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June-July 2017 NOTICE board Bishop Roger hosts Colchester Beer & Hymns party celebration A BEER & Hymns Party, led by Bishop Roger Morris, the Bishop of Colchester, is What's On in Essex and East London being held at St Leonard’s church, Lexden, Colchester, on Saturday, June 10 at 2017 Together on the Way with Christ programme. Teas, Beer & Wine tent and an Art Exhibition and Music 6.30pm. Members of other denominational churches welcome. in the Church. Father David Armstrong, Curate at St Refreshments followed by short service from about ● Grand Jumble Sale at St George’s Brentwood CM15 Leonard’s, Lexden, said: "The Bishop of 10.15am open to non-walkers. Suitable footwear 9HR.One of St George's famous jumble sales in aid of Colchester will be leading the evening of advisable and dogs welcome. Contact Jo Pratt at our Church Porch Fund. Bargains galore - Clothes/ Bric- beer and hymns in a marquee at St [email protected] a-brac/ shoes & bags/ toys & games/ Books & DVD's/ Leonard’s. ● St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Lane, Stapleford household linen , light refreshments. Admission 30p. "It is an great opportunity to taste Abbotts RM4 1ES. Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm, ● St George's Church, Ongar Rd (near Robin Hood some excellent beers, enjoy a barbeque entrance £5, payable at the door. Concert, entitled roundabout), Brentwood CM15 9HR. 7.30-10pm. and belt out your favourite hymns – all 'Steppin' Out' featuring the 'Saint Francis Hospice Choir Brentwood Christian Aid Quiz Night. Rack your brains welcome." ● & Friends', directed by John Morris. Proceeds to Saint and support Christian Aid. To order tickets and find out Further information from Father David at Francis Hospice and St Mary the Virgin Church. their price, ring: 07952222911. [email protected] or ring ● St. Nicholas Church, Great Wakering, High Street, ● May Fayre at St Mary with St Leonard, Broomfield 01206 710414. Great Wakering SS3 0AG. Noon-4pm. Summer Fete. CM1 7BD. Fun for all the family. Broomfield's Got Talent Saturday, May 20 There will be lots of attractions to enjoy including ● show. Bouncy Castle. Round Tower beer. 11am- Holy Cross Church, Felsted (CM6 3DQ). 9am. dancing and juggling, bouncy castle, face painting, tin 12:30pm BISHOP ROGER Dunmow & Stansted Deanery Walk. Monthly walk in can alley, Krazy Kitchen, Coconut Shy, BBQ, Cream CONTINUED ON PAGE IV FR DAVID ARMSTRONG DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER — June and July 2017 Cycle of Prayer for daily use in LATCHINGDON: Eucharist in honour of the Trinity on the Diocese of Chelmsford Please pray for Sunday after Pentecost, and from Revd Sandra Canterbury it spread across Europe and “Love the Lord your God. Listen to his Manley eventually became part of the calendar of all the western churches. It’s a great day – and voice and hold fast to him.” Deut 30:20 and her ` congregation one that preachers should not be afraid of! It on July 26. invites us to know God as a communion of JUNE 2017 Picture: love who sends us out to draw others into JON that communion. 1 THURSDAY Justin, Martyr at Rome, LONGMAN ● Diocese of Northern Argentina (South c.165 America). ● DEANERY OF BASILDON—Area Dean: 11 TRINITY SUNDAY Jane Freeman. Lay Chair: Shirley Jeffery. ● Holy God, faithful and unchanging: Assistant Area Dean: Jo Delfgou. Chaplains: enlarge our minds with the knowledge of Linda Peall, David Bates (Basildon & your truth, and draw us more deeply into the Thurrock University Hospitals NHS mystery of your love, that we may truly Foundation Trust), Tara Frankland (St Luke’s worship you, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Hospice). one God, now and for ever. Amen. ● Diocese of North Carolina (Province IV, [Common Worship] The Episcopal Church). ● Diocese of Northern California (Province 2 FRIDAY VIII, The Episcopal Church), Rt Revd Barry ● BASILDON (St Martin of Tours)—Clergy: Beisner, Bishop. Esther McCafferty (R), Martin Wood (Hon. 12 MONDAY BARNABAS THE APOSTLE A). Licensed Lay Minister: Phyllis Wood. (translated) ● Diocese of North Central Philippines ● LANGDON HILLS (St Mary & All (Philippines). Saints)—Clergy: Colin Hopkinson (R), Julian 3 SATURDAY The Martyrs of Uganda , Patching (AC), Emma Wylie (A). Reader: 1885-7 and 1977 ● Kennedy Rath. ● 5 MONDAY Boniface (Wynfrith) of Diocese of North ● Diocese of North Indiana (Province V, The We are just coming to the end of Thy Crediton, Bishop, Apostle of Germany, Kerala (South India). Kingdom Come – an international ten days Episcopal Church). Martyr, 754 8 THURSDAY Thomas Ken, Bishop of of prayer inspired by the Archbishop of 13 TUESDAY ● BASILDON (St Andrew w Holy Cross)— Canterbury. Whatever you have done since Bath and Wells, Nonjuror, Hymn Writer, ● PITSEA (St Gabriel) w NEVENDON (St Ascension Day, this time is an invitation Clergy: Jane Richards (Vicar elect), Andy 1711 Peter) —Clergy: Simon Law (R). Smith (A). ● LAINDON (St Nicholas) w DUNTON— ● to put prayer at the centre of our lives. ● Diocese of Northern Izon (Niger Delta, Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean & Clergy: Andrei Petrine (PIC). Nigeria). Remember