Diocese of Rochester Cycle of Prayer

The daily cycles of prayer for the Rochester Diocese

Prayer points for August 18, 2019

Trinity 9

Isaiah 5.1-7

Psalm 80.1-2,9-end [or 80.9-end]

Hebrews 11.29-12.2

Luke 12.49-56

(Proper 15)

Slave trade - 400 year anniversary

2019 is the 400th Anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans to be sold into bondage in North America: in 1619 at Jamestown, Virginia.



We pray for victims of modern day slavery and those working with The Clewer Initiative.

Caroline Clarke; Diocesan Community Engagement and Social Responsibility Advisor

#TodayWePray for the people (1,351,000) and parishes (216) of the Diocese of Rochester (West Kent, the Medway Towns and most of the London boroughs of Bromley and Bexley). #CalledTogether #CalledToPray More details