Diocese of Chelmsford NOTES: Where parochial links are known to exist the names of overseas workers are placed immediately after the appropriate . Cycle of Prayer Further information concerning overseas dioceses, including the names for daily use in of bishops, is contained in the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, available on their website http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/main.cfm August and September 2013

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The Deanery of Maldon and Dengie continued... Thu 1 ABBREVIATIONS: Maldon (St Mary) w Mundon (St Mary). A Assistant Clergy; AAD Assistant Area Dean; AC Associate Clergy; ACD Clergy: Louis Darrant (R), John Dickens (A). Associate Clergy Diaconate; AD Area Dean; ARD Assistant Rural Dean; ASM Associate Minister, AT Assistant Clergy Title Post; AYO Area Youth Mayland (St Barnabas) w Steeple (St Lawrence and All Saints). Officer, BP Bishop; C Community Worker; CA Church Army; CIC in Clergy: Vacancy (PIC). The Churchwardens and PCC during the Charge; CHP Chaplain; EVN Evangelist; HT Head Teacher; MCD Minister interregnum. of Conventional District; MIN Minister, P Priest; PIC Priest in Charge; R The Diocese of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) ; RD Rural Dean; Rdes Rector designate; RDR Reader; PTO Permission to Officiate; RES Residentiary Canon; SNP Special Needs Post, Fri 2 Southminster (St Leonard). T Teacher; TM Team Ministry; TR Team Rector; TV Team Vicar; V Vicar; Clergy: Gordon Anderson (V). Reader: Norman Pratt Vdes Vicar designate; WDN Warden. Southminster Primary School: Karen Harden (HT) Woodham Mortimer w Hazeleigh and Woodham Walter. Hon. Editor: Reverend Bill Howes, 26 Westfield Drive, Coggeshall, Clergy: Stephanie Stroebel (PIC). Colchester, Essex CO6 1PU, 01376 561826 (e‐mail [email protected] Woodham Walter School: Sue Dodd (HT) who would be glad to receive comments and corrections and also any items for prayer and praise to be considered for inclusion from the The retired Clergy, Readers and lay ministers who live and work parishes. in the Deanery of Maldon and Dengie. The Diocese of Port Sudan (Sudan)

Sat 3 Pray for the work of the Retirement Advisory Group. The Diocese of Portsmouth (Canterbury)

Sun 4 TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Please pray for the staff of our local hospitals, both medical and Looking for a Spiritual Director? ancillary, that they may feel valued and appreciated . Visit www.spiritual‐direction‐in‐essex.org for a list of co‐ordinators from the PRAY for the Diocese of Pretoria (Southern Africa), Diocesan Spirituality Advisors Group in your Episcopal Area. The Rt Revd Dr Johannes Seoka Discovering Prayer: Resources and reflections at www.chelmsford.anglican.org/prayer1.html

12 1 Mon 5 Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642 Fri 27 Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), The Deanery of Hadleigh 1660 Rural Dean: David Tudor. Lay Chair: Ron McLernon. Ember Day. Rettendon (All Saints) and Hullbridge (St Thomas of Canterbury). The Diocese of Puerto Rico (Province IX, The Episcopal Church, Clergy: Brenda Wallace (PIC), Susan Adams (AC). USA) The Diocese of Southwark (Canterbury).

Tue 6 THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD Canvey Island TM: (St Nicholas, St Anne, St Katherine) Sat 28 Ember Day Clergy: David Tudor (RD, TR), Peter Mallinson (TV), Marion Walford (TV), Give thanks to God our Father for his Creation for supplyintg our needs. Jen Barham (AC). The Diocese of Southwell &Nottingham (York) St Katherine’s School: Annette Kenney (HT) THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY: MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS The Diocese of Pune (North India) Sun 29 Pray for the work of the Diocesan Director of Communications, Ralph

Meloy, and his Communications Team. Wed 7 John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn writer, 1866 Eastwood (St Lawrence and All Saints). PRAY for The Diocese of Southwestern Virginia (Province III, Clergy: Steve Spencer (V) The Episcopal Church, USA), The Rt Reverend Neff Powell Eastwood (St David ). Clergy: Paul Joyce (V) Mon 30 Jerome, Translator of the Scriptures, Teacher of the Faith, 420 Pray for all retired clergy, Readers and lay ministers who live The Diocese of Qu’Appelle (Rupert’s Land, Canada) and work in the Deanery of Rochford.

