Some ideas to get you started from Hilary Steynor – Prayer Co-ordinator

If God has put into your heart a burden to pray for the Lambeth Conference, whether on your own or by encouraging others in your group or parish to get together, this article is for you!  I trust that you will find it helpful as you prepare for this task.

The process of intercession – of upholding the Bishops before the Lord as they meet – is not just one of petitioning prayer but a process of Praise, confession, offering ourselves, waiting on the Lord, listening, and praying scripture and Words received.  We will commit to this process formally in the Prayer Rooms.

But most of you reading this are probably drawn to intercede alongside continuing to run the business of daily life.

Your commitment to a prolonged formal time described above daily/tri-weekly/bi-weekly will mean that the Lord is able to draw you back to the process for short whiles in between as he calls, day or night.

Be alert to him! - And remember that we are called to uphold the Bishops through the process, not to be praying through Anglican Communion issues. 

But although the prayer is not issue-based, God is not calling us to pray in a vacuum.  Paul, writing to the Corinthians of the travels and trials of his team, says 'We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters.' 2 Corinthians 1:8.

Please use the resources listed on this website: the bookmarks on the Conference website with the Lambeth Prayer (print some off to put in your church), the programme of what the Bishops will be doing (including their day in London!).

Use the information on the Lambeth website to prayer-walk the Canterbury campus virtually.

+++Rowan’s Call to Prayer on Youtube asks us to share in the preparation by reflection on the Gospel of John - the daily readings and commentary are just a click away on the BRF website.

Find Dioceses on the Anglican Communion website (>Resources>Provincial Directory) – which Bishops is God calling you to pray for?

And use the Church and secular press, as well as this website, for updates.

May you know God’s blessing, growing and stretching as you seek to follow his call for these crucial days in the life of the Anglican communion.

Lambeth Conference Bookmarks

Click the bookmark images above to download and print them. (pdf format)