that in the Anglican tradition daily ● morning and evening prayer are seen as the Aruba (West Indies). Dioceses of North Kigezi and North Mbale 14 WEDNESDAY Richard Baxter, Puritan basic minimum for ordinary Christians. There 6 TUESDAY Ini Kopuria, Founder of the (Uganda). Divine, 1691 will be no renewal of the church across the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945 9 FRIDAY Columba, Abbot of Iona, ● VANGE (St Chad)—Clergy: David Ibiayo ● developed world without us all digging deep BILLERICAY & LITTLE BURSTEAD TM: Missionary, 597; Ephrem of Syria, (R). in prayer. Billericay (Christ Church), Billericay Deacon, Hymn Writer, Teacher of the ● Diocese of Northern Luzon (Philippines). ● Diocese of North Dakota (Province VI, The (Emmanuel), Billericay (St John the Divine), Faith, 373 15 THURSDAY DAY OF THANKSGIVING ● Episcopal Church). Little Burstead (St Mary Vn)—Clergy: Paul GREAT BURSTEAD (St Mary Magdalene) FOR THE INSTITUTION OF HOLY 4 PENTECOST Carr (TR), Dan Pierce (TV), Margaret Fowler w RAMSDEN CRAYS— Clergy: Michael Hall COMMUNION [CORPUS CHRISTI] Evelyn ● Come, O Spirit of God, and make within (A). Licensed Lay Ministers: Linda Russ, (PIC). Underhill, Spiritual Writer, 1941 ● us your dwelling place and home. May our Pauline Randall. Readers: Peter Fisher, Sue Dioceses of North Queensland ● WICKFORD & RUNWELL TM: Wickford Ginn, Susan Oakley, Pauline Woolnough. (Queensland, Australia) and North West (St Catherine, Wickford (St Andrew), Runwell darkness be dispelled by your light, and our ● troubles calmed by your peace; may all evils Diocese of North Karamoja (Uganda). Australia (Western Australia). (St Mary)—Clergy: Jane Freeman (TR), be redeemed by your love, all pain 7 WEDNESDAY 10 SATURDAY Norbert Chumu Mutuku, Jo Delfgou (TV), transformed through the suffering of Christ, ● BOWERS GIFFORD w NORTH ● Thomas Becket – the Archbishop Matthew Simpkins, Sue Wise (A). and all dying glorified by his risen life. Amen. BENFLEET (St Margaret, St John)—Clergy: murdered on the orders of the king in Wickford CE School: Louise Johnson (HT) (A Prayer Book for Australia) David Ibiayo (PIC). Canterbury Cathedral – is responsible for ● Diocese of Northern Malawi (Central ● Diocese of North East India (North India), ● St Margaret’s School: Emma Wigmore Trinity Sunday (July 11). It was he who Africa). Rt Revd Michael Herenz, Bishop. (HT). started the practice of celebrating the CONTINUED ON PAGE II II THE MONTH — NB SUPPLEMENT June-July 2017 CONTINUED FROM PAGE I 16 FRIDAY Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253; Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Philosopher, 1752 ● The retired clergy, Readers and lay ministers who live and work in the Deanery of Basildon. ● Diocese of Northern Michigan (Province V, The Episcopal Church). 17 SATURDAY Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 and 1936 ● The three fundamental disciplines of any church are worship, fellowship and learning. These are the foundation stones of our CYCLE OF PRAYER mission as we are sent out to share the fruits of God’s love. They are not simply an end in themselves. That’s why it is so helpful to be reminded in the calendar of people like Samuel and Henrietta Barnet. They lived out their faith in response to the squalid conditions they found in their parish in Whitechapel and worked throughout their lives to improve housing conditions for the poor and provide proper pensions. The life of the church at the service of the poor – now that’s Gospel living. ● Diocese of Northern Philippines (Philippines) 18 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY ● Pray for all those involved in Lay Development and Training in the Diocese, led by Elizabeth Jordan, Lay Development Adviser. ● Diocese of The Northern Territory (Queensland, Australia), Rt Revd Greg Anderson, Bishop. 19 MONDAY Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu (holy man), Evangelist, Teacher of the Faith, 1929 ● DEANERY OF CHELMSFORD NORTH: Area Dean: Tom Page. Lay Chair: Robert Hammond. Chaplains: Carole Goddard (HMP & YOI, Chelmsford); Julia Sheffield, Jane Richards, (Mid- Essex Hospitals NHS Trust); Lucyann Ashdown (Farleigh Hospice), Tony Cant (Anglia Ruskin University), Andrew Merchant (Writtle University College) ● Diocese of Northern Uganda (Uganda). 20 TUESDAY ● World Refugee Day ● BOREHAM (St Andrew)—Clergy: Vacancy (PIC), Sue Howlett (A). ● BROOMFIELD (St Mary w St Leonard)—Clergy: Carolyn Tibbott (V), Anne Harvey (AC), Julie Hardy (A). Reader: Diana Garfield. ● Diocese of Northwest Texas (Province VII, The Episcopal Church). 21 WEDNESDAY ● ST ANDREW, ALTHORNE: Please pray for the clergy and congregation on July 26. Pictures: JON LONGMAN. CHELMSFORD CATHEDRAL (St Mary the Virgin, St Peter, St ● ● Cedd)—Clergy: Nicholas Henshall (Dean), Ivor Moody (Vice- Great Waltham School: Alex Burden (HT) SPRINGFIELD (Holy Trinity)—Clergy: Keith Roddy (V), Stuart Dean), Edward Carter (Canon Theologian), Simon Pothen ● PLESHEY (Holy Trinity). Clergy: Vacancy (PIC) Hull (A). Reader: Ian Fuller. (Precentor), Kate Moore (AC). ● Diocese of Ogbaru (Niger, Nigeria) ● Dioceses of Oji River (Enugu, Nigeria) and Okene (Lokoja, ● The Cathedral School: Linda Wiskin (HT).