The Diocese of Spokane (Province VII, The Episcopal Church, USA) Thu 8 Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 Hadleigh (St James the Less). Clergy: David Childs (PiC), Christine Robinson (AC), Jonathan MacNeaney (A). Hadleigh (St Barnabas). Clergy: David Childs (PiC). Reader: Guy Negus The Diocese of Quebec (Canada)

Fri 9 Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921 Leigh‐on‐Sea (St Aidan). Clergy: Gordon Tarry (V), Steve Poss (A). Reader: Wendy Thornhill. Leigh‐on‐Sea (St Clement). Clergy: Vacancy (R). Readers: Roger Folley, Cherry Sandover. The Churchwardens and PCC during the interregnum. The Diocese of Quincy (Province V, The Episcopal Church, USA)

Sat 10 Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258 Pray for all who work to bring equality to society, and defend the rights of the oppressed. The Diocese of Rajasthan (North India)

2 11 Mon 23 Barling Magna (All Saints) w Little Wakering (St Mary the Virgin). Sun 11 THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Clergy: Alan Hurd (PIC). Pray for the work of the Salvation Army, London North East Division: Great Wakering (St Nicholas) w Foulness. Major Norman Ord, Divisional Commander and Ecumenical Officers Clergy: Alan Hurd (PiC) PRAY for the Diocese of Rayalaseema (South India), The Diocese of Southern Nyanza (Kenya) The Rt Revd Dr Kommaddi Birru Yesuvaraprasad

Tue 24 Hawkwell (St Mary and Emmanuel). Mon 12 Leigh‐on‐Sea (St James the Great) Clergy: Peter Smith (R) Clergy: William Bulloch (V). Hockley (St Peter & St Paul). Leigh‐on‐Sea (St Margaret) Clergy: Kenneth Havey (V). Clergy: Ian Booth (V), Lee Taylor (A). Reader: Margaret Henning St Michael’s School: Steve Tompkins (HT) The Diocese of Southern Ohio (Province V, The Episcopal Church, USA) The Diocese of Recife (Brazil)

Jeremy Taylor,Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667 Wed 25 Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 Tue 13 Sergei of Redonezh, Monastic Reformer, Teacher of the Faith, 1392 Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910 Ember Day Octavia Hill, Social Reformer, 1912 Rawreth (St Nicholas). South Benfleet (St Mary) Clergy: Richard Jordan (PiC), Elizabeth Jordan (AC). Clergy: Leslie Drake (V). Readers: Marian Howe, Sue Wise. Rawreth School: Lorna Pigram (HT) The Diocese of Rejaf (Sudan) Rayleigh Team Ministry (Holy Trinity, St Michael). Clergy: Mike Lodge (RD, TR), Nick Rowan (TV), Pete Hillman (AC), Jackie Wed 14 Maximillian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941 Reily (A). Reader: Sue Tuck New Thundersley (St George). Clergy: Anthony Rose (V), Peter Begley (A). Reader: Dave Brown The Diocese of Southern Philippines (Philippines) Thundersley (St Peter, St Michael) Thu 26 Wilson Carlile, Founder of the Church Army, 1942. Clergy: Marian Sturrock (R), Peter Clark (AC). Reader: Susan Croucher. Rochford (St Andrew) and Sutton (All Saints) w Shopland St Andrew The Diocese of Remo (Lagos, Nigeria) Stambridge (St Mary and All Saints) Clergy: David Coster (PiC). Thu 15 THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Reader: Sandra Parker. The Retired clergy, Readers and lay ministers who live and work The Diocese of Southern Virginia (Province III, The Episcopal in the Deanery of Hadleigh Church, USA) Pray for the Diocese of Renk (Sudan)

Fri 16 The Deanery of Southend Area Dean: Stephen Burdett. Lay Chair: Robert Berg. Assistant Area Dean: Simon Roscoe Southend NHS Hospitals Trust: Graham Crook (CHP) The Diocese of Rhode Island (Province I, The Episcopal Church, USA)

10 3 Sat 17 Please pray for the work of the Essex Clergy Charity Corporation. Tue 17 Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179 The Diocese of Rift Valley (Tanzania) Tilbury Docks (St John the Baptist). Clergy: Tim Codling (V). Sun 18 THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY The Dioceses of Southeast Florida and Southwest Florida Please pray for Mike Griffin and the work of the Leprosy Mission. (Province IV, The Episcopal Church, USA) Remember, too, the people of those countries where leprosy is still a major problem. Please pray for those attending Soul Survivor. Wed 18 Pray for all retired clergy, Readers and lay ministers who live PRAY for the Diocese of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and work in the Deanery of Thurrock. The Rt Revd Filadelfo Oliveira Neto The Diocese of Southeastern Mexico (Mexico)

