February Daily Office Readings

Please click on the image below to download the Daily Office readings for February 2012:

Next Crave Service is tomorrow night!!!

Tomorrow is Wednesday, February 1st and at 7:3opm we will hold our first Crave service of 2012!  Come to the Cathedral to seek and praise the Lord.  As we seek Him, we walk into his blessings of joy, healing and renewal of spirit.

Jeffrey Family Condolences

Condolences to MaryLou Jeffrey and family on the passing of her mother, Catherine Layne.  The hours of her wake will be today from 2-5pm and 7-9pm at Thomas Dalton Funeral Home located at 2786 Hempstead Tpke  Levittown, NY on today, January 19th.   The Funeral service will be held at St. Bernard’s Roman Catholic Church located at 3100 Hempstead Tpke  Levittown, New York on Friday, January 20th at 11am.

Crave – Tomorrow Night!!!

Join us for another wonderful night of prayer, worship, and the preaching of God’s Word! We will be blessed to have, not only Abp. Craig Bates, but also Abp.Chuck Jones, Bp. Mike Davidson, and three African bishops (Bp. Ngoroge, Bp. Emmanuel, and Bp. Gogo). Come out and invite your friends!

Operation Andrew – Week 5 Prayer Theme

Prayer Theme Week Five –Revival

- That the Lord would add many to the Church those who are being saved.
- That there would be a multiplication of Christian witness among those who saved.
- That God would stretch for his hand with signs and wonders to confirm the witness of his followers.
- That the increased Christian witness and new salvations would result in an overflow of praise and thanksgiving to God.

Come Pentecost, a helpful guide will be provided to assist you in praying for and witnessing to friends, family members, co-workers, neighbors, and possibly others. In anticipation, please join your Intercessor family in laying the groundwork in prayer, using the above weekly themes during times of personal and corporate prayer.

Operation Andrew – Week 4 Prayer Theme

Prayer Theme Week Four –Transformation

- For the changed lives of those who turn to Christ as Lord; that they would become
rooted as disciples and bear fruit that accompanies an abiding faith in Jesus.
- For the impact upon marriages and families as a result of new salvations.
- For the Church, that is would it be renewed in mind and heart to be measures of salt and beacons of light for the least, lost, and lonely.

Operation Andrew – Week 3 Prayer Theme

Prayer Theme Week Three – Reconciliation

- Of relationships of returning prodigals to separated family and friends.
- Of relationships of those who convert to Christ, for the relational losses and gains they experience as they turn to faith in Christ Jesus.
- For the Church, that there would be reconciliation of relationships between fighting and divided Christians as a witness of truth and love

Operation Andrew – Week 2 Prayer Theme

Prayer Theme Week Two – Return

- Of those who were baptized as infants, that the Lord would draw them to return
to Him, and release the anointing of grace upon them
- Of those who are prodigals, who grew up in the church, but left at some later age.
- Of those who have wandered from the faith and have lost hope, perhaps even offended by the witness of the Church.
- For the Church that we would be filled with the desire to see the lost found.

Operation Andrew – Week 1 Prayer Theme

How many people have you witnessed to in the last year, 5 years, ever?  No need to answer out loud…just preparing you for Operation Andrew, to begin on Pentecost.

Church of the Intercessor will launch a prayer-evangelism outreach on Pentecost, called Operation Andrew, which will facilitate praying for specific people to the end that they will also be open to your witness of Christ and invitations to Intercessor. To lay the groundwork in prayer, we will introduce a prayer theme each week up until the Feast of Pentecost.

In doing this we will also be joining in with hundreds of other churches throughout the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut who are praying for revival.

Prayer Theme Week One – Repentance
- Of those who have never known Jesus as Lord and those who have become prodigal sons and daughters.
- Of family members, neighbors and co-workers; friends and enemies alike.
- Of those holding other beliefs: Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Bhuddist, New-Age and other Pagan religions…
- Of atheists and agnostics
- And for our hearts – that they would be opened and emboldened by the love of God

Lenten Reading

If you are looking to add the discipline of reading during Lent, Fr. Stephen Maloney has found a great resource for you.  Here is a link to download some readings that include some insights from the Early Church Fathers: http://www.churchyear.net/lentfatherscomplete.pdf.  You can download and print them or just read them from your computer.