Author: St. Andrew's

Tuesday, October 17 (International Day for the Eradication of Poverty)Pray for PWS&D projects helping adults and youth build sustainable livelihoods so they can meet their needs and build bright futures.

Monday, October 9 (Thanksgiving) We give thanks for family, friends and food and pray for ministries that operate food banks and community pantries, providing food and fellowship for those who don’t have enough of either.

Wednesday, October 4 (Sisters in Spirit) We pray for Indigenous girls and women who have faced terrible levels of violence and for the families and friends seeking justice for murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls.

Tuesday, October 3 We pray for those who serve partner churches outside of Canada.

Monday, October 2 We give thanks for the staff and faculty of our theological schools. We pray that God will nurture grace, wisdom and energy in them as they seek to follow God’s leading in times of enormous change and challenge.

Sunday, October 1 (World Communion Sunday) We give thanks for the global Christian community and all those who gather around the Lord’s Table on this World Communion Sunday.

Saturday, September 30 (Orange Shirt Day) We honour Survivors of Residential Schools, children who died because of Residential Schools and members of their families. Having rejected the Doctrine of Discovery, we commit to walk in ways that will end anti-Indigenous racism.

 

Friday, September 29 We pray that the Rev. Mary Fontaine feels a strong sense of God’s care and the church’s support in her role as Moderator of the General Assembly.

Thursday, September 28 We pray for the members and work of the Gender, Sexuality and Inclusion Advisory Committee.

Wednesday, September 27 We pray for presbytery student committees listening for God’s voice with humility, love, tenderness and trust in the continual illumination of the Holy Spirit as they journey with and support candidates for ministry.