Bishops from across the Diocese of Lichfield are urging people to write to their new MPs following Thursday’s General Election to offer their prayers of support.

Voters will go to the polls on Thursday (12th December) for the 2019 General Election.

In a joint letter, the Bishops of Lichfield, Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury wrote to clergy and licensed lay ministers across the diocese asking them to “pray for all those standing as candidates”.

The letter sent by the Bishops is below:

We are writing to you ahead of Thursday’s General Election to encourage you to pray for all those standing as candidates, and in particular for those who on Friday will find themselves elected as MPs for constituencies in our diocese.

In our current political climate, serving in Parliament is a demanding responsibility, and can for some be personally costly or even dangerous.

Whatever their or our political allegiance, we believe that those chosen to represent us need and deserve our prayers.

In the days following the election, we ask you to consider both writing to your MP yourself, and also encouraging your people to write, simply to assure him or her of your prayers. We suggest people post a hand-written letter to this effect.

In this season of Advent, our scriptures remind us of the hope of the Kingdom which God offers to his people, through the prophets and in the coming of his Son.

It is our prayer that, whatever the outcome of this election, we may together be able to point people towards signs of hope as we together seek the common good, in our local communities and in the life of our nation.

Letter from The Rt Revd Dr Michael Ipgrave, The Rt Revd Clive Gregory and The Rt Revd Sarah Bullock

Founder of Lichfield Live and editor of the site.

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Megan
4 years ago

I agree, they will need all the help they can get to brink our country back from the brink!

GFI
4 years ago

Is it April fools Day ?????