NEW HAMPSHIRE COUNCIL OF CHURCHES

2021 Cycle of Prayer

PO Box 1087 140 Sheep Davis Road Concord, NH 03302-1087 Pembroke, NH 03275 [email protected] www.nhchurches.org (603) 219-0889

ABOUT THIS CYCLE Beloved, pray for us. (1 Thess. 5:25)

The NH Council of Churches has nine member denominations:

 American Baptist Churches of Vermont and N.H.  Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire  Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston  Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, New England Synod  Presbyterian Church (USA), Presbytery of Northern New England  Religious Society of Friends, New England Yearly Meeting  United Church of Christ, New Hampshire Conference  United Methodist Church, New England Conference  Unitarian Universalist Association, New England Region

There are about 380 congregations with membership in one (or more) of these denominations. This cycle groups congregations in sets of 7-8 for each week of the year.

In using this in your congregation, you may wish to:

 Pray for the 7-8 congregations each Sunday as fits your own worship tradition.  Pray for the congregations in smaller sets in daily or midweek prayer services.  Find your town and see other churches in your town. Churches are listed by town, in alphabetical order. Highlight this fact as you pray for your neighbors.  Share these prayer needs on your social media as we share them at facebook.com/nhcouncilofchurches

Please send corrections to [email protected] JANUARY January 3 United Church of Acworth (ABC-UCC) Alexandria United Methodist Church Orchard Hill Quakers-Alstead Third Congregational Church-Alstead Community Church of Alton Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church-Amherst Congregational Church of Amherst, UCC

January 10 Antrim Baptist Church First Presbyterian Church of Antrim Ashland Community Church New Life Church of the White Mountains (ABC)- Ashland St. Mark’s Episcopal Church-Ashland Ashland United Methodist Church Congregational Church-Atkinson

January 17 Longmeadow Congregational Church-Auburn Bartlett Congregational Church UCC Bath Congregational Church Bedford Presbyterian Church First Baptist Church-Belmont First Baptist Church-Berlin St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church-Berlin St. Paul's Lutheran Church-Berlin

January 24 Durell Memorial United Methodist Church- Bethlehem Boscawen Congregational Church Crossroads Community Church-Bow Bow Mills United Methodist Church Bradford Community Church First Baptist Church-Brentwood Pilgrim United Church of Christ-Brentwood January 31 Bristol Baptist Church Bristol United Church of Christ Brookline Community Church Campton Baptist Church Canaan United Methodist Church First Baptist Church-Candia United Community Church-Canterbury Concord Friends Meeting-Canterbury

The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever.

Isaiah 40:8 FEBRUARY February 7 Canterbury United Community Church Congregational Church of North Barnstead Center Conway United Methodist Church Congregational Church-Center Harbor Moultonville United Methodist Church-Center Ossipee Community Church of Sandwich (ABC-UCC) Third Baptist Church-Center Strafford

February 14 South Parish Unitarian Church-Charlestown Congregational Church-Charlestown Chatham Congregational Church The Congregational Church of Chester (ABC- UCC) Asbury United Methodist Church-Chesterfield Chocorua Community Church Union-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church-Clarement

February 21 Grace & Hope Community Church-Claremont Grace River: A Life-Giving Church-Claremont Trinity Episcopal Church-Claremont Prince of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church- Claremont First Congregational Church-Claremont First United Methodist Church-Claremont St. Stephen’s Episcopal Mission-Colebrook

February 28 Trinity United Methodist Church-Colebrook United Baptist Church-Concord Grace Episcopal Church-Concord St. Paul's Episcopal Church-Concord Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church- Concord Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church-Concord Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord East Congregational Church-Concord MARCH March 7 First Congregational Church-Concord South Congregational Church-Concord West Congregational Church-Concord Wesley United Methodist Church-Concord Contoocook United Methodist Church Conway Village Congregational Church United Church of Cornish

March 14 Congregational Church-Dalton United Church of Danbury (ABC-UCC) Danville Baptist Church Deerfield Community Church, UCC Deering Community Church First Baptist Church-Derry Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration-Derry

March 21 St. Luke's United Methodist Church-Derry St. Thomas Episcopal Church-Dover Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church-Dover Dover Friends Meeting First Parish Church Congregational-Dover St. John's United Methodist Church-Dover Dublin Community Church

March 28 Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist - Dunbarton First Congregational Church-Dunbarton St. George’s Episcopal Church-Durham Durham UU Fellowship Community Church of Durham, UCC First Parish Congregational Church, UCC-East Derry East Hampstead Union Church East Kingston Community United Methodist Church APRIL April 4 Bethany United Methodist Church-East Rochester East Washington Baptist Church Community Lutheran Church-Enfield Enfield United Methodist Church Epping Community Federated Church New Rye Union Congregational Church Chichester United Methodist Church

April 11 Congregational Church, Errol First Baptist Church-Etna First Baptist Church-Exeter Christ Episcopal Church -Exeter First Unitarian Universalist Society of Exeter The Congregational Church in Exeter, UCC Exeter United Methodist Church

