Lilies at Easter in memory of Family or Friends In previous years many of you have generously contributed to the Easter flowers at St Thomas’. The church has been scented by lilies and looked beautiful. Should you wish to remember family members or friends again this year by donating a lily, please contact Jenny via the church office (875651).
This week we are asked to pray:
Prayers for the week Thank you to Sally for this week’s prayers that are based on “Glimpses of Glory” by David Adam. Almighty God, we give you thanks for your great love towards us and the whole world, love revealed in our Lord Jesus Christ, who by his death destroyed death, and who has for us opened the gate of glory. We pray that, sharing in the fellowship of the suffering of our Lord, we may come to know the power of his resurrection; through the same Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Lord, we come before you. Change us and we shall be changed. We give thanks for all who are contemplatives: For those who teach others to meditate, for all who have shown us how to be silent before you. Lord, in the stillness of this place, refresh us; In the stillness of our minds, renew us; In the quiet of our hearts, restore us. We pray for all who are caught up in hyperactivity, all who seek to justify themselves by work, all who cannot be still. Lord, we come before you. Change us and we shall be changed. Lord, we are grateful for places of rest and peace: we thank you for our homes and all who care for us. We pray for all who are overworked in their caring for others. We ask your blessing on all who have shared their time and their love with us. Lord, we come before you. Change us and we shall be changed. Lord, we pray that through your cross and passion we may come to know the power of your resurrection. We remember before you all suffering peoples, all who are struggling or despairing at this time, the people suffering in Myanmar and Thailand after the great earthquake, and all who are facing darkness or death. May they come to rejoice in your presence and saving power. Lord, we come before you. Change us and we shall be changed. We give thanks for all who have passed through pain and suffering and are now where sorrow and pain are no more, for all you have experienced the power of your resurrection. We pray especially for any known to us. Lord, we come before you. Change us and we shall be changed. Merciful Father, accept these prayers for the sake of your son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.