Calendar of Intercessions Christmas – Passiontide 2020

to the Prayer Calendar for the Diocese of Rochester. The Anglican Communion cycle of prayer is no Welcome longer listed here, but can be found at http://www.anglicancommunion.org/resources/cycle-of-prayer.aspx and at @ACOffice. Similarly prayers from the World Council of Churches (WCC) can be found at @WCCprayers. Both cycles have a feed in the PrayerMate app (see below). In its current form, the calendar has two cycles: Parish and Community. The Community cycle includes any church schools attached to the parishes we pray for, day by day, but also includes other aspects of parish and diocesan life. When parishes have a link set up with another parish, we also include them in our prayers. Sunday entries cover some of the bigger pictures in our Diocese (sometimes geographical, sometimes issues or activities). These are usually simply one or two lines of text, but occasionally have fuller entries. The calendar also includes the calendar of saints and the liturgical colours – to keep the connection between our intercessions and the wider rhythms of our prayer. We also remember local saints commended to us by Bishop James, who might not necessarily be recognised by the Church of England nationally. 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.

This prayer calendar can also be found in the PrayerMate app (http://praynow4.org/rochester), on the diocesan website (http://rochester.anglican.org/ministry/prayer-amp- intercessions/intercessions/), on Twitter and on Facebook.

Please contact Rev Lindsay Llewellyn-MacDuff, Bishop’s Chaplain, with any comments or suggestions – [email protected] or 01634 814439. Large print copies can be provided to any who would find that helpful.

Cover photo: "The shadow of the cross” Imogen Llewellyn-MacDuff Sunday Christmas 1 29 December Thomas Becket, Isaiah 63.7-9 Archbishop of Psalm 148 [or 148.7-end] Canterbury, Hebrews 2.10-end Martyr, 1170 Matthew 2.13-end

Erith Deanery The Rev Adam Foot, Area Dean; Mr Richard Percival, Lay Chair

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Monday Belvedere, All Saints 30 December Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Simon Archer

Community Cycle: Diocesan Dept: Resourcing & Support Diocesan Secretary: Mr Matthew Girt

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Tuesday Belvedere, St Augustine of Canterbury Vicar: 31 December The Rev Clive Jones John Wyclif, Companion Parish: reformer, 1384 Harare, Chitungwiza St Mary's Community Cycle: St Augustine's of Canterbury CE Primary School, Belvedere Headteacher: Mr Mark Smale

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Wednesday Bexleyheath, Christ Church Vicar: 1 January The Rev Trevor Wyatt Naming and Companion Parish: Circumcision of Kondoa, Kidoka St Paul Jesus Community Cycle: Bromley & Bexley Archdeaconry Steering Group (BBASG) Chair: The Venerable Dr Paul Wright

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Thursday Bexleyheath, St Peter 2 January Vicar: The Rev Jim Charles Basil the Great Community Cycle: and Gregory of Rochester Archdeaconry Steering Group (RASG) Nazianzus, Chair: The Venerable Andy Wooding Jones Bishops,

Teachers of the Prayer Requests: Faith, 379 and

389;

Seraphim, monk, spiritual guide, 1833; Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, bishop, evangelist, 1945 Parish cycle: Friday Bostall Heath, St Andrew 3 January Vicar: The Rev Sulaiman Shahzad

Community Cycle: Tonbridge Archdeaconry Steering Group (TASG) Chair: The Venerable Julie Conalty

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Saturday Crayford, St Paulinus 4 January Rector: The Rev Paul Prentice

Community Cycle: St. Paulinus CE Primary School, Crayford Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Young

Prayer Requests:

Sunday Christmas 2 5 January Jeremiah 31.7-14 or Ecclesiasticus 24.1-12 Psalm 147.13-end Ephesians 1.3-14 John 1.[1-9]10-18

Gillingham deanery The Rev Canon Brian Senior, Area Dean; Mrs Linda Bailey, Lay Chair

