Diocesan Prayer Calendar – January 2021

At the beginning of this new year we hold People in Zimbabwe pray daily for us. in our prayers Bishop Christopher, our Let us also pray for them daily: Diocesan Bishop God Bless Zimbabwe, protect her children, transform her leaders, heal her communities Let us also pray for Ruth Martin, our and grant her peace, for Jesus Christ’s sake. Diocesan Secretary, and Jackie Pontin, Amen her Deputy Deanery Pray for the people suffering hardship Gill O’Neill (AD); Anne Coates (LC) and hunger in Zimbabwe, and for our Link Dioceses: Bishop Ignatios in Central Pray for the schools in the Deanery, for Zimbabwe, Bishop Erick in Manicaland, Bishop Dulwich Community Hospital, the work of Cleophas in Matabeleland and Bishop Godfrey Age Link Southwark, Southwark Day Centre in Masvingo, their clergy and people. for Asylum Seekers and King’s College Hospital Chaplaincy Prayer Calendars can also be downloaded from the Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Diocesan website at: https://bit.ly/Prayer-Calendar Diocese of Aba (Nigeria) Grant, O Lord, that as the years change, we may 2. St Barnabas, Dulwich find rest in your eternal changelessness. May we John Watson (V); Elizabeth Barnett (AsstC); meet this new year bravely, sure in faith that, while Rachael Gledhil (AsstC); Timothy Buckler men come and go, and life changes around us, you (AsstP); Liz Lander (AsstP) are always the same, guiding us with your wisdom and protecting us with your love; through our Christ’s Chapel of Alleyn’s College of Saviour Jesus Christ God’s Gift William Temple Dulwich Village CofE Infants’ School DULWICH DEANERY : Timothy Buckler (Chaplain) James Alleyn’s Girls’ School: Cécile Our Deanery consists of seven parishes stretching Schnyder (Chaplain) from in the north to (almost) Crystal Palace in the south, from Park in Dulwich Prep the east to in the west. Some parishes Alleyn’s School: Liz Lander (Chaplain) are evangelical, some Catholic; some have very traditional worship, others explore more innovative At the beginning of this new year let us ways of praising God. Yet in each of our parishes pray for our Area Bishops you will find the same commitment, warmth Bishop Richard, Bishop Jonathan and and inclusivity which we believe Christ came to Bishop Karowei share with us. Each parish is also caught up in the Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the contrasting celebrations and challenges which we Diocese of Aba Ngwa North (Nigeria) face in this vibrant urban environment. 3. The Epiphany 1. Naming & Circumcision of Jesus Lord Jesus Christ, who in the offerings of the Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and wise men received an earnest expression of true man the worship of the nations: grant that your Church may never cease to proclaim the good 8. St Stephen, South Dulwich news of your love, that all men may come to Bernhard Schunemann (V); Tomos Reed (AsstC); worship you as their Saviour and King, who Peter Westwood (PTO); Trot Lavelle (Reader) lives and reigns world without end, Amen (PTO); Susan Patterson (Reader) St Clement with St Peter, Dulwich Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Cécile Schnyder (PinC) Diocese of Accra (The Church of the Province At the beginning of this new year of West Africa) let us remember in our prayers our 9. Pray for retired and retiring clergy, and for those priests who have died during (Croydon); the past year (Reigate); (); Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the (Wandsworth); Alastair Cutting (Lewisham & Diocese of Adelaide (Australia) Greenwich); (Southwark) 10. Baptism of Christ: 1st Sunday of Epiphany Pray for the Bishops, priests and people of the Episcopal Church of Alexandria Woolwich Episcopal Area Team 4. St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich Bishop Karowei (); Jane Steen ( of Southwark); Alastair Cutting Gill O’Neill (V) (AD): Raymond Baudon (AsstC); (Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich); Anne Clarke (AsstP); Alistair McCulloch (PTO); Jonathan Roberts (Parish Development Eurica Shaw (SPA) Adviser); Emma Kimsey (PA to Bishop Karowei); St John’s & St Clement’s CofE (JM&I) Richard Coe (PA to the Archdeacons) School King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of Trust: Tim Mercer (Deputy Head of Abakaliki (Nigeria) Chaplaincy); George Ochola (Chaplain) 5. St Paul, Herne Hill & St Saviour, Pray for the Bishops, priests and people of the Ruskin Park Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia Ben Goodyear (V); Ben Hughes (AsstP); Gill Tayleur (AsstM); Adjoa Cunnell (Reader); Simon 11. Give thanks for Anglican pilgrimage Brindley (Reader); Adrian Parkhouse (Reader); centres and shrines around the world, Trevor Tayleur (Reader) and the clergy, religious and lay-persons who staff them St Saviour’s CofE (JM&I) School, Herne Hill Let us also pray for the Chapels Royal, Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Royal Peculiars, and Westminster Abbey Diocese of Aberdeen & Orkney (The Scottish Episcopal Church) Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Diocese of Afikpo (Nigeria) 6. St Faith, North Dulwich 12. Baptism of Christ Susan Height (V) Pray for funeral directors, undertakers, Pay for the Bishop, priests and people of the cemeteries and crematoria Diocese of Abuja (Nigeria) superintendents and staff 7. St Saviour, Peckham (Copleston Church & Let us also pray for local bereavement Community Centre) groups and all who minister to the bereaved Edward Collier (V); Jo Patterson (URC CRCW) Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Wellspring New Monastic Community Diocese of North Africa (Anglican Province of Alexandria) Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Diocese of Abyei (The Episcopal Church of South Sudan)

