Our parish directory is woefully out of date. The last one was produced almost four years ago. An up to date directory is vital, so we need to know that your information is correct. If you have started coming to St Luke’s since 2006, or have changed any of your details since then, please let us know. Over the coming weeks there will be a form at the back of the church for you to enter your details. Since we last updated the directory, a great many more people have acquired email addresses. It would be great to have emails as well as phone numbers, so please leave details if you can. Email Prayer Diary
Prayer was behind all that Jesus did and who he is, and as his body here on earth, it can be the same for us. We can become involved in what God is doing in his world and in our church as we pray for each other.
This is a prayer diary for St Luke’s. Against each day of the month, a St Luke’s activity is named and briefly described. It is suggested that this activity, particularly the leader(s), and the persons engaged in it, might be the focus of prayer on a given day. We can use this diary as part of our personal prayer, but we will know as we do that many others in the church will be praying for the same people. Although we will be praying on our own, we will in a sense be praying together.
In a famous passage in his Letter to the Philippians, the Apostle Paul said this: ‘Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God which surpasses understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus’.
Part of the peace which God promises is that we can give to him everything that is on our minds. We hope that this prayer diary will help to pray for all parts of our church, enabling us to give to God continually our church and our life together, being renewed by God and made more and more in his image. God invites us to be involved in his abundant life together.
- Mothers’ Union. Hazel Roden leader, handing over to Sue Thorne at the end of 2009; and Gill Sayers their chaplain.
- The Bellringers as they call us to worship and Linda Hole our Tower Captain.
- The Tuesday Toilers and their faithful work in keeping the church yard in such good order.
- The Fellowship Groups and Jane Spindler as she leads them.
- Debbie, Gill and all who visit pastorally.
- Worship Group and Sue Thorne as she leads them.
- Barry Arnold and Chris Kendrick our Church Wardens.
- Toddler Group on Monday afternoons, and Jane Gerrish as she coordinates that work.
- The people who read the bible and lead the intercessions in our services.
- All those who are our sidespeople and welcomers.
- Gill Sayers and Rosemary Spada our Lay Ministers; and Louise Bale in training to become a Lay Minister.
- God’s Gang, pray that they may grow in discipleship together. Pray for ideas and energy for the leaders and for growing faith for the children.
- St Luke’s youth and their spiritual growth; and Malcolm Thorne as he co-ordinates that group.
- The Parade services – a wonderful opportunity as through the year we welcome people to our church who don’t come at other times.
- The Choir and Colin Lukins our organist, and all they do to lead us in worship week-by-week.
- The PCC. Pray for wisdom and discernment, and thank God for all they do.
- The Outreach group who co-ordinate our outreach and keep in touch with people and places we support.
- The Flower Ladies and Cleaners and all who care for our church property.
- The Junior Choir and Graham Burchell as he leads them.
- Barry Arnold chair of the Hall Committee, and all those who look after the hall.
- The Finance Committee and Simon Yeo our treasurer; pray that we will be a generous church.
- The All Age services and the team who lead them.
- Weddings and wedding couples, and Ann Searle as she does much of the administration with the couples.
- Our prayer life as a church and the Saturday3@8 prayer meeting month-by-month.
- Communication – the notice sheet and the web site and Simon Bale as he keeps track of both.
- The Worship committee who have concern for worship week-byweek, and particularly our major festival services.
- Graham Burchell and the servers who help our communion services to go smoothly.
- The Baptisms, for the families who come to us, and for Jenny Peacock and Alison Woodey who help with the administration and contacts with the families.
- Debbie and Jane, our clergy.
- Planned giving and Don Jones who looks after that for us. Pray that we will be a generous church.
- Our Deanery Synod representatives, and the synod itself.