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Join us in prayer for for the recently Ordained

Loving God,
In whose image we are created, we give thanks for your gracious and everlasting love.
We rejoice as we celebrate those recently ordained Deacon and Priest as they embark on their new lives of ministry ahead. We give thanks to you for their commitment through discernment and their diligence in following your guidance as they seek to put in order all that you have planned for them. May they be strengthened by your example and be emboldened to use the gifts you have generously given them, as they courageously extend and enrich the body of Christ.

For them all, may they be filled with the power of courage and wisdom as they spread your eternal good news to all and gather your people ever nearer to you.
We ask you to wonderfully inspire them to care for us, for all creatures and your world with hope, encouragement, gentleness and understanding - igniting their souls with love for all. Please enable them to care for your people by encouraging them in their faith, support those in need, share in the privilege of blessing others and bring everyone closer to you.

We ask this in Jesus’ name and give thanks for your continued wondrous blessings and divine grace. Amen.

We pray today for our new Deacons: James Barber, Margaret Bowers, Lesley Brookes, Benjamin de Garis, Timothy Gosden, Penny Lowe, David Mulcock, Henry Setright, Graham Snelling, Anne Talbert, Nicholas Tomaszewski, Philip Trainer, John Wakeman, Tracy Williams, Sally Willins, Anderson Yan

We pray today for our new Priests: Hilary Baldwin, Jayne Edinboro, Norman Gilliland, Paul Henderson, Steven Horne, Bethany Keenan, William Mills, Daniel Ralph, Clarissa Read, Malcolm Sawyer, Maria Stuttaford, Sally-Ann Pickersgill, Victoria Young
Please pray also for their families, friends, the many who support them, the communities where they will serve, their Training Incumbents and all those who will continue to support them through the coming years.

Prayer written by Jacquie Town - PA to Diocesan Head of Vocations/DDO

Anglican Communion:
6th Sunday after Trinity
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