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Monday Erith, Christ Church 6 January Vicar: The Rev Monica Cameron Community Cycle: Epiphany Christ Church CE Primary School, Erith Headteacher: Mrs Gillian Ball, Head of School

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Tuesday Erith, St John the Baptist 7 January Vicar: vacancy

Community Cycle: King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chaplains: The Rev Canon Tim Mercer, The Rev Sophie Sutherland & The Rev Karl Carpani

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Wednesday Falconwood, Bishop Ridley Church 8 January Vicar: The Rev Mark Tariq

Community Cycle: Bishop Ridley CE Primary School, Falconwood Headteacher: Mr Stuart Keep

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Thursday Northumberland Heath, St Paul 9 January Vicar: The Rev Clive Beazley-Long Adrian (Also Community Cycle: Hadrian) St Augustine’s College d. 708 Principal: The Rev Dr Alan Gregory Scholar

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Friday Slade Green, St Augustine 10 January Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Jim Bennett William Laud, Community Cycle: archbishop, Universities at Medway 1645 Chaplain: Miss Lynne Martin

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Saturday Welling, St John the Evangelist 11 January Vicar: The Rev Adam Foot Mary Slessor, Community Cycle: missionary, HMP Rochester 1915 Chaplain: The Rev Dr Bob Mayo

Prayer Requests:

Sunday Epiphany 1 12 January Baptism of Isaiah 42.1-9 Christ Psalm 29 Acts 10.34-43 Matthew 3.13-end

Gravesend deanery The Rev Nigel Bourne, Area Dean; Mr Bob Moreton, Lay Chair

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Monday Biggin Hill, St Mark’s 13 January Vicar: The Rev Alison Newman Hilary, bishop, Community Cycle: teacher of the Anna Chaplains and Anna Friends faith, 367; Diocesan Co-ordinator: Mrs Julia Burton-Jones Kentigern

(ungo), Prayer Requests: missionary bishop, 603;

George Fox,

Founder of the

Society of

Friends

(Quakers), 1691 Parish cycle: Tuesday Chelsfield, St Martin of Tours 14 January Priest-in-Charge: The Rev John Tranter

Community Cycle: Kent Workplace Mission Chaplain: The Rev Canon Gary Colville

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Wednesday Keston, The Parish Church 15 January Rector: The Rev Carol Morrison

Community Cycle: Keston CE Primary School, Keston Headteacher: Mrs Julia Evison

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Thursday Cray Valley 16 January Vicar: The Rev Jessie Daniels White

Community Cycle: St. Paul's Cray CE Primary School, St Paul's Cray Headteacher: Mrs Jackie Tranchina

Prayer Requests:

Friday 17 Parish cycle: January Cudham, St Peter and St Paul, and Downe, St Mary Antony of Magdalen Egypt, hermit, Vicar: The Rev John Musson abbot, 356; Community Cycle: Charles Gore, Cudham CE Primary School, Cudham bishop, founder Headteacher: Mrs Julia Evison of the Community of Prayer Requests: the Resurrection, 1932

Saturday 18 Parish cycle: January Crofton, St Paul Vicar: The Rev Canon Bimbi Abayomi-Cole Week of Prayer Churches Together: for Christian Brothers and sisters in the Roman Catholic Church Unity: 18-25 and in the wider family of independent Catholic January Churches

Amy Carmichael, Prayer Requests: founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship, spiritual writer, 1951

Sunday 19 Epiphany 2 January Isaiah 49.1-7 Wulfstan, Bishop Psalm 40.1-12 of Worcester, I Corinthians 1.1-9 1095 John 1.29-42

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity “May each gathering of your people in churches everywhere crave your guiding, consoling and transforming presence. Give us the honesty we need to recognise when we lose or obscure your light for others.” https://ctbi.org.uk/weekofprayer We pray for Churches Together in Kent and for Churches Together in South London.

