Reading this week's prayers is Marianne Mangham. "I'm Marianne and have just completed three years at Sarum College whilst working full time. I am now the newly ordained Assistant Curate of Wimborne Minster, The Wimborne Villages, Shapwick and Kingston Lacy. It has been so exciting over the last week to see where God is at work in my new parishes and I am looking forwards to joining in and making Jesus known in the time ahead.''
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8 July
Lord God,
Today we pray for the Lyme Bay Deanery. For Rural Dean David Baldwin, and Lay Chair Janet Jackson.
We give thanks for newly appointed members of the Deanery. Rev Cally Burch Pioneer Priest, Team Vicar in The Bridport Team and Rev Andrew Rawdin who will be licensed as Team Rectory of the Bride Valley and Chesil Benefice on the 14th July.
We also pray for the Golden Cap Team in the process of trying to make an appointment to the vacant Team Rectory Post.
Amen
9 July
Our Lord and our God,
Today we pray for Eggardon and Colmers, Lyme Bay Deanery, and for it’s clergy Chris Grasske.
We pray for our four new Lay Worship Leaders, Angelica, Alison, Trevor and Peter as they join Graham and Nigel. We give thanks for the dedication and hard work of Liz our Lay Pastoral Assistant. We pray for Carole our Associate Priest, and all those who work so hard in all the churches of our Benefice.
We pray for the three church primary schools, Loders CE VC Primary School, Powerstock CE VA Primary School, and Symondsbury CE VA Primary School, giving thanks for all the spiritual teaching.
Amen
10 July
Lord Jesus,
We pray today for Beaminster Area, Lyme Bay Deanery, and for it’s clergy David Baldwin and Jo Neary, and for it’s LLMs Barbara Simmonds and Charlie Merivale.
We pray for the parishes of the Team at this time of transition, especially for St Mary's Drimpton at the beginning of the closure process of the parish church.
We pray for our schools as they come to the end of this academy year. Salway Ash CE VA Primary School, Mosterton Parrett & Axe CE VA Primary School, Beaminster St Mary's Academy, and Broadwindsor CE VC Primary School.
And today, we also pray for the Episcopal Churches in South Sudan and Sudan, and for Rt Revd Levi Marandulu Yepete, Bishop of Yei in South Sudan.
Amen
11 July
God of all,
In our prayers today, we hold Bride Valley and Chesil, Lyme Bay Deanery and it’s clergy: Margaret Preuss-Higham and Liz Howlett, LLM PtO: James Webster, and LLM Emeritus: Yvonne Buckland, Michael Read.
We pray for Andrew Rawding who will be licensed as Team Rector of the Bride Valley and Chesil Benefice on the 14th July.
We also pray Your blessing over our schools, Litton Cheney Thorner's CE VA Primary School, Burton Bradstock CE VC School and Portesham CE VA Primary School
Amen
12 July
Our Father,
Today we pray for Bridport, Lyme Bay Deanery and it’s clergy: Deb Smith and Lorna Johnson, and for LLM PtO: Peter Wright, and LLM Emeritus: Valerie Payne.
We give thanks for the appointment of our Pioneer Team Vicar Rev’d Cally Burch who has come to join us and for the forthcoming licensing of Rev’d John Rees as Associate Priest in the parish and the commissioning of Anne Rees as LWL.
We ask that God helps us to look outwards to serve Bridport and Make Jesus Known. And we also pray for Bridport St Mary's CE VC Primary School.
Amen
13 July
Holy God,
We pray today for the Golden Cap Team, Lyme Bay Deanery, and it’s Clergy: Sarah Godfrey, Virginia Luckett, Sarah Keen, and Lucyann Ashdown. We pray too for LLM: James Ashdown, LLM PtO: James Pettifer, and LLM Emeritus: Winifred Maynard.
We pray for the Golden Cap Team in the process of trying to make an appointment to the vacant Team Rector post.
And we pray for our schools Lyme Regis St Michael's CE VA Primary School, Marshwood C of E Primary Academy, and Hawkchurch CE VC Primary School.
Amen
14 July
On today, the seventh Sunday after Trinity, we pray for Dorchester Deanery and it’s Rural Dean: Sarah Hillman, Assistant Rural Dean: Jonathan Still, and Lay Chair: Rachel Bywater. We pray for our Lay Worship Leaders, Lay Pastoral Assistants and deanery synod members. And in our Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for The Church of Ireland
Amen