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DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER July 2021 – August 2021

God our Father, renew our hope. By the Holy Spirit’s power strengthen us to pray readily, serve joyfully and grow abundantly rejoicing in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen. 1 July Chalke Valley, Chalke Deanery Clergy: Catherine Blundell, Jenny Taylor, Roger Leake. LLM: David Blundell. Prayers please - For the Chalke Valley Team as we begin another clergy vacancy That the ministry of our Lay Pastoral Assistants and Lay Worship Leaders will flourish. For the primary school we support in Cueibet, South Sudan. Coombe Bissett CE VA Primary School CE VA Primary School Longford CE VC Primary School 2 July Nadder Valley, Chalke Deanery Clergy: Graham Southgate, Elaine Brightwell, Tina Fox, Juliette Hulme, Jo Naish, Mark Hayter. LLM: Judy Anderson. We pray for each of our fourteen parishes and the links with the four schools. We also pray for a strengthening of our vision and energy, that we might bring new life to our communities. Tisbury St John's CE VC Primary School Hindon CE VA Primary School Dinton CE VC Primary School Chilmark & CE VA Primary School 3 July – Thomas the Apostle St Bartholomew, Chalke Deanery We give thanks for the generous support received during the vacancy, and we pray for our Rector-designate Kate McFarlane and her family who will be joining us in September. CE VA Primary School 4 July – Fifth Sunday after Trinity Western Downland, Chalke Deanery Clergy: Les Player, Nigel Cumming, Rob Eardley, Angus Mayhew. For faith, vision and unity as we live a hybrid life of online and in-person activities and worship. For parishes valiantly working to overcome financial challenges. For our Church School giving thanks for our retiring headteacher, Kim, and praying for God’s blessing upon the leadership of Alice, her successor. Western Downland CE VA Primary School Sarum Academy Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea.

5 July Rural Officers: Margaret Preuss-Higham (Sherborne), Richard Hancock (), Claire Horton (Sarum), Rhona Floate (Wilts). Environment Group Chair: