time. Keep us open to all who need our love and fellowship and inspire us with a vision of a world won for Jesus our Lord.

MINDING OUR MISSION

Did you know the Anglican Church has 5 Marks of Mission? 

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First mark of Mission: Tell (Evangelism) – “To proclaim the good news of the kingdom” is to share the news that Christ God is reconciling the world to himself in words.

Prayer:  Lord Jesus Christ, let your presence fill our hearts and overflow in our actions, that we may proclaim the good news of your kingdom. Let your glory fill this place. Let your glory fill this world!

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Second Mark of Mission: Teach  (Discipling) - “To teach, baptize, and nurture new believers” and indeed all believers – by fostering Christian development in new participant, long time members and everyone in between.

Prayer: Lord, fill us with your welcoming spirit, that we may faithfully teach, baptize, and nurture those who come to believe in you. Let your glory fill this place. Let your glory fill this world!

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Third Mark of Mission:  Tend (Service) - “To respond to human need by loving service” is a central aspect of Christ’s call. Loving service engages finding real needs and offers service that is truly loving so all are changed by the encounter.

Prayer:  Lord, you came to service and not to be served, fill us with the compassion and insight to respond to human need by loving service. Let your glory fill this place. Let your glory fill this world.

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Fourth Mark of Mission: Transformation (Transforming Society) - “To seek to transform unjust structures of society”, to challenge violence of every kind, and to pursue peace and reconciliation, is a call to go beyond charitable giving and help change a world that creates human needs. To join in God’s work in building the Kingdom by transforming society.

Prayer: Lord, let the fire of your goodness and justice burn into us and through us, that we may seek to transform the unjust structures of society. Let your glory fill this place, Let your glory fill this world!

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Fifth Mark of Mission: Treasure  (Safeguard and Renew the Earth) - As Christians we are called to “safeguard the integrity of creation”. Our world is a gift from God. We bear the responsibility for caring for the world and the earths resources.

Prayer: Lord, you came into our lives to redeem all that is good, guide us in our turn to renew and sustain the the life of your creation. Let your glory fill this place. Let your glory fill this world!