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Diocese of Newcastle Prayer Diary December 2020 There Are Two Significant Changes in This Month’S Prayer Diary Diocese of Newcastle Prayer Diary December 2020 There are two significant changes in this month’s Prayer Diary. Firstly, MARK WROE, Bishop-Designate of Berwick, has provided weekly themes around Biblical texts to nourish our prayers as we make our next steps in growing church bringing hope. Secondly, ROB KELSEY, Assistant Archdeacon, at the suggestion of Mark Nash-Williams, the Bishop’s Adviser on the Environment, has prepared condensed versions for every day of the prayers in a new book, Praying for the Earth. You will find a further note about this book at the end of this month’s Prayer Diary. I hope that these two additions will help to make the Prayer Diary more than simply a list of people and places to pray FOR (important though that is) but also a list of concerns and issues to pray ABOUT. Richard Hill This week … ‘… we are the clay and you are our potter, TIMES AND SEASONS we are all the work of your hand.’ Help us to appreciate all that is special (Isaiah 64:8) about the present time of year, and to live our lives in keeping with Let us pray that all of us will be open to the natural order. God’s transforming love, that we will be comforted and strengthened, that our actions and attitudes will be shaped by God’s 2 Wednesday love, and we will have courage to share Diocese of the Seychelles (Indian Ocean) God’s love in the world. Abp James Richard Wong Yin Song, Primate Diocese of Eastern Oregon (USA) 1 Tuesday Bp Patrick Bell Diocese of Newcastle: Diocese of Seoul (Korea) Bp Peter Lee For Bishop Christine in her diocesan and Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and national responsibilities Labrador (Canada) Bp Geoffrey Peddle Morpeth Deanery: Diocese of Newcastle Deanery Secretary: Joyce Templey For all who support our Bishops in their Finance Officer: Linda Rudd ministry CLIMATE CHANGE Morpeth Deanery: Area Dean: John Park Help us play our part in reducing Lay Chair: vacant our country’s carbon emissions. Grant us the personal and political will to make a difference. Diocese of Newcastle: For the work of 3 Thursday education throughout our diocese and Francis Xavier, missionary, apostle of the Indies, region in schools, universities, colleges, and 1552 lay education Diocese of Sheffield Bp Pete Wilcox Morpeth Deanery: Diocese of Eastern Zambia (Central Africa) St Andrew’s Parish Church, Bolam Bp William Mchombo SEA CREATURES Diocese of Easton (USA) Bp Santosh Murray May we prevent the pollution Diocese of Newcastle of our seas and rivers, For Mark, Bishop-designate of Berwick and maintain the integrity Morpeth Deanery: Benefice of Ashington Holy Sepulchre of our blue and beautiful planet. Priest-in-Charge: Christopher Groocock Reader: Paulette Thompson This coming week … The Mothers’ Union ‘He will feed his flock like a shepherd ...’ We pray for the work of the MU in (Isaiah 40:11) supporting local refugees and for all families affected by domestic violence. Let us pray that all of us will be generous with THE OCEANS God’s transforming gifts, that we will be In your mercy protect all who work mindful of all that God has given us rather than what we do not have, and willing to work in and travel on the sea, partnership and share what God has provided. and preserve the teeming life of coral reef and ocean depth. 6 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 4 Friday (Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 * ) Porvoo Communion: John of Damascus, monk, teacher of the faith, Diocese of Chester c.749 Diocese of Kuopio (Evangelical Lutheran Nicholas Ferrar, deacon, founder of the Little Church in Finland) Gidding Community,1637 Anglican Communion: Diocese of Sinyanga (Tanzania) The Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain Bp Johnson Chinyong’ole (Extra-Provincial to the Abp of Canterbury) Diocese of Eau Claire (USA) Bp Carlos López-Lozano Bp William Jay Lambert Diocese of Newcastle: For St Nicholas’ Diocese of Newcastle: For all who work at Cathedral, its mission and ministry, and for Church House, North Shields all involved in the ongoing Development Morpeth Deanery: Project Benefice of Bolam with Whalton & Morpeth Deanery Hartburn with Meldon & Netherwitton St Andrew’s Parish Church, Hartburn Ministry team: Fiona Sample and * The Dean of Newcastle, Geoff Miller Pamela Walker FARMING LANDSCAPES We pray for all who make their living As the environment forms us, from the land. may we form an environment Defend them from disease, and help them that is beneficial to all your creatures. to protect the animals in their care. 5 Saturday This Prayer Diary can be downloaded each month from the Diocese of Gasabo (Rwanda) Newcastle diocesan website: Most Revd Laurent Mbanda, Primate www.newcastle.anglican.org/prayerdiary Diocese of Edinburgh (Scotland) Bp John Armes Morpeth Deanery: 7 Monday Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, Ambrose, bishop