TENBURY TEAM NEWS.THIS WEEK:
we pray for emerging democracies, as voters take part in key elections in the Czech Republic (3–4 Oct), Cameroon (12 Oct), Ivory Coast (25 Oct), Argentina (26 Oct), the Netherlands (29 Oct), and Tanzania (29 Oct). May these processes be fair, peaceful, and hopeful for the future. We hold before God all peoples yearning for just governance and protection of their rights.
Pray for harvest festivals and thanksgiving services; for generosity in giving and sharing.
Prayer Time.
Christianity has been described as, "...a way of life and a way of prayer". This suggests that, rather than being an add-on, something to aspire to if one is a particularly holy person, prayer is at the heart of what it means to be a Christian, a disciple of Jesus.
Poets and hymn writers have expressed this vividly. According to the poet-priest George Herbert, prayer is "...God's breath in man returning to his birth."
Prayer is and should be at the centre of all that we are trying to do, and all what we hope to become as the Church here in this part of the world.
Reverend Mark Inglis - Team Vicar
Saturday 18 October | St Luke, Evangelist
Marks the Feast of Saint Luke, the Evangelist, a physician who wrote the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. A companion of Saint Paul, Luke's writings provide unique details about Jesus's childhood, Mary, and the mercy of God, and are essential for understanding the early Christian church. He is honored as the patron saint of artists and doctors.
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