Prayer pointers was last updated in time for Sunday 31st August.
This page offers prayer suggestions for personal use and for intercessions relating to the Benefice in our Sunday services. Don't feel obliged to use all of it!
Please pass on prayer requests to Stephen, via email. Please do not request prayers for the health or wellbeing of named individuals in this public space.
The week to come
This week, as schools return, we pray for our school communities as they begin a new academic year.
In other new starts, we pray for Bishop Rob's confirmation of election service in York Minster on Monday.
We pray for the ministry of all our churches as the busy time of Harvest, Remembrance, Advent and Christmas approaches.
Good Neighbours
We pray for Debbie, our new Good Neighbours scheme coordinator, and for Sue, as they prepare to take the project live.
Deanery Synod
We pray for Judith in her role as deanery lay chair, as she helps us (and Network Youth Church) to get to grips with our finances. We continue to pray for Sue as she gets deeper into her role as deanery administrator, and encounters all the complexities - legal, practical and pastoral - of wedding, funeral and memorial ministry.
Growing Younger
We pray especially for our new youth cafe church starting in Shap this term and for our two lunch clubs, in Crosby Ravensworth and Morland.
About prayer pointers ThePrayer pointers page was a suggestion made at one of our Saturday morning training sessions on 15th February 2025. Talking about leading interecessions, we identified the importance of praying, as a benefice, for all the different needs and activities of our communities, churches, PCCs and congregations. In order to do this effectively, we need to know what each other are doing.