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 Robin know. New entries will be included weekly for a whole cycle and then once every 4 weeks. Should situations change please also let Robin know – especially if people wish to be taken off the list.

Week 1:

In week beginning 1st June we pray for:
Holy Trinity and Mosaic; Clergy – Robin, Beth and Nicola, churchwardens Angela, 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
Bishop Steven, Bishop Mary, Archdeacon Stephen and all the diocesan and Archdeaconry staff.
News: 
We especially pray for: Nicole and Freya Evered, Koi Wan, Steve Clark, Clint Frost (Debbie and Ellen),  Felix Dias, Barbara Scarsbrook, Neil Arden
We remember Colin Latham and Ann Green before God and pray for their families and friends in their grief
At Year’s Mind: William John Evans, Dorothy Minnie Saunders, Anthea Albrecht
Fred Lumb, John Peter Briggs, Robert Henry Webster, Elizabeth Astle, Leslie Richard Willis
Prisoner of Conscience: Christian convert Aida Najaflou (43) who was arrested at her parents’ home in Tehran on 6 February and taken to Evin Prison, controlled by the Ministry of Intelligence. On 13 April, she was transferred to the women’s ward of the prison, where she remains because her family cannot afford the bail set for her, equivalent to around €115,000. She is facing charges of “acting against national security” and “propaganda against the regime”  because she is a Christian convert. Aida has ongoing spinal problems requiring  continuous medical attention which  she is being denied.

Week 2

In week beginning 8th June we pray for:
Our Volunteers – those who help with maintenance morning, refreshments, welcoming, service leading, flower arranging, Children’s Activities, PCC
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
News: The many people caught in and affected by recent floods in Nigeria
We especially pray for: Sue Parker, David Foster, Oscar Taylor, Tania, Alex and Murron Garstang-Sivewright, Patricia Hughes, Ann Green, Barbara Scarsbrook, 
We remember Colin Latham and Ann Green before God and pray for their families and friends in their grief
At Year’s Mind: James Henry Bury, Elsie Wray, Eric Edward James Few, Alan Whiting
Prisoner of Conscience: Dr Mohammed al -Roken aged 62, prominent academic, former Professor of Law, and Human Rights activist sentenced on 2nd July 2013, by the highest Court in the UAE to 10 years imprisonment for exercising his right to freedom of expression and association. He should have been released on 17th July 2022, but no release occurred. In March this year his appeal against his sentence of 25 years was rejected, and Mohammed remains in Al-Razeen prison UAE, where many of his basic rights e.g. access to a lawyer are consistently being denied.

Week 3

In week beginning 15th June we pray for:
Our Children & Young people, Youth Group, Sparklers, children’s activities at Holy Trinity
Médecins Sans Frontières: we bring the work of the staff and volunteers, before God and give thanks for the many individuals and families helped by MSF
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 the denominations who meet in Christ’s name.
Everyone affected by homelessness
News: 
Especially we pray for:
Pippa Lloyd & family, Lucas Durand, Adelaide and Robert Bunker, Wendy Bennett, Jeff Dennis, Ann Warren, Barbara Scarsbrook,
We remember Colin Latham and Ann Green before God and pray for their families and friends in their grief
At Year’s Mind: George Edward Strawson, Harold Francis Hatcher, Kenneth Ernest Edward Hope, Francis Walter Dixon, Edith Fisher, George Alfred Brown
Prisoner of Conscience:  

Week 4

In week beginning 22nd June 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. Those employed to manage our open spaces, collect the bins and who provide social and community services.
The many people who work for Charities and especially, in our local area Share and The Food Bank.
News: 
Especially we pray for: Linda & Darren Edwards, Andy Taylor, Jean and Brian Sturges, Laura Chase, Rosalind Willatts, Barbara Scarsbrook,
We remember Colin Latham before God and pray for his family and friends in their grief
At Year’s Mind: Keith Edward Farrant, David McCrorie, Peter Louis Olsen, Richard Sisson, Peter Conway, Marjorie Amy Bell, Digby Gritten, Rose Elen
Prisoner of Conscience: