TENBURY TEAM NEWS.THIS WEEK:
Sunday is Australia Day - pray for the churches and communities of that land, where many users of this Diary will have families and friends.
Sunday is also World Leprosy Day. Leprosy is still a major scourge in our world, and up to four million people are living with visible impairments or stigma because of the disease, and over 200,000 new cases are diagnosed annually. The disease is controllable, and poverty plays a large part in its persistence.
Pray for all who live with leprosy, for every effort made to provide help, assist with disability, and counter stigma, and for the ministry of organisations like the Leprosy Mission. Monday is kept as Holocaust Memorial Day, on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Pray for all who suffer today in a world still scarred by genocide.
Monday is also Parent Mental Health Day. This day aims to highlight the importance of parent mental health and its impact within the family, and to encourage parents and carers to reflect on their own mental health and how to balance it with looking after their family.
Pray for those who feel stigmatised as failures, and for all that offers support and care when needed.
The Chinese New Year begins on Wednesday (the Year of the Horse): pray for the Chinese communities within our diocese, and the Christian churches of China, including those that lack official sanction.
National Puzzle Day, also on Wednesday, prompts thanksgiving for puzzles of various kinds as entertainment but also in their role of enabling mental alertness.
Pray for the pubs, hotels and eating places that serve our communities, especially at this time when many in the hospitality industry are struggling with falling revenues and higher costs.
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