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Calendar of Intercessions Michaelmas – Advent 2017 Calendar of Intercessions Michaelmas – Advent 2017 to this edition of the prayer diary, following the Feast St Michael and All Angels until the first Sunday of Advent. There are now two Rochester cycles of prayer – ‘parishes’ and ‘extra- Welcome parochial’. This is an attempt to be a little more even handed with the additional groups who are prayed for as the year turns, and to include our church schools in our prayers. As usual, it’s a sizable document but designed to be quick and clear to read, and also to leave space for your own notes. Of course, you do not have to print it all out at once, and you’re welcome to reformat it, if you wish (a Word version is available from my blog, see website below). Sunday entries are designed to look at some of the bigger pictures in our Diocese – sometimes geographical (deaneries, archdeaconries, link dioceses) sometimes issues or activities (Vocations Sunday). If there is an aspect of diocesan life that you’d like included on a Sunday, do let me know. These are followed through the week by daily prayers from all over the diocese, and across the Anglican Communion, including the calendar of saints and other worthy people. Finally, there is space in the daily entries for you to note any prayer requests that have been made to you or your parish, or any special interests you want to remember in your prayers. Please contact me with any comments or suggestions – [email protected] or 01634 814439. I will also be pleased to provide large print copies to any who would find that helpful. The calendar is published on the Diocesan website, and also on www.rochesterworship.wordpress.com where you can find the next quarter’s intercessions (hopefully) as this quarter starts to come to an end. Cover photo: ‘4 seasons’ by SafinaIDA, by permission Sunday Trinity 16 1 October Exodus 17.1-7 Psalm 78.1-4, 12-16 [or 78.1-7] Philippians 2.1-13 Matthew 21.23-32 (Proper 21) Newly Ordained Claire Allwood Christine Allen Simon Archer Jim Bennett Carol Avery Wendy Carr Adele Barker Jef Foulger Gary Best Nicola Harvey Tim Boniface Harriet Johnson Paul Davies Folake Makanjuola Mark Lavender Amanda Maskell Beth Lewis Edward Pritchett Danielle Pearson-Smith Matthew Taylor Sue Taylor Dennis Woodward Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts, by your Holy Spirit you have appointed various orders of ministry in the Church: look with mercy on your servants now called to be deacons and priests; maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness, that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church. Rochester Diocese: For the newly ordained in our Diocese and their receiving parishes. Anglican Communion: Southern Philippines - (Philippines) The Rt Rev Danilo Labacanacruz Bustamante Prayer Requests: Rochester Diocese: Monday Parish cycle: 2 October Swanley, St Paul, and Hextable, St Peter Priest-in-Charge: vacancy Extra Parochial: Southborough CE Primary School, Southborough Headteacher: Mrs Emma Savage Anglican Communion: Southern Virginia - (III, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Herman Hollerith Prayer Requests: Rochester Diocese: Tuesday Parish cycle: 3 October Wilmington, St Michael and All Angels George Bell, Vicar: The Rev Richard Arding bishop, Extra parochial: ecumenist, For those new in post, meeting today. peacemaker, 1958 Anglican Communion: Southwark - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Rev Christopher Chessun Southwark - Croydon - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Rev Johnathan Clark Southwark - Kingston - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Rev Richard Cheetham Southwark - Woolwich - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Rev Karowei Dorgu Prayer Requests: Rochester Diocese: Wednesday Parish cycle: 4 October Gillingham, Holy Trinity Francis of Assisi, Vicar: The Rev Ann Richardson friar, deacon, Extra Parochial: 1226 For all who tend our churchyards, memorial gardens and church grounds. Anglican Communion: Southwell & Nottingham - (York, England) The Rt Rev Paul Gavin Williams Southwell & Nottingham - Sherwood - (York, England) The Rt Rev Anthony Porter Prayer Requests: Rochester Diocese: Thursday Parish cycle: 5 October Gillingham, St Augustine Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Canon Antony Lane Extra Parochial: Sea Cadets The Rev Clive Jones (Fr Clive) and The Rev Nigel Bourne Anglican Communion: Southwest Florida - (IV, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Dabney Smith Prayer Requests: Rochester Diocese: Friday Parish cycle: 6 October Gillingham, St Barnabas Wlliam Tyndale, Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Ann Richardson translator, Extra Parochial: martyr, 1536 St. Matthew's High Brooms C.E. Primary School, Southborough Headteacher: Mrs Judith Holt Anglican Communion: Southwestern Virginia - (III, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Mark Allen Bourlakas Prayer Requests: Rochester Diocese: Saturday Parish cycle: 7 October Gillingham, St Luke Priest-in-Charge: vacancy Extra Parochial: For our Honorary Assistant Bishops Anglican Communion: Spokane - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Gretchen Rehberg Springfield - (V, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Daniel Martins