Mon 19 North Shoebury (St Mary the Virgin). Thu 19 Theodore of Tarsus, of Canterbury, 690 Clergy: Ian Fisher (V). The Deanery of Rochford The Diocese of Rio Grande (Province VII, Episcopal Church, USA) Rural Dean: Mike Lodge. Lay Chair: Gordon Simmonds. Assistant Rural Dean: Alun Hurd. Tue 20 Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Teacher of the Faith, 1153 The Diocese of Southern Brazil (Brazil) William and Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912, 1890 Fri 20 John Coleridge Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia and his Prittlewell (St Mary the Virgin) and Westcliff (St Paul). Companions, Martyrs, 1871 Clergy: Shaun Conlon (V). Ashingdon (St Andrew) w South Fambridge (All Saints), Canewdon Prittlewell School: Frances Neil (HT) (St Nicholas) and Paglesham (St Peter). The Diocese of Riverina (New South Wales, Australia) Clergy: Tim Clay (PiC). Readers: Daniel Haynes, Ken Yeates Canewdon CE Primary School: Christine Eshmade (HT) Wed 21 Prittlewell (St Luke). The Diocese of Southern Highlands (Tanzania) Clergy: James McLuskey (V). Prittlewell (St Stephen). Sat 21 MATTHEW APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST Clergy: Colin Baldwin (PiC), Tracy Nutter (A). Reader: Gary Jackson Today is International Prayer for Peace Day Pray for the work of the Board of Education: Tim Elbourne, Director, and The Diocese of Rochester (Province II, The Episcopal Church, USA) his team.

The Diocese of Southern Malawi (Central Africa) Westcliff (St Peter) w St Cedd and the Saints of Essex (the Bridgewater Thu 22 Drive Church). THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Clergy: Rob Cadman (V). Sun 22 Please pray for our brothers and sisters in the Religious Society of Readers: Maggie Paterson, David Pierce Friends, and Canon Jennifer Hodgkin of the Essex and Suffolk General The Diocese of Rockhampton (Queensland, Australia) Meeting. PRAY for the Diocese of Upper Shire (Central Africa), The Rt Reverend Brighton Vitta Malasa

4 9 Tue 10 Grays North (St John the Evangelist) Fri 23 Today is Slavery Memorial Day. Clergy: Clive Russell (V). Reader: Ann Pinnock. Southchurch (Holy Trinity). Peter and Alison Roots (CMS) Tanzania Clergy: Vacancy (R). Reader: John Atkinson. The Churchwardens and The Diocese of Seychelles (Indian Ocean) PCC during the interregnum. Southchurch (Christ Church). Wed 11 Orsett (St Giles and All Saints) and Bulphan (St Mary the Virgin) and Clergy: Simon Roscoe (V), Gemma Stock (A). Horndon‐on‐the‐Hill (St Peter & St Paul). Readers: Elizabeth Butterworth, Sandra Evans. Clergy: Ed Hanson (R), Max Blake (AC). The Diocese of Rokon (Sudan) Orsett School: Lallie Godfrey (HT)

Bulphan School: Laura Fishleigh (HT) BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE Horndon‐on‐the‐Hill School: Sue Hughes (HT) Sat 24 Greenbelt begins today. The Diocese of Shinyanga (Tanzania) Pray for those who study and spread God’s word; for theologians and

those who teach the faith. Thu 12 South Ockendon (St Nicholas) and Belhus Park (All Saints). Clergy: Vacancy (V), Peter Rabin (AC). The Churchwardens and PCC The Diocese of Rorya (Tanzania) during the interregnum. Reader: Glynis Pettit (HT) Sun 25 THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Please pray for the work of the Church Army. The Dioceses of Shyira and Shyogwe (Rwanda) PRAY for the Diocese of Ruaha (Tanzania), The Rt Revd Joseph Mgomi Fri 13 John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407 Stanford‐le‐Hope (St Margaret) w Mucking (St John the Baptist) Clergy: John Guest (V), Jokey Poyntz (A). Mon 26 Bank Holiday Readers: Maureen McPherson, Donald Sproson Southend Team Ministry (St John the Baptist, St Mark, All Saints, St Alban Westcliff). The Diocese of Sialkot (Pakistan) Clergy: Stephen Burdett (RD, TR), Neil Paxton, Philip Roberts (TV), Phyllis

Owen (AC). Reader: David Booth Sat 14 HOLY CROSS DAY Give thanks to God for the mystery and salvation of the cross of Jesus The Diocese of Rumbek (Sudan) Christ our Saviour. Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 The Diocese of Sittwe (Myanmar) Tue 27 South Shoebury (St Andrew w St Peter).

