AYR: ST COLUMBA PARISH CHURCH Thursday 21 May This is Ascension Day when we recall how Jesus passed into heaven, leaving His followers with the injunction to await the imminent coming of the Holy Spirit which would empower them to…
MAY PRAYER CALENDAR 2020 Week 3
AYR ST COLUMBA PARISH CHURCH Thursday 14 May This is Christian Aid week, though not as we know it this year. But the urgent needs remain in countries where Christian Aid works around the world, especially during this coronavirus outbreak…
May Prayer Calendar Week 2
AYR ST COLUMBA PARISH CHURCH Thursday 7 May “Gratitude is the most beautiful blossom that springs from the soul” Give thanks that you can be and are a blessing to someone else today. (New Laigh Church Kilmarnock Thought for the…
MAY PRAYER CALENDAR 2020 Week 1
MAY PRAYER CALENDAR 2020 Week 1 AYR ST COLUMBA PARISH CHURCH The Lord our God is near us whenever we pray (Deuteronomy 4, verse 7) Thursday 30 April On Thursday evenings the nation has been showing its appreciation of the…
Prayer Calendar April Wk. 4
Thursday 23 April Remember today the families of two of our elders, Mrs Joan Dunlop whose funeral is today; and Mrs Irene Wybar whose funeral will be held next Monday, giving thanks for their lives of service, especially in St.…
Prayer Calendar April Week 3
Thursday 16 April Give thanks for the healing from covid 19 which has come to many in the past week, including the Prime Minister: that they may rejoice in the wonderful care they received from NHS staff and others and…
Prayer Calendar April Week 2
APRIL PRAYER CALENDAR (from 8 April) Wednesday 8 AprilOn Monday evening we learned that the Prime Minister had been taken in to ICU as a precautionary measure in case he needed to go on to a ventilator. As this calendar…
05 APRIL 2020
Palm Sunday Readings Let the birthing of flower, insect and bird be a sign of renewal and resurrection all around us. In the Manse garden, a single iris has grown tall through a bush of thorns; its purple and delicate…
Prayer Calendar April
WEEK ONE Wednesday 1 April Another new month and now we’re in springtime! As the poet Geoffrey Chaucer said in the Prologue to his Canterbury Tales which some of us may recall from our long ago schooldays: Whan that Aprille…
29 March 2020
Prayer Almighty God, Creator: the morning is Yours, rising into fullness. The summer is Yours, dipping into autumn. Eternity is Yours, dipping into time. The vibrant grasses, the scent of flowers, the lichen on the rocks, the tang of seaweed.…