2 Diocesan Prayer Calendar January 2021 Walking Welcoming Growing EAST LEWISHAM DEANERY Peter Charles (Reader); Grace Blyth (Reader) (PTO); Ijeoma Nwajiobi (SPA) East Lewisham is a large deanery with a vibrant multi-ethnic population of 120,000. It contains a Pray for the Bishops, priests and people of the wide socio-economic mix. Institutions in the deanery Anglican Church of Australia include Lewisham Council offices and Town Hall, 18. Week of prayer for Christian unity Lewisham Hospital, Register Office, Lewisham Police and Lewisham Crematorium, as well as Trinity, the Pray for the unity of the Christian Churches, only CofE secondary school in the borough. and for our shared ecumenical journey, that we may be one in Christ 13. Pray for East Lewisham Deanery God of all, we pray as one, that we may be Steve Hall (AD); Bridget Shepherd (AsstAD); one, just as the Lord Jesus prayed we may be Jennifer Henry (LC) one in him. Your son Jesus compels us to be reconciled to one another. May our spirits be Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust: Kevin joined to your Holy Spirit that we may witness Parkes (Head of Chaplaincy & Spiritual to the visible unity of your Church. May we Care); Gareth Davies, Louise Seear (P/T) all recognise that we are truly one with & Frances Nestor (P/T) (Trust Chaplains); you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and grow Faith Wakeling & Dele Ogunyemi (Hon together in peace. We ask this in the name of Chaplains) Jesus our Lord. Amen Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich: Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Emmanuel Kormi (Co-Ordinating Chaplain) Diocese of Aipo Rongo (Papua New Guinea) Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of 19. CATFORD (SOUTHEND) AND DOWNHAM The Horn of Africa (Anglican Province of TEAM MINISTRY Alexandria) Vacant (TR); Stuart Leck (TV); Nicholas Walsh 14. St Dunstan, Bellingham (TV); Christopher Rogers (AsstC); Alice Eka Timon Singh (PinC); David Riley (AsstP) (Reader) Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the St John the Baptist, Catford Diocese of Agra (The United Church of North St John the Baptist (Southend) (JM&I) India) School 15. All Saints, Blackheath Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Nicholas Cranfield (V); William Chatterton Diocese of Ajayi Crowther (Nigeria) (AsstC); Clare Dowding (Reader) 20. CATFORD (SOUTHEND) AND DOWNHAM All Saints CofE (JM&I) School TEAM MINISTRY Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the St Barnabas, Downham Diocese of Aguata (Nigeria) Joan Cooke (SPA) 16. St Andrew the Apostle, Catford St Mark, North Downham Lindsay McKenna (V); Nicole Burgum (Lay St Luke, Downham Canon) (Reader); Crystal Callow (Reader); Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Elizabeth Rhys-Jones (Reader) (PTO); Tracie Diocese of Akobo (South Sudan) Bishop (Reader); Angela Jackson (SPA); Yvonne Johnson (SPA) 21. St Augustine, Lee Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Gavin Berriman (V) Diocese of Ahoada (Nigeria) Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the 17. 2nd Sunday of the Ephiphany Diocese of Akoko (Nigeria) St Laurence, Catford Charles Pickstone (V); Iain Farquhar (PTO);

Walking Welcoming Growing Diocesan Prayer Calendar January 2021 3 22. St Margaret of Antioch, Lee 26. St Stephen with St Mark, Lewisham Tim Goode (R); Daniel Walker (AsstC); Jenny Michael Bailey (V); Francis Gardom (AsstP); Standage (Reader) (PTO); Anne Smith (SPA) Peter Hudson (AsstP); Stephen Wilson (PTO) St Margaret’s Lee CofE School St Stephen’s (JM & I & N) School Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Diocese of Akoko Edo (Nigeria) Diocese of Alabama (The Episcopal Church) 23. St Mildred, Lee 27. St Swithun, Lewisham (Hither Green) Tom Lake (V); Daphne Clifton (AsstC); Marion Juliet Evans (PinC); Leon Clarke (Reader); Barber (AsstP); Stella Gill (Reader); Pauline Richard Evans (Reader) (PTO) Leslie (Reader); David Nicholls (Reader) (PTO); Rehabilitation Service, Heather Close Kathryn Nicholls (Reader) (PTO); Jean Hems (SPA); Louise Wayman (SPA) Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Diocese of Alaska (The Episcopal Church) Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Diocese of Akot (South Sudan) 28. Pray for Woolwich Episcopal Area Anglican Ecumenical Borough Deans 24. 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany Alastair Cutting (Lewisham); Edward Collier The Good Shepherd with St Peter, Lee (Southwark); Patrick Eggleston (Greenwich) Bridget Shepherd (V) (AsstAD); Timothy Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Ndegwa (AsstP); Henry Whyte (PTO); Richard Diocese of Saint Albans () Evans (Reader); Cherry Murdoch (Reader); Nick Shepherd (Reader); David Britton (Reader) 29. Pray for all Churchwardens in the (PTO); Laurie Stuart (SPA) Diocese Trinity CofE School (Mixed): Samantha Alder Pray for the Bishop, priests and people in the (Chaplain) Diocese of Bishop of Albany (The Episcopal Church) Pray for the Bishops, priests and people of the Church of Bangladesh 30. Pray for all PTOs in the Diocese 25. Conversion of St Paul Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the St Mary The Virgin, Lewisham Diocese of Algoma (Canada) Steve Hall (V) (AD); Paul Wynter (Reader); 31. 4th Sunday of the Epiphany Marion Watson (Reader) (PTO); Wendy Dean Pray for Welcare within our Diocese, for (SPA); Elizabeth Evans (SPA); Omega Jackson parents and carers, and for the difficulties of (SPA); Monica Smith (SPA) bringing up children and dealing with family St Mary’s CofE (JM & I & N) School problems in modern times Pray for the Bishop, priests and people of the Pray for the Bishops, priests and people of Diocese of Akure (Nigeria) Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brazil

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