April 19 First Congregational Church-Farmington Fitzwilliam Community Church, UCC Community Church, Francestown Franconia Community Church of Christ (ABC- UCC) The Baptist Church of Franklin Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church- Franklin Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Franklin

April 26 Congregational Christian Church-Franklin Franklin United Methodist Church People's United Methodist Church-Fremont Gilford Community Church First United Methodist Church-Gilford Gilmanton Community Church Gilsum Congregational Church Goffstown Christian Fellowship MAY May 2 First Spanish American Baptist Church- Goffstown St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church -Goffstown Hillside United Methodist Church-Goffstown Gonic Friends Meeting Gorham Congregational Church, UCC Goshen Community Church Grantham United Methodist Church

May 9 Community Congregational Church, UCC- Greenland Greenland United Methodist Church Groveton United Methodist Church Stark United Methodist Church-Groveton St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church-Hampstead Hampstead Congregational Church First Baptist Church-Hampton

May 16 Trinity Episcopal Church-Hampton First Congregational Church of Hampton Hampton United Methodist Church First Baptist Church-Hampton Falls First Congregational Society-Unitarian of Hampton Falls First Congregational Church, Hancock Trinity Baptist Church-Hanover

May 23 St. Thomas Episcopal Church-Hanover Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church- Hanover Hanover Friends Meeting Kendal Worship Group-Hanover The Church of Christ at Dartmouth College First Congregational Church, Hanover Center Community Church of Harrisville & Chesham (ABC-UCC) May 30 First Congregational Church, Haverhill Union Congregational Church, Hebron Weare Friends Meeting-Henniker Congregational Church, Henniker Smith Memorial Church-Hillsboro Hillsboro United Methodist Church Holderness Community Church Congregational Church of Hollis, UCC

He will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and grain, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous.

Isaiah 30:23 JUNE June 6 Congregational Church of Hooksett St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church-Hopkinton First Congregational Church, UCC-Hopkinton First Baptist Church-Hudson Community Church, UCC-Hudson Jackson Community Church Monadnock Friends Meeting-Jaffrey

June 13 First Church-Jaffrey The United Church of Jaffrey St. John's United Methodist Church-Jefferson First Baptist Church-Keene St. James’ Episcopal Church -Keene St. George Greek Orthodox Church-Keene Keene Friends Meeting

June 20 Keene UU Church United Church of Christ-Keene First Congregational Church of Kensington United Baptist Church of Lakeport St. James’ Episcopal Church-Laconia Good Shepherd Lutheran Church-Laconia Taxiarchai Church (Greek Orthodox)-Laconia

June 27 UU Society of Laconia Congregational Church-Laconia St. Paul’s Episcopal Church-Lancaster Lancaster Congregational Church Christ United Methodist Church-Lancaster First Evangelical Congregational Church UCC- Langdon First Baptist Church-Lebanon First Congregational Church-Lebanon JULY July 4 Lebanon United Methodist Church Lee Church Congregational Loon Mountain Ministry-Lincoln Episcopal Church of the Epiphany -Lisbon The Shared Ministry-Lisbon Litchfield Community Church Presbyterian All Saints’ Episcopal Church-Littleton

July 11 North Country Unitarian Universalist Society- Littleton First Congregational Church, UCC-Littleton First United Methodist Church-Littleton Lochmere Free Baptist Church St. Peter’s Episcopal Church-Londonderry Londonderry Presbyterian Church Londonderry United Methodist Church

July 18 Loudon Center Freewill Baptist Church Lyme Congregational Church First Baptist Church of Lyme United Church of Lyndeborough (ABC-UCC) Madbury United Church of Christ Maranatha Indonesian United Church of Christ-Madbury The Madison Church

July 25 First Baptist Church-Manchester French Speaking Baptist Church-Manchester Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana-Manchester Grace Episcopal Church-Manchester St. Andrew's Episcopal Church-Manchester Gethsemane Lutheran Church-Manchester Assumption Greek Orthodox Church- Manchester St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral- Manchester AUGUST August 1 St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church- Manchester Manchester First Presbyterian Church Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester First Congregational Church-Manchester First United Methodist Church-Manchester St. Paul United Methodist Church-Manchester Bethany Chapel Community Church- Manchester

August 8 Brookside Congregational Church, UCC- Manchester Federated Church of Marlborough Marlow United Methodist Chuch The Mason Congregational Church, UCC Melvin Village Community Church Meredith Center Free Will Baptist Church Trinity Episcopal Church-Meredith

August 15 First Congregational Church-Meredith Meriden Congregational Church Faith Episcopal Church-Merrimack St. James United Methodist Church-Merrimack Bridge Community Church-Milford Episcopal Church of Our Saviour -Milford Unitarian Universalist Congregation-Milford

August 22 First Congregational Church-Milford Milford United Methodist Church Community Church of Milton (ABC-UCC) Congregational Church-Mont Vernon Moultonboro United Methodist Church Comunidade Batista Dos Milagres-Nashua First Baptist Church-Nashua August 29 New Fellowship Baptist Church-Nashua Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd - Nashua Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church- Nashua St. Philip Greek Orthodox Church-Nashua Nashua Presbyterian Church Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua First Church of Nashua Pilgrim Congregational Church-Nashua

Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.

