New Hampshire Council of Churches

2019 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 ten member denominations:

 American Baptist Churches of Vermont and New Hampshire  Catholic Diocese of Manchester  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

All together, there are about 475 congregations with membership in one (or more) of these denominations. This cycle groups congregations in sets of 9-10 for each week of the year.

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

 Pray for the 9-10 congregations each Sunday in the Prayers of the People, General Intercessions, Universal Prayer or Pastoral Prayer 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 in church on Sunday as you pray for your neighbors.  Share these prayer needs on your social media as we share them online at facebook.com/nhcouncilofchurches

Please send corrections on this list to [email protected] JANUARY January 6 United Church of Acworth (American Baptist, UCC) Alexandria United Methodist Church Orchard Hill Quakers-Alstead Third Congregational Church-Alstead Community Church of Alton (American Baptist) St. Katharine Drexel Parish-Alton Messiah Lutheran Church-Amherst Congregational Church of Amherst, UCC Antrim Baptist Church January 13 First Presbyterian Church-Antrim Ashland Community Church (American Baptist) New Life Church of the White Mountains (ABC)-Ashland St. Mark’s Episcopal Church-Ashland Ashland United Methodist Church Congregational Church-Atkinson St. Peter Parish-Auburn Longmeadow Congregational Church-Auburn Bartlett Congregational Church UCC January 20 St. Elizabeth Seton Parish-Bedford Bedford Presbyterian Church First Baptist Church-Belmont St. Joseph Parish-Belmont First Baptist Church-Berlin Good Shepherd Parish-Berlin Holy Family Parish-Berlin St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church-Berlin St. Paul Lutheran Church-Berlin January 27 Bath Congregational Church Durell Memorial United Methodist Church-Bethlehem Boscawen Congregational Church Crossroads Community Church (American Baptist)-Bow Bow Mills United Methodist Church Bradford Community Church (American Baptist) First Baptist Church-Brentwood Pilgrim United Church of Christ-Brentwood Bristol Baptist Church Bristol United Church of Christ Brookline Community Church FEBRUARY February 3 Campton Baptist Church Canaan United Methodist Church First Baptist Church-Candia United Community Church (ABC, UCC)-Canterbury Concord Friends Meeting-Canterbury Congregational Church of North Barnstead Center Conway United Methodist Church Congregational Church-Center Harbor St. Joseph Parish-Center Ossipee February 10 Moultonville United Methodist Church-Center Ossipee Community Church of Sandwich (ABC, UCC) Third Baptist Church-Center Strafford All Saints Parish-Charlestown South Parish Unitarian Church-Charlestown Congregational Church-Charlestown Chatham Congregational Church The Congregational Church of Chester (ABC, UCC) Asbury United Methodist Church-Chesterfield February 17 Chocorua Community Church (American Baptist) Union-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church-Claremont Grace & Hope Community Church (ABC)-Claremont Grace River: A Life-Giving Church (ABC)-Claremont St. Joseph Parish-Claremont St. Mary Parish-Claremont Trinity Episcopal Church-Claremont Prince of Peace Lutheran Church-Claremont First Congregational Church-Claremont February 24 First United Methodist Church-Claremont North American Martyrs Parish-Colebrook St. Stephen’s Episcopal Mission-Colebrook Congregational Church, Errol Trinity United Methodist Church-Colebrook United Baptist Church-Concord Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish-Concord Christ the King Parish-Concord Grace Episcopal Church-Concord St. Paul's Episcopal Church-Concord Concordia Lutheran Church-Concord MARCH March 3 Holy Trinity Church (Greek Orthodox)-Concord Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord East Congregational Church-Concord 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 March 10 United Church of Cornish (American Baptist) Congregational Church-Dalton United Church of Danbury (American Baptist, UCC) Danville Baptist Church Deerfield Community Church, UCC Deering Community Church (UCC) First Baptist Church-Derry Holy Cross Parish-Derry St. Thomas Aquinas Parish-Derry March 17 Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration-Derry St. Luke's United Methodist Church-Derry Betel Primera Iglesia Bautista-Dover Assumption Parish-Dover St. George Church (Maronite)-Dover St. Thomas Episcopal Church-Dover Annunciation Church (Greek Orthodox)-Dover Dover Friends Meeting First Parish Church Congregational-Dover March 24 St. John's United Methodist Church-Dover Dublin Community Church (UCC) Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist-Dunbarton First Congregational Church (UCC)-Dunbarton St. Thomas More Parish-Durham St. George’s Episcopal Church-Durham Durham UU Fellowship Community Church of Durham, UCC First Parish Congregational Church, UCC-East Derry

