In Prayer

God our Creator,
You call your people to be a sign of your life in the world.
Make the churches of this parish, places of holiness and hospitality.
Strengthen your people to share your love.
Give us courage and vision,
trusting in your constant presence and following the examples of
St Alban, St Andrew, St Mark and St Philip.
So we pray in the name of Jesus our Saviour and Companion.
Amen

Parish Prayer Chain

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Blessings of a ciborium

Lord Jesus Christ,
just as this plate is incomplete without bread,
so something is missing from our lives without you.
Remind us, whenever we gather, of that trust,
and, each time bread is broken and shared,
remind us also that
through the new life you offer,
won by your dying and rising again,
your surrendering of all
so that we might receive grace upon grace,
you have met that need
and answered our emptiness.
So, then, we ask,
bless all that we offer you now -
this ciborium,
our worship and sacrament,
our discipleship,
our lives -
and use it to your glory.
Amen.

Prayer for GEOH Service lead by Irene Swadling, 29 August 2010

O God of life, of all life
And of each life
We thank you for the life
You have given us.

O God of life
Filled with your life help us to share where needs are great
Be with those affected by flood or fire,
Earthquake or drought, famine or war.

O God of light, of all light
And of each light
We thank you for the light
of this place and time.

O God of light
Filled with your light help us in this place and time
To care and cleanse, plant and protect,
Exposing where waste, pollution and greed
Poison water, air and land.

O God of love, of all love
And of each love
We thank you for your gift of love
Your assurance of love
The love made known through
The light and life of Jesus.

O God of love
Hear our prayer for love to be in us
Guiding us to value people and place
Caring in community with those who suffer
Living aware of the environment in which we share.

We offer you praise, Mother Father God
And hearts lifted high
For in the communion of your love
Christ comes close to us and we

Benedicite Pukerua for Awesome Church

O give thanks to our God who is good: whose love endures for ever.
Give to our God your thanks and praise.

You sun and moon, you stars of the southern sky,
Give to our God your thanks and praise.

Sunrise and sunset, night and day, wind and warmth,
Give to our God your thanks and praise.

All cliffs and valleys, grassland and manuka,
Rocks and streams, mist and drizzle,
Give to our God your thanks and praise.

You pohutukawa, scrub and roses,
apple and peaches, mint and tussock,
Give to our God your thanks and praise.

Eel and, kahawai, koura and paua.
Sheep and cattle, moths and dogs, horses and deer, quail and hawk,
Give to our God your thanks and praise.

You Maori and Pakeha, women and men,
children and grandparents, all who live within the life of this land,
Give to our God your thanks and praise.

All who have gone before us, pioneers of our faith and land,
Give to our God your thanks and praise.

All farmers, kindy teachers, school teachers and typists, shop workers and truck drivers, job-seekers and invalids,
Give to our God your thanks and praise.

Mothers and doctors, protesters and politicians, writers and artists, students and consultants, mystics and musicians,
Give to our God your thanks and praise.

Priests and social workers, visitors and holiday makers,
Give to our God your thanks and praise.

O give thanks to our God who is good: whose love endures for ever.
Give to our God your thanks and praise.

Lacuna Prayer - For young people on a journey

God of all places and all time;
Go with our young people into this new year.
Be with them as they journey and explore.
May they know that they are in our hearts and in our prayers,

even though we may not see them so much for a while.
Keep them safe.
May all their adventures be with you as their companion
and when they return from time to time
may we learn from what they have discovered of your world.
May they find the space to meet you
In your love always
Amen.

Gardening God’s Way - Our Church Garden

First plant five rows of peas:
            Presence, promptness, preparation, purity, perseverance.
Next to these plant three rows of squash:
            Squash gossip, squash criticism, squash indifference.
Then plant six rows of lettuce:
            Let us be faithful to duty.
            Let us be loyal and unselfish.
            Let us be true to our obligations.
            Let us obey rules and regulations.
            Let us encourage one another.
            Let us love one another.
No garden is complete without turnips:
            Turn up for meetings.
            Turn up with a smile.
            Turn up with new ideas.
            Turn up with determination to make every day count for something good and worthwhile. Water freely with patience and Cultivate with love.
There is abundence in your garden.... Because you reap what you sow.
To conclude our garden, we must have thyme:
            Time for God
            Time for study
            Time for prayer

Prayers & Squares - The Prayer Quilt Ministry

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Pauatahanui Anglicans Parish Prayer Cycle

Day 1 The Bishop and Diocesan support staff
Day 2 The Vicar
Day 3 Church wardens and other priests in the parish
Day 4 Vestry and Parish Office staff
Day 5 Licensed lay ministers
Day 6 Liturgists and Liturgical assistants
Day 7 Musicians
Day 8 The Parish Choir and the Music Group
Day 9 Local Church Meetings especially the Convenors
Day 10 Cleaners and flower arrangers
Day 11 Woodchoppers and Divine Caterers
Day 12 Those who care for the grounds of our churches
Day 13 Sacristans, readers, welcomers
Day 14 Sidespersons and bankers
Day 15 Sunday School
Day 16 Youth Group and the young people of our communities
Day 17 The St Andrew’s 8.00am congregation and the people of Plimmerton
Day 18 The St Andrew’s 9:30am congregation
Day 19 The St Philip’s congregation and the people of Paremata/Papakowhai
Day 20 The St Alban’s congregation and the Burial Ground
Day 21 The St Mark’s congregation and the people of Pukerua Bay
Day 22 The Friendship Group congregation
Day 23 The Harbourview congregation and all older people
Day 24 The Choral Evensong congregation
Day 25 The PreSchoolers congregation and all children
Day 26 The St Andrew’s Thursday morning congregation and study group
Day 27 The GEOH congregation, and our environment
Day 28 Explorations Group
Day 29 Women’s Fellowship (AAW), and Men’s Group
Day 30 Prayers and Squares
Day 31 “Breaking Open the Word”

Prayer for men

God of Jeremiah,
We pray for men who speak your word to our community
Encourage them, enlighten them, hearten them.

