This week we have been in touch with some of the clergy and young leaders from Jerusalem Diocese, who were on the summer school in Famagusta and here with us at St Andrew’s just a few weeks ago.

Since they returned home,  life has been very difficult for them and their churches and communities in  Nazareth, Jerusalem and Nablus, in the West Bank.
Conflict is all around them and  Tuesday night was particularly hard. 

Despite everything, they are working hard to keep the churches open and run regular activities.

On Sunday 6th, when we celebrate Harvest Festival, they will be holding their ‘Thanksgiving’ Services – even if people cannot get to them. 

Our friends in Jerusalem Diocese need, and very much appreciate, our support and prayers as they go through these terrifying and uncertain times. 

On Tuesday night, Bishop Sean shared this:

Please pray with us tonight for our brothers and sisters in the Diocese of Jerusalem and for all the people of this region: for protection and peace; for de-escalation and ceasefire; for humanitarian and medical teams; for generosity and compassion.

Keep watch, dear Lord,
with those who wake, or watch, or weep this night,
and give your angels charge over those who sleep.
Tend the sick,
give rest to the weary,
sustain the dying,
calm the suffering,
and pity the distressed;
all for your love’s sake, O Christ our Redeemer. Amen.