This week in prayer

Prayers and readings for Sunday 6 July, Pentecost 4, and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for the Gonzales preschool teachers, children and families, whose school year has just ended.

This week our diocese prays for the parish of St Margaret of Scotland, Galiano Island, their lay leaders, and visiting clergy.

In the ecclesiastical provincial cycle of prayer, we pray for the Diocese of New Westminster and Archbishop John Stephens.

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for the newly installed Primate, Shane Parker; The Rt. Rev. David Greenwood, Bishop, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Athabasca; and for Lutheran, Anglican, and Moravian summer camping ministries.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

Collect:  God, whose kingdom comes near: share with us the authority that sets others free and send us on the way of challenge and conversion; through Jesus, who empowers us.  Amen. 
(Prayers for an Inclusive Church (2009) alt.)

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon 7 July The Diocese of Nebraska – The Episcopal Church
• Tues 8 July The Diocese of Nelson – The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
• Wed 9 July The Diocese of Nevada – The Episcopal Church
• Thurs 10 July  The Diocese of New Bussa – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• Fri 11 July The Diocese of New Guinea Islands – The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea
• Sat 12 July The Diocese of New Hampshire – The Episcopal Church

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 7 July (Pentecost 4)

• 2 Kings 5:1-14 and Psalm 30 OR
• Isaiah 66:10-14 and Psalm 66:1-9
• Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16
• Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

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

• Mon 7 July Psalm 119:73-80; Jeremiah 6:10-19; Acts 19:21-27
• Tues 8 July Psalm 119:73-80; Jeremiah 8:4-13; Acts 19:28-41
• Wed 9 July  Psalm 119:73-80; Joshua 23:1-16; Luke 10:13-16
• Thurs 10 July Psalm 25:1-10; Genesis 41:14-36; James 2:14-26
• Fri 11 July Psalm 25:1-10; Genesis 41:37-49; Acts 7:9-16
• Sat 12 July Psalm 25:1-10; Leviticus 19:1-4, 32-37; John 3:16-21

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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