Prayer Calendar | August 2020

1. As our Primate, Foley Beach, and our ACNA College of . Pray for his continued health diocesan, Charlie Masters, have urged us, let and vigour. us pray daily throughout the month asking for God’s August first Friday: We urge you to set aside the first intervention in the spread of the Coronavirus in North Friday as a day to pray and fast (if you are able) America and all around the world. Ask God to intervene for our diocese (ANiC), the ACNA, and the Anglican and eradicate this virus. Ask him to help public health Communion worldwide. officials, doctors, and government officials with wisdom and guidance. Ask him to heal the victims and comfort 8. Pray for our Missionary Bishop Andy Lines (& Mandy). those who have lost loved-ones. Ask him to inspire and Given the spiritual drift from orthodoxy of the Church of guide researchers who are desperately pursuing a viable England and the Scottish Episcopal Church, his ministry vaccine. to orthodox evangelicals is vital. Pray for wisdom, Pray for our government leaders at every level as they courage and protection from discouragement despite the seek to make the best decisions concerning the easing of difficult persecution that he faces on almost a daily basis. lockdown restrictions, especially around the re-opening COVID-19: Pray for the National Health Service (NHS) of schools in September. in the UK and its front-line workers in their effort to care for the thousands impacted by the pandemic. 2. Our diocese – Pray for the Anglican Network in Canada Pray that many in the UK would turn to Christ in these and all of our parishes across Canada and in New unprecedented days! England. Pray for revival in our churches and their neighbourhoods. We so desperately need the Lord. 9. ANiC’s 5 Ministry Priorities – Pray that God will use May great passion for the Gospel be a hallmark of each these five priorities to transform us and our parishes: congregation. Bold witnesses; Biblically grounded; Loving children; On COVID-19: Pray for a great harvest through the social mission; and Planting churches. media and online outreach of our individual parishes COVID-19: Never have these 5 priorities been more sharing Sunday services, Sunday School videos, weekly important as we seek to reach a fearful and anxious Bible studies, etc. culture for Jesus!

3. Our province and primate – Pray for Archbishop 10. ANiC , canons & all clergy – Pray for Foley Beach (& Allison) as he gives godly leadership to spiritual and physical protection and renewal as well as the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA). Ask the God’s blessing upon their ministry. Pray also for their Lord for great wisdom as he and the College of Bishops spouses & families that God would grant them safety and make strategic decisions around the reopening of church health in body, mind and spirit and may the Lord grant buildings and Gospel ministry in the post-lockdown them grace upon grace as they pastor those under their reality. Pray also for him as he embraces his strategic role care. as chairman of the Gafcon primates’ council. 11. ANiC council, chancellor & registrar – Pray for wisdom 4. Pray for Bishop Charlie Masters (& Judy) as he and servant hearts as they serve ANiC. May they know leads ANiC. May God grant him the health, strength, God’s leading, seek His will, and experience His joy. discernment and the passion he needs for this heavy responsibility. Pray for protection for him from illness 12. ANiC staff & volunteers in Burlington – Pray for and fatigue. Pray for wisdom as he and the House of strength for the tasks, faithfulness in service, and joy in Bishops make decisions about the re-opening of churches the Lord. May the Lord grant physical healing to those in in varying jurisdictions. Grant him great zeal for the need and may God’s blessing rest on ANiC as we seek to Gospel as he cares for the clergy and parishes in Canada know, love & serve Him. and New England. 13. Asian & Multicultural Ministries in Canada (AMMiC) 5. Pray for ANiC’s suffragan bishops: Bishops Stephen – May God bless and prosper their ministry as they reach Leung (& Nona) and Trevor Walters (& Dede). Pray out to ethnic communities and new immigrants with the for health, protection, wisdom and vision as they care transforming Gospel of Jesus, and engage in planting new for clergy and churches. May the Lord grant them the churches. anointing of the Spirit for the fulfilling of their calling. 