Prayer Requests: Sunday Trinity 17 8 October Exodus 20.1-4, 7-9, 12-20 Psalm 19 [or 19.7-end] Philippians 3.4b-14 Matthew 21.33-end (Proper 22) Tunbridge Wells deanery Please give thanks for the new Families Worker (Jenny) at St James, Tunbridge Wells and for all the work done with families, children and young people. Pray for Jenny and for the developing pattern of her work, for those who work with her and support her ministry. Please pray for the (ecumenical) joint service (St Paul's, the URC, All Saints with Speldhurst, Ashurst and Groombridge) on the 22nd of October at St Paul's. Please give thanks, too, for the ecumenical initiatives in the deanery and the work done across the churches to care for the underprivileged in the area. Please pray for the development of a new Resource Centre for work with the homeless and others, to further support this ministry. We give thanks for the service of those who have supported the Winter Shelter year after year, praying for them, and for those staff who are new this year. Pray for those made vulnerable to the weather as it turns colder, and for all those whose poverty is often hidden by the town’s wealth. Rochester Diocese: Tunbridge Wells Deanery Area Dean, The Rev Canon Jim Stewart; Lay Chair, Mr Graham Syms Anglican Communion: St Albans - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Rev Alan Smith St Albans - Bedford - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Rev Richard Atkinson St Albans - Hertford - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Rev Michael Beasley Prayer Requests: Rochester Diocese: Monday Parish cycle: 9 October Gillingham, St Mark, and St Mary’s Island Denys, bishop, Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Saju Muthalaly and Extra Parochial: companions, For Prisons Week, running this week. martyrs, c.250 Prison Hope co-ordinator: Danielle Fetuga-Joensuu Robert Grosseteste, Anglican Communion: bishop, St Asaph - (Wales) The Rt Rev Gregory Cameron philosopher, scientist, 1253 Prayer Requests: Rochester Diocese: Tuesday Parish cycle: 10 October Gillingham, St Mary Magdalene Paulinus, Priest-in-Charge: vacancy bishop, Extra parochial: missionary, 644 For Bishop’s Mission Orders (BMO); those in existence and those being Thomas developed Traherne, poet, spiritual writer, Anglican Communion: 1674 St Davids - (Wales) The Rt Rev Joanna Penberthy Prayer Requests: Rochester Diocese: Wednesday Parish cycle: 11 October Rainham, St Margaret Ethelburga, Vicar: vacancy abbess, 675 Extra Parochial: James the Speldhurst CE Primary School, Speldhurst Deacon, Headteacher: Mrs Stephanie Hayward companion of Paulinus, 7th Anglican Communion: cent. St Edmundsbury & Ipswich - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Rev Martin Seeley St Edmundsbury & Ipswich - Dunwich - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Rev Michael Harrison Prayer Requests: Rochester Diocese: Thursday Parish cycle: 12 October South Gillingham: Hempstead, All Saints; Wigmore, St Matthew; Wilfred, bishop, Bredhurst, St Peter; and Parkwood, St Paul missionary, 709 Team Rector: The Rev Canon Brian Senior Elizaeth Fry, Extra Parochial: prison reformer, Sisters and brothers in the family of independent Catholic Churches 1845 Edith Cavell, Anglican Communion: nurse, 1915 St Helena - (Southern Africa) The Rt Rev Richard Fenwick St Mark the Evangelist - (Southern Africa) The Rt Rev Martin Breytenbach Prayer Requests: Rochester Diocese: Friday Parish cycle: 13 October Chalk, St Mary the Virgin Edward the Vicar: The Rev Nigel Bourne Confessor, king, Extra Parochial: 1066 Stone St. Mary's CE Primary School, Headteacher: Mrs Jane Rolfe Anglican Communion: Sunyani - (Ghana, West Africa) The Rt Rev Festus Yeboah-Asuamah Tamale - (Ghana, West Africa) The Rt Rev Jacob Ayeebo Prayer Requests: Rochester Diocese: Saturday Parish cycle: 14 October Gravesend, Holy Family, with Ifield, St Margaret Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Richard Martin Extra Parochial: Diocesan Synod, meeting today Philip French, Lay Chair; The Rev Alyson Davie, House of Clergy Chair Anglican Communion: The Most Rev John Davies Archbishop of Wales & Bishop of Swansea & Brecon Prayer Requests: Sunday Trinity 18 15 October Exodus 32.1-14 Psalm 106.1-6, 19-23 [or 106.1-6] Philippians 4.1-9 Matthew 22.1-14 (Proper 23) Beckenham deanery Please pray for our engagement with the communities we serve: for the work being done exploring the best use of our buildings and other resources; for the ministries of witnesses and healing, giving thanks for the people coming to faith; for the Alpha courses that run in the deanery; for the work with schools, young people, children and infants; for those who care for the dying; for those who minister to and care for the underprivileged, especially at the CAP centre and the food banks. Please pray for our growth together as communities: for St James Beckenham, St Michael w St Augustine, as they learn to work together; for the many volunteers across the deanery covering vacancies among the officers of the church; giving thanks for all who serve our churches and for those coming forward to help; for Simon, the new vicar at St Paul’s Beckenham; for the work being done to encourage our depth of prayer and service together; for our growing ecumenical links and work together.
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