Posted On : October 9, 2008 1:10 PM
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Web users looking for support during the current financial situationhave boosted traffic to a Church of England website section focusing ondebt advice by over 70 per cent, and increased visitor numbers to theChurch’s online prayer page by more than a quarter.
The Matter of Life and Debt website section – containing a new ‘debtspiral’ feature so visitors can work out if they are one of the manyfamilies who will be seriously affected by the credit crunch, and usefuladvice for those worried about debt – has seen a 71 per cent increase intraffic in recent weeks.
It can be viewed by visiting www.cofe.anglican.org/debt. A new Prayer for the Current Financial Situation has been viewed nearly8,000 times since it was published online in September – increasingtraffic to the popular Prayers for Today section by 28 per cent.
It can be found online at www.cofe.anglican.org/prayers. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, recently said: “At thistime of international financial turbulence, it is important that theChurch should be offering the opportunity for prayer and reflection.”Prayers for Today also contains many other useful contemporary prayers -covering issues such as exam stress, and world peace.
Prayer for the current financial situation
Lord God, we live in disturbing days:
across the world,
prices rise,
debts increase,
banks collapse,
jobs are taken away,
and fragile security is under threat.
Loving God, meet us in our fear and hear our prayer:
be a tower of strength amidst the shifting sands,
and a light in the darkness;
help us receive your gift of peace,
and fix our hearts where true joys are to be found,
in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
