Prayer List -- May 22, 2020

Members and friends are encouraged to remember the intentions on the prayer list in their own prayers throughout the week.

You are welcome to add your intercessions and thanksgiving., by contacting one of the clergy, or 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 eveIry day for a month at a time, please let Mother Susan know at shill@holyapostlesnyc.org .
Dear Holy Apostles Family,

If you would like to have individual healing prayer with Deacon Bob or one of the Lay Eucharistic Visitors, please leave a message on Deacon Bob’s church phone: 646-998-6107 or 212-807-6799 ext. 107. State who you are and the number where you may be reached, and a Healing Team member will contact you.

 This form of prayer will be available for the duration of the time services are suspended. We are still worshiping as a community, just in a different way. Simply click here for information on Zoom worship services .
Meditation from Mother Anna
    This weekend includes Memorial Day, always the last Monday in May, when we commemorate those who have served and died in our nation’s military conflicts. It is also the commonly regarded “official” beginning of summer. After Memorial Day weekend we usually start to move into a more relaxed framework. Days are longer and warmer. Schedules become more relaxed. Schools get out, and vacation plans are made.

    But not this Memorial Day—or at least not fully. Much is being redefined as we move through this season, imprinted as it is with Covid-19. Our struggle with the virus has been compared to a war, and indeed some of the same sacrifices are being asked of us. We are also longing for vision; as with every struggle, armed or not, we want to know what we are fighting for and what possibilities lie beyond the pain and uncertainty of the present moment. Much of that is still taking shape. There are still many unanswered questions about what those possibilities will look like and how they will unfold.

    In our church year it is the time when we focus on the Holy Spirit. Perfect timing, given everything going on around us! For the Spirit inspires us to open our hearts and minds to a new reality beyond what we have known. The Spirit demands some humility from us, even as it expands our awareness of God’s promises to us and our understanding of God’s hope for our future. Awareness of this same Spirit, sent by Jesus, gives us confidence to step into whatever comes next: ready to resist evil, open our hearts and stand firm for a world defined by the love and compassion of Christ.
-- Anna
For the Church
We pray for all God’s people throughout the world; and in the Anglican Cycle of prayer this week we pray for all members of the Anglican Communion around the world; for the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, and all primates and bishops; for members of the Anglican Consultative Council; for the Secretary General, the Most Reverend Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon; for the staff at the Anglican Communion Office in London and the UN offices in Geneva and New York.

We pray for Michael, our Presiding Bishop; Andrew, Allen, and Mary, our own Bishops.

We pray for our parish clergy, Anna, Bob, Susan, and Peter; for our director of music, Tim; for our director of children’s ministries, Ellen; and for our parish administrator, Wendy.
For Our Nation and the World
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, and their caregivers, healthcare workers, first-responders, essentisal workers, and social service agencies, especially our own Holy Apostles staff.
For Health and Well Being
For the week of 5/24/2020:
David Natoli & Father Peter Carey
Ray Holland

For the week of 5/17/2020 :
Larry Gifford

Long Term (4/1/20 through 06/30/20):
John Buscarello
Maura Campbell
Dr. Bruce Kramer
Dr. Jim Bonar
Dr. Raquel Forsythe & her husband, Ben Reynolds
Charles Mohacey Jr.
the Brandywine Living Seaside Point Assisted Living Facility
and the COVID-19 patient living there
Paul LoBello
Lisa & Bill Mildeberger
Nathan Linman
Carl Johnson
Katherine Pennoyer
Glenn Pennoyer
Kristine and Brent Sundberg
Mary Cole
Barbara Engler
Ethan Gibson and Linda Gibson
Roseanne Kelleher Heinricks
Norma Moy-Chin
For Those Who Have Died
The departed:
Ella Chiu
Joseph Driscoll
and for all who have died of COVID-19 virus

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: the family and friends of Ella Chiu and Joseph Driscoll.
In Thanksgiving
We pray for the members of the parish at Holy Apostles who make all feel welcome.