Prayer Diary August 2026

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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.