March 31 East Hampstead Union Church (American Baptist) East Kingston Community United Methodist Church Bethany United Methodist Church-East Rochester East Washington Baptist Church St. Helena Parish-Enfield Community Lutheran Church-Enfield Enfield United Methodist Church St. Joseph Parish-Epping Epping Community Federated Church

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22-23

APRIL April 7 New Rye Union Congregational Church-Epsom Chichester United Methodist Church-Epsom First Baptist Church-Etna First Congregational Church, Hanover Center-Etna First Baptist Church-Exeter St. Michael Parish-Exeter Christ Episcopal Church-Exeter First Unitarian Universalist Society of Exeter The Congregational Church in Exeter, UCC April 14 Exeter United Methodist Church St. Peter Parish-Farmington First Congregational Church-Farmington Fitzwilliam Community Church, UCC Community Church, Francestown (UCC) Community Church of Christ (ABC, UCC)-Franconia The Baptist Church of Franklin St. Gabriel Parish-Franklin Transfiguration Church (Greek Orthodox)-Franklin April 21 Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Franklin Congregational Christian Church, W Franklin Franklin United Methodist Church People's United Methodist Church-Fremont Gilford Community Church (American Baptist) First United Methodist Church-Gilford Gilmanton Community Church (American Baptist) Gilsum Congregational Church Goffstown Christian Fellowship (American Baptist) April 28 First Spanish American Baptist Church-Goffstown St. Lawrence Parish-Goffstown St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church-Goffstown Hillside United Methodist Church-Goffstown St. Leo Parish-Gonic Gonic Friends Meeting Gorham Congregational Church, UCC Goshen Community Church (American Baptist) Grantham United Methodist Church Community Congregational Church, UCC-Greenland MAY May 5 Greenland United Methodist Church Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish-Greenville St. Marguerite d'Youville Parish-Groveton Groveton United Methodist Church Stark United Methodist Church-Groveton St. Anne Parish-Hampstead St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church-Hampstead Hampstead Congregational Church First Baptist Church-Hampton May 12 Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish-Hampton Trinity Episcopal Church-Hampton First Congregational Church of Hampton Hampton United Methodist Church St. Patrick Mission (Catholic)-Hampton Beach First Baptist Church-Hampton Falls First Congregational Society-Unitarian of Hampton Falls First Congregational Church-Hancock Trinity Baptist Church-Hanover May 19 St. Denis Parish-Hanover St. Thomas Episcopal Church-Hanover Our Savior Lutheran Church-Hanover Hanover Friends Meeting Kendal Worship Group-Hanover Church of Christ at Dartmouth College (UCC)-Hanover Community Church of Harrisville & Chesham (ABC, UCC) First Congregational Church-Haverhill Union Congregational Church-Hebron St. Theresa Parish-Henniker May 26 Weare Friends Meeting-Henniker Congregational Church-Henniker Smith Memorial Church (UCC)-Hillsboro Hillsboro United Methodist Church St. Mary Parish-Hillsborough Holderness Community Church (American Baptist) Congregational Church of Hollis, UCC Holy Rosary Parish-Hooksett Congregational Church of Hooksett St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church-Hopkinton JUNE June 2 First Congregational Church, UCC-Hopkinton First Baptist Church-Hudson St. Kathryn Parish-Hudson Community Church, UCC-Hudson Jackson Community Church (UCC) St. Patrick Parish-Jaffrey Monadnock Friends Meeting-Jaffrey First Church (UCC)-Jaffrey The United Church of Jaffrey (UCC) June 9 St. John's United Methodist Church-Jefferson First Baptist Church-Keene Mary, Queen of Peace Parish-Keene Parish of the Holy Spirit-Keene St. James’ Episcopal Church-Keene St. George Church (Greek Orthodox)-Keene Keene Friends Meeting Keene UU Church United Church of Christ-Keene June 16 First Congregational Church-Kensington United Baptist Church of Lakeport-Laconia St. André Bessette Parish-Laconia St. James’ Episcopal Church-Laconia Good Shepherd Lutheran Church-Laconia Taxiarchai Church (Greek Orthodox)-Laconia UU Society of Laconia Congregational Church (UCC)-Laconia Gate of Heaven Parish-Lancaster June 23 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church-Lancaster Lancaster Congregational Church Christ United Methodist Church-Lancaster First Evangelical Congregational Church UCC-Langdon First Baptist Church-Lebanon St. Helena Parish-Lebanon Sacred Heart Parish-Lebanon First Congregational Church-Lebanon Lebanon United Methodist Church Lee Church Congregational-Lee

