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 6th April we pray for:
Holy Trinity and Mosaic; Clergy – Robin, Beth and Nicola, churchwardens Angela and Russell
Thames Hospice, we bring the work of the staff and volunteers, before God and give thanks for the many individuals and families helped by Thames Hospice.
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
We remember before God, Don Maycock who died recently, and pray for his family and friends in their time of grief
At Year’s Mind: Violet Evans, Frederick Mutlow, Helen Brenchley, Henry North, Mary Wilson, Edmund Henry Sarney, George Wells, Ernest Noyes
Prisoner of Conscience: Chinese pastor Zhang Shaojie (58) who was arrested in November 2013 after a dispute with local officials who were trying to seize church land. In July 2014 he was sentenced to twelve years in prison for “gathering a crowd to disrupt public order” and fraud. He was local head of the China Christian Council and local president of the government-approved Three-Self Patriotic Movement.

Week 2

In week beginning 13th April we pray for:
Our Volunteers – those who help with maintenance morning, refreshments, welcoming, service leading, flower arranging, Children’s Activities, PCC
Refuge, we bring the work of the staff and volunteers of the charity Refuge before God, and give thanks for the many individuals and families helped by Refuge
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
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We especially pray for: Sue Parker, David Foster, Oscar Taylor, Tania, Alex and Murron Garstang-Sivewright, Patricia Hughes, Ann Green
We remember before God Don Maycock who died recently, and pray for his family and friends in their time of grief
At Year’s Mind: Percival Ridgers, Edith Castle Anderson, Constance Muriel Mathews, Edith  Taber, Sandra Divall
Prisoner of Conscience: Dawit Isaak (60) a Swedish-Eritrean playwright, journalist and writer who has been held in prison in Eritrea since 2001 without charge or a trial, and is considered a traitor by the Eritrean government. For a long time he was the only Swedish citizen held as a prisoner of conscience. He is  one of the world’s longest, continuously detained journalist. 

Week 3

In week beginning 20th April we pray for:
Our Children & Young people, Youth Group, Sparklers, children’s activities at Holy Trinity
Mission Aviation Fellowship: we bring the work of the staff and volunteers, before God and give thanks for the many individuals and families helped by MAF
Older people: Care Homes, Bickerton House, Clement House Residents, visitors and Families
The Bracknell Deanery Churches, their clergy and lay staff, especially our incoming Area Dean Revd Gareth Morley
The Bracknell Churches and the work done across the town by all the denominations who meet in Christ’s name.
Everyone affected by homelessness
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Especially we pray for:
Pippa Lloyd & family, Lucas Durand, Adelaide and Robert Bunker, Wendy Bennett, Jeff Dennis, Ann Warren
We remember before God, Don Maycock and Kenneth Attle who died recently, and pray for their family and friends in their time of grief
At Year’s Mind: Delores Augusta Christian, Frank North, Marilyn Hibbert, Paul Alan Phillip Spriggs
Prisoner of Conscience: 

Week 4

In week beginning 27th April 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.
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Especially we pray for: Linda & Darren Edwards, Andy Taylor, Jean and Brian Sturges, Laura Chase, Rosalind Willatts
At Year’s Mind: Louisa May Martin, Wyn Bate, Ruby Haynes, Norah Evelyn Wise, Florence Page, Michael James (Jim) Peto
Prisoner of Conscience: