This week in prayer

Readings and prayers for Sunday 7 May and the following week:  

We pray for our rector, Allen Doerksen.  In our diocesan cycle of prayer, we pray for our Bishop, Anna Greenwood-Lee, and for the people of St George Cadboro Bay and their incumbent, Christine Conkin;  in our ecclesiastical province, we pray for the  clergy and people of the Territory of the People  and their Interim Bishop Jane Alexander.

In the Anglican Church of Canada cycle of prayer, we pray for The Rt. Rev. Susan Bell, Bishop, The Most Rev. Colin Johnson, Assistant Bishop, and the  clergy and people of the Diocese of Niagara.

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

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• May 8 The Diocese of Spokane – The Episcopal Church
• May 9  The Diocese of Springfield (Illinois) – The Episcopal Church
• May 10  The Diocese of Port Sudan – Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan
• May 11  The Diocese of Sul-Ocidental (South Western) – Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil
• May 12 The Diocese of Sunyani – The Church of the Province of West Africa (Ghana Province)
• May 13  The Diocese of Sur – Iglesia Anglicana de Chile

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Sunday May 7th 2023 , Easter 5 - click links for full text of readings for that day

• May 8 Psalm 102:1-17; Exodus 13:17-22; Acts 7:17-40
• May 9  Psalm 102:1-17; Proverbs 3:5-12; Acts 7:44-56
• May 10  Psalm 102:1-17; Proverbs 3:13-18; John 8:31-38
• May 11  Psalm 66:8-20; Genesis 6:5-22; Acts 27:1-12
• May 12 Psalm 66:8-20; Genesis 7:1-24; Acts 27:13-38
• May 13  Psalm 66:8-20; Genesis 8:13-19; John 14:27-29

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 |  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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