Prayer Calendar

Friday, 1 October

Saturday, 2 October

Sunday, 3 October

Monday, 4 October

Tuesday, 5 October

Wednesday, 6 October

God of joy, as we celebrate World Smile Day, help us to remember the transformative power of a smile shared with friend or stranger.Heavenly Father we pray for all Readers in our diocese on Annual Reader Day. We give thanks for their faithful ministry and pray for your blessing on those meeting in Wells today, especially those being welcomed and licensed.Compassionate God, we pray for healing for your world and your people. Give us discernment to know how best to be a healing presence for those around us and the grace to know where we ourselves are in need of healing. Eternal God, as we remember Francis of Assisi, we ask your blessing on the Society of St Francis. We thank you for Third Order members who, in their daily lives, join in fellowship and prayer with each other and the communities where they live. Loving God we pray for youth workers and ministers as they engage with and reach out to young people in our churches and communities. We pray too for The Youth Ministry Conversation – an online gathering of youth leaders meeting this evening, hosted by the Go Team, Movement and the Diocese of Bristol. God of the Bible, as we remember William Tyndale, translator of the scriptures, we give thanks for the gift of your word to enlighten and inspire us. Help us to prayerfully read our Bibles and live and share its good news.

Thursday, 7 October

Eternal God, we remember all those who provide leadership in our deaneries. Give them wisdom, courage and compassion as they guide their deaneries in an ever-changing church & world. Bless Lay and Area Deans and Deanery Secretaries with a sense of your enduring presence.

October 2021

Loving God, we give you thanks for retired clergy across the diocese who continue to faithfully live out their ordained ministry in so many places and ways.

Friday, 8 October

Saturday, 9 October

Sunday, 10 October

Monday, 11 October

Tuesday, 12 October

Wednesday, 13 October

Thursday, 14 October

God, who calls us all, we pray for all who are called to live out their everyday faith in their communities in particular roles. We give thanks for their ministries and service and ask for your blessing upon them and upon today's Celebration of Lay Ministries at Bath Abbey.Lord, we pray for all those currently learning to share their faith on the Talking Jesus course. Help them to grow in confidence to share faith, and to pray for opportunities with their friends and family to speak about you. We pray for those they know to come to know you.On International Day of the Girl Child, we pray for the health and wellbeing of girls and young women around the world. May they know safety and have the opportunity to reach their God given potential; and may we use our voices to champion them.God of Abraham, we pray for nomadic communities across Somerset and for those gathering to explore chaplaincy alongside them. Give us the strength to play our part in an end to discrimination and to work for change and justice.God of heaven and earth, you raised Saint Edward, king and confessor, to excel in good government and faithful service. On this day when we remember him, may these ideals survive and flourish among us and those who lead us. Loving God, we pray for the annual Chaplaincy Gathering and for chaplains from across the south west exploring how chaplaincy shares hope. We ask your blessing on all chaplains as they learn and pray, serve and lead.

Friday, 15 October

God of all, we pray for the diocesan Investments Committee as it meets today. Give them wisdom and grace so that their conversation may be rooted in your mission and their decisions faithful to your teaching.

Sunday, 17 October

As Bath Abbey celebrates the completion of the Footprint project, we pray that the Abbey will be able to be enjoyed in its full glory by the congregation, city and visitors it serves, for generations to come.

Saturday, 16 October

On World Food Day, we pray for a just distribution of the world’s resources so that all are able to eat to live. Give us compassion for those who are hungry and a hunger for justice.

Monday, 18 OctoberLuke the Evangelist

Tuesday, 19 October

Wednesday, 20 October

Thursday, 21 October

Friday, 22 October

Saturday, 23 October

Loving God, on Anti-Slavery Day we pray we learn to notice the unnoticed and set free the oppressed. Let your name and your church be a light that shines on those hidden in slavery. Help your people raise their voices in unison against this crime. We pray for Crewkerne Deanery: for continued respect in our churches for the Covid-cautious; new PCC members; Christopher Davies’ new role as Rector of Wulfric Benefice; the Merriott Benefice Wilder Churches & Eco-Church initiatives; the reordering project at St Michael's Haselbury, and for the Wadham School Chaplaincy Project.

We give thanks for the peaceful transition to a new government in Zambia; we pray for President Hakainde Hichilema, that he & his ministers may remember their humble roots, be faithful to their promises, serve the people rather than themselves, and lead the nation to peace, justice and sustainable prosperity.

Jesus, pioneer and perfecter of our faith, we pray for the diocesan Pioneer Project Board as it meets today. We give thanks for the work done under the leadership of Tina Hodgett and pray for discernment as that work moves forward into your future.

We pray for the Vacancy in See Committee as they reflect on feedback about our next bishop from around the diocese and our communities. Help them distil the important messages to take forward and work together well for the good of all.

We pray for our Diocesan Synod, with its role in the shaping and decision making of the diocese. Give its members wisdom, discernment and a willingness to listen attentively to one another and to seek the common good.

Heavenly Father we pray for the people and places in the Bath Archdeaconry - remembering all who live and work there. We pray for Adrian, Archdeacon of Bath that he may be strengthened to lead and encourage those with whom he works and serves.

Sunday, 24 October

Monday, 25 October

Tuesday, 26 October

Wednesday, 27 October

Thursday, 28 OctoberSimon and Jude, ApostlesFriday, 29 October

Saturday, 30 October

Eternal God, we pray for those who care for our church buildings, with all the pressure and responsibility that entails. Strengthen them in their work so that our churches can be places of prayer and welcome – a visible sign of your love and presence in the world.

We pray with Alfred the Great, who we remember today: O Father of that Son who has awakened us, you still urge us out of the sleep of our sins and call us to become yours. To you, Lord, we pray; you, the supreme truth, for all truth that is, is from you.

Heavenly Father we pray for the people and places in the Wells Archdeaconry - remembering all who live and work there. We pray for Anne, Archdeacon of Wells that she may be strengthened to lead and encourage those with whom she works and serves.

Lord, help us to be message bringers, hope bringers, joy announcers, through the words of the good news of Jesus! May our lives be examples of what it means to have life in all its fullness.

Loving God, we give thanks for all those who serve unseen. Bless those who quietly serve You and their communities by acts of kindness and practical service. Help us to notice what is done for us by those who are easily overlooked.

Heavenly Father we pray for the people and places in the Taunton Archdeaconry - remembering all who live and work there. We pray for Simon, Archdeacon of Taunton that he may be strengthened to lead and encourage those with whom he works and serves.

Sunday, 31 October

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Heavenly Father, on this All Hallows Eve, we bring to you our fears; the coming of winter darkness; the cold thin place between waking and sleep. Bring comfort to those who need it and calm to those who are fearful.

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