For our prayers this week: Ross and Walford with We pray for those who are ill: Brad Knapper, Margaret Jones Brampton Abbotts

Walford: Leys Hill, Forest Green, Bull’s Hill, Howle Hill. Home Ministry

Choirs & Ross: Verschoyle Gardens, Quarry Close, Quarry View, Sunday 2nd Other faiths River View, Cawdor.

organists Brampton Abbotts: Brampton Abbotts Village Hall, those Prayer Cycle who work on farms and the land. Walford: The Deans, Deepdean, Sharman Pitch, Hill Court, Week beginning 2.9.2018 Medical Star Beech Hill, Mark’s Well, Upper and Lower Wythall. Monday 3rd Vergers Ross: Greytree Road, Nursery Road, Cawdor Gardens, research Cawdor Arch Road, Fonteine Court. Brampton Abbotts: Ross Road and Netherton. Walford: Coughton, Coughton Place, Fowbridge Gardens, Willow Close, Cedar Grove, Priory Lea, Alder Close, Green Colley Close. 4th Industry Pendeen Surgery Tuesday Ross: Oaklands, Vaga Crescent, Old Market Close, Homs Road. Brampton Abbotts: Church Road and Oak House Nursery. Walford: Farmers, farmworkers, those who work in

Ross Town Hospitality - B&Bs and Public Houses, light Industry. Wednesday 5th Agriculture Ross: Tanyard Lane, Checkley Close, Rudhall Close, Rudhall

Council Meadow. Brampton Abbotts: Turners Lane and The Grove. Walford: Walford School, playgroups, Scouts, Cubs.

Ross: Court Road, Arundel Close, Blenheim Close, Thursday 6th The arts Colin Leggate Chatsworth Close, Windsor Close.

Brampton Abbotts: Gatsford Lane and Overton. Walford: Walford Parish Councillors, Pashley Hall and users. Ross: Sandringham Close, Woburn Close, Berkeley Close, Retreat Those who 7th The Walled Garden, Metcalfe Close. Friday Centres clean St. Mary's Brampton Abbotts: Greytree, First, Second, Third and Fourth Avenues, Backney View and Summer Field. Walford: Holiday makers, Hom Green, Lincoln Hill, Walford PCC, Walford Churchwardens, Ministry team in Walford. Supporting WRVS / Social Ross: Cottage Park, Overross Farm, Overross Close, The Saturday 8th The Media our Society services Orchard, Oak Tree Rise. .Brampton Abbotts: Greytree Fifth and Sixth Avenue, Sixth Avenue Close, Blackthorn Close, Willowbrook.

SUNDAY 2nd September: 14th after Trinity Today The International Day of Charity today celebrates the contribution of volunteers The Wider View The Kwa Mkono Centre for Disabled Children (formerly Kwa worldwide, in activities that reach out to and benefit the most vulnerable and Mkono Polio Hostel) enables disabled children and young people in the Tanga Region to needy sectors and communities. obtain education and training. Pray for support for the Centre, and remember in prayer all children born with disabilities, or disabled in early life, in countries Thursday 6th September: Allen Gardiner, founder of the South American where help is not easy to find and charity is the only source of funding. Mission Society Anglican The Anglican Church of South America: The Most Revd Gregory James Anglican Guyana (West Indies) - The Rt Revd Charles Davidson. Venables, Presiding of the Anglican Church of South America & Bishop Hereford Ministry: Give thanks for the ministry of Self-Supporting Ministers (SSMs) of Argentina. Pray for the Diocese of Chile as it moves towards becoming an within our Diocese, and pray for Anne Lanyon-Hogg, SSM Adviser. autonomous province in its own right. Today Pray today for the work of the South American Mission Society; also for Hereford Give thanks for our church buildings, and pray for their care and conservation libraries and bookshops on “National Read a Book Day”. Meetings today and use. Pray for sensitive and creative ways in which our buildings may be include Rural Deans, Hereford Archdeaconry Mission and Pastoral developed as resources for both worship and community life. Subcommittee, Readers’ Association, and Bishop’s Council. Today This is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: pray for the assessment and treatment of childhood cancers, and support for parents and siblings while Friday 7th September treatment is ongoing. Pray also for research, understanding and development. Anglican Gwagwalada ( Abuja, Nigeria) - The Rt Revd Moses Tabwaye. Porvoo Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Turku, Archbishop Kari Hereford Ministry: Give thanks for the ministry of retired clergy within our Diocese, Mäkinen, Bishop Kaarlo Kalliala; : Diocese of , and pray for Lesley Eden, Retirement Officer for Ludlow Archdeaconry and Andrew Archbishop , Bishop , Bishop , Talbot-Ponsonby, Retirement Officer for Hereford Archdeaconry; also for Chris Bishop , Bishop . Fletcher and Nigella Tyson, Clergy Widows and Widowers Officers for the Hereford and Ludlow Archdeaconries, respectively. Monday 3rd September: Gregory the Great, bishop & teacher of the faith Today Heritage Open Days this and next weekend are an opportunity to engage with Anglican Guinea (West Africa) - The Rt Revd Jacques Boston. local history and fascinating buildings, and are designed to encourage a Hereford Support Ministry: Neil Patterson, Diocesan Director of Vocations and deeper sense of our shared heritage. Ordinands. Pray for new vocations for ministry from our Diocese, and for those presently in training or preparing to begin. Also for Simon Hare, Diocesan Saturday 8th September: Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary Young Vocations Officer. Anglican Haiti (II, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd Jean Duracin; The Rt Revd Oge Today International Vulture Awareness Day reminds us of the importance of vulture Beauvoir (suffragan). populations in many developing countries, as they dispose of carcasses that Hereford Hereford Deanery: The Bartestree Cross Group - Lugwardine with might otherwise be a cause of disease. Vultures are themselves highly Bartestree, Weston Beggard & Dormington, Withington & Westhide: vacant; PTO: Anne vulnerable to deliberate or accidental poisoning, and in urgent need of Bayley; Lugwardine Primary School; Withington Primary School; St Mary’s RC protection. Pray also for today’s Benefice Buildings Committee meeting. High School. Today Pray for county Historic Churches Trusts, and for all taking part in today’s Tuesday 4th September: Birinus, bishop “Ride and Stride” events - pray also for all who will be staffing churches visited. Anglican Gujarat (North India) - The Rt Revd Silvans Christian; Today is also International Literacy Day: pray for teachers, writers, libraries Kolhapur (North India) - The Rt Revd Bathuel Tiwade. and for all who encourage others to read. Hereford Support Ministry: Richard Shaw, Ecumenical Officer, supporting and advising churches in the development of links, partnerships and shared areas of work Prayer with other denominations. Father, on the eve of Education Sunday, Today This is Migraine Awareness Week, with a focus on how migraine may be better we pray for our schools and academies. understood and managed. Pray also for today’s Bishop’s Staff meeting. May they be places where children will grow to love and understand you more. Wednesday 5th September We pray for those who teach, Anglican Gusau (Kaduna, Nigeria) - The Rt Revd John Garba. or those who learn, Hereford Support Ministry: Jane Davies, Dean of Women’s Ministry, supporting women for all governors and parents, in ordained ministry and as accredited lay workers within the Diocese. and for your guiding hand upon them.