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For the ministries and leadership The Salvation Army Christian Methodist Episcopal Church of the Council of Churches, Massachusetts Divisional Headquarters Seventh Episcopal District including : Major David B. Davis, Divisional Commander Bishop James B. Walker, Presiding Prelate

New York- District African Methodist Episcopal Church The Staff Presiding Elder Frederick Belcher The Executive Board and Officers New England Conference The Advisory Board Presiding Prelate Rev. Gregory G.M. Ingram The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester ❖ Presiding Elder Rev. Jocelyn Hart Lovelace The Most Rev. Robert J. McManus, Bishop

The Coptic Orthodox Church Assemblies of God FEBRUARY Diocese of and the Northeast Southern New England Ministry Network His Grace, Bishop David African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Superintendent Nick Fatato Boston District ❖ ❖ Rev. Jacqueline King, Presiding Elder AUGUST United Church of Christ MAY Southern New England Conference The Church of the New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ Rev. Donald Remick, Transitional Interim (Swedenborgian), MA First Jurisdiction Conference Minister Massachusetts Association Bishop Dr. Samuel B. Hogan, Sr., Jurisdictional Indian Orthodox Church Prelate The Religious Society of Friends Northeast American Diocese New England Yearly Meeting Armenian Church of America, Eastern Diocese His Grace Metropolitan Zachariah Mar Bruce Neumann, Presiding Clerk The Very Rev. Fr. Daniel Findikyan, Primate Nicholovos Noah Baker Merrill, Secretary Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, ❖ Diocesan Legate and Ecumenical Director ❖

MARCH The Evangelical Covenant Church SEPTEMBER East Coast Conference The Rev. Howard Burgoyne, Superintendent The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) The Most Rev. Edgar M. daCunha, Bishop ❖ Northeast Region The Rev. Thaddaeus Burwell Allen, Acting The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) JUNE Synod of the Northeast Transitional Regional Minister

American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts Rev. Dr. Harold Delhagen, Synod Leader Unitarian Universalist Association The Rev. Mary Day Miller, Executive Minister The United Baptist Convention New England Region Mr. Woullard Lett, Regional Lead The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield , , and Massachusetts The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston The Most Rev. Mitchell T. Rozanski, Bishop Rev. Samuel Campbell His Eminence Sean Cardinal O’Malley, Independent churches in the state of Archbishop of Boston Massachusetts and their leadership OCTOBER

A PRAYER FOR UNITY The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts

The Rt. Rev. Alan Gates, Bishop Diocesan The Rt. Rev. Gayle Harris, Bishop Suffragan Lord Jesus, you continue to pray that your disciples may be one Melkite Diocese of Newton in a unity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. ECUMENICAL Bishop Nicholas J. Samra, Eparchial Bishop We your people long to be one in you. ❖ May your prayer for unity open the hearts PRAYER CALENDAR

NOVEMBER and minds of all Christians. 2020

Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts Guide us, Lord, in your way, The Rt. Rev. Douglas John Fisher, Bishop that we may be one in the Apostles’ teaching,

fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer, Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston His Eminence Metropolitan to the glory of your name.

Methodios of Boston, Presiding Hierarch Christian individuals and We remember especially this day The Mar Thoma Church congregations

Diocese of North America and Europe within and beyond the ---- Name of Church & Leader ----- Rt. Rev. Dr. Isaac Mar Philoxenos Commonwealth Diocesan Bishop Bless them and their congregations. are invited to pray regularly ❖ for each other, DECEMBER We give thanks for the spiritual gifts for Christian unity, that these sisters and brothers in Christ and for human community. United Methodist Church share with all your people. New England Conference Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar Remind us that these ministries The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are for your whole church in your whole world. New England Synod Bishop James Eric Hazelwood May the God of peace give us peace at all times in all ways. This monthly prayer calendar includes by name churches that are members of the Massachusetts Council of 138 Tremont Street Churches, and churches that have an established This we pray in the name of the One who calls us to Boston, MA 0211 relationship with others through the Council. Your prayers be one, Your Son our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Phone: 617-523-2771 for reconciliation are invited for all Christian congregations in and beyond the Commonwealth. For an online copy of the 2020 prayer calendar, visit the council’s website at www.masscouncilofchurches.org, under the “Resources” tab.