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Monday Farnborough, St Giles the Abbot and St Nicholas 20 January Rector: The Rev Matthew Hughes Richard Rolle, Churches Together: spiritual writer, Brothers and sisters in the Eastern Orthodox family of 1349 Churches

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Tuesday Green Street Green, St Marys and Pratts Bottom, All 21 January Souls Agnes, child Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Susan Atkinson-Jones martyr, 304 Churches Together: Sisters and brothers in Armenian and Coptic families of Churches

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Wednesday 22 Cray, St Barnabas January Vicar: The Rev Neil Coleman Vincent of Churches Together: Saragossa, Sisters and Brothers in the Lutheran and Pentecostal Deacon, 304 family of Churches

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Thursday 23 Orpington, All Saints January Vicar: vacancy

Companion Parish: Mpwapwa, Parishes of Chitemo and Nyhinila Churches Together: Brothers and Sisters in the Methodist and Reformed families of Churches

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Friday 24 Orpington, Christ Church January Vicar: The Rev Sharon Smith Francis de Churches Together: Sales, bishop, Brothers and Sisters in the Presbyterian and Baptist teacher of the families of Churches faith, 1622

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Saturday Petts Wood, St Francis 25 January Vicar: The Rev Stephen Niechcial Conversion of Churches Together: Paul Sisters and brothers in the Society of Friends and in the Salvation Army

Prayer Requests:

Sunday Epiphany 3 26 January Timothy and Isaiah 9.1-4 Titus, Psalm 27.1,4-12 [or 27.1-11] Companions of I Corinthians 1.10-18 Paul Matthew 4.12-23

Rochester Archdeaconry The Venerable Andy Wooding Jones, Archdeacon

Prayer Requests:

Monday Parish cycle: 27 January Bexley Team Ministry: Bexley, St John the Evangelist and St Mary the Virgin, Joydens Wood, and North Cray Team Rector: The Rev Ren Harding Team Vicars: The Rev Edward Barlow, The Rev Sue Twynam, The Rev Clive Wood Community Cycle: Old Bexley CE Primary School, Bexley Headteacher: Mrs Jill Ivil

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Tuesday Blendon, St James the Great 28 January Vicar: The Rev Ian Smith Thomas Community Cycle: Aquinas, priest, For Rochester Cathedral philosopher, Dean: The Very Rev Phil Hesketh teacher of the

Faith, 1274 Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Wednesday Lamorbey, Holy Redeemer 29 January Vicar: The Rev Mell Jemmett

Community Cycle: Diocesan Dept: Children & Youth workers Diocesan Advisor for Children & Youth Work: Cheryl Trice

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Thursday Lamorbey, Holy Trinity 30 January Vicar: The Rev Mark Blakely Charles, king Community Cycle: and martyr, Holy Trinity CE Primary School, Lamorbey 1649 Headteacher: Mr Adam Tyman

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Friday Sidcup, Christ Church 31 January Vicar: The Rev Tom Parsons John Bosco, Community Cycle: priest, founder For all of our Area Deans of the Salesian

Teaching Order,

1888 Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Saturday Sidcup, St Andrew, 1 February Vicar: The Rev Rupert Hankey Brigid, abbess, Community Cycle: c.525 For Deanery synods

Prayer Requests:

Sunday Presentation 2 February Presentation of Malachi 3.1-5 Christ in the Psalm 24.[1-6]7-end Temple Hebrews 2.14-end (Candlemas) Luke 2.22-40

Malling deanery The Rev Wil North, Area Dean; Mr Barry Fisher, Lay Chair

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Monday Sidcup, St John the Evangelist, with Footscray, All 3 February Saints Anskar, Vicar: The Rev Cathy Knight-Scott archbishop, Community Cycle: missionary, 865 Bluewater chaplaincy Lead Chaplain: The Rev Mark Ball