14. Anglican Explorers - Pray for the fruitfulness of this 6. Pray for Bishop (& Jan) as he fulfills his new ANiC church seeding and planting initiative led by important role as Assisting Bishop for Missionary Bishop Ron Ferris and Rev. Geoff Chapman as they seek Planning. Pray also for our retired bishop, Bishop to match church planters with seed groups and planting Malcolm Harding (& Marylou). Thank God for their opportunities across the country. fruitful ministries. 15. ANiC’s New England congregations 7. Pray for Bishop Don Harvey (& Trudy) in his roles Holy Trinity (Marlborough, MA) as ANiC’s episcopal vicar and as senior chaplain to the Holy Trinity (Attleboro, MA) All Saints’ (Rutland, VT) 24. ANiC congregations in the Fraser Valley & Interior of Emmanuel - Chinese (Boston, MA) BC Ascension (Langley) 16. ANiC congregations in the Atlantic Provinces Resurrection (Kelowna) St Stephen the Martyr (St John’s, NL) Saint Matthew’s (Abbotsford) Resurrection (Halifax, NS) Christ Church (Kelowna) Good Samaritan (St John’s, NL) Church of the Holy Cross (Abbotsford) Christ the King (Quispamsis, NB) Bulkley River project (formerly Houston and Smithers) All Saints (Bonavista, NL) (recent) St. Matthew’s (Gander, NL) (recent) 25. ANiC congregations in the Vancouver area 17. ANiC congregations in Quebec St John’s (Vancouver) Emmaus (Montreal) St. Thomas Mission (UBC, Vancouver) (merged with St Timothy’s (Montreal) Sojourn Church) St James (Lennoxville) St John’s (Richmond) St Peter’s Fireside (Vancouver) St Andrew’s (Delta) 18. ANiC congregations in the Ottawa area Faith Anglican (Limoges) St Luke’s (Pembroke) 26. ANiC congregations in the Vancouver area Messiah (Ottawa) St Matthias and St Luke (Vancouver) Blackburn Hamlet Community (Ottawa) Good Shepherd Richmond – Chinese St Peter & St Paul’s (Ottawa) All Nations – Japanese Grace (Mississippi Mills) St John’s – Sudanese (Surrey) Eternal Hope (Carleton Place) Good Shepherd Vancouver – Chinese St Timothy’s (North Vancouver) St Simon’s (North Vancouver) 19. ANiC congregations in Ontario St Aidan’s (Windsor) St Aidan’s at River’s Bend (Belle River) 27. ANiC congregations on Vancouver Island & Sunshine Cornerstone Anglican Church (Sarnia) Coast New Life (Sturgeon Falls) Open Gate Church (Victoria) The Gate (Iron Bridge) Living Edge (Victoria) Church of the Good Shepherd, (Sault Ste Marie) church Church of Our Lord (Victoria) project Christ’s Church (Oceanside) The Table (Victoria, Saanich Peninsula) Christ the Redeemer (Pender Harbour) 20. ANiC congregations in Ontario St Hilda’s (Oakville) St Peter by the Park (Hamilton) 28. Pray for a group of new church plants that are in the St George’s (Burlington) process of getting started: Messiah Kanata, a plant Epiphany (Hamilton) flowing out of Church of the Messiah in Ottawa being led Good Shepherd (St Catharines) by Rev. Daniel & Christine Avitan; a Saskatoon Project St Jude (Guelph) led by Jan Bigland Pritchard; Whitehorse project led by Bishop Terry Buckle, and Becca & Cy Sweetville; and Highway, a new church plant on the Northshore of 21. ANiC congregations in Greater Toronto and eastern Vancouver in partnership with St Simon’s led by Rev. Joe Ontario Pienaar. St Chad’s (Toronto) Celebration Church (Barrie) Christ The King (Toronto) 29. Pray for the Anglican Relief and Development Fund New Song (Port Perry) Canada (ARDFC) as it is partnering with Redeemer Bethel South Asian (Brampton) Anglican Church and the Anglican Church of Paraguay Living Waters (Kingston) began an expansion of El Redentor School. This new St James Fellowship (Trenton) project will complete the second stage of the school’s St Stephen Anglican Fellowship (Napanee) expansion, adding four new classrooms and an office for the administration. 22. ANiC congregations in Saskatchewan & Manitoba Resurrection (Brandon, MB) 30. Please pray for Gafcon, our global family of authentic St Bede’s (Kinosota, MB) Anglicans standing together to retain and restore the Redeemer (Dauphin, MB) Bible to the heart of the . Saint Saviour’s, (Lloydminster SK) 31. Pray for a fresh outpouring of repentance and revival 23. ANiC congregations in Alberta upon our nations and our world! “Oh, that you would Holy Trinity - Filipino (Edmonton) rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains Grace Anglican (Calgary) might quake at your presence - as when fire kindles Christ the King (Edmonton) brushwood and the fire causes water to boil - to make Good Shepherd - Cantonese (Calgary) your name known to your adversaries, and that the Living Water (Athabasca) nations might tremble at your presence!” Isaiah 64:1-2 ESV