One of the prime objectives of Companionship Links is to prayerfully help each other on our separate journey's with Jesus Christ.
These pages follow on from direct result of the review meetings that took place in Jerusalem in February 2011. These meetings were between Metropolitan Mar Sewerios Malki Murad; Bishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon and Bishop John Stroyan.
Below are the three Companionship Links members Prayer Lists:
Please pray for all cadidates who will be ordained Deacon or Priest this Petertide. Pray too for Bishops Christopher and John as they take the services.
There are several vacancies for both ordained and lay people in our Diocese. Please pray that God will guide those who have the task of selecting candidates and that men and women of His choice will be appointed.
Our Diocesan vision is that we will increasingly become acommunity that worships God, makes new disciples and transforms communities. Pray for Archdeacon Morris as he leads the mission of our Diocese.
Pray for world-wide church unity as we continue to explore difficult areas of theology and day to day living.
Please pray for Bishop Suheil, the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, and his diocese which includes Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Israel. Please pray especially for Bishop Suheil and his family for a resolution of the problems concerning their residency permits.
For the Mar Ephrem School. We give thanks that the new tier of classrooms is in use and pray for the identification of a site in Bethlehem for a new secondary school.
The Syriac community housing project for homes for newly married couples in Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
Pray for the Syrian Orthodox community in Bethlehem following the death of Father Yacoub. Pray for the repose of his soul.
Following the election of President Goodluck Johnathan in April many northern states have experienced violent clashes with over 60 churches being torched and many people killed or maimed.
So your prayers are required to all those on northern Nigeria and especially Kaduna that Christians will be protected and that reconciliation can quickly take place.
President Jonathan announced that “a Judicial Commission of Inquiry will be constituted to look into the immediate and remote causes of this recent tide of unrest”. Bishop Josiah has been appointed to the 22 man commission and pray that the Lord will guide him and others in their deliberations.
Bishop Elect Jacob Kwashi who was the Dean at St. Michael's Cathederal Kaduna, is to be concecrated Bishop of Zonkwa on 25th September in Lagos, and his enthronement at St. Andrews Cathedral Zonkwa on the 29th September. Our prayers go with him his wife and three children as they prepare for this move to Zonkwa. We thank Bishop Elect Jacob Kwashi for the openess when he met with Bishop John and those involved in the Companionship Links 20th July. Giving better understanding of the problems associated with the history of horrific unrest leading up to the major one in 2000, and more recently following the presidential election in April this year.