June 30 Loon Mountain Ministry (American Baptist)-Lincoln St. Joseph Parish-Lincoln Episcopal Church of the Epiphany-Lisbon The Shared Ministry (United Methodist)-Lisbon St. Francis of Assisi Parish-Litchfield Litchfield Community Church Presbyterian St. Rose of Lima Parish-Littleton All Saints’ Episcopal Church-Littleton

For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55:10-11 JULY July 7 North Country Unitarian Universalist Society-Littleton First Congregational Church, UCC-Littleton First United Methodist Church-Littleton Lochmere Free Baptist Church St. Jude Parish-Londonderry St. Mark the Evangelist Parish-Londonderry St. Peter’s Episcopal Church-Londonderry Londonderry Presbyterian Church Londonderry United Methodist Church July 14 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 UCC Church-Madbury The Madison Church (American Baptist) First Baptist Church-Manchester Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana-Manchester July 21 French Speaking Baptist Church-Manchester Blessed Sacrament Parish-Manchester Our Lady of the Cedars Melkite Parish-Manchester Parish of the Transfiguration-Manchester Protection of the Bl. Virgin Mary Parish-Manchester Sacred Heart Parish-Manchester St. Anne-St. Augustin Parish-Manchester St. Anthony of Padua Parish-Manchester St. Catherine of Siena Parish-Manchester St. Hedwig Parish-Manchester July 28 St. Joseph Cathedral-Manchester St. Pius X Parish-Manchester St. Raphael Parish-Manchester Ste. Marie Parish-Manchester Grace Episcopal Church-Manchester St. Andrew's Episcopal Church-Manchester Gethsemane Lutheran Church-Manchester Assumption Church (Greek Orthodox)-Manchester St. George Cathedral (Greek Orthodox)-Manchester St. Nicholas Church (Greek Orthodox)-Manchester AUGUST August 4 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 (UCC)-Manchester Brookside Congregational Church, UCC-Manchester Federated Church of Marlborough (UCC, UMC, UU) The Mason Congregational Church, UCC August 11 Melvin Village Community Church Meredith Center Free Will Baptist Church St. Charles Borromeo Parish-Meredith Trinity Episcopal Church-Meredith First Congregational Church-Meredith Meriden Congregational Church Our Lady of Mercy Parish-Merrimack St. John Neumann Parish-Merrimack Faith Episcopal Church-Merrimack August 18 St. James United Methodist Church-Merrimack Bridge Community Church (American Baptist)-Milford St. Patrick Parish-Milford Episcopal Church of Our Saviour-Milford Unitarian Universalist Congregation-Milford First Congregational Church-Milford Milford United Methodist Church Community Church of Milton (American Baptist, UCC) Congregational Church-Mont Vernon Chapel by the Lake (UCC)-Munsonville August 25 Comunidade Batista Dos Milagres-Nashua First Baptist Church-Nashua New Fellowship Baptist Church-Nashua Han Ma Um Korean Church (American Baptist)-Nashua Nashua Baptist Church Saint John XXIII Parish-Nashua Parish of the Resurrection-Nashua Immaculate Conception Parish-Nashua St. Aloysius of Gonzaga Parish-Nashua St. Christopher Parish-Nashua SEPTEMBER September 1 St. Joseph the Worker Parish-Nashua St. Patrick Parish-Nashua St. Stanislaus Parish-Nashua Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd-Nashua Christ the King Lutheran Church-Nashua St. Philip Church (Greek Orthodox)-Nashua Nashua Presbyterian Church Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua First Church of Nashua (UCC) September 8 Pilgrim Congregational Church-Nashua Arlington Street United Methodist Church-Nashua Main Street United Methodist Church-Nashua Congregational Church-Nelson Community Church of New Boston (Presbyterian) The New Castle Congregational Church New Hampton Community Church (ABC)-New Hampton First Baptist Church-New London Our Lady of Fatima & Immaculate Conception Parish- New London September 15 St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church-New London Kearsarge Community Church-New London Kearsarge UU Fellowship-New London South Newbury Union Church, UCC Newfields Community Church (UCC) Holy Trinity Lutheran Church-Newington Immanuel Indonesian Lutheran Church-Newington Newington Town Church, UCC Newmarket Community Church (American Baptist, UCC) September 22 St. Mary Parish-Newmarket First Baptist Church-Newport St. Patrick Parish-Newport Episcopal Church of the Epiphany-Newport St. Vasilios Church (Greek Orthodox)-Newport First Congregational Church, Croydon-Newport South Congregational Church-Newport Newton Junction Baptist Church Our Lady of the Mountains Parish-North Conway

