The Northern Prayer House: POVERTY IN CARLISLE

Wednesday 12 October 2016

POVERTY IN CARLISLE - PRAYERS

PRAYERS FOR CARLISLE
For people in Carlisle and round about who are living rough with no roof
over their heads and nowhere to wash or cook.
For people who are living in urgent and desperate need, excluded from normal
social activities and struggling to put food on the table.
For people living in the most deprived areas of Carlisle, income deprived,
employment deprived, education and health deprived.
We pray for the building of connection in our community so that people can
flourish and thrive, embedded in networks of supportive relationships.
For all those who work towards building community.
People who need the foodbank and people who work in the foodbank.
For people who need the Citizens Advice Bureau and those who work for CAB.
People who have fallen into debt and people who work for Christians against
Poverty and other agencies which help others resolve and become debt free.
People who are drawn into criminal activity through poverty and people who
work with them in the courts and probation service.
We live in hope that we can move towards a more equal distribution of the
gifts of life. Help us to use only our fair share and no more.
Lord, hear our prayer.

In Friendship,
Annie Foster
Northern Prayer House Hub

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What it's all about

The Northern Prayerhouse –handing on a basket full of prayers from area to area across the North of England.

Together Lancashire invites faith groups across the North of England to take part in series of prayer events and activities with a focus on tackling poverty and deprivation.

The North of England has a long history of being a House of Prayer. From the Celtic saints of Northumbria, the great abbeys, the Cathedrals and Minsters, the early, dissenters and Quakers, the Methodist revival in the midst of the industrial revolution, there has been a deep spiritual longing to transform the world as it is into the world as it ought to be.

Christian organisations and networks are addressing challenges of poverty. As austerity measures continue to bite, faith groups continue to respond, ever more stretched through lack of resources, and burdened by the higher expectations from the public sector that we can pick up the pieces.

We wish to recognise the hard work, the pressures being faced by those who care and those we care for, and the resilience and expertise of people in local communities who are at the sharp end. At the same time, we wish to highlight areas of injustice and to appeal to decision makers and to God for change.

Each area will offer prayers from your neighbour as well as your own. Your prayers will be easily transferred via an electronic ‘basket’ to a neighbouring area; there is scope for those who would like to be “pilgrim heralds/angels/messengers” to make journeys to neighbouring centres in person in the real world.