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This Week’s Intercessions 
The response for our Intercessions this week is:  
         Hear the Prayers of your Saints   
         And by your Holy Spirit draw us to a greater depth of faith

Holy One, Creator God, Your Holy Spirit draws your saints together to guide us into the fulness of life and empower us to love and serve humanity and care for your creation. You enlighten your saints that we may see your world with the same deep compassion Jesus saw it. When we hear the cries of those in despair strengthen us in every way to engage with the world for justice and well-being. We thank you for our faith community as we work to bring relief to all who struggle day by day. Give us eyes and hearts to understand how we might serve.

For Peace and Reconciliation - We pray for calm and a cooling of hostilities in many places around the world. We hold up to you the people of Haiti and the people of Sudan each in the midst of civil war and strife. We pray for those who are traumatized by war between nations particularly between Russia and Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, and other parts of the middle east. We pray for political leaders that they may truly seek and find ways to bring peace to the many turbulent regions around the world. 

For the Communities We thank you for our communities of Delta, Surrey, and other surrounding communities where we live.  We give thanks for our mixed economy of farming, fishing, industry, and commerce, giving thanks for the diversity of gifts that bring a wholeness to our community life. We pray your blessing on all forms of leadership amongst us that we may live for one another, particularly as we care and give support to the homeless, the addicted, the unemployed, and others in need amongst us, yet go unseen.  We give thanks for our multicultural community and pray for opportunities to grow in our knowledge and understanding of one another.

The Church – We seek the wisdom of the Holy Spirit to lead and guide your church all around the world; remembering our companion Diocese: The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Philippines, for Bishop Benny Lang-akan, clergy, & people. Our twinned parishes: St. Bede, Panabungen & St Luke, Maliten – The Rev. Albino Fag-ayan. We pray for strength, renewal, insight, and loving care. 

In the Wider Church and in the Anglican Communion – May your Spirit guide and protect churches and go before them as they share the Gospel. We pray for Church of the Province of South East Asia and for the Anglican Church in South Sudan. We ask you to bless the work and witness of charities that carry out loving work - for ‘Sleeping Children Around the World’, International China Concern, HOPE International, Young Life, for PWRDF of our own Anglican Church of Canada as it transitions to a new name ‘Alongside Hope’ and for the Cdn Food Grains Bank. Bless all those who seek to end hunger, build community, and work for justice in this world.

In our Diocese – All Saints, Ladner – The Rev. Liz Hamel; 
All Saints, Burnaby - The Rev. Justin Cheng, The Rev. Leah Skuro; All Saints, Mission - The Rev. Paul Bowie;   
All Saints, Agassiz - The Rev. Dr. Philip Barker

Our Parish & Ministries – May your blessing be upon our Rector designate: The Reverend Montegomery Tugwete as he prepares to transition in his ministry to our own faith community.

In our Deanery – for St. Anne’s Steveston and St. Alban’s Richmond; and in the North Delta Ministerial – Sunshine Ridge Baptist Church – The Rev. Tim Doling & Pastor Grant Kirlik & Congregation

Our Parish Families – Georg & Gail; Sandi & Jay; Sheila; Harold; Patrick Sr.

Prayers for Well Being in our Parish Family
Ren, Chris, Nei, Mary, Wendy, Doug, Lloyd, Alex, Doug, Roz, Wayne, George, Georg, Joe, Anita, Dick.

Altar Flowers – In Loving Memory of Stewart, Aldene & Vern with love from Cory.