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Tuesday Ash, St Peter and St Paul, with Ridley, St Peter 4 February Rector: The Rev Helen Reeves Gilbert, founder Community Cycle: of the Gilbertine Kenwood Trust Order, 1189 Chaplain: The Rev Dr Miriam Barker

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Wednesday Cobham, St Mary Magdalene, with Luddesdowne St 5 February Peter and St Paul, and Dode Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Angela Walker Community Cycle: Diocesan Dept: Finance Diocesan Director of Finance: The Rev Richard Williams

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Thursday Fawkham, St Mary, and Hartley, All Saints 6 February Rector: vacancy Martyrs of Companion Parish: Japan, 1597; Mpwapwa, Lukole Accession of Community Cycle: Queen Elizabeth Fawkham CE Primary School, Fawkham II, 1952 Headteacher: Mrs Mandy Bridges

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Friday Istead Rise, St Barnabas 7 February Vicar: The Rev Andrew Vaughan Companion Parish: Mpwapwa, Iyenge St John's Community Cycle: Diocesan Dept: Diocesan Advisory Committee Chair: Mr Derek Shilling

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Saturday Longfield, St Mary Magdalene 8 February Priest-in-Charge: vacancy Community Cycle: Langafel CE Primary School, Longfield Headteacher: Mrs Catherine Woodbine

Prayer Requests:

Sunday 3 Before Lent 9 February Isaiah 58.1-9a [9b-12] Psalm 112 [or 112.1-9] I Corinthians 2.1-12 [13-end] Matthew 5.13-20 (Proper 1) Racial Justice Sunday

'All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.' - Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN, 1948

The Rev Canon Jeremy Blunden, Bishop’s BAME Advisor

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Monday Meopham, St John the Baptist, with Nurstead, St 10 February Mildred Scholastica, Rector: The Rev Canon Alyson Davie abbess, c.543 Companion Parish: Kondoa, Itolwa St Peter Community Cycle: Kings School, Rochester Chaplain: The Rev Stephen Padfield

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Tuesday 11 Southfleet, St Nicholas February Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Josh Young

Community Cycle: Sedley's CE Primary School, Southfleet Headteacher: Mrs Amanda Everitt

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Wednesday Crockenhill, All Souls 12 February Vicar: The Rev Keith White Community Cycle: Tonbridge School Chaplain: The Rev David Peters

Prayer Requests: Parish cycle: Thursday 13 Darent Valley: Darenth, St Margaret of Antioch; February Horton Kirby, St Mary; and Sutton-at-Hone, St John the Baptist Vicar: The Rev Emma Young Community Cycle: Sutton-at-Hone CE Primary School, Sutton-at-Hone Headteacher: Mrs Karen Trowell (Head of School) Horton Kirby CE Primary School, Horton Kirby Headteacher: Mr Glenn Pollard

Prayer Requests:

Parish Cycle: Friday 14 Dartford, Christ Church February Vicar: The Rev Dr Richard Mortimer Cyril and Community Cycle: Methodius, Clergy Houses Committee & Property missionaries, Assistant Diocesan Secretary (Property): Mr Mark 869 and 885 Trevett Valentine, martyr at Rome, Prayer Requests: c.269

Parish cycle: Saturday Dartford, Holy Trinity 15 February Vicar: The Rev Martin Henwood Sigfrid, bishop, Community Cycle: 1045; Thomas Holy Trinity CE Primary School, Dartford Bray, priest, Headteacher: Mrs Vicki Wall founder of SPCK and SPG, 1730 Prayer Requests:

Sunday 16 2 Before Lent February Genesis 1.1-2.3 Psalm 136 [Psalm 136.1-9,23-end] Romans 8.18-25 Matthew 6.25-end

Orpington deanery The Rev John Musson, Area Dean; vacancy, Deanery Lay Chair

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Monday Dartford, St Alban 17 February Priest-in-Charge: vacancy Janani Luwum, Community Cycle: archbishop, For parish and diocesan administrators and support martyr, 1977 staff

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Tuesday Dartford, St Edmund King and Martyr 18 February Priest-in-Charge: vacancy Companion Parish: Kondoa, Kikore All Saints Community Cycle: For the benefices of Fawkham & Hartley and Longfield and for Revd Adele Barker, licensed today.

