Prayer List -- March 29, 2020
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Members and friends are encouraged to remember the intentions on the prayer list in their own prayers throughout the week.
On Sundays the list is located at the entrance of the church on the ushers table. You are welcome to add your intercessions and thanksgiving. You may also contact clergy, email Wendy Shepherd at
wshepherd@holyapostlesnyc.org
, or call the parish office (212) 807-6799 with your prayer requests. They will remain on the list for two weeks. Names may be added to the long-term list and will then remain there until the end of the current calendar quarter.
The prayer list is read at Morning Prayer on Wednesday and is also prayed daily by all the members of the parish Prayer Chain. If you would like to join the prayer chain, committing to praying the prayer list every day for a month at a time, please let Mother Susan know at
shill@holyapostlesnyc.org
.
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Meditation from Mother Anna
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It has been wonderful to be in contact with so many parishioners over the last two weeks; people who care deeply for one another and who have committed to strengthening connections even as we must attempt to do so remotely. It is no surprise that our community is reaching out to one another with love and care. I dare say we will never again take for granted our ability to be with one another in person!
In some of my conversations, people have asked whether services could be live-streamed from inside the church. I know some other congregations are doing this, and I understand the desire to feel that somewhere, in some way, life is proceeding as normal. For now, however, we are going to stick with our online worship schedule via Zoom (
find details here
).
There are a number of reasons for this, which I am happy to discuss individually at any time. For the purposes of this meditation, let me share the obvious: that things are not normal. We are in a time of exile, where we long to see our spiritual home and feel grounded in the company of our faith community. This is a desert time, and we know from Scripture and from our own experiences that God is uniquely present when we wander and feel isolated.
We will not find ourselves in these circumstances forever. And there will be great rejoicing when we can inhabit our beautiful church and pass the peace in person once more! I am not saying our remote worship together will always take its present form. We don’t know how long this crisis will last, or how our understanding of best responses and practices will evolve. But for now, please join us as we continue to pray together separately, physically distant but bound together in the enduring love of God in Christ.
-- Anna
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We pray for all God’s people throughout the world; and in the Anglican Cycle of prayer this week we pray for the Primates’ Task Group’s call for a period of prayer and repentance in the Anglican Communion.
We pray for Michael, our Presiding Bishop; Andrew, Allen, and Mary, our own Bishops.
We pray for our parish clergy, Anna, Bob, Susan, Peter, and Stephen; for our director of music, Tim; for our director of children’s ministries, Ellen; for our intern, Duncan; and for our parish administrator, Wendy.
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For Our Nation and the World
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We pray for Donald, our President; for Andrew, our Governor; and for Bill, our Mayor; for Congress and local leaders; that they may lead with compassion and do justice.
We pray for healing, reconciliation, economic justice, and peace in our nation and all the nations of the world.
We pray that we may reflect the wonderful diversity of your creation among us; your loving compassion through the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, Ecclesia, and our outreach efforts, and your justice through being a community that strives for peace and social and economic justice.
We pray for all those affected by COVID-19 throughout the world, their caregivers, healthcare workers, first responders, and social service agencies -- especially our own Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen staff.
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For Health and Well Being
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For the week of 3/29/2020:
David Natoli & Father Peter Carey
Raquel Forsythe & her husband, Ben Reynolds
Nathan Linman
Don Sorel
Charles Mohacey Jr.
the Brandywine Living Seaside Point Assisted Living Facility
and the COVID-19 patient living there
For the week of 3/22/2020:
Larry Gifford
Patrizia Eakins Martin
Long Term (1/1/20 through 3/31/20):
Chuck & Pat Watson and Licia Watson
Alex Klose
Steve Ralph
Katherine Pennoyer
Glenn Pennoyer
Carl Johnson
John Strickland
Barbara Campanaro
Joyce Warn
Robin Baxter
Gina Giordano and her daughter, Gianna Marie
A. J. Mitchell
Lynn Agapi-Gilligan
Debbie Ragos
Peter Kerrigan
Rex Harris
Ilja Mosscrop
Jayce Diaz and his mother Cassie Morales
Mary Cole
Barbara Engler
Franz Klein
Tracey Olwenicki
Ethan Gibson and Linda Gibson
Paul LoBello
Roseanne Kelleher Heinricks
Norma Moy-Chin
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The departed:
Claudia Buckmire (aunt of Sherwin Nicholson)
David McFarlane (cousin of Sherwin Nicholson)
Mary Ann Smith Mohacey (mother of Charles Mohacey --
on the anniversary of her death 3/29)
Lisa Koch (added by Mother Susan)
We pray for all those killed serving in the armed forces; and for all others killed in conflicts around the world, both civilians and combatants, unknown to us but precious to God.
We pray for the bereaved, especially: Sherwin Nicholson, and the families and friends of Claudia Buckmire and David McFarlane; and the family and friends of Lisa Koch.
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We pray for all who participate in the Parish Life Committee at Holy Apostles.
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