Clergy: Louise Williams (R). Reader: Andy Clipsham Sun 15 THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Please pray for our Proctors and Laity on General Synod. The Diocese of Rupert’s Land (Rupert’s Land, Canada)

PRAY for the Diocese of Sokoto (Kaduna, Nigeria), Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher of the Faith, 430 The Rt Reverend Augustine Omole Wed 28 Thorpe Bay (St Augustine).

Clergy: Jonathan Collis (V), Janet Allan (A). Mon 16 Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432 Edwin Bouverie Pusey, Priest, Tractarian, 1882 The Diocese of Ruvuma (Tanzania) Stifford (St Mary and St Cedd). Clergy: Andy Higgs (R). Reader: David Bates. The Diocese of South Western Brazil (Brazil)

8 5 Thu 29 BEHEADING OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST Wed 4 Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon.), Apostle of Wessex, 650 Westcliff‐on‐Sea (St Andrew). Chadwell (St Mary the Virgin). Clergy: Stuart Kimber (V). Readers: Gillian Kimber, Clive Lucas. Clergy: Michael Walton (R). Westcliff (St Michael & All Angels) The Dioceses of San Diego and San Joaquin Clergy: Peter Nicholson (V). Reader: Richard Brown. (Province VIII, The Episcopal Church, USA) The Dioceses of Ruwenzori and South Ruwenzori (Uganda) Thu 5 Corringham (St Mary the Virgin) and Fobbing (St Michael). Fri 30 John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688 Clergy: David Rollins (PiC). Readers: Wendy Mott, David Redfield. Westcliff‐on‐Sea (St Saviour) The Diocese of Santiago (Philippines) Clergy: Lee Mullen (V). Readers: Hilary Hurst, Carol Palmer The Retired clergy, Readers, and lay ministers who live and work Fri 6 Allen Gardiner, Missionary, Founder of the South American Missionary in the Deanery of Southend. Society, 1851. The Diocese of Sabah (South East Asia) East and West Tilbury (St Catherine) and Linford (St Francis). Clergy: Paul Robinson (PiC) Sat 31 Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 The Diocese of Sao Paulo (Brazil) Pray for the Diocesan Registrar, Aiden Hargreaves‐Smith, and for all who work in the Diocesan Registry. Sat 7 Pray for the work of the Baptist Union, London Baptist Association: The Dioceses of Sabongidda‐Ora and Sapele (Bendel, Nigeria) Kumar Rajagopalan, Regional Minister The Dioceses of Saskatchewan and Saskatoon (Rupert’s Land, Canada) SEPTEMBER

THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Sun 8 THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY/ BIRTH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Sun 1 Pray for the work of Michael Rivers, John Culley, Colin Penney and Today is Racial Justice Sunday: Francis Parish, the Vergers of our Cathedral. Loving God, we are all wonderfully made in your image. Help your PRAY for The Diocese of the Saldanha Bay (Southern Africa), world to see you in each face, to see that each person has value, each The Rt Revd Raphael Hess person has a heart, each person has a name. We thank you for all your people who work tirelessly to bring racism to an end. Mon 2 The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1901, 1942 PRAY for The Diocese of Sebei (Uganda), The Deanery of Thurrock The Rt Reverend Augustine Arupyona Salimo. Rural Dean: Darren Barlow. Lay Chair: David Mott. Assistant Rural Dean: Dave Rollins Mon 9 Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest, 1880 Grays Thurrock Team Ministry (Grays St Peter & St Paul, Little Thurrock The Diocese of Salisbury (Canterbury) St Mary the Virgin, with West Thurrock St Clements, Chafford Hundred

All Saints). Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 604 Tue 3 Clergy: Darren Barlow (RD, TR), Alex Gowing‐Cumber, Michelle Reynolds, Aveley (St Michael) and Purfleet (St Stephen). Christine Williams (TV), James Chege (A). Clergy: Tara Frankland (PiC), Andy Hudson (AC). Readers: Cathy Hasler, Pam Kirby, Jim Mitchell, Susan Witham The Diocese of Sambalpur (North India) The Diocese of Sekondi [Ghana] (West Africa)

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