of Milan, teacher of the faith, Whalton 397 Whalton C of E First School Diuma, apostle to Mercia, 658 [CNS] WEATHER PATTERNS Diocese of Shyira (Rwanda) As we read the signs Bp Samuel Mugisha of the ever-changing weather, Diocese of Edmonton (Canada) Bp Jane Alexander help us also to understand Diocese of Newcastle: the signs of the times in which we live. For all those responsible for diocesan finance and parish giving 10 Thursday Morpeth Deanery: Diocese of Singapore (S E Asia) Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Meldon Bp Titus Chung REDUCTION OF CONSUMPTION Diocese of Egbu (Nigeria) Grant us wisdom and restraint Bp Geoffrey Okoroafor in our spending and consumption, Province of Alexandria (formerly the Diocese and make us mindful of the value of Egypt) Abp Mouneer Hanna Anis of simple gifts. Diocese of Newcastle: For all those involved in the development of Discipleship and Ministry for Mission Tuesday 8 Morpeth Deanery: Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Benefice of Bothal and Pegswood with Diocese of Shyogwe (Rwanda) Longhirst Bp Jered Kalimba Vicar: John Park Diocese of Egba (Nigeria) Reader: Jane Park Bp Emmanuel Adekunle Praying for Unity Diocese of Lafia (Nigeria) For all Bodies in Association with Churches Bp Godwin A Robinson Together in Britain and Ireland Diocese of Newcastle: LAKES AND PONDS For all who guide candidates through Help us to preserve selection and training for lay and ordained the precious waters of the earth, ministry and the flora and fauna Morpeth Deanery: St Giles’ Parish Church, Netherwitton that depend on their presence. NUCLEAR POWER We pray for wisdom in our response to the apparent promise of nuclear power. Help us to weigh up the carbon-free Embertide in Advent In addition to our regular prayers for those benefits and the radioactive dangers. preparing for ordained or lay ministry, and those who support and encourage them, 9 Wednesday Ember Day please pray this Advent Diocese of Sialkot (Pakistan) for those feeling a call to ministry, but Bp Alwin John Samuel have not yet talked to anyone about it; Diocese of Egba West (Nigeria) for the Bishops’ Advisers and all those Bp Samuel Oludele Ogundeji preparing to attend a Panel in 2021. Diocese of Newcastle: For our Archdeacons Mark Wroe and Catherine Sourbut Groves 11 Friday Ember Day 13 THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT Diocese of Sittwe (Myanmar) Porvoo Communion: Bp James Min Dein Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Diocese of Eha-Amufu (Nigeria) Diocese of Borg (Church of Norway) Bp Daniel Olinya Anglican Communion: Diocese of Newcastle: For all clergy and The Falkland Islands readers who continue to serve the Church in (Extra-Provincial to the Abp of Canterbury) many ways beyond retirement Bp Timothy Thornton Morpeth Deanery: Diocese of Newcastle: St Andrew’s Parish Church, Bothal For all who seek to inspire children TREES AND WOODS Morpeth Deanery: As we give thanks Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, for the company of trees, Longhirst remind us of their power to heal PLASTICS the minds and spirits of a fallen humanity. Help us to reduce our reliance on plastic, in bottles and bags and consumables of all kinds. 12 Saturday Ember Day Diocese of Ekiti (Nigeria) Bp Christopher Tayo Omulunde 14 Monday Diocese of Ekiti Kwara (Nigeria) John of the Cross, poet, teacher of the faith, Bp Andrew Ajayi 1591 Diocese of Ekiti Oke (Nigeria) Diocese of Sodor & Man Bp Peter Eagles Bp Isaac Olubowale Diocese of El Camino Real (USA) Diocese of Ekiti West (Nigeria) Bp Mary Gray-Reeves Bp Rufus V A Adepoju Diocese of Newcastle: For all who in church Diocese of Newcastle: and community reach out to encourage and For all who at Diocesan and local level share support young people in the care of church buildings Morpeth Deanery: Morpeth Deanery: Benefice of Cresswell and Lynemouth St Margaret’s Chapel, Pegswood (a Local Priest-in-Charge: Mina Munns Ecumenical Partnership) Associate Priest: Debbie Baker BIRDS William Leach Campus of the As we consider the birds of the air, Northumberland C of E Academy give us the wings of faith SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT to see your kingdom As we borrow the earth from our in the world around us. children, may we not take for ourselves more than we can return. This coming week … ‘.. he has sent me to bring good news to the 15 Tuesday oppressed …’ (Isaiah 61:1) Diocese of Sokoto (Nigeria) Bp Augustin Omole Let us pray that all of us will be more Diocese of El Salvador (Central America) engaged in God’s transforming mission in Bp Juan David Alvarado Melgar our communities, giving thanks for our Diocese of Newcastle: engagement in schools, foodbanks, debt For the developing work and witness of our relief, care homes, hospices and hospitals, Resource Church at St Thomas’ in the city, community development, outreach to and for all those reaching out to people of children and families, and many others.
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