This week in prayer

Readings and prayers for Sunday December 18, the Fourth Sunday in Advent, and the following week:  

We pray for our interim priest, Peter Parker, and for our next incumbent, Allen Doerksen. In our diocesan cycle of prayer, we pray for:  Anna, our bishop;  the parish of S. John the Divine, Courtenay & S. Andrew, Sandwick, and their clergy, Alastair Hunting & Marion Edmondson; the people and clergy of the Territory of the People, and their Interim Bishop ,Jane Alexander.

This week in the Anglican Church of Canada cycle of prayer, we pray for The Rev. Dr. Eileen Scully, Director, and the staff of Faith, Worship, and Ministry; Sheilagh  McGlynn, Youth Ministries Animator; the Rev. Canon Dr. Scott Sharman, Animator for  Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations.

In the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples cycle of prayer,  we pray for the Indigenous Theological Training Institute for their work in ministry development and publication of the First Peoples Theology Journal.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Anglican Church of Korea.

Diocesan prayers for the week: 

• Mon Dec 19 Jim Holland and Selinde Krayenhoff - S. Peter, Quamichan & Shawnigan Lake School
• Tues Dec 20 parish outreach ministries
• Wed Dec 21 Sulin Milne - S. Peter, Comox
• Thurs Dec 22 Craig & Jackie Hiebert - S. Mary the Virgin, Oak Bay
• Fri Dec 23 diocesan committee members & volunteers
• Sat Dec 24 parish wardens and treasurers 

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon Dec 19 The Diocese of Oke-Ogun – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) (Ibadan Province)
• Tues Dec 20 The Diocese of Oke-Osun – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) (Ibadan Province)
• Wed Dec 21 The Diocese of Okigwe – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) (Owerri Province)
• Thurs Dec 22 The Diocese of Okigwe North – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• Fri Dec 23 The Diocese of Okigwe South – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) (Owerri Province)
• Sat Dec 24 The Diocese of Okinawa – The Nippon Sei Ko Kai

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Sunday December 18, 2022 - click links for full text of readings for that day

• Mon Dec 19 1 Samuel 2:1-10; Genesis 17:15-22; Galatians 4:8-20
• Tues Dec 20 1 Samuel 2:1-10; Genesis 21:1-21; Galatians 4:21-5:1
• Wed Dec 21 1 Samuel 2:1-10; Genesis 37:2-11; Matthew 1:1-17
• Thurs Dec 22 Luke 1:46b-55; Isaiah 33:17-22; Revelation 22:6-7, 18-20
• Fri Dec 23 Luke 1:46b-55; 2 Samuel 7:18, 23-29; Galatians 3:6-14
• Sat Dec 24 Nativity of the Lord - Proper I

Sources:

• Diocese of BC:  website | cycle of prayer
• Ecclesiastical Province of BC & Yukon: website | cycle of prayer (included in diocesan prayers as final item in each Sunday's entry)
• Anglican Church of Canada: website | cycle of prayer
• Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP): website |  cycle of prayer
• Worldwide Anglican Communion:  website | cycle of prayer
• For daily/weekly Bible readings and liturgical notes:
  • Revised Common Lectionary
  • Daily readings from the RCL
  • Online Lectionary (Anglican Church of Canada)
  • NRSV and many other searchable Bible versions at bible.oremus.org

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