September 29 Christ Episcopal Church-North Conway Nativity Lutheran Church-North Conway First Church of Christ Congregational, UCC-No. Conway The United Church of Christ of North Hampton North Salem United Methodist Church North Sandwich Friends Meeting First Baptist Church-North Stratford Episcopal Church of the Messiah-North Woodstock Northwood Congregational Church, UCC Higher Ground Baptist Church-Nottingham

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

Isaiah 40:8

OCTOBER October 6 Nottingham Community Church Unitarian Universalist The United Congregational Church of Orford-Orford Water Village Community Church (ABC)-Ossipee Second Congregational Church-Ossipee St. Patrick Parish-Pelham First Congregational Church-Pelham First Congregational Church-Pembroke Penacook United Church (American Baptist, UCC) Immaculate Conception Parish-Penacook October 13 Divine Mercy Parish-Peterborough All Saints’ Episcopal Church-Peterborough Peterborough Unitarian-Universalist Church Union Congregational Church-Peterborough Peterborough United Methodist Church Bethany Congregational Church-Pike Farnham Memorial United Methodist Church-Pittsburg Our Lady of Lourdes Parish-Pittsfield St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church-Pittsfield October 20 First Congregational Church-Pittsfield Plainfield Community Baptist Church First Baptist Church-Plaistow St. Luke the Evangelist Parish-Plaistow Holy Trinity Parish-Plymouth Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit-Plymouth Holderness School-Plymouth Starr King UU Fellowship-Plymouth Plymouth Congregational UCC October 27 Middle Street Baptist Church-Portsmouth New Hope Baptist Church-Portsmouth Corpus Christi Parish-Portsmouth Christ Episcopal Church-Portsmouth St. John’s Episcopal Church-Portsmouth St. Nicholas Church (Greek Orthodox)-Portsmouth South Church (UU)-Portsmouth North Church of Portsmouth, UCC First United Methodist Church-Portsmouth Raymond United Methodist Church NOVEMBER November 3 Advent Lutheran Church-Rindge First Congregational Church-Rindge Second Baptist Church-Rochester St. Peter Parish-Rochester Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish-Rochester St. Mary Parish-Rochester Marturia Presbyterian Church-Rochester First Church Congregational-Rochester First United Methodist Church-Rochester November 10 St. Theresa Parish-Rye Beach Centerpoint Community Church (ABC)-Salem Saints Mary & Joseph Parish-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 Congregational Community Church-Salisbury November 17 First Baptist Church-Sanbornton Mountain View Church (American Baptist)-Sanbornton Sanbornton Congregational, UCC St. Anthony Parish-Sanbornville Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist-Sanbornville Rock Church United Methodist Church-Sandown St. Matthew's United Methodist Church-Sandown Trinity United Church (ABC, UMC)-Seabrook St. Ignatius of Loyola & St. Mary Parishes-Somersworth St. Mary Parish-Somersworth November 24 Assumption Church (Greek Orthodox)-Somersworth First Parish United Church of Christ-Somersworth South Danbury Christian Church (UCC) South Hampton Baptist Church Bow Lake Free Will Baptist Church-Strafford Stratham Community Church (UCC) United Congregational Church-Sullivan St. John the Baptist Parish-Suncook Suncook United Methodist Church First Freewill Baptist Church-Sutton DECEMBER December 1 First Congregational Church-Swanzey St. Andrew’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church-Tamworth UU Fellowship of Eastern Slope-Tamworth 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 December 8 Walpole UU Church First Congregational Church, UCC-Walpole United Church of Warner (ABC, UCC)-Warner Washington Congregational Church Holy Cross Episcopal Church-Weare The First Congregational Church of Webster West Epping Friends Meeting Congregational Church-West Lebanon West Rumney Community Church (UCC) December 15 West Swanzey Community Church (American Baptist) Union Church Community in Christ ABC)-Westmoreland Westmoreland United Church, UCC Community Baptist Church-Whitefield First Congregational Church-Wilmot Wilmot Baptist Church Souhegan Friends Meeting-Wilton First Unitarian Congregational Society-Wilton Second Congregational Church-Wilton The United Church of Winchester (UCC) December 22 St. Matthew Parish-Windham Windham Presbyterian Church First Baptist Church-Wolfeboro All Saints’ Episcopal Church-Wolfeboro First Congregational Church-Wolfeboro Pemi Valley Church (American Baptist, UCC)-Woodstock St. Catherine of Siena Parish-Woodsville St. Joseph Parish-Woodsville St. Luke’s Episcopal Church-Woodsville