EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK
FEBRUARY PRAYER DIARY
I lift up my eyes to the mountains
- where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD,
maker of heaven and earth.
(Psalm 121 : 1 - 2)
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Prayers for each day
9 Feb Louise Heron (mother of Tanya Ramsay). Louise is recovering from surgery.
10 Feb Rufus Chapman for a good recovery from hip replacement surgery
11 Feb Fresh Start
12 Feb Visiting Team Coffee morning at Bruntsfield Links Golf Club
13 Feb Julia and her family
14 Feb CrossReach Fundraising and Engagement Team
15 Feb our services at Cramond and Pennywell
16 Feb the ministry to young people on Sundays and during the week
17 Feb those recently bereaved
18 Feb for the ministry of the Moderator, Rt Rev Rosie Frew
19 Feb Jessie Fubara-Manuel our Pastoral Assistant
20 Feb members of our congregations dealing with long term illness
21 Feb the ministry of the Church in Ukraine
22 Feb our services at Cramond and Pennywell
23 Feb Emma McMillan in her studies
24 Feb Julia’s visits to care homes
25 Feb the ministry of Christian Aid
26 Feb Kirk Session meeting tonight
27 Feb Edinburgh Street Pastors
28 Feb Cramond Jumble Sale
REFLECTION
Comments by the late Lord Wallace,
former Moderator of the General Assembly
(from the Church of Scotland website)
In his retiring speech to the General Assembly in May 2022 after stepping down as Moderator, Lord Wallace said it was an "honour and privilege" to serve and described the experience as "truly energising".
He highlighted the work of CrossReach, which runs cradle to grave social care support services across Scotland and described its work as a "response to human need through loving service".
"Throughout the past year, I have joined with other church leaders in calling for action from both governments to address poverty, especially child poverty," he said.
"As a Church we must surely continue to make our voice heard, speaking up for the most vulnerable as the increasing cost of living inevitably impacts on those most in need."...
Lord Wallace said it was Pentecost the day after he took on the role of Moderator in May 2021, "when we recall the disciples were all gathered ‘in one place', when the Spirit descended with wind and flame. But they didn't stay in the one place, waiting for people to come in, they went out proclaiming the good news of the Risen Jesus.
Today we must be ready to go out from our buildings, and get alongside people, ... in our towns and cities, in homes, around tables, in the fields at work, in the meeting places of the everyday life of ordinary people. At all levels, and not least in our upper echelons, we should be ready to take risks to do what is right.
We must be eager to discern the new imagination into which the Spirit is calling us, and in our neighbourhoods to proclaim the Good News of God's Kingdom of justice and love.”
If you have a prayer request or a favourite prayer which you would care to share in a future Prayer Diary, please e-mail office@cramondkirk.org.uk