Reading this week's prayers is Rachel Firth. Rachel is a Licensed Lay Minister in the Benefice of St Mary’s Broughton Gifford, All Saints, Great Chalfield, and St Katharine’s, Holt. She is also a psychotherapist and counsellor in private practice, an enthusiast gardener and fan of her 6 grandchildren.
Read our daily Cycle of Prayer below, listen on our social media (Diocese of Salisbury).
27 January: Lyme Bay Deanery
Living Lord,
We raise to you in prayer the people and parishes of the Lyme Bay Deanery. We pray for the clergy, Rural Dean: David Baldwin. and Lay Chair: Janet Jackson. We raise to you all lay leaders and volunteers, that they may be refreshed and blessed in their ministry. We pray for the church’s presence in each community, loving all who live there.
Amen
28 January: Eggardon and Colmers, Lyme Bay
Heavenly Father,
We thank you for all who worship and serve in the parishes of Eggardon and Colmers, Lyme Bay. We pray for Your blessing over all those who lead, lay, ordained, and in volunteer roles, that You would equip them for the work You have called them to do. We pray for clergy: Chris Grasske, and Carol Peters.
We ask for your blessing on the students, families and staff at:
Loders CE VC Primary School
Powerstock CE VA Primary School
Symondsbury CE VA Primary School
Amen
29 January: Beaminster Area
We raise to you, O Lord, all people and parishes in the Beaminster Area. We thank you for clergy David Baldwin and Jo Neary.
We pray for the staff, pupils and students of :
Salway Ash CE VA Primary School
Mosterton Parrett & Axe CE VA Primary School
Beaminster St Mary's Academy
Broadwindsor CE VC Primary School
In our link diocese of South Sudan, we pray for The Rt Revd Martin Abuni, Bishop of Nimule Amen
30 January: Bride Valley and Chesil, Lyme Bay
Lord Jesus,
Today we raise to you the communities of Bride Valley and Chesil, Lyme Bay, for all who live, work and worship there. We pray for the clergy, Andrew Rawding, Margaret Preuss-Higham, and Liz Howlett, and for volunteers inside and outside churches who serve the wider community.
We ask for Your blessing on the staff, children and families of:
Litton Cheney Thorner's CE VA Primary School
Burton Bradstock CE VC School
Portesham CE VA Primary School
Amen
31 January: Bridport, Lyme Bay
God,
We give you thanks and praise for the clergy, lay leaders, PCC members and all who worship in the benefice of Bridport, Lyme Bay. We ask that you fill clergy, Deb Smith, Cally Burch, John Rees, Lorna Johnson and all who worship there with Your wisdom, love and joy today.
And we pray for Your blessing upon the students, families and staff of Bridport St Mary's CE VC Primary School.
Amen
1 February: Golden Cap Team, Lyme Bay Deanery
Lord Jesus,
We pray for your blessing on the Golden Cap Team in the Lyme Bay Deanery, for all those who worship and live there. We pray for Clergy: Sarah Godfrey, Virginia Luckett, Lucyann Ashdown, and Sarah Keen. We ask you will continue to guide them in living out your word.
We pray for the staff, pupils and families of:
Lyme Regis St Michael's CE VA Primary School
Marshwood C of E Primary Academy
Hawkchurch CE VC Primary School
Amen
2 February: Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Dorchester Deanery
Heavenly Father,
Today as we celebrate Candlemas and reflect on the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, we thank you for all who worship and serve in the parishes of the Dorchester Deanery. We ask for your blessing over all those who lead in lay, ordained, and volunteer roles. We pray for the Clergy, for Rural Dean: Sarah Hillman. Assistant Rural Dean: Jonathan Still and Lay Chair: Rachel Bywater. We pray that You will equip and guide them in their ministry.
In our Anglican cycle of prayer we pray for the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
Amen