This just a very brief email to point you in the direction of some resources that have been hastily gathered to support us in responding to the call from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to make this "stay at home" time a time in which the Church can offer prayer for our communities. In particular they are encouraging us to pray at 6pm on a Thursday evening, wherever we are in the knowledge that we are all in this together.

I will be saying more about using some of the ideas linked here over the next weeks, but for now I just want to pass them on so we can all start tomorrow.

There is a dedicated web page at: https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-churches/call-prayer-nation and I have attached the prayer booklet document with this email. May we draw strength from the gift of prayer, and in our unity as members of the body of Christ, bring our desire for the well being of our world to our Father in his name.

God bless, Samantha

The Reverend Samantha Stayte

The Lyn Valley Mission Community