Spirit Prayer Ministry:  Are you committed to regular prayer and fasting?  Do you identify yourself as a Spirit-filled Christian who believes in spiritual warfare?  Father Michael is introducing a new opportunity in the church family known as the Holy Spirit Prayer Ministry.  Persons who are involved in this new ministry will dedicate themselves (on behalf of our church family) to praying for our church family on a daily basis, fasting in whole or in part one day a week (health permitting), and to attending a monthly Corporate Prayer time.  This ministry will normally meet from 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month; usually at Holy Trinity Anglican Church.  Are you being called to this ministry?  If so, please let Father Michael know.

Prayer Calendar

June 2008

·         1^st & 16^th :  Heavenly Father, pour out thine heavenly benediction and anointing upon Thad, thy servant, our bishop.  Bless him, his wife Erilynne, their life together, their family and their ministry.  Bless our relationship with Bishop Thad as a church family and remind us to pray daily for those under whose spiritual authority we have been placed.  Amen.  (For June 16^th only:  Father, multiply the fruits of our prayers and fasting this month.  Send thy Holy Spirit to move mightily within us, that we may be wholly committed to prayer and fasting as a church family and wait with joyful expectation upon the glorious manifestations of thy power.  Amen.).

2^nd & 17^th :  Heavenly Father, pour out thine heavenly benediction and anointing upon Donald, thy servant, our bishop emeritus.  Bless him, his wife Trudy, their life together, their family and their ministry.  We thank thee for our relationship with Bishop Harvey as a church family.  Remind us to pray daily for those under whose spiritual authority we have been placed.  Amen.

·         3^rd & 18^th :  Heavenly Father, pour out thine heavenly benediction and anointing upon Michael, thy servant, our priest and pastor.  Bless Father Michael & Christine, Sarah and Rebecca, their family, home and ministry.  Place in Father Michael’s heart thy vision for this thy church family and enable him, by thy grace, to provide inspired and godly leadership among us.  Bless our relationship with Father Michael as a church family and remind us to pray daily for those under whose spiritual authority we have been placed.  Amen.

·         4^th & 19^th :  Heavenly Father, pour out thine heavenly benediction and anointing upon Terrence, thy servant, our assisting priest and pastor.  Bless Father Terrence & Linda, their family, their home and ministry.  Bless Father Terrence especially in his ministry to the sick, the grieving and the dying.  Amen.

·         5^th & 20^th :  Heavenly Father, pour out thine heavenly benediction and anointing upon Chris, thy servant, as he discerns more fully his call to the sacred order of priests.  Bless Chris, his family, his home and ministry.  Bless him in his discernment of a new opportunity to possibly serve as a Christian Missionary in South Korea.  Amen.

·         6^th & 21^st :  Heavenly Father, pour out thine heavenly benediction and anointing upon Andrew, thy servant, as he discerns more fully his call to the sacred order of priests.  Bless Andrew, his wife Karen, and their children James, Rachael and Stephen.  Bless their family, their home and their ministry.  Bless him in his field placement among us at Holy Trinity Anglican Church.  Amen.

·         7^th & 22^nd :  Heavenly Father, pour out thine heavenly benediction and anointing upon Ted, thy servant, as he discerns more fully his call to the sacred order of deacons.  Bless Ted, his wife Sue, and their children and grandchildren.  Bless their family, their home and their ministry.  We thank thee that they have come to call Holy Trinity, “Home”.  Amen.

·         8^th & 23^rd :  Heavenly Father, pour out thine heavenly benediction and anointing upon those who quietly discern a possible call to the ordained ministry or a to specific lay ministry of the church.  May we, rightly discerning our gifts for ministry, work together as one body for the building up of the Kingdom of God in this place.  Amen.

·         9^th & 24^th :  Heavenly Father, pour out thine heavenly benediction and anointing upon thy servant Donald, our Senior Warden.  Bless him, his wife Judy, their marriage, home, family and ministry.  Enable him, by thy grace, to provide both inspired and godly leadership within our church family, to thine honour and glory.  Amen.  (For June 24^thonly – Feast Day:  Almighty God, by whose providence thy servant John the Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of thy Son our Saviour by preaching repentance: Make us so to follow his doctrine and holy life, that we may truly repent according to his preaching; and after his example constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the Truth’s sake…Amen).

·         10^th & 25^th :  Heavenly Father, pour out thine heavenly benediction and anointing upon thy servant Diana, our Junior Warden.  Bless her, her husband Greg, their marriage, home, family and ministry.  Enable her, by thy grace, to provide both inspired and godly leadership within our church family, to thine honour and glory.  Amen. 

·         11^th & 26^th :  Heavenly Father, pour out thine heavenly benediction and anointing upon the Members of our Vestry.  Grant that they may serve thee and thy church with singleness of heart and mind.  Grant us thy grace to remember them in our daily prayers.  Amen.  (For June 11^th only – Feast Day:  Grant O God, that we may follow the example of thy faithful servant Barnabas, who, seeking not his own renown but the well-being of thy Church, gave generously of his life and substance for the relief of the poor and the spread of the Gospel…Amen).

·         12^th & 27^th :  Heavenly Father, pour out thine heavenly benediction and anointing upon our Prayer Ministers.  Bless their ministry to the honour and glory of thy holy Name and greatly multiply the fruits of their prayers and fasting, through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

·         13^th & 28^th :  Father, thou hast sent thine only Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Savior and to give His life upon the cross for us and for our salvation.  May thine heavenly anointing and life-giving Spirit fall upon thy people.  We remember especially those persons whose names have been placed in the envelope and who are remembered in our daily prayers.  Stir their hearts O God, grant them the gift of faith and lead them into thy Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

·         14^th & 29^th :  Father, by the might of thy command, in the Name of thy Son Jesus Christ and through the anointing of thy Holy Spirit, protect us against all the powers of Satan, his demons and all the spiritual forces of wickedness and darkness.  Thwart the plans of the Enemy and destroy the fruits of any seeds he has planted among us.  We pray against enmity, strife, division, double-mindedness, hardness of heart, gossip and slander, keep such evils far from our hearts.  May thy hand of protection be upon us O God.  May our hearts be filled with the Light and Presence of Jesus thy Son.  Give thy holy Angels charge over us to protect us and to defend us against the power of the Enemy and cover us with the prayers of thy holy Saints.  Heavenly Father, place a hedge of protection around us.  May the Light of Jesus thy Son shine so brightly, that the darkness may be exposed, pierced, scattered and sent to flight.  Amen.  (For June 29^th only – Feast Day:  Almighty God, whose blessed apostles Peter and Paul glorified thee by their martyrdom: Grant that thy Church, instructed by their teaching and example, and knit together in unity by thy Spirit, may ever stand firm upon the one foundation, which is Jesus Christ our Lord…Amen).

·         15^th & 30^th :  Almighty God, pour out the abundance of thine heavenly benediction and anointing upon our two church families as we work together in preparing for Vacation Bible School.  Bless each step of our work together and enable us to share the gift of faith entrusted to us with thy children, that they may come to know and love thee with all their heart.  Amen.  (June 15^th only:  Father, pour out the abundance of thy heavenly benediction upon all fathers on this Father’s Day.  Grant that we might remember and highly esteem the dignity of this calling and vocation, remembering Saint Joseph, Foster-Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and Patron Saint of families and our holy Fathers in the Faith, especially Saint Chad our own Patron.  We pray also for our spiritual fathers, Bishop Barnum, Bishop Harvey, Father Michael and Father Terrence.  We also remember before thee this day all our fathers who have gone before us in faith and those whose faith is known to thee alone.  May they rest in peace and rise in glory!  Amen).