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Wednesday Stone, St Mary 19 February Rector: The Rev Kenneth Clark Community Cycle: St. Mary's CE Primary School, Stone Headteacher: Mrs Jane Rolfe

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Thursday Swanley, St Mary the Virgin 20 February Vicar: The Rev Dane Batley-Gladden Community Cycle: St. Mary's CE Primary School, Swanley Headteacher: Mrs Amanda McGarrigle

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Friday Swanley, St Paul, and Hextable, St Peter 21 February Vicar: The Rev Johnny Douglas Community Cycle: St. Paul's CE Primary School, Swanley Headteacher: Mr Ben Hulme

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Saturday Wilmington, St Michael and All Angels 22 February Vicar: The Rev Carl Chambers Companion Parish: Kondoa, Chemba St James Community Cycle: For our deliverance team

Prayer Requests:

Sunday Sunday Next Before Lent 23 February Polycarp, Bishop Exodus 24.12-end Smyrna, Martyr, Psalm 2 [or Psalm 99] c155. 2 Peter 1.16-end Matthew 17.1-9

Paddock Wood deanery The Rev Andrew Axon, Area Dean; Mr Michael Harvey, Lay Chair

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Monday Gillingham, Holy Trinity 24 February Vicar: vacancy Æthelberht Community Cycle: (Ethelbert) of Sea Cadets Kent, king, 616 The Rev Clive Jones and The Rev Nigel Bourne

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Tuesday Gillingham, St Augustine 25 February Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Canon Antony Lane Community Cycle: For members of the Society of the Sacred Cross, on residential this week. Convenor: The Rev Clive Jones

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Wednesday Gillingham, St Barnabas 26 February Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Liz Cox

Community Cycle: Ash Wednesday Hospice in the Weald Chaplain: The Rev Penny Stephens

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Thursday Gillingham, St Luke 27 February Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Garry Jenkins George Herbert, Community Cycle: priest, poet, For our links with the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran 1633 Church as their clergy visit this week

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Friday Gillingham, St Mark, and St Mary’s Island 28 February Vicar: The Rev Saju Muthalaly Community Cycle: St. Mary's Island CE Primary School, St. Mary's Island Headteacher: Mrs Christine Easton

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Saturday Gillingham, St Mary Magdalene 29 February Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Liz Cox Community Cycle: The Pilsdon at Malling Community Chaplain: The Rev Viv Ashworth

Prayer Requests:

Sunday Lent 1 1 March David, Bishop of Genesis 2.15-17;3.1-7 Menevia, Patron Psalm 32 of Wales, c.601 Romans 5.12-19 Matthew 4.1-11

Harare This year’s World Day of Prayer (6th March) has Zimbabwe for their focus, with the theme, “Rise! Take Your Mat and Walk”

Our Link Diocese, Harare: Bishop, The Rt Rev Farai Mutamiri

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Monday Bishop’s Mission Order: Reach @ Gillingham Pier 2 March Missioner: Mr Terry Whittaker Chad, bishop, Community Cycle: missionary, 672 Companions of Christ & Attic Retreats Chaplain: Rev Canon Susanne Carlsson

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Tuesday Rainham, St Margaret 3 March Vicar: The Rev Nathan Ward

Companion Parish: Harare, Tafara St Philip's Community Cycle: St. Margaret's CE Junior School, Rainham Headteacher: Mrs Anna Pattenden

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Wednesday South Gillingham: Hempstead, All Saints; Wigmore, St 4 March Matthew; Bredhurst, St Peter; and Parkwood, St Paul

