Thursday, January 26, 2012
1/26/2012, #26, 1st Quarter 2012
Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! For his mercy endures forever. (Psalm 118:1)
Jesus, let your people throughout this diocese give you thanks for your goodness and mercy.
Let Israel now say, "His mercy endures forever." (Psalm 118:2)
Father, let the leaders and teachers and people of the Episcopal Church now say, "His mercy endures forever."
Let the house of Aaron now say, "His mercy endures forever." (Psalm 118:3)
Holy Spirit, let the clergy and lay leaders of this diocese now say, "His mercy endures forever."
Let those who fear the LORD now say, "His mercy endures forever. " (Psalm 118:4)
Father, let the men and women, youths and children in the pews acknowledge your enduring mercy. Thank you.
Thursday: 50 * [59, 60] or 118; Gen. 16:15-17:14: Heb. 10:1-10: John 5:30-47
Friday: 40, 54 * 51; Gen. 17:15-27: Heb. 10:11-25: John 6:1-15
Notes from the Front Line
***** Start now reading and reflecting on the lessons for Sunday (Mark 1:21-28; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111) so that you can receive all that God has for you.
***** Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012
From: Nigel Mumford
Subject: Daily Quote...
Note to self. Move from negative thinking to positive thinking. Is there a coincidence that the math sigh for negative is - the sign for positive is + a cross? Friend, seek first the Kingdom of God though the Cross +. Matt 6:33 put a + before and after everything you do and think.
***** Daily Diocesan Intercessions: January 26 St. Peter’s, Albany -The Rev’d Paul Hartt, The Rev’d Nicolas Hernandez For our Bishop and for growth in every parish
***** Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012
From: JAN WILLIS
Subject: Big Daddy's Bakery Christian Coffee House
Hi folks, We had a wonderful evening at Big Daddy’s Bakery, listening to the band called Theophelus, Abbie Samples and Dave Ames share their music with us. What a blessing for all of us who were able to be there. Mark your calendar for February 13 when Rev. Bill Delia and Wendy Proctor and Friends will be blessings us. I’ve attached a flyer for you to post in your churches or include in your bulletins or post at public places.
***** Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012
From: Shaw Mudge
Subject: prayer mail of 25 Jan 2012
Dear Prayer friends,
This is this week's public prayer mail. We are almost on the cusp of equatorial East Africa. It is dry season, there.
Current events:
a) Things are coming together really well. For example, our visas have arrived; we just received a nice designated gift that covers the balance of our airfare for the trip, and the Diocese of Albany has graciously provided us with certain gifts for our hosts.
We represent many people: SAMS (our sending agency), the Diocese of Albany (as official missionaries of the Diocese), and you. When we return, in some way we will also be representatives of our brothers and sisters in East Africa to you.
b) Lydia is set in place at college, and likes the semester, so far.
c) Julie just returned from a visit with her parents who are planning to move to Colorado in March.
d) The Bishop of the Diocese of Northern Uganda has just asked us to teach lay readers when we visit Gulu, this trip. We are looking forward to that. Lives are being changed, there. The latest news is that 1,000 people just turned their lives over to Jesus and/or were delivered of demonic influences, this weekend. We have been told that spiritual warfare is big (this was the home base of the LRA, where it got started, until it moved to the Congo a few years ago, just to give you an idea).
e) This week we almost had another site-visit set up in another Kenyan diocese, this time on Lake Victoria, but logistics did not work out in a timely fashion. We wish them well, and ask God to bless them in their endeavors. We still have the one site-visit in Kenya on our agenda.
Prayer requests:
a) That arrangements can be made for someone to pick us up when we return to the Albany airport.
b) That Lydia would do well this semester.
c) That everything be done to the glory of God in our visit, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, in Jesus' name, that lives would be changed by our visit, and that the Church be built up as a result of the decisions to be made.
d) That we would build bridges with our brothers and sisters in Christ around the world, representing our prayer partners, family, SAMS, the Diocese of Albany, and other supporters as God would want us to represent them.
e) For safe and timely travel, good physical health, for spiritual protection, for all logistical matters to go well, and resources be made available as needed.
f) For our family in the US. That they be blessed because of our trip.
g) For the continued finalizing of our parish visit list, both now and when we return.
h) For adequate communication links through Skype, email, and Facebook during our site visits.
Thank you for praying for us. Your prayers make a difference. God bless you, Shaw+ and Julie+
***** Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012
From: Christine Hales
Subject: Invitation!
Hello Everyone:
This will be the first of regular every other Thursday evenings of prayer and worship at our house. If God puts it on your heart to come,
we would love to see you and pray together.