Mark 4:8 SEPTEMBER Sept. 5 Arlington Street United Methodist Church- Nashua Main Street United Methodist Church-Nashua Congregational Church-Nelson Chapel by the Lake-Nelson Community Church of New Boston The New Castle Congregational Church New Hampton Community Church

Sept. 12 First Baptist Church-New London St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church -New London Kearsarge Community Church-New London Kearsarge Unitarian Universalist Fellowship- New London Newfields Community Church Holy Trinity Lutheran Church-Newington Immanuel Indonesian Lutheran Church- Newington

Sept. 19 Newington Town Church, UCC Newmarket Community Church (ABC-UCC) First Baptist Church-Newport Episcopal Church of the Epiphany-Newport St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church-Newport First Congregational Church, Croydon-Newport South Congregational Church-Newport

Sept. 26 Newton Junction Baptist Church Christ Episcopal Church-North Conway Nativity Lutheran Church-North Conway First Church of Christ Congregational, UCC- North Conway The United Church of Christ of North Hampton North Salem United Methodist Church North Sandwich Friends Meeting First Baptist Church-North Stratford OCTOBER October 3 Episcopal Church of the Messiah-North Woodstock Northwood Congregational Church, UCC Nottingham Community Church Unitarian Universalist The United Congregational Church of Orford Water Village Community Church-Ossipee Second Congregational Church-Ossipee First Congregational Church-Pelham

October 10 First Congregational Church-Pembroke United Church of Penacook (ABC-UCC) All Saints’ Episcopal Church -Peterborough Peterborough Unitarian-Universalist Church Union Congregational Church-Peterborough Peterborough United Methodist Church Bethany Congregational Church-Pike

October 17 Farnham Memorial United Methodist Church- Pittsburg St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church-Pittsfield First Congregational Church-Pittsfield Plainfield Community Baptist Church First Baptist Church-Plaistow Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit-Plymouth Starr King UU Fellowship-Plymouth

October 24 Plymouth Congregational UCC Middle Street Baptist Church-Portsmouth New Hope Baptist Church-Portsmouth Christ Episcopal Church-Portsmouth St. John’s Episcopal Church-Portsmouth St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church- Portsmouth UU Church Portsmouth-South Church October 31 North Church of Portsmouth, UCC First United Methodist Church-Portsmouth Raymond United Methodist Church Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church-Rindge First United Church of Christ-Rindge Second Baptist Church-Rochester Marturia Presbyterian Church-Rochester First Church Congregational-Rochester

And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.

James 3:18 NOVEMBER November 7 First United Methodist Church-Rochester Centerpoint Community Church-Salem St. David’s Episcopal Church -Salem Triumphant Cross Lutheran Church-Salem Ararat Armenian Congregational Church- Salem First Congregational Church of Salem Pleasant Street United Methodist Church- Salem

Nov. 14 Congregational Community Church-Salisbury First Baptist Church-Sanbornton Mountain View Church-Sanbornton Sanbornton Congregational, UCC Episcopal Church of St. John-Sanbornville Sanbornville United Methodist Church

Nov.21 St. Matthew's United Methodist Church & Rock Church-Sandown Trinity United Church (ABC-UCC)-Seabrook Assumption Greek Orthodox Church- Somersworth First Parish UCC-Somersworth South Danbury Christian Church South Hampton Baptist Church South Newbury Union Church, UCC

Nov. 28 Bow Lake Free Will Baptist Church-Strafford Stratham Community Church United Congregational Church-Sullivan Suncook United Methodist Church First Freewill Baptist Church-Sutton First Congregational Church-Swanzey St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church-Tamworth UU Fellowship of Eastern Slope-Tamworth DECEMBER December 5 Congregational Church of Temple Union Congregational Church, UCC-Union Quaker City Unity Friends Meeting-Unity First Universalist Church of West Chesterfield First Congregational Church-Wakefield St. John’s Episcopal Church-Walpole Walpole UU Church

Dec. 12 First Congregational Church, UCC-Walpole United Church of Warner (ABC-UCC) Washington Congregational Church Holy Cross Episcopal Church-Weare The First Congregational Church of Webster West Epping Friends Meeting Congregational Church-West Lebanon

Dec. 19 West Rumney Community Church West Swanzey Community Church Westmoreland United Church (ABC-UCC) Community Baptist Church-Whitefield First Congregational Church, Wilmot Wilmot Baptist Church Souhegan Friends Meeting-Wilton First Unitarian Congregational Society of Wilton Center

Dec. 26 Second Congregational Church-Wilton The United Church of Winchester Windham Presbyterian Church First Baptist Church-Wolfeboro All Saints’ Episcopal Church-Wolfeboro First Congregational Church-Wolfeboro Pemi Valley Church-Woodstock (ABC-UCC) St. Luke’s Episcopal Church-Woodsville