Prayer Diary

Welcome to our Prayer Diary:
The prayer notes are divided into 4 weekly sections. This will allow us to be more thoughtful about each individual or topic.
If you have a specific person you wish to be added to the list please let Les know. New entries will be included weekly for a whole cycle and then once every 4 weeks. Should situations change please also let Les know – especially if people wish to be taken off the list.

In week beginning 1^st March we pray for:

Our Parish: Holy Trinity and Mosaic, the  Town Centre Mission, our administrators Linda and Sally.

Everyone working in the local Police, Fire and Ambulance services.
The many people who work for Charities and especially  Share and The Food Bank.
We especially pray for Linda & Darren Edwards, Andy Taylor, Jean and Brian Sturges, Laura Chase, Rosalind Willatts, Fabio Pio Marques, Cathy Evans, and Eileen McLaren
We remember Rev. Sandy Dutton and all who have died recently before God and pray for their families and friends in their grief
At Year’s Mind: Aubery Austin James Finch, Diane Margaret, Scurlock, Donald Starkey, Jill Carolyn Day, Elenor North, Marian ‘Billie’ Hatcher, Joyce Mary Faulker, and Primrose Eastwood Cutting.
Prisoner of Conscience: Osman Arimemetov (40) is a citizen journalist who worked with the Crimean Solidarity Group. He had been reporting on human rights violations in Crimea and organizing parcel deliveries to Crimean political detainees in pre-trial detention. In March 2019 Osman was arrested and on 24 November 2022 he was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Osman remains in Detention Centre No 3 Chelyabinsk, Russia

In week beginning 22^nd February we pray for:

Our Children & Young people, Youth Group, Sparklers, and the Children’s Church at Holy Trinity
Médecins Sans Frontières: we bring before God the work of the staff and volunteers
Older people: Care Homes, Bickerton House, Clement House Residents, visitors and Families
The Bracknell Deanery Churches, their clergy and lay staff
The Bracknell Churches and the work done across the town by all denominations
Everyone affected by homelessness or debt
We especially pray for: Pippa Lloyd & family, Lucas Durand, Adelaide and Robert Bunker, Jeff Dennis, Ann Warren, Fabio Pio Marques, Jean & Brian Sturgess and Eileen McLaren
We remember Rev. Sandy Dutton and all who have died recently before God, and pray for their families and friends in their grief
At Year’s Mind: Fanny Bissell, William Bryan Skelton, Ellen Mary Edwards, Wendy Egleton, Peter Stagg and Teresa Guest
Prisoner of Conscience: Mussie Ezaz who is married with 3 children was an evangelist and youth leader in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, before his arrest in January 2008. He has remained in prison ever since, incommunicado and with no release date set.. He is believed to be at the Maximum Security Criminal Interrogation Centre in Asmara Eritrea. Mussie has never been charged with any offence has never faced trial and his family have no information as to his health or exact whereabouts.

Somayeh Rajabi who we prayed for in March 2025 has now been released.

In week beginning 15^th February we pray for:

Our Volunteers – those who help with maintenance morning, refreshments, welcoming, service leading, flower arranging, our PCC, and Children’s Activities – especially everyone involved in the youth Group, Children’s Church,
We bring the work of the staff and volunteers of the charity Shelter before God, and give thanks for the many individuals and families helped by the charity
The Hospitals, Surgeries and the Health Care Staff in our area, we give thanks for all the patients and families supported. We pray for the capacity crisis currently facing the whole NHS
Our Communities and Local Government, our Councillors and Local Authority staff
Everyone struggling with the cost of living or having to find ways to live with poverty.
We especially pray for: Sue Parker, Oscar Taylor, Tania, Alex and Murron Garstang-Sivewright, Patricia Hughes, Fabio Pio Marques, and Andrew Brown
We remember all who have died recently before God and pray for their families and friends in their grief
At Year’s Mind: Phyllis Hughes, Marie Charlotte (Lottie) Brown, Alice Mary Hatcher, John Scott, John Pearson, William Lee, Sylvia Sugden, and James Hunt
Prisoner of Conscience: Former nurse and mother-of-four Shagufta Kiran (42) was arrested in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad in July 2021 after she was accused of forwarding a WhatsApp message that contained blasphemy. Since her arrest she has been imprisoned in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Central Jail and her case hearings were repeatedly adjourned until September 2024, when she was sentenced to death. She remains in prison with no date for an appeal. We last prayed for Shagufta in March last year

In week beginning 8^th February we pray for:

Holy Trinity and Mosaic; Clergy –  Beth and Nicola, churchwardens Les and Russell
Mind Berkshire, we bring the work of the staff and volunteers before God and give thanks for the many individuals and families helped by Mind
Schools (Staff& Pupils): Harman’s Water, Holly Spring, Crown Wood, Ranelagh. We think of the learning of pupils and pray for their well-being and their families and homes We pray for those involved in the Open Book project.

Church:  We Pray for our new Archbishop Dame Sarah Mullally, Bishop Steven, Bishop Mary, Archdeacon Stephen and all the diocesan and Archdeaconry staff
We especially pray for: Nicole and Freya Evered, Koi Wan, Steve Clark, Clint Frost (Debbie and Ellen), Felix Dias, Richard Gibbs, Fabio Pio Marques, Jean & Brian Sturgess, Eileen McLaren and Andrew Brown
We remember We remember all who have died recently before God, and we pray for their families and friends in their grief
At Year’s Mind: Eva Bishop, Elsie Eileen Hewson, Mildred Maud Hudson, Sidney William Bowyer, Hans Jechnow, Herbert Woods, Janet Portnall
Prisoner of Conscience: Mehran Shamloui ( 37) is an Iranian Christian convert who was sentenced to ten years and eight months in prison in March 2025 for his house-church activities. After sentencing he fled to Turkey, but he was detained and deported back to Iran, where he was arrested on 3 July 2025 and imprisoned to begin serving his sentence in the notorious Evin Prison Tehran

In week beginning 1^st February we pray for:

Our Parish: Holy Trinity and Mosaic, Town Centre Mission, our administrators Linda and Sally
Everyone working in the local Police, Fire and Ambulance services.
The many people who work for Charities and especially  Share and The Food Bank.
We especially pray for Linda & Darren Edwards, Andy Taylor, Jean and Brian Sturges, Laura Chase, Rosalind Willatts, Fabio Pio Marques and Andrew Brown.
We remember  All who have died recently before God and pray for their families and friends in their grief
At Year’s Mind:  Thomas Gordon Hobley & Raymond Allen Newman
Prisoner of Conscience: Gulmira Imin (47) is currently serving a 19 year 8 month prison sentence in Xinjiang Women’s Prison, Urumqi, China. Her original life sentence was reduced after she had signed a ‘statement of remorse’. She was originally sentenced for  her involvement in protests against Uyghur ill treatment in 2009.