Albany Intercessor
Jesus, let your people throughout this diocese give you thanks for your goodness and mercy.
Let Israel now say, "His mercy endures forever." (Psalm 118:2)
Father, let the leaders and teachers and people of the Episcopal Church now say, "His mercy endures forever."
Let the house of Aaron now say, "His mercy endures forever." (Psalm 118:3)
Holy Spirit, let the clergy and lay leaders of this diocese now say, "His mercy endures forever."
Let those who fear the LORD now say, "His mercy endures forever. " (Psalm 118:4)
Father, let the men and women, youths and children in the pews acknowledge your enduring mercy. Thank you.
Thursday: 50 * [59, 60] or 118; Gen. 16:15-17:14: Heb. 10:1-10: John 5:30-47
Friday: 40, 54 * 51; Gen. 17:15-27: Heb. 10:11-25: John 6:1-15
Notes from the Front Line
***** Start now reading and reflecting on the lessons for Sunday (Mark 1:21-28; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111) so that you can receive all that God has for you.
***** Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012
From: Nigel Mumford
Subject: Daily Quote...
Note to self. Move from negative thinking to positive thinking. Is there a coincidence that the math sigh for negative is - the sign for positive is + a cross? Friend, seek first the Kingdom of God though the Cross +. Matt 6:33 put a + before and after everything you do and think.
***** Daily Diocesan Intercessions: January 26 St. Peter’s, Albany -The Rev’d Paul Hartt, The Rev’d Nicolas Hernandez For our Bishop and for growth in every parish
***** Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012
From: JAN WILLIS
Subject: Big Daddy's Bakery Christian Coffee House
Hi folks, We had a wonderful evening at Big Daddy’s Bakery, listening to the band called Theophelus, Abbie Samples and Dave Ames share their music with us. What a blessing for all of us who were able to be there. Mark your calendar for February 13 when Rev. Bill Delia and Wendy Proctor and Friends will be blessings us. I’ve attached a flyer for you to post in your churches or include in your bulletins or post at public places.
***** Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012
From: Shaw Mudge
Subject: prayer mail of 25 Jan 2012
Dear Prayer friends,
This is this week's public prayer mail. We are almost on the cusp of equatorial East Africa. It is dry season, there.
Current events:
a) Things are coming together really well. For example, our visas have arrived; we just received a nice designated gift that covers the balance of our airfare for the trip, and the Diocese of Albany has graciously provided us with certain gifts for our hosts.
We represent many people: SAMS (our sending agency), the Diocese of Albany (as official missionaries of the Diocese), and you. When we return, in some way we will also be representatives of our brothers and sisters in East Africa to you.
b) Lydia is set in place at college, and likes the semester, so far.
c) Julie just returned from a visit with her parents who are planning to move to Colorado in March.
d) The Bishop of the Diocese of Northern Uganda has just asked us to teach lay readers when we visit Gulu, this trip. We are looking forward to that. Lives are being changed, there. The latest news is that 1,000 people just turned their lives over to Jesus and/or were delivered of demonic influences, this weekend. We have been told that spiritual warfare is big (this was the home base of the LRA, where it got started, until it moved to the Congo a few years ago, just to give you an idea).
e) This week we almost had another site-visit set up in another Kenyan diocese, this time on Lake Victoria, but logistics did not work out in a timely fashion. We wish them well, and ask God to bless them in their endeavors. We still have the one site-visit in Kenya on our agenda.
Prayer requests:
a) That arrangements can be made for someone to pick us up when we return to the Albany airport.
b) That Lydia would do well this semester.
c) That everything be done to the glory of God in our visit, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, in Jesus' name, that lives would be changed by our visit, and that the Church be built up as a result of the decisions to be made.
d) That we would build bridges with our brothers and sisters in Christ around the world, representing our prayer partners, family, SAMS, the Diocese of Albany, and other supporters as God would want us to represent them.
e) For safe and timely travel, good physical health, for spiritual protection, for all logistical matters to go well, and resources be made available as needed.
f) For our family in the US. That they be blessed because of our trip.
g) For the continued finalizing of our parish visit list, both now and when we return.
h) For adequate communication links through Skype, email, and Facebook during our site visits.
Thank you for praying for us. Your prayers make a difference. God bless you, Shaw+ and Julie+
***** Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012
From: Christine Hales
Subject: Invitation!
Hello Everyone:
This will be the first of regular every other Thursday evenings of prayer and worship at our house. If God puts it on your heart to come,
we would love to see you and pray together.
Albany Intercessor
