Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
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Knocknagoney Church
5th January 2025
Ordained Local Minister: Andrew Frame
Please pray that God would continue to bring new people and families to join our church family and that increasingly, more people would come to faith.
Pray for blessing on our schools ministry in Knocknagoney Primary School and for more opportunities to connect with service personnel and families in Palace Barracks.
Pray that in the coming weeks God would provide the funds for our necessary remedial building work.
Diocese of Santiago, Chile
12th January 2025
Bishop: Revd Juan Esteban Saravia
Please pray for Bishop Juan as today he is ordained and consecrated Bishop for our link diocese of Santiago. Bishop David and our link coordinator, Revd Mark Lennox, are representing Down and Dromore.
At the same service Bishop Enrique Lago will be enthroned as Archbishop of Iglesia Anglicana de Chile. Please pray for him as he assumes this new responsibility.
Pray for Archbishop Tito and his wife Miriam as they prepare for retirement.
Please pray for Bishop David and Mark – for safety in their travels, for a clear sense of the Diocese of Santiago and for clarity in going forward with the link between our dioceses.
Bishop David McClay
19th January 2025
In this week of the 5th anniversary of Bishop David’s consecration, we pray:
For blessing, health and protection for Bishop David and his wife Hilary; his daughter Cherith, her husband Ciaran and their two children Annie and Maisie; his daughter Ruth, her husband Matthew and their daughters Katie and Alana; and his son Jordan.
Please pray for wisdom, vision courage and creativity for Bishop David in all his work and all his decisions throughout 2025.
Alongside praying for the bishop’s leadership in the diocese, please pray for his work in central church alongside the other bishops and in particular his chairmanship of both ‘The Commission on Ministry’ and the ‘Pioneer Ministry Council’.
Down & Dromore Clergy and Leaders Conference
26th January 2025
Monday 27-Thursday 30 January in the Sligo Park Hotel
The biannual residential conference is a time for receiving in worship, fellowship, and Bible teaching. It’s also an opportunity for the bishop to spend time with his serving clergy and leaders in an informal setting.
Please pray for those who will lead and speak throughout the conference: Revd Ian Paul, Jonathan Conrathe and Paul and Priscilla Reid
For our serving clergy, church plant leaders, and those in lay leadership; that God would refresh, encourage and inspire them for ministry.
For a sense of shared vision and purpose as we serve God in the Diocese of Down and Dromore.