This week in prayer

Prayers and readings for Sunday 29 September 2024, Pentecost 19, and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for 'Muffins & Munblings', the Men's Group.

In our diocesan cycle of prayer this week, we pray for the parish of St Peter, Campbell River, and their incumbent, Stephanie Wood.

In our provincial cycle of prayer, we pray for the people and clergy of the Diocese of New Westminster and Bishop John Stephens.

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays forThe Rt. Rev. Anna Greenwood-Lee, Bishop, and clergy and people of the Diocese of British Columbia. We remember missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people and their families, and pray for an end to gender-based violence.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Church of Pakistan (United).

Collect:  Creating God, your name is written on every leaf, every bird, every river, every stone, every living being. We praise and worship you for the magnificence of your creation. Make us attentive to the wounds of the earth and willing to work for the healing of the whole creation, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

Season of Creation

• Mon Sept 30 The Diocese of Rio de Janeiro – Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil
• Tues Oct 1 The Diocese of Jebba – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• Wed Oct 2 The Diocese of Jerusalem – The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and The Middle East
• Thurs Oct 3 The Diocese of San Joaquin – The Episcopal Church
• Fri Oct 4 The Diocese of Johannesburg – The Anglican Church of Southern Africa
• Sat Oct 5 The Diocese of Jos – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 29 September

• Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 and Psalm 124
• Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 and Psalm 19:7-14
• James 5:13-20
• Mark 9:38-50

Daily readings below are from the Complementary thread, related to the weekly Sunday Gospel lection and sermon. Source

• Mon Sept 30 Psalm 5; Zechariah 6:9-15; 1 Peter 1:3-9
• Tues Oct 1 Psalm 5; Zechariah 8:18-23; 1 John 2:18-25
• Wed Oct 2 Psalm 5; Zechariah 10:1-12; Matthew 18:6-9
• Thurs Oct 3 Psalm 8; Genesis 20:1-18; Galatians 3:23-29
• Fri Oct 4 Psalm 8; Genesis 21:22-34; Romans 8:1-11
• Sat Oct 5 Psalm 8; Genesis 23:1-20; Luke 16:14-18

Sources:

• Diocese of BC:  website | cycle of prayer
• Ecclesiastical Province of BC & Yukon: website 
• Anglican Church of Canada: website | cycle of prayer
• Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP): website |  cycle of prayer
• Worldwide Anglican Communion:  website | cycle of prayer
• For daily/weekly Bible readings and liturgical notes:
  • Revised Common Lectionary
  • Daily readings from the RCL
  • Online Lectionary (Anglican Church of Canada)
  • NRSV and many other searchable Bible versions at bible.oremus.org

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