{"id":3938,"date":"2010-05-14T15:45:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T04:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/?p=3938"},"modified":"2010-05-15T21:47:01","modified_gmt":"2010-05-15T10:47:01","slug":"prayer-pilgrimage-purposes-prayer-final-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2010\/05\/14\/prayer-pilgrimage-purposes-prayer-final-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Pilgrimage Purposes & Prayer-final text"},"content":{"rendered":"

The text of the Prayer Pilgrimage Purposes & Prayer<\/strong> is now complete,<\/p>\n

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\u2018People@prayer’<\/span>– Prayer Pilgrimage Purposes & Prayer\u00a0\u00a0<\/h4>\n

This year I am going on a Prayer Pilgrimage around the Diocese. The theme is \u2018People@prayer\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Pilgrimage will commence on Pentecost Sunday 23 May and continue through the months of June and July. See the Pentecost Sunday 2010 brochure here<\/a>. It will be distributed in all parishes. Its title will be \u2018People@ prayer\u2019; setting out this essential characteristic of God\u2019s people. The Pilgrimage will conclude at the Cathedral on 25 July, St James\u2019 Day, the 10th<\/sup> Anniversary of my ordination and installation as Bishop of Tasmania.<\/p>\n

The Pilgrimage itself will be my 10th<\/sup> anniversary celebration \u2013 gathering God\u2019s people to be at prayer throughout Tasmania: \u2018People@prayer\u2019. What a wonderful way to celebrate God\u2019s calling upon my life to be your bishop.<\/p>\n

The calendar of visits is organized. My excitement is building as I think of the places and people around Tasmania with whom I will be praying. I am profoundly grateful for this\u00a0privilege.<\/p>\n

The Pilgrimage’s Purposes and Prayer<\/strong> follow and I ask for your prayers for the Pilgrimage.<\/p>\n

\u00a0A. PURPOSES<\/strong><\/p>\n

For all parishioners, clergy and the Bishop to pray corporately for the Holy Spirit to work among us<\/p>\n

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  1. To model and encourage corporate prayer by Tasmanian Anglicans<\/li>\n
  2. To teach Tasmanian Anglicans about prayer<\/li>\n
  3. To unify Tasmanian Anglicans through prayer<\/li>\n
  4. To see God respond to our prayers and for Tasmanians to become disciples of Jesus Christ<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0These purposes will \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Deepen our relationship with God both as individuals and as the people of God, the Church, and deepen within us the expectation that God will work in the world.<\/li>\n
    2. Encourage people to pray\u00a0by the Bishop being at prayer with the Anglican Parishes, Schools & Agencies. In my vision,\u00a0\u2018a healthy church \u2026 transforming life\u2019, I state that my heart\u2019s desire is for every Anglican to be a prayerful activist, enlivened by biblical faith and the power of the Holy Spirit; and for us all to take initiatives in mission that God may transform the life of our Christian communities and all Tasmanians.\u00a0<\/li>\n
    3. Teach about prayer by teaching on the theme \u2018People@prayer\u2019.<\/li>\n
    4. Unify God’s people through praying together and praying for the Anglican family of Tasmania and all Tasmanians.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \u00a0\u00a0B. THE PILGRIMAGE PRAYER\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

      Heavenly Father, your word teaches us that we do not have because we do not ask<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/address>\n
      By your Spirit make us as keen to pray as you are to listen<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/address>\n
      as determined to listen as you have always been to speak<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/address>\n
      that we may be equipped for mission and united as your people,<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/address>\n
      healthy churches transforming our lives and those of all Tasmanians<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/address>\n
      through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/em><\/strong><\/address>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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