Thank you for praying with us for the fifteenth Lambeth Conference – which will meet in Canterbury, the United Kingdom, between 26 July– 8 August 2022.
Through this prayer guide we hope that the prayers we share here will encourage all who use it to unite in prayer for the bishops gathered in the Lambeth Conference.
Pray for the days of retreat and opening days of the event
What does it mean to be God’s Church for God’s World? The conference community of bishops and spouses will start the event in prayer, Bible study and contemplation. Hosted at the University and Canterbury Cathedral, the days will be devoted to seeking God’s wisdom and calling as we embark on our Lambeth Conference journey, of walking, listening, and witnessing together. Spouses will attend a separate retreat. The opening days will also feature The
Archbishop of Canterbury’s opening address to the conference.
A prayer from The Community of Hope Weavers, Church of England (also active in Europe)
Gracious God, we thank you that in Jesus you reconcile the world and all who are in it to yourself. Touch the hearts of those attending the Lambeth Conference to extend your peace to all, and to work for the reconciliation of all creation. Bless them with your grace and love as they connect with one another and with you. May your Spirit of peace hover over their conversations and their resting times, and may your gracious will be done in the life of the Anglican Communion and in the whole of your precious world. In the name of Jesus Christ, our Prince of Peace. Amen.
A prayer from Chama cha Mariamu Mtakatifu (Community of St Mary of Nazareth and Calvary), Anglican Church of Tanzania
Our prayer for the Lambeth Conference and the life of the Anglican Communion is for Christian Unity. We pray for Christian Unity as our Lord Jesus Christ said in John Chapter 17:21-23 that all of them may be one so that we may be brought to complete unity and the world should know that we are in Christ and Christ is in us. May the life of the Anglican Communion bring people to Christ, to know him, to believe him so that the world may be saved and we may fulfil the words of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
What is the Lambeth Conference?
Every bishop of the Anglican Communion is invited to the Lambeth Conference, which is convened by the Most Reverend Justin Welby, The Archbishop of Canterbury. The Lambeth Conference has met since 1867, happens once-a-decade, and is a significant event in the life of the Anglican Communion.
The conference will explore church and world affairs. Outcomes of the conference will shape the life of the Anglican Communion in the decade ahead.
The Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion has no central authority figure or body. It is made up of 42 autonomous members or provinces. Each member church makes its own decisions in its own way.
However, their decision-making bodies are guided by recommendations from each of the four so-called Instruments of Communion
The Secretariat, also known as the Anglican Communion Office, based in London, England support Anglicans and Episcopalians worldwide to carry out any requests from the Instruments and work to enable members of the Anglican Communion to fulfil their calling to be God’s people in the world.
Church of the Redeemer
Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world around us. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County, Washington. As you travel your road, go with friends walking the way of Jesus at Redeemer.
Church of the Redeemer is at 6210 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. The campus is a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.
The Episcopal Church welcomes you.