Team Rector: The Rev Canon Brian Senior Ember Day Team Vicars: The Rev Pam Alexander, The Rev Pat Lenton de Dickin Companion Parish: Kondoa, Wekense St James Community Cycle: Bredhurst CE Primary School, Bredhurst Headteacher: Mrs Michelle Cox

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Thursday Chalk, St Mary the Virgin 5 March Vicar: The Rev Nigel Bourne

Community Cycle: Bromley & Sheppard’s Colleges Chaplain: The Rev Jane Kustner

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Friday Gravesend, Holy Family, with Ifield, St Margaret 6 March Rector: The Rev Richard Martin

Community Cycle: Ember Day Medway NHS Foundation Trust Chaplain: The Rev Lynda Cooke

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Saturday Gravesend, St Aidan 7 March Vicar: The Rev Michael Payne Perpetua, Community Cycle: Felicity and For Rochester Diocesan Synod, meeting today companions, House of Clergy Chair: The Rev Canon Alyson Davie martyrs, 203 House of Lay Chair: Mrs Sarah Poole

Ember Day Prayer Requests:

Sunday Lent 2 8 March Gundulf, Genesis 12.1-4a Bishop of Psalm 121 Rochester, 1108 Romans 4.1-5,13-17 John 3.1-17

Rochester deanery The Rev Dr Helen Burn, Area Dean; Mr Rob Mills, Lay Chair

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Monday Gravesend, St George 9 March Rector: The Rev Jim Fletcher Community Cycle: 359 Squadron (Bexleyheath) Air Training Corp. Chaplain: The Rev Gareth Bowen

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Tuesday Gravesend, St Mary 10 March Vicar: The Rev Trudi Oliver Community Cycle: Tunbridge Wells Hospital (Pembury) Chaplain: The Rev Stephen Baker

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Wednesday Greenhithe, St Mary 11 March Priest-in-Charge: vacancy Community Cycle: Diocesan Dept: Communications Communications Officer: Jenny Ross

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Thursday Milton, Christ Church 12 March Vicar: vacancy Community Cycle: MDR Reviewers Co-ordinator: The Rev Lindsay Llewellyn-MacDuff

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Friday Milton, St Peter and St Paul 13 March Rector: The Rev Graham Herbert Community Cycle: Holy Trinity CE Primary School, Gravesend Headteacher: Mrs Denise Gibbs-Naguar

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Saturday Northfleet, St Botolph, and Rosherville, St Mark 14 March Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Canon Gary Colville Community Cycle: St. Botolph's CE Primary School, Northfleet Headteacher: Mrs Amy Chitty Rosherville CE Primary School, Rosherville Headteacher: Mrs Justine Roddan

Prayer Requests:

Sunday Lent 3 15 March Exodus 17.1-7 Psalm 95 Romans 5.1-11 John 4.5-42

Lay Ministers

We pray for our lay ministers, many on retreat this weekend Warden of Lay Ministry: Karen Senior

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Monday Perry Street, All Saints 16 March Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Canon Gary Colville Community Cycle: For all of our Honorary Assistant Bishops

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Tuesday Shorne, St Peter and St Paul 17 March Vicar: The Rev Ted Hurst Patrick, bishop, Community Cycle: missionary, Shorne CE Primary School, Shorne patron of Head of School: Miss Tara Hewett Ireland, c.460

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Wednesday Swanscombe, St Peter and St Paul 18 March Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Mark Hurley Cyril, bishop, Community Cycle: teacher of the Diocesan Dept: Formation and Ministry faith, 386 Diocesan Director of Formation and Ministry: The Rev Canon Chris Dench

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Thursday Borstal, St Matthew 19 March Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Canon Sue Brewer Joseph of Community Cycle: Nazareth Pilgrim CE Primary School, Borstal Headteacher: Mrs Ali Mepsted

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Friday Chatham, St Mary and St John 20 March Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Carol Morgan Cuthbert, Community Cycle: bishop, St. John's CE Infants School, Chatham missionary, 687 Headteacher: Mrs Jo Collman