God of Zaccheus
We pray for men who seek you.
Accompany them, meet them, bless them.

God of Abraham,
We pray for men who journey in hope
Strengthen them, enable them, settle them.

God of Zechariah,
We pray for elderly men as they look back on life,
Comfort them, inspire them, befriend them.

God of the boy David,
We pray for young men.
Protect them, challenge them, satisfy them.

God of the nameless thieves on the crosses beside Jesus,
We pray for men in desperate situations
Guide them, equip them, weep with them.

God of Peter the Apostle,
We pray for men who are leaders in church and society
Sensitise them, sustain them, assure them.

God of Jairus, whose young daughter was healed
We pray for family men
Help them, steer them, counsel them.

God of all people everywhere,
Equip us to be what you call us to be
In all our diversity and complexity
Wherever we are
For your love’s sake, Amen.

Jenny Dawson
Evensong – Men and Work and Faith
28 June 2009

Ian Turner Memorial Window

Eternal God, may this window
always be a sign of your presence
in this house of prayer
and in our lives.

Be always near us when we
seek you here in St Andrew's.

Draw us to you,
when we come alone
or when we come with others,
to find comfort and wisdom,
to be supported and strengthened,
to rejoice and give thanks.
May Ian, in whose memory we
dedicated this window,
dwell with you in peace forever
and may all who loved him
know your peace.

May we become one with you
and with one another,
as our lives are sustained and
sanctified for your service.

In Jesus name, Amen.

St Andrew’s, Plimmerton

A Prayer for St Andrew's Foyer

Dear Lord we plead our cause,
on behalf of St Andrew's Church,
as finance we seek to raise,
to enlarge the existng foyer,
put it in our heart with praise,
and bless each member’s true endeavour,
we ask in Jesus Name. Amen

Marjorie Holmes

A Celtic Rune of Hospitality

I saw a stranger yestereen,
I put food in the eating place
drink in the drinking place
music in the listening place
and in the sacred names
of the Holy Trinity
He blessed my house,
my cattle and my dear ones,
and the lark sang her song:
Often, often, often
goes the Christ in a stranger’s guise,
Often, often, often
goes the Christ in the stranger’s guise.

Used to conclude the Parish Retreat, 11 October 2009

Prayers for our Communities used at Parish Day, 26 September 2009

ST ANDREW’S - PLIMMERTON
For our Fire Brigade workers who attend vehicle accidents as well as fires.
All those who have had strokes, their carers, their community workers.
For our follow Christians who live in countries where Christians are a disadvantaged minority and suffer serious persecution. For the Barnardo Fund which helps them.
For Christians to understand the meaning of the bible for Christians to use the words of bible yet obide by what the bible has to say and reflect it to the community.
To treat all people well and equally.
For those in our Parish, or connected to our parish, who have died, and for the families and friends who remain.

ST ALBAN’S - PAUATAHANUI
The people of St Alban’s congregation and their families.
The historic significance of this place.
Businesses in the village and those who work there.
The school, the children and staff and the pre-school.
Those who pass through it in their daily lives.
The burial ground and those who care for it.

ST PHILIP’S - PAREMATA
Residents and staff in Whitby Village Estate and Summerset Village
Harbourview Rest Home
Staff of Bright’s Mitre 10 and Ashley and Lorraine Spiller
Children at the orphanage in Thrissur, Kerala, India
All church communities in North Porirua
Staff and pupils of Aotea College and all students studying for exams
Porirua Guardians
Porirua City Council and staff
Volunteers at Citizens Advice Bureau
Mana Refugee Resettlement Group
Paremata and Papakowhai Schools and Kindergartens
St Philip’s congregation and those who need special prayer
Troubled teenagers and their parents
Food Bank volunteers
Porirua Police College staff, trainees and families Mana Art Society
Anchor Church Youth missions trip to Vanuatu 2010
Ninness and Guardians funeral directors and staff
Staff and volunteers at IHC

ST MARK’S - PUKERUA BAY

Those who are unwell and the people who support them.
For the young people in the Bay. May they find meaningful recreation activities.
All those who are involved in the skateboard park.
Our Community Constable.
Pukerua Bay Residents’ Association (that means everyone in the Bay, but especially the committee).
Carers for our environment such as Nga Uruora.
Those who look after our community facilities: community hall, library, tennis club.
The business owners in the Bay – those at the “Dairy” and others who work from home.
All carers of our children: The school, The kindergarten, The pre-school, The toy library. The playgroup, School Care
Recreational groups: Tennis Club, line dancing ……
Cubs
St Mark’s community / family / Awesome Church
The beach community - those who look after the tracks to the beach – all 154 steps on one of them
Our hills that they stay safe and the farmers who work on them.
Those moving away from the Bay and those who are new to the Bay.
Young families, especially those with new babies and small children.

Lord's Prayer

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.

E to matou Matua i te rangi
Kia tapu tou Ingoa.
Kia tae mai tou rangatiratanga.
Kia meatia tau e pai ai
ki runga kite whenua,
kia rite ano ki to te rangi.
Homai ki a matou aianei
he taro ma matou mo tenei ra.
Murua o matou hara,
Me matou hoki e muru nei
i o te hunga e hara ana ki a matou.
Aua hoki matou e kawea kia whakawaia;
Engari whakaorangia matou i te kino:
Nou hoki te rangatiratanga, te kaha,
me te kororia,
Ake ake ake. Amine.