Prayers from Davyhulme, Manchester

Prayers from Christ Church, Davyhulme, Manchester at their Harvest Service

 

Prayer for Christ Church Lunch Club

 

Lord, we pray for people who feel lonely and for organisations working to cater for their needs.

 

We pray for the people in our community of Davyhulme who come to us on Wednesdays for companionship and a hot meal. We pray for our volunteers who give their time, showing kindness and patience and making people feel welcome. We ask that you will bless Ann, Graham and Olga who are responsible for the lunch club.

 

Hold them all in your hands, Lord, and help us to serve you in our community making Christ Church a welcoming place to come to.

 

Lord, in your mercy – hear our prayer

 

 

Prayer for the wider community of Manchester

 

Heavenly Father, open our eyes to see the needs of those caught in the web of poverty and open our hearts to respond to those needs.

 

We ask your blessing on those who work for Lifeshare, Cornerstone and Barnabus and those who help in the Foodbanks that are so necessary for many.

 

Help us to see you in every person in need; the homeless, the dispossessed. We ask your blessing on the work of those involved with Shelter, Night Shelter, The Big Issue and the Salvation Army. We ask that you would honour and prosper the work of Wood Street Mission as they seek to relieve the plight of needy families in Manchester.

 

Lord God, you have no hands but our hands, help us to be willing servants to those in need.

 

Lord, in your mercy – hear our prayer

 

 

Prayer for the relief of poverty in the world

 

Lord, help us to see the need in our world and to respond.  We can too easily take for granted the food that we eat and the clean fresh water available to us.  Lord, we ask that you would help us to remember those who have little or nothing who, because of injustice in world trade, go to bed hungry and struggle to earn a living.

 

Bless those who work for justice and Fair Trade; may they know your support as they show your love in serving others.  We pray for workers producing Fair Trade goods asking that their lives will improve as they earn a fair wage for their work.

 

Lord, we pray for a change in the attitude and hearts of all consumers that they will understand the consequences of their actions.  Help all consumers to remember that everyone in our world is connected and that Fair Trade is a positive way of turning the tide of injustice.

 

Lord, in your mercy – hear our prayer

 

 

 

 

Gillian Beeley

Development Co-ordinator (East Lancashire)

TOGETHER LANCASHIRE

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