Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
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Glen Community Church
1st June 2025
Leader: Paul Hawkins
We give thanks for all God is doing in our community and pray for our church family as we prepare to knock on every door in our area.
We pray for our young people as they study and complete their exams, including GCSE's and A Levels
We pray for our new community garden project and that it will give us further opportunity to engage with folk.
We pray for the continued recovery of Revd Stephen Doherty and that he will be restored to full health.
Glencraig
8th June 2025
Rector: Catherine Simpson
This Trinity Sunday, we are launching Kingdom Come, a three-month focus on prayer and worship, recognising that these must be at the heart of all we do. Throughout history, prayer has brought transformation, and we are trusting God to do the same in our time. Please pray for us as we read through the Book of Acts together, learning from the early Church. Join us in praying under these three themes:
Invite - That we would be a welcoming, invitational church where newcomers feel at home.
Equip - That we would be equipped to share the Gospel. That new believers would be discipled well, and that we would all take our discipleship seriously.
Transform - That we and our local community of Seahill would be transformed by the Gospel - becoming a light in the darkness, a place where people encounter Jesus and experience His love, hope, and healing.
Down & Dromore Diocesan Synod
15th June 2025
Our Synod will take place on Thursday 19 June in Magheralin Parish Church
We pray for Bishop David in his leadership of the diocese and as he delivers his Presidential address to Synod.
For the presence of the Holy Spirit in all the proceedings and that Synod members, clerical and lay, would be guided into wise decisions.
We pray for the mission and unity of the diocese, that we would go forward together with purpose, confidence, and courage.
Grey Abbey & Kircubbin with Ballyphilip & Ardquin
22nd June 2025
Rector: Gill Withers
With the approach of the Summer and events that will take place in our Group of Parishes we pray for a time to celebrate, reflect and enjoy the beauty of what God has entrusted to us here on the Peninsula.
We pray for Gala Week in Portaferry and for the continuation of the ecumenical work which has been so successful over many years.
Ballyphilip has been closed for renovations but we continue to worship together and enjoy fellowship in the Parish Centre and The Abbacy. We ask for prayer as we work together for the common goal of once again being able to worship in St. James’ enabling us to continue our presence in the local community.
We pray for our young people facing exams and deciding on their future path - for clear heads when it comes to answering the questions set out on their papers. We pray that the Lord would direct them and guide them as they navigate this new season in their lives.
Groomsport
29th June 2025
Priest-in-charge: Elliot Swattridge
Pray for an end to a 'spiritually dry season' and for new life. Pray that every week we would see precious souls of all ages, from youngest to oldest amongst us, come to know, love and be transformed by Jesus,
Pray for us to really be inspired and fired up to pray, as this is our greatest need to connect us to the purposes of God.
We are thankful for the way God is bringing His people together from fellowships in the wider Bangor and Ards Peninsula area, including us here in Groomsport. Pray for deep healing of the many divisions and cynicism that still exist and hinder the work of God's Spirit amongst us.
Pray for a great revival to bring new life to multitudes in Groomsport, Bangor and beyond - one that every single congregation will see fruit in!