Dear Friends,

As September sweeps in and we tip over into Meteorological Autumn, I have great pleasure in sending you the Canterbury Diocese Prayer Card, particularly for use during the Season of Creation (1st September to 4thOctober), but hopefully relevant all the way through to the end of November.

For this card, Primrose and I have been thinking about the waters in this beautiful corner of England – the rivers, lakes and seas which are never very far from us, wherever we are in the diocese. We’ve been thinking about the blessing those waters are, and also about the truth that we humans have not cared for them in the way we should.

We hope this card will be both blessing and challenge, as you use it in your personal prayer or in gathered worship.

We would be grateful if you would circulate the card to your congregation, and even that you might make it available to people in your local community, if you think it could be helpful.

Please do also pass it on to anyone who leads worship or does Intercessions in your services, and please feel free to use Primrose’s image separately from the rest of the card, providing you include her artist credit:

'Water Pollution' by Primrose Northrop 2025

The card can be downloaded here:

https://www.canterburydiocese.org/our-life/prayer/prayer-resources/seasonal-prayers-for-renewal-mission.php

And I attach it in several formats, in hopes these will allow you to use it in a number of different ways:

1. An image file (jpg) of each side of the card, which you can position in a Word document so that you have both sides on one page.
2. A pdf of the whole card.
3. An image file (jpg) with just the picture in it.

If you have any questions or need any further help with the card, don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’re always delighted to hear from you.

And we look forward to seeing some of you as we wander the diocese doing prayer workshops in various places over the coming months … which prompts me to say that if you fancy hosting a prayer workshop where you are, get in touch with us and we will see what we can do. The diary is full till Christmas now, but 2026 is all yours … 😊

Blessings, and may this Creationtide and Harvest Season be joyful and fruitful where you are.

Lyndall and Primrose

The Changing Lives Prayer network Team