This week in prayer

Prayers and readings for Sunday 29 June, Pentecost 3, and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for the prayer ministry and Sunday prayer teams.

This week our diocese prays for the parish of St Luke’s Cedar Hill and their incumbent, Daniel Fournier.

In the ecclesiastical provincial cycle of prayer, we pray for the Diocese of Kootenay and Bishop Lynne McNaughton.

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for newly consecrated Alexander Pryor, diocesan bishop; Anne Martha Keenainak and Jared Osborn, suffragan bishops; and the clergy and people of the Diocese of the Arctic.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Church of the Province of
Myanmar (Burma).

Collect:  God, you set us free in Jesus Christ. Grant that we may live gracefully in this freedom without selfishness or arrogance, becoming servants through love to the freedom of the gospel for the sake of your reign.  Amen. (Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002))

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon June 30 The Diocese of Nasik – The Church of North India (United)
• Tues July 1 The Diocese of Nasir – Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
• Wed July 2 The Diocese of Natal – The Anglican Church of Southern Africa
• Thurs July 3 The Area Mission in Navajoland – The Episcopal Church
• Fri July 4 The Diocese of Ndokwa – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• Sat July 5 The Diocese of Nebbi – The Church of the Province of Uganda

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 29 June (Pentecost 3)

• 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 and Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20
• or  1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21 and Psalm 16
• Galatians 5:1, 13-25
• Luke 9:51-62

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

• Mon June 30 Psalm 140; Genesis 24:34-41, 50-67; 1 John 2:7-11
• Tues July 1 Psalm 140; Jeremiah 3:15-18; Ephesians 5:6-20
• Wed July 2 Psalm 140; Jeremiah 23:16-22; Matthew 10:16-25
• Thurs July 3 Psalm 66:1-9; 2 Kings 21:1-15; Romans 7:14-25
• Fri July 4 Psalm 66:1-9; Jeremiah 51:47-58; 2 Corinthians 8:1-7
• Sat July 5 Psalm 66:1-9; Zechariah 14:10-21; Luke 9:1-6

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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