Glenorchy and Innishael linked with Strathfillan

Some suggestions to include in your prayers:

1. Palm Sunday
2. International Children’s Book Day
3. National Autism Awareness Month
4. International Day for Mine Awareness
5. Maundy Thursday
6. Good Friday
7. World Health Day
8. Easter Sunday
9. Those working in the tourist industry as the season begins
10. Children whose parents have just separated
11. World Parkinsons Day
12. International Day for Street Children
13. The work of the Vine Trust with street children
14. Those planting and nurturing crops
15. 100 years since the sinking of the Titanic
16. Strathfillan Community Development Trust
17. World Haemophilia Day
18. People struggling with debt
19. Children starting a new school in a new place, not knowing anyone
20. Start of National Organ Donor Awareness week
21. World Creativity and Innovation Day
22. London Marathon – runners & charities
23. St George’s Day
24. Those who work on public transport
25. World Malaria Day
26. Start of SQA Higher examinations
27. Teams who repair and maintain the roads
28. Local shops and businesses
29. World Dance Day
30. Local lunch clubs

Thanks to those who sent suggestions. Contributions for May’s edition are
most welcome: email Adrienne akswan{at}btinternet.com or Liz lizgibson{at}phonecoop.coop

1. St David’s Day
2. National Doodle Day – Pray for those with Neurofibromatosis
3. March is The Great Daffodil Appeal month – Pray for the work of Marie Curie and all those who need their help
4. Fair Trade Fortnight -half way mark – Give thanks for the advances made by the Fair Trade Foundation
5. Pray for those neighbours of other Christian denominations
6. Argyll Presbytery meeting in Oban
7. Pray for those neighbours of other faiths or none
8. International Womens Day – Give thanks for the progress which has been made
9. Start of National Science and Engineering week – Give thanks for the benefits of modern technology
10. Pray for guidance in the use of new technologies, for good not destruction
11. Start of National Glaucoma Week – Pray for those suffering from this condition
12. Commonwealth Day – Pray for those living in all parts of the commonwealth
13. Pray for those who remove our waste and rubbish
14. Pray for those who work to ensure we have access to clean, safe water
15. Pray for those who work to provide us with plentiful food
16. Give thanks that we have been blessed with plenty to eat, and work to reduce waste
17. St Patrick’s Day
18. Mothering Sunday – Give thanks for all those who take a mothering role
19. Pray for all those who have lost their mother in the last year
20. 1st day of spring – Give thanks for the signs of new life appearing around us as winter draws to a close
21. World Forestry Day – Give thanks for the beauty of the forests and the employment they provide
22. World Day for Water – Pray for those who have poor access to clean, safe water
23. World meteorological Day – Pray for all those affected by weather such as hurricaines and droughts
24. World Tuberculosis Day – Pray for all those affected by tuberculosis
25. British Summer time begins – Appreciate the world around us as the days lengthen
26. World Purple Day – Pray for all those affected by epilepsy
27. World Theatre Day – Give thanks for the pleasure from all dramatic arts
28. Fischy Music working with local children – in Crianlarich, Dalmally, kilchrennan and Taynuilt schools
29. Give thanks for the gift of music and the pleasure this gives us
30. Give thanks for the involvement of our church in the wider local community
31. Give thanks for the buildings used for our worship, and for those who care for them

1. Start of National Apprenticeship week
2. Bethany Trust – working with homeless people
3. UNICEF Day for Change
4. World Cancer Day (World Health Organisation)
5. Work of Marie Curie supporting those with cancer & their families
6. Start of World Orphan Week
7. Start of National Marriage week
8. Those beginning their married life together
9. Those suffering the breakdown of an unsuccessful relationship
10. Those who provide relationship support to those with difficulties
11. Those who have been widowed in recent times
12. Children growing up in care
13. Children learning to live in new forever families
14. Valentine s Day
15. International Childhood Cancer Day
16. Those unable to find work at this time of financial hardship
17. Those unable to work due to physical health problems
18. Those unable to work due to mental health problems
19. Those who are in prison, and their families
20. World Day of Social Justice
21. Shrove Tuesday
22. World Thinking Day
23. International Mother Language Day
24. Those seeking asylum in our land
25. Those separated from family by residency decisions
26. Those learning to live in a new culture in a new country
27. Start of Fair Trade Fortnight
28. Those organisations working for Trade Justice
29. 2012 is the UN International Year of Co-operatives

Thanks to those who sent suggestions. Contributions for March’s edition are most welcome.

Some suggestions to include in your prayers this month:

1. Begins the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
2. Pupils preparing for Prelim examinations this month
3. Those who are homeless this winter
4. Give thanks for the celebration and break from work
5. Those for whom Christmas has been difficult
6. Epiphany
7. Those representing our interests in the House of Commons
8. Reflect on how the gift of your time could benefit others
9. Staff & pupils returning to school after Christmas break
10. The work of Shelter with the homeless
11. Give thanks for the society & support of our church family
12. The work of those providing home care & home help services
13. Those who work in dark & cold to repair power & telephone lines
14. Those representing our interests in the Scottish Parliament
15. Reflect on how your skills and talents could be used to help others
16. Children away from home at school during week or term
17. Work of Lodging House Mission in Glasgow’s East End
18. Begins the week of Prayer for Christian Unity
19. Give thanks for the beauty of the area surrounding us
20. Those who work long days keeping transport links moving
21. Those representing our interests in the European parliament
22. Consider how any money you are able to give could be used to help others
23. The work of H2O in Oban High School and the hostels
24. The work of Centrepoint with young, homeless people
25. Unity between Christian denominations & congregations
26. Give thanks for friends and neighbours we can turn to in need
27. Holocaust Victims Commemoration Day
28. Those representing our interests in local government
29. World Leprosy Day
30. Those children unable to access basic education
31. The work of Blythswood Care
32. to those who sent suggestions.
33. for February’s edition are most welcome.

Some suggestions to include in your prayers this month:

1. World Aids Day
2. Those serving in the emergency services
3. International Day of Disabled Persons
4. Second Sunday in Advent
5. Those working to alleviate the effects of climate change
6. The Work of Christian Aid in the East African drought crisis
7. Those suffering from mental health problems
8. Those who are persecuted for their faith
9. Those working in the education of adults
10. UN Human Rights Day
11. Third Sunday in Advent
12. Families under stress
13. Those suffering due to corruption
14. Those caring for friends and relatives
15. The work of Christian Aid in rebuilding Haiti after the earthquake
16. Those working in the education of children
17. Those suffering from physical health problems
18. Fourth Sunday in Advent
19. Those living in the Occupied Territories across the world
20. Those working in the ministry, and their families, at this
21. Those parishes in vacancy, seeking new leadership
22. The work of Christian Aid in the famine in West Africa
23. Those facing their first Christmas alone
24. Those who will give their time this Christmas to help others
25. Christmas Day
26. Those in the Armed Forces serving overseas, and their families
27. Those in hospital over Christmas, and those caring for them
28. Holy Innocents Day
29. The work of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in providing health care in areas of conflict
30. Those working as nurses in hospitals and in the community
31. The many blessings of the past year

Suggestions for a January edition are most welcome.