To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, do not refuse to hear me, for if you are silent to me, I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.
Hear the voice of my supplication, as I cry to you for help, as I lift up my hands towards your most holy sanctuary. (Ps.28 NRSV)
Lord God, from the corners of this Earth people come to lift their voices to sing your Name, to shout your praise, to call out to you for wisdom and grace and mercy.
We come because your home is our home and we are your people.
You met with Moses on the top of a mountain, and he was transformed;
You met your Son, Jesus, on the top of a mountain, and He was transformed.
Lord, we want to meet with you here, today, and be transformed by you,
And, by your Holy Spirit, to bring your transformation to the world around us.
At your transformation you revealed your glory to the world.
Help us all to make that glory known to others.

In the words of George Appleton:
“New life can begin now,
at any moment
in any year of age;
all I have to ask is –
Lord, what do you want me to do?
What kind of man
do you want me to be?
Where do I start?
I know you will answer,
speak plainly, piercingly,
right to the heart ”

Lord, we bring before you Gaenor our priest, Judith our Lay Minister and all who have positions of responsibility in our Church. Please encourage all your Church in the service of Christ; that those who confess your name may be united in your truth, live together in your love, and reveal your glory in the world.

We pray for Church Conferences, Synods, PCCs and other meetings faced with difficult doctrinal or personal decisions; trying to discern the best way forward for the furtherance of your kingdom.

Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Lord, you know better than we do that the world wasn’t made for hatred and pain. You’re the one who knew our human race from the very beginning; the one who breathed life into our dust and called us very good. You know how beautiful we were intended to be. Lord, you are the sovereign ruler, the mover of mountains. You know all about the nations in turmoil, about the terrorist plots, about the starving children and about fleeing refugees and prisoners tortured for their faith.

So, Lord, we pray that you will bring an end to violence and hatred. Steady the feet that rush into war and the finger poised on the trigger. Bring justice to the downtrodden, restoration to the marginalised, hope to the hopeless. 

Restore, O Lord, the honour of your name,
In works of sovereign power come shake the world again,
That all may see and come with reverent fear
To the living God
Whose kingdom shall outlast the years

Bless and guide Charles our king; give wisdom to all in authority; and direct this and every nation in the ways of justice and of peace; that we may honour one another, and seek the common good.

Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Lord, help us to really look t the people that we pass fleetingly every day, The people on the fringes of our lives.

Help us not to be enclosed within the inner circle of our own friends, but to offer friendship to those who find it difficult to make friends.

We pray for all those who are suffering physically or mentally this day. Some are at home; others are in hospital or nursing home.

Wherever they are, we know that you, Lord, will be there too. May they feel your comforting hand in theirs.

Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

We thank you, Lord, for those who have journeyed before us to enter into the divine and eternal glory with you.

We pray for the bereaved; that in the midst of unfathomable loss they will know the depths of your love.

Rejoicing in the fellowship of all your saints, we commend ourselves and all Christian people to your unfailing love.

Merciful Father, accept these prayers for the sake of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ.