December 2020 Cycle of Prayer

Holy Days / Saint’s Days / People (Incumbent, Thematic Date Name of Parish Schools Anglican Cycle of Prayer Porvoo Cycle Calendar Day (Lectionary) Clergy, LLM’s) Prayer Point

Head of Governance and Charles de Foucauld, Hermit in the Seoul (Korea) The Rt Revd Peter Lee 1 Diocesan Property: Mrs Sally The homeless Sahara, 1916 Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador Dec Governance and Moody; Rachel Clarke, and those who (Canada) The Rt Revd Geoffrey Property Team Karine Prescott, Sarah support them 2020 Peddle Benyon

Rector: Revd Seychelles (Indian Ocean) The Most Horfield CE VC The police, 2 David McGladdery, Revd James Richard Wong Yin Song Horfield: Holy Primary School probation, Dec Associate Minister: Revd (Primate) Scottish Episcopal Trinity Headteacher: Mrs ambulance and Hilary Blancharde, LLM: Eastern Oregon (The Episcopal Church: Diocese of St 2020 Jenny Taylor fire services Ms Helen Hinksman Church) The Rt Revd Patrick Bell Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, Ian Paton Sheffield (England) The Rt Revd Pete 3 Wilcox Francis Xavier, Missionary, Apostle Horfield: St Vicar: Revd Canon James Eastern (Central ) The Local Dec Evangelical Lutheran of the Indies, 1552 Gregory Wilson Rt Revd William Mchombo government 2020 Church in Finland: Easton (The Episcopal Church) The Diocese of Porvoo, Rt Revd Santosh Marray Bishop Björn Vikström

John of Damascus, Monk, Teacher The Diocese of Shinyanga () The Rt Revd 4 of the Faith, c.749 Mukono, : The Rt Revd James Johnson Chinyong'ole The health Dec Nicholas Ferrar, , Founder linked with William Ssebaggala Eau Claire (The Episcopal Church) sector of the Little Gidding Community, Chippenham 2020 The Revd William Jay Lambert 1637 Deanery

Team Rector: Revd Beverley Charles, Gasabo (Rwanda) The Most Revd 5 Associate Ministers: Revd Laurent Mbanda (Primate) Our Members Dec Kingswood Steve Dyson, Revd Edinburgh (Scotland) The Rt Revd of Parliament Christine Evans, LLM's: 2020 John Armes Mrs Kirsty Hulbert, Mr Regan Meares The Reformed Episcopal Church of : THE SECOND SUNDAY OF Spain (Extra-Provincial to the , 6 Victims of ADVENT Diocesan ) Bishop , Dec Canon Oliver Home human rights Secretary The Rt Revd Carlos López-Lozano - Bishop Keith Sinclair abuses 2020 Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 Bishop of Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Those 7 Shyira (Rwanda) The Rt Revd Samuel Diocese of Kuopio, working in Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Knowle: The Holy -in-Charge: Revd Dec M Mugisha Bishop Jari Jolkkonen hospitality, Teacher of the Faith, 397 Nativity Steven Hawkins 2020 Edmonton (Canada) Vacant and the Arts

December 2020 Cycle of Prayer

Holy Days / Saint’s Days / People (Incumbent, Thematic Date Name of Parish Schools Anglican Cycle of Prayer Porvoo Cycle Calendar Day (Lectionary) Clergy, LLM’s) Prayer Point

Shyogwe (Rwanda) The Rt Revd 8 Vicar: Revd Becky Jered Kalimba The Conception of the Blessed Waring, : Revd Egba (Nigeria) The Rt Revd The Armed Dec Knowle: St Martin Virgin Mary Laura Verrall-Kelly, LLM: Emmanuel Adekunle Forces 2020 Ms Chris Dursley Lafia (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Godwin A Robinson

Deputy Diocesan Secretary (Finance & Sialkot (Pakistan) The Rt Revd Alwin 9 Diocesan Finance Operations): Mr Matthew John Samuel (Diocesan Bishop) Dec and Information The Media Hall, Pat Barter, Kelly Egba West (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Dr Church of England: Services Team 2020 Rutter, Graham Shaul, Samuel Oludele Ogundeji Diocese of Chester, Jess Longford Bishop , Bishop Keith Sinclair Singapore (South East Asia) The Rt Revd Dr Titus Chung Avonmouth CE VC 10 Egbu (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Geoffrey The natural Avonmouth: St Primary School Evangelical Lutheran Dec Okoroafor world and Andrew Headteacher: Ms Egypt (Jerusalem & Middle East) The Rt Revd Church in Finland: climate justice 2020 Nicky McMahon Priest-in-Charge: Revd Dr Mouneer Hanna Anis (Diocesan Bishop) Nb: Diocese of Kuopio, the Diocese of Egypt is expected to have Bishop Jari Jolkkonen Andy Murray, : become the Province of Alexandria by this time Revd Simon Leighton, Revd Fran Brealey, LLM: Ms Melanie Griffiths Sittwe (Myanmar) The Rt Revd James 11 Those Lawrence Weston: Min Dein Dec suffering from St Peter Eha - Amufu (Nigeria) The Rt Revd addiction 2020 Daniel Olinya

Ekiti (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Dr The Diocese of Christopher Tayo Omotunde 12 Ankole, linked with Ekiti Kwara (Nigeria) The Rt Revd The Rt Revd Dr Fred Andrew Ajayi Industry and Dec Kingswood and Mwesigwa Ekiti Oke (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Isaac business 2020 South Glos Olubowale Deanery Ekiti West (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Rufus V A Adepoju

Priest-in-Charge: Revd Pray for the Falkland Islands (Extra- The legal THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT Church of England: 13 Bruce Goodwin, Associate Provincial to Canterbury) The Rt Revd Diocese of Southwell profession, Longwell Green: Dec Local Minister: Revd Timothy Thornton - Bishop to the and Nottingham, Bishop judges, Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 All Saints Steve Britton, Curate: Forces and Bishop to the Falkland Paul Williams magistrates, 2020 Samuel Johnson, Moralist, 1784 Revd Mark Nam Islands court officials

Church of : Director of Education: Mrs Sodor & Man (England) The Rt Revd , Bishop The 14 Diocesan Board of Liz Townend, Katy Peter Eagles unemployed John of the Cross, Poet, Teacher Dec Education and Staples, Adam Robertson, El Camino Real (The Episcopal and those of the Faith, 1591 2020 Team Clare Stansfield, Ali Church) The Rt Revd Mary Gray- who work Driver, Elaine Jones Reeves with them December 2020 Cycle of Prayer

Holy Days / Saint’s Days / People (Incumbent, Thematic Date Name of Parish Schools Anglican Cycle of Prayer Porvoo Cycle Calendar Day (Lectionary) Clergy, LLM’s) Prayer Point

15 Bishopstone CE Sokoto (Nigeria) The Rt Revd The hungry Bishopstone with VC Primary School Augustine Omole and those Dec Hinton Parva Headteacher: Ms El Salvador (Central America) The Rt who support 2020 Emma Lindsay Revd Juan David Alvarado Melgar them

16 South Ankole (Uganda) The Rt Revd Lyddington: All Priest-in-Charge: Revd Bill Nathan Ahimbisibwe Dec Young people Saints O'Connell Eldoret () The Rt Revd 2020 Christopher Ruto Church of England: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, Bishop Paul Williams 17 O Sapientia South Dakota (The Episcopal Church) Those Eglantyne Jebb, Social Reformer, Wanborough: St The Rt Revd John Tarrant promoting Dec Founder of ‘Save The Children’, Andrew El-Obeid (Sudan) The Rt Revd Ismail : inter-faith 2020 1928 Gabriel Abudigin Diocese of Borg, Bishop understanding Atle Sommerfeldt

South Kerala (South ) The Rt The Diocese of Revd Dharmaraj Rasalam (Primate) 18 Rwenzori, linked The Rt Revd Reuben Ely (England) The Rt Revd Stephen The charitable Dec with Kingswood Kisembo David Conway sector and South Glos 2020 Embu (Kenya) The Rt Revd David Deanery Muriithi Ireri

South Rwenzori (Uganda) The Rt 19 Revd Jackson Nzerebende Enugu (Nigeria) The Most Revd Dr Migrants and Dec Corston: All Saints Emmanuel Chukwuma refugees 2020 Vicar: Revd Oliver Ross, Enugu North (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Associate Minister: Revd Sosthenes Eze Mandy Churcher, LLM's: Church of Norway: Mr Peter Campbell, Mrs Diocese of , Bishop Malmesbury CE Catherine Price Pray for mission agencies and their 20 THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF Malmesbury People Primary School ministry throughout the Anglican Dec ADVENT Abbey: St Peter & living with Headteacher: Mr Communion, including the Mothers’ Church of England: St Paul disability 2020 Steve Heal Union around the world. Diocese of Durham, Bishop , Vacancy – Bishop of Head of Parish and Jarrow External Relations: Chris South West Tanganyika (Tanzania) Scottish Episcopal 21 Diocesan Parish Priddy; Dan Jones, Chris The Rt Revd Matthew Mhagama Church: Diocese of The Dec and External Dobson, Alice Kemp, Esan (Nigeria) The Most Revd Friday Moray, Ross and elderly Relations Team Naomi Buckler, Clare 2020 Imaekhai Caithness, Bishop Mark Fussell, Kirsty Cox, Strange (Primus) Rebecca Cross December 2020 Cycle of Prayer

Holy Days / Saint’s Days / People (Incumbent, Thematic Date Name of Parish Schools Anglican Cycle of Prayer Porvoo Cycle Calendar Day (Lectionary) Clergy, LLM’s) Prayer Point Vicar: Revd Teresa Taylor, Associate Minister: Mangotsfield CE Etche (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Precious 22 Revd Canon Peter Places of Mangotsfield: St VC Primary School Nwala Dec Huzzey, LLM's: Prof conflict James Headteacher: Ms Etsako (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Jacob Richard Harris, Mr and war 2020 Marion Borland Bada Anthony Jefferies, Mr David Miles

Victims Evo (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Innocent 23 Church of Norway: of human Diocese of Bristol DBAT CEO: Mr Jeremy Ordu Dec , Bishop trafficking Academies Trust Piper and Team Exeter (England) The Rt Revd Robert Kari Veiteberg and those 2020 Atwell Church of England: enslaved Diocese of Durham, Ezo (South Sudan) The Rt Revd John Bishop Paul Butler, Kereboro Zawo Vacancy – Bishop of 24 Faisalabad (Pakistan) The Rt Revd Jarrow Those Cold Ashton: Holy Dec Christmas Eve John Samuel Scottish Episcopal living in Trinity 2020 Falkland Islands (Parish of) (Falkland Church: Diocese of poverty Islands) The Rt Revd Timothy Moray, Ross and Thornton (Diocesan Bishop) Caithness, Bishop Mark Strange (Primus)

25 Marshfield CE VC Marshfield: St Primary School Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem and Survivors Dec CHRISTMAS DAY Mary the Virgin Headteacher: Ms Vicar: Revd. Sally the People of Bethlehem of abuse 2020 Jessica Bolt Wheeler, Associate Minister: Revd Canon Alice Kemp, Associate Local Minister: Revd Fianarantsoa (Indian Ocean) The Rt Lynne Godfrey, LLM's: Mr 26 Revd Gilbert Rateloson Rakotondravelo Tormarton: St Mike Strathdee, Mrs Florida (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Prisons and Dec Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr Mary Magdalene Aurea Hart Revd John Howard prisoners 2020 False Bay (Southern Africa) The Rt Revd Margaret Brenda Vertue

Pray for Christians in other denominations and the work of the ecumenical movement His Holiness Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome His All Holiness Church of England: Primary, 27 Archbishop Bartholomew of Constantinople, New Diocese of Chichester, West Littleton: St Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch The General secondary Dec John, Apostle and Evangelist Bishop Martin Warner James Secretary of the World Council of Churches Bishop and higher 2020 Ivan M Abrahams, General Secretary World Methodist Council Chris Ferguson, education General Secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: The Diocese of Diocese of Mikkeli, 28 West Ankole, Fond du Lac (The Episcopal Church) Bishop Seppo Häkkinen linked with The Rt Revd Johnson The Rt Revd Matthew Alan Gunter Banking and Dec The Holy Innocents Kingswood and Twinomujuni Fort Worth (The Episcopal Church) finance 2020 South Glos The Rt Revd Scott Mayer Deanery December 2020 Cycle of Prayer

Holy Days / Saint’s Days / People (Incumbent, Thematic Date Name of Parish Schools Anglican Cycle of Prayer Porvoo Cycle Calendar Day (Lectionary) Clergy, LLM’s) Prayer Point

Vicar: Revd Bruce Fredericton (Canada) The Rt Revd St Anne's CE VC 29 Goodwin, Curate: Revd David Edwards Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Primary School The Dec Oldland: St Anne Mark Nam, LLM's: Miss Freetown () (West Africa) Canterbury, Martyr, 1170 Headteacher: Mr Government Michele Bates, Mr Ben The Rt Revd Thomas Arnold Ikunika Church of England: 2020 Sean Quinn Searle Wilson Diocese of Chichester, Bishop Martin Warner St Chad’s CE VC Primary School Gahini (Rwanda) The Rt Revd Alexis 30 Headteacher: Mrs Priest-in-Charge: Revd Evangelical Lutheran Patchway: St Steph Jenkins; Holy Bilindabagabo Church in Finland: Victims of Dec Howard Jameson, LLLM: Chad Trinity CE/Methodist Gambia (West Africa) The Rt Revd crime Mrs Jacqueline Jones Diocese of Mikkeli, 2020 Primary School James Allen Yaw Odico Bishop Seppo Häkkinen Headteacher: Miss Janet Dickson

Gasabo (Rwanda) The Rt Revd 31 Revd Canon Edward University Onesphore Rwaje Dec Davis, Revd Julie The retail sector John Wycliffe, Reformer, 1384 Chaplaincy Gboko (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Nicholson 2020 Emmanuel Nyitsse

Amendments, comments and queries

The information in the Cycle of Prayer is checked and updated as near as possible to the time of production. If you have any amendments to suggest, or any other comments or queries, please contact the bishop’s chaplain, The Revd. Canon Dr Martin Gainsborough. Email: [email protected] ; Tel: 01454 7777 28