This week in prayer

Prayers and readings for Sunday 30 August 2026 and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for the Missions committee.

This week our diocese prays for thecommunity of Christ Church, Gabriola Island and their visiting clergy.

This week our ecclesiastical province prays for the Diocese of New Westminster and Archbishop John Stephens.

The Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Rt. Rev. Chad McCharles, Bishop, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Saskatoon.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Church in the Province of the West Indies.

Collect:  

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon 31 Aug The Diocese of Bauchi – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• Tues 1 Sept The Diocese of Belize – The Church in the Province of the West Indies
• Wed 2 Sept The Diocese of Bendigo – The Anglican Church of Australia
• Thurs 3 Sept The Diocese of Beni – Province de L’Eglise Anglicane Du Congo
• Fri 4 Sept The Diocese of Benin – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• Sat 5 Sept The Diocese of Bentiu – Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 30 August

• Exodus 3:1-15 and Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45b
• Jeremiah 15:15-21 and Psalm 26:1-8
• Romans 12:9-21
• Matthew 16:21-28

Daily readings below are from the Complementary thread, related to the weekly Sunday Gospel lection and sermon. 

• Mon 31 Aug Psalm 17; 2 Samuel 11:2-26; Revelation 3:1-6

Season of Creation 

• Tues 1 Sept Psalm 17; 2 Samuel 11:27b-12:15; Revelation 3:7-13
• Wed 2 Sept Psalm 17; Jeremiah 17:5-18; Matthew 12:22-32
• Thurs 3 Sept Psalm 119:33-40; Ezekiel 24:1-14; 2 Corinthians 12:11-21
• Fri 4 Sept Psalm 119:33-40; Ezekiel 24:15-27; Romans 10:15b-21
• Sat 5 Sept Psalm 119:33-40; Ezekiel 33:1-6; Matthew 23:29-36

Sources:

• Diocese of BC:  website | cycle of prayer
• Ecclesiastical Province of BC & Yukon: website 
• Anglican Church of Canada: website | cycle of prayer
• Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP): website 
• 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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