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Daily Prayers for August
1 Lammas Day: blessing of the first fruits of the harvest
Goodes Court
Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live.
— Isaiah 55:3
2 The parish churches of Therfield and Kelshall, Therfield Chapel
Scones of Praise
3 Holiday Club at Church
Roman Way First School
4 Melbourn Baptist Church
5 Kennedy Court, Market Hill Surgery; Royston Health Centre
Men’s Group
6 The Transfiguration of Our Lord
Ministry Team – Steven, John, Jamie, Emma, Reg, Jim, Andy and Rob; Admin – Joanne
7 Christ Church Royston (Evangelical Church)
8 St Mary’s Primary School
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
— Romans 10:9
9 National Allotments Week, 10–16 August – Royston Allotment Open Day today
Royston Hospital
10 Melwood Grange
11 St Clare of Assisi, 1253
St Thomas’ Catholic Church
12 Addenbrooke’s and Lister Hospital
13 Holiday Club at Church
Jeremy Taylor, Bishop, 1667 (see parish magazine)
Icknield Walk First School
14 Parish churches of Bassingbourn and Whaddon
15 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; VJ Day
Mary Barfield House
The land yields its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
— Psalm 67:6
16 Parishes of Barley, Barkway and Reed
17 Music Minister, Choir and Junior Choristers
18 King James Academy
19 Methodist Churches in Royston and villages
20 William & Catherine Booth, founders of the Salvation Army
Collingwood Court
21 Church Wardens and all those who are welcoming at services
22 Foodbank
“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
— Matthew 16:15–16
23 URC churches – Bassingbourn, Buntingford, Great Chishill, Fowlmere, Melbourn and Ashwell
24 St Bartholomew the Apostle
Tannery Drift First School
25 St George’s Nursing Home
26 Roysia Surgery
27 Holiday Club at Church
Trinity Life Church
28 Emergency services – police, ambulance and fire
29 The Beheading of St John the Baptist
Studlands Rise First School
Lord, you understand; remember me and care for me.
— Jeremiah 15:15
30 Local Councils – Town and District
31 St Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 651
Carers for elderly and handicapped at home
Mission Focus – Home-Start
Home-Start Royston, Buntingford & South Cambridgeshire—formerly known locally as Royston and District Home-Start—has been supporting families with young children since 1983.
The independent charity provides free, confidential and non-judgemental support to parents with children aged nine and under who are facing a wide range of challenges, including post-natal depression, mental ill health, isolation, bereavement, disability, relationship breakdown and the pressures of raising young children.
www.hsrsc.org.uk
Prayer for the Community
Living God,
Draw us deeper into your love;
Jesus our Lord,
Send us to care and serve;
Holy Spirit,
Make us heralds of good news.
Stir us, strengthen us, teach and inspire us to live your love
with generosity and joy,
imagination and courage;
for the sake of your world and in the name of Jesus. Amen.