Diocesan Intercessory Prayers - Western Tanganyika

From Bishop Gerard Mpango - Diocese of Western Tanganyika:

• Give thanks to God for our my Episcopal Ministry in 25 years. Join us in prayers of thanksgiving on 28th December 2008
  
• Pray for our preparations for your forth-coming visit to our diocese
  
• Pray for our Bible College in Kasulu as they close for holidays and prepare for next term. Pray for provision of funding
  
• Pray for our project for roofing churches. We have 15 un-roofed churches some of which have been that way for over 3 years
  
• Pray for widows especially clergy widows during these times of economic hardships
  
• Pray for our ministry to children especially ophans as we seek to help them with educational needs
  
• Give thanks for our youth ministry. Thank God that our churches are full of young people on Sundays. Pray that they may find true faith of a living relationship with God and a passion for service to God and fellow human beings
  
• Pray for the real poor folks and refugees; pray that the church may find ways and means to walk along their side and bring hope in the midst of hopelessness

I am sending this with my love from here in Mozambique, Southern Africa. + Gerard