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Saturday Bishop’s Mission Order: Chatham St John 21 March Mission Leader: The Rev Carol Morgan & Captain Thomas Stephen Ramshaw Cranmer, Community Cycle: archbishop, For our training curates Reformation Co-ordinator for IME2: The Rev Anthony Hammill martyr, 1556

Prayer Requests:

Sunday Lent 4 22 March I Samuel 16.1-13 Psalm 23 Ephesians 5.8-14 John 9

Mothering Sunday For Mothers’ Union branches and other groups supporting family life

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Monday Chatham, St Paul with All Saints 23 March Vicar: The Rev Andrea Ward Community Cycle: All Saints CE Primary School, Chatham Headteacher: Ms Jo Strachan

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Tuesday Chatham, St Philip and St James 24 March Vicar: The Rev Martyn Saunders Walter Hilton, Companion Parish: Mystic, 1396 Harare, Avondale St Mary Magdalene Paul Couturier, Community Cycle: Priest, Bishop’s Leadership Team Meeting Ecumenist, 1953 Chair: Bishop James Oscar Romero,

Archbishop, Prayer Requests: Martyr, 1980

Parish cycle: Wednesday Chatham, St Stephen 25 March Vicar: The Rev Barry Linney Annunciation of Community Cycle: Our Lord to the For our clergy spouses Blessed Virgin Co-ordinator: Mrs Margaret Wooding Jones Mary

Prayer Requests: Parish cycle: Thursday Luton, Christ Church 26 March Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Andrea Leonard Community Cycle: For our Retired Clergy Diocesan Clergy Retirement Advisors: Rev Brian Fortnum and Rev Ann Uphill

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Friday Princes Park, Christ the King 27 March Vicar: The Rev Paul Filmer Community Cycle: HMP & YOI Rochester Managing Chaplain: The Rev Beatrice Musindi

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Saturday Rochester, St Justus 28 March Vicar: The Rev Dr Helen Burn Companion Parish: Kondoa, Rofati St Matthew Community Cycle: The Mission and Community Engagement team Diocesan Community Engagement Advisor: Caroline Clarke

Prayer Requests:

Sunday Lent 5 29 March Ezekial 37.1-14 Psalm 130 Romans 8.6-11 John 11.1-45

Estonia Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church: Archbishop Urmas Viilma

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Monday 30 Rochester, St Peter with St Margaret March Vicar: The Rev Dr Joel Love Community Cycle: St. Margaret's at Troy Town CE Primary School, Rochester Headteacher: Ms Linda Jobling

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 31 Parish cycle: March South Chatham, St Alban, St David and St William John Donne, Team Rector: The Rev Elaine Cranmer Priest, Poet, Team Vicar: The Rev David Kichenside 1631 Community Cycle: Malling Abbey Mother Abbess: Mtr Mary David

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Wednesday 1 Cliffe, St Helen, with Cooling, St James (redundant) April Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Andy Hobbs Frederick Community Cycle: Denison St. Helen's CE Primary School, Cliffe Maurice, priest, Headteacher: Mrs Stephanie Jarvis teacher of the faith, 1872 Prayer Requests: Parish cycle: Thursday 2 Cuxton, St Michael and All Angels, with Halling, St April John the Baptist Rector: The Rev Roger Knight Community Cycle: South East Coast Ambulance Trust Chaplains: The Rev David Jones and Ellen Couzens

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Friday 3 April Frindsbury, All Saints, with Upnor, St Philip and St James, and Chattenden, Bishop Gundulph Vicar: The Rev Nicholas Cooper Community Cycle: For interfaith groups Diocesan Inter-faith Advisor: The Rev Richard Martin

Prayer Requests:

Parish cycle: Saturday 4 Grain, St James, with Stoke, St Peter and St Paul April Priest-in-Charge: vacancy Community Cycle: St. James' CE Primary School, Isle of Grain Headteacher: Ms Fay Cordingley

Prayer Requests: