St Thomas Methodist Church

Prayers for week commencing 3rd February 2008

PLEASE PRAY

…..those who are in special need of our prayers this week….

Sue Rew, Ivy Howard.

…..for members of our Church Family ;

Adam Loats, Judith & Gordon Long; Maureen Lowe.

.......our groups and organisations: Monday & Tuesday Young Families Groups; - for Kathy, our Young Families' Worker,

for those who help out by preparing the refreshments each week and for all the children and their parents/carers who

attend.

…...Preachers from our Church leading Worship in the Circuit today Sunday 3rd February:

Rev.David Easton at Alphington and Silverton

Rev Martin Bailey at Exminster.

.......From the Circuit Prayer Plan; this week we pray with Whiddon Down Methodist Church.

From the Prayer handbook: Praying with Christians in Africa: Benin, Cote D'Ivorie and Togo.

For the South East District.

We pray: We give thanks to the Father who made all things.

We give thanks to the Son who draws al eople to Himself.

We open ourselves to the spirit who makes all things new. AMEN.

- John Hellyer, South East District Chair.

Your dates for the week are on the Calendar.

St Thomas Methodist prayers for week of 27th January 2008

PLEASE PRAY

…..those who are in special need of our prayers this week….

Ivy Howard; Sue Rew.

…..for members of our Church Family ;

Jill & Jim Lee; Kit Lee; Robert & Janet Lee; Jack & Pat Lemon; David & Maureen Letheron.

.......our groups and organisations: The Pastoral Team (David Easton, Mary Gardner and Jean Bennett)

and all our Pasoral Carers as they take responsibility for 'looking after' all the members and

adherents of our church. We ask that God will bless them in their work. Also, for ourselves as we

take the love of God with us into the community; may God strengtthen us as we witness to His love

in our daily lives.

…...Preachers from our Church leading Worship in the Circuit today Sunday 27th January

Rev.David Easton, Mrs Mary Bailey; Philip Luscombe, Colin Arscott

.......From the Circuit Prayer Plan; this week we pray withTopsham Methodist Church.

From the Prayer handbook: Praying with Christians in Europe; Belgium and Ther United

Methodist Central Conference of Germany.

For the West Yorkshire District.

We pray: May the compelling love of Christ for life on the earth drive us , as disciples to hallow

the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, the company we keep, the communities

we create, so that love may penetrate whole lives, all life and the planet itself. AMEN.

- Peter Whittaker, West Yorkshire District Chair.

Your dates for the week are on the Calendar.

Your week from Sunday 20th January 2008

PLEASE PRAY

…..those who are in special need of our prayers this week….

Barbara Braund; Sue Rew.

…..for members of our Church Family ;

Fred & Hilda Kellaway, Daniel Kempster, Peter & Rose Kempster, David & Jo Kirk, Derek & Carol Lane.

…...Preachers from our Church leading Worship in the Circuit next Sunday 27th January

Rev.David Easton, Mrs Mary Bailey; Philip Luscombe, Colin Arscott

From the Circuit Prayer Plan; Please pray for Silverton Methodist Church as they welcome new and old friends to their

fellowship this year and pray that all may strengthened by their worship and service together. Their discussions of

case studies following the Presence pblication; jas widened their vision to be innovative. Hope that 2008 should

provide them with new possibilities for ecumenical projects within the community and we ask for God's guidance as they

explore ways of working with all age groups in Christian outreach.

Your dates for the week are on the Calendar.

Week commencing 13th January 2008

Week Commencing 13th January 2008

PLEASE PRAY For members of our Church:

Clarissa Jackson and Paul Williams; Debra Jacobs; Betty James;

Doris James; Mary Julian.

For those who are in special need of our prayers this week:

Barbara Braund; Sue Rew.

From the Circuit Prayer Plan: Please pray for Sidwell Street Methodist Church

as they welcome their new minister Andrew, pray

for God's blessing on his leadership and inistry. We give thanks for their faith

and fellowship and all the blessings of being part of the wider church family;

for all who inspired them in their faith and opened their eyes to the wonder of

God's love.

Prayers for Dorothy Knapp

Your Prayers are asked for the relations and friends of DOROTHY KNAPP who peacefully died on Sunday 23rd December 2007. She was wife of Ernest, and now they are again joined togther with the Lord.

Thanksgiving service at St Thomas Methodist Church on Friday 4th January 2008 at 1045am followed by cremation.

We will remember with him as a long serving and faithful friend of this church.

Christmas Week in the St Thomas Section 23 Dec 2007

PLEASE PRAY FOR:-
   for Church Family members: Claire Hardman; Ann Harvey: Jane Hayden: Edna Hitchens:
   Beattie, Len, and Ashley.

   for those in special need: Barbara Braund; Robert Ely and family; Nigel Putt; Dorothy Knapp;
   Pay Rundle and family.

   Preachers from our church leading worhip today: Rev David Easton and Rev Myra Dillistone.

    For tedburn St Mary MC and all their members and for their inniatives to bring new members into their church.

Service this Christmas week are on Monday at 5pm Crib Service and at 1130 pm Midnight Communion.
A Christmas Day Service will be held on Tuesday at 1030am for a Family Service.

This week in St Thomas & Alphington M.C.'s

PLEASE PRAY FOR MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH FAMILY:-
Douglas and Pat Guy; Claire Hadfield; Barbara Haizelden; Adelia and Paul Hammond; and Joyce Handford.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE INSPECIAL NEED OF OUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK:
Robert Ely and family; Dorothy Knapp; Nigel Putt; and Barbara Wogan.

PLEASE PRAY FOR PREACHERS FROM OUR CHURCH LEADING WORSHIP IN THE CIRCUIT TODAY:
Rev David Easton, Philip Luscombe, and Lloyd Smale.

From our Circuit Prayer Plan; please pray for Crockernwell Methodist Church, as a small, traditionally minded congregation, they ask for our prayers as they try to fulfil the aims of their church life;- to worship to praise God for all His goodness, to meet with him, and to offer ourselves to Him. To be encouraged to live Christian lives, as their building is not used during the week, it as people that they are shown Christian love.

From the Prayer Handbook: Please pray with Christians in Israel, Palestine and the Lebanon, the place that we call the Holly Land. We pray for the persecuted and for those who prosecute them; for the abused-and for those who abuse them; for the damaged and- those who damage them. For those whose dignity is destroyed-and those who destroy it. And we pray for the peacemakers that they may begin to build bridges of understanding to replace the barriers of distrust.

8th December 2007 - Prayers for the week in St Thomas MC

PLEASE PRAY ...for members of our Church Family:
Janet & Trevor Gardner; Janet & Colin Goldsworthy; Ruth & Peter Goodwin.

....those who are in special need of our prayers this week:
Dorothy Knapp, Nigel Putt, and Barbara Wogan.
For Rev Robert Ely, that he is now at home resting and recuperating after his illness, and also for Teresa and his three daughters who looked after him. We thank you Lord Jesus.

....Preachers from our Church leading Worship in the Circuit today:
Rev David Easton, Mrs Mary Bailey, and Colin Arscott.

....From the Circuit Prayer Plan: Please pray for Crediton Methodist Church as they seek new ways of moving forward after the Review, for their outreach through the new monthly breakfast club and the proposed all-age worship. Also pray for therir links with the Anglicans and other faiths in their community, for their work with the elderly and lonely through the welcome club.

Prayers for the week in St Thomas MC

PLEASE PRAY.....
                                 for members of our Church Family:- Rachel Fleet;          Frank & Jean Flook;
                                                        Mark & Alison Flynn;       Sheila Furbeer;      Suzanne Gallivan.

for those who are in special need of our prayers this week:......
                                        Dorothy Knapp;       Kathleen Miller;         Nigel Putt;           Barbara Wogan,
                                        Rev Robert Ely ill in hospital at Wolverhampton.

for Preeachers from our Church leading Worship in the Circuit today: the 2nd
                                        Rev David Easton, Rev Martin Bailey,    Mrs Janet Lee.

From the Circuit Pryer Plan: Please pray for CHERITON FITZPAINE M.C.; please pray for them as they plan the way forward after the review, for their outreach through the new monthly breakfast club and the prooposed all-age worship to link in with the youth activity days and the out of school club.   Include in your prayers, the village school as it copes with the after effects of a building fire.

From the Prayer Handbook: Please pray with Christians in The Gambia; Almighty God, we give you thanks for the way your spirit is moving through the lives of your people.   We thank you for the Methodist clinics, for the nurses, for the Methodist schools and for the dedication of the teachers who often work in very difficult conditions.   WE prau that in the dry and dusty places your life giving spirit will water and feed, enabling growth in this developing place AMEN.

Week commencing 25th November 2007

PLEASE PRAY
.......................for members of our Church Family:-
Sylvia Dyer; Joan Easton; Keith and Marlene Ellis; Annie England; Vera Escott; Audrey Everett.

....................... those who are in special need of our prayers this week:-
Tom Down; Vera Escott; Dorothy Knapp; Nigel Putt; Shirley daughter of Kathleen Miller; jean Flook;
Jack Lemon; Barbara Wogan.

........................Preachers from our Church leading Worship in the Circuit today: Lloyd Smale.

From our Circuit Pryer Plan, please pray for Alphington Methodist Church; we give thanks for the recent and essential installation of an improved electricity supply without debt; the devotion and hard work of past life members and the new facesjoining for worship.   Please pray that others may come to share their fellowship as they continue to seek ways of increasing their numbers.

From the Prayer Handbook: plese pray with Christians in the Pacific; Jesus, abject and despised, let us not be ashamed to follow you Jesus hated and persecuted let us not be afraid to walk in your footsteps.
Jesus, blasphemed and condemned, let us be counted your friends. Jesus mocked and scourged, let us bear all things patiently.   Jesus, crowned and derided, let us not be overwhelmed by our injuries and grief. Amen.    (John Wesley 1703-91)

SATURDAY    Yours be the praise, My Lord, for mother earth who supports and guides us and produces a rainbow of fruits and flowers and plants.   praise and bless my Lord and humbly thank Him and serve Him. Amen.     (Canticle of Brother Son by St Francis of Assisi.)