AMLWCH METHODIST CHURCH
Wesley Street, Amlwch

Prayers for the period 06 December to 20 December 2025

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Prayer for Advent 2

Gift-giving God, may Advent be for us a time of giving and receiving. Holy God, the greatest gift giver of all times, you are not the ‘stocking filler’ or little extra, you are the greatest and best gift that can be given. You call us to be the gift of God to neighbours and strangers. You call us to be life giving to all those we encounter. You call us to be a blessing to the Church and the world. May we sort the wheat from the chaff in our lives. May we not be just little stocking filler extras but full to overflowing with your love. May we truly seek to be the holy gift you call us to be.

 

        

Prayer for Advent 3

                                                                                                       Gift-giving God, may Advent be for us a time of giving and receiving. You speak to us through messengers, words and deeds, the rhythm, the beat of your gift never ceases, never stops or falters or fails. Your gift is for life, not limited by time or space. You challenge us to be the heartbeat of love to our community. You challenge and call us to be a constant power for good. You inspire us to be the bringers of good news. May we be up to the challenges you set before us. May we give you time in our busy days, in our list making and our shopping, so that we are buzzing with your Spirit as your gift to all we meet.

 

Hope for the world

 

Look through the headlines of a trusted news provider and focus on a news story or place in the world where hope is needed. Hold that story and place in your mind as you join in with the prayer below of the Revd Felipe Cortés, the National Ecclesiastical Secretary of the Iglesia Metodista de Chile:

“Hope is seeing growth and flourishing among the droughts of our lives. Hope is feeling that a new world is possible and that human beings can change. Hope is trusting that justice, goodness, forgiveness, peace and reconciliation always triumphs over every sign of evil. Hope is feeling that Christ acts among us and with us, placing that new world in our hearts. Amen.”

Lord, bring your hope into the world, we pray……even through us, we pray.

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Prayers for the Church

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Think of one person in your church fellowship; perhaps someone you sit next to in services or at bible studies; someone you chat with over coffee; someone you see regularly or whom you recognise but you rarely speak to. Give thanks for them, and pray for them, that they may be aware they surrounded by God’s love.

 

Nativity Display

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St John’s Methodist Church, Bangor has a special Nativity display (with over a hundred individual displays) on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th December which is open to members of the local community to attend and enjoy. Pray that those who attend will be inspired to reflect on the wonder of the Christmas message, that relationships may be built and God speaks to them.

 

Open the Book teams

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Bangor Cytun have Welsh and English-speaking teams going into various primary schools throughout December to present bible stories which will include the Christmas story. Holyhead Cytun will be presenting the Christmas story in four schools in the w/c 1 December. Pray that God will use these simple dramatisations to speak to children and staff alike.

 

Christmas Festivals

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 Amlwch 06/12/25, Bangor 13/12/25

Amlwch and Bangor Cytuns both have involvement at their local Christmas festivals being a presence and sharing a message whilst celebrating with their respective communities with activities for children and spaces to pause, reflect and chat. Pray that opportunities will arise for meaningful chat and to build new relationships.

 

Public Carol Singing

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Bangor and Amlwch Cytuns have groups Carol singing outside Morrisons, Bangor on Saturday 13/12/25 and the Co-op store, Amlwch on Friday 19/12/25. Pray that the words and joy of the singers will speak to the hearts of people.

 

Care Home Carol Singing and special services

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Residents in care homes are a group very much at the margins, often not catered for. Many have dementia or physical issues which prevent them going to Church. Over the past few months the Cytuns at Amlwch and Holyhead have been offering services and communion across local Care Homes, and Amlwch Methodist Church have held monthly Sunday services and mid-week bible studies with residents at Hafan Cefni Residential Home, Llangefni for some time now. This Christmas, they are holding both a carol service on Sunday 21st December and a special “Blue Christmas” service (for people who struggle at Christmas) on Monday 15 December at Hafan Cefni. Amlwch Cytun also have a groups going into Bryn y Mor Care Home on 16/12/25 and Brwynog Care Home on 19/12/25 for Carol Singing, whilst Holyhead Methodist Church has a group doing the same at Plas Dwyffryn Care Home, Valley on 18/12/25. Pray that all involved or attending will experience a sense of God’s presence and blessing.

 

God, beyond all speech, above all thought and surpassing all imagination; when you speak may we listen; when you draw near, may we rejoice in your presence; when you reveal yourself, may we bow in adoration. Gregory of Nazianzus