Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I am pleased to be sending you our Easter Prayer Card – ‘Awakened to Hope’ – with a beautiful Easter image by Primrose Northrop, and some words which we trust will be comforting and inspiring as you reflect on the Resurrection Story, both in your personal prayer and in your gathered worship.

Please feel free to use the card in any way you find helpful.

I attach the screen version, and the printer-friendly version will be available for download from Wednesday afternoon at the following link:

https://www.canterburydiocese.org/our-life/prayer/prayer-resources/seasonal-prayers-for-renewal-mission.php, and the link below wil take you to the page where you can download them both.

If you have an email list, please do feel free to circulate the link, or attach the pdf version for people to use.

Please also consider printing a few copies of the card to give to those in your congregation who aren’t ‘online’, so to speak.

And please do also invite members of your congregation to share the card with friends and neighbours who might find the Easter message of hope and restoration particularly comforting at the moment.

I also attach a jpg of Primrose’s picture for you to use separately from the Prayer Card, if that would be helpful. Please just do remember to credit her wherever you use it:

‘Risen’ by Primrose Northrop 2024

We pray you will know a fresh awakening to hope as you journey through Holy Week and Easter..

Lyndall Bywater

Changing Lives Prayer Network Co-ordinator