JUNE PRAYER CALENDAR 2020 Week 3

JUNE PRAYER CALENDAR   2020   Week 3 AYR ST COLUMBA PARISH CHURCH4 Thursday 17 June This is one of the two days when Irene, the Church Secretary, takes bookings for seats at the two services each Sunday in the Sanctuary, especially the service at 10 a.m. Pray for all the preparations which have to be made … Read more

JUNE PRAYER CALENDAR 2021 Week 2

AYR ST COLUMBA PARISH CHURCH Thursday 10 June Yesterday was the feast day of St, Columba and this would have been a special year in which to celebrate St. Columba as in 2021 it is  1500 years since he was born. Had the times been normal, the plan in our congregation was to have marked … Read more

JUNE PRAYER CALENDAR 2021 Week 1

AYR ST COLUMBA PARISH CHURCH At the beginning of another new month and almost at the half way point of another difficult year for so many, it is good to pause and reflect on the value we place on the role of prayer in our congregational life and work. Few people in the congregation appear … Read more

MAY PRAYER CALENDAR 2021 Week 4

AYR ST COLUMBA PARISH CHURCH Thursday 27 May Today is the closing day of our Church’s General Assembly when one of the major annual reports from the Committee on Chaplains is received and a senior member of military personnel is invited to speak. This year that person is from the Royal Air Force. Give thanks … Read more

MAY PRAYER CALENDAR 2021 Week 3

AYR ST COLUMBA PARISH CHURCH Thursday 20 May At the request of an anxious mother, we are asked to continue to pray for all the young people in our households, families, churches and communities who should be sitting SQA exams just now. Although her own youngster has an unconditional place for the university of choice, … Read more

MAY PRAYER CALENDAR Week 2

AYR ST COLUMBA PARISH CHURCH Thursday 13 May This is Ascension Day when we recall how Jesus left this world, physically, entrusting to his disciples, right to the present day, the important task of continuing His work in the power of His Holy Spirit. As we think of that, recorded for us in Luke’s gospel, … Read more

MAY PRAYER CALENDAR 2021 Week 1

AYR ST COLUMBA PARISH CHURCH Some thoughts from C.S.Lewis as we begin a new month of prayer:            “I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless             I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking, sleeping.             It doesn’t change God. It changes me.” Thursday 6 … Read more

APRIL PRAYER CALENDAR 2021 Week 5

AYR ST COLUMBA PARISH CHURCH Thursday 29 April As the situation in India – and now also Bangladesh – deteriorates even further and is causing so much distress, please continue to pray for the people there affected by Covid-19, for their relatives and for the doctors and other medical staff struggling to deal with it … Read more

APRIL PRAYER CALENDAR 2021 Week 4

AYR ST COLUMBA PARISH CHURCH Thursday 22 April “The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it….” These words from Psalm 24 and a host of posts on Facebook today remind us that this is Earth Day – an annual event dedicated to supporting environmental protection – and what a superb day it is too … Read more

APRIL PRAYER CALENDAR 2021 WEEK 3

AYR ST COLUMBA PARISH CHURCH Thursday 15 April This is one of the days when our hard working secretary, Irene, takes bookings from people wishing to attend our two services in the Sanctuary on Sunday. Pray for all the phone calls this entails and pray, too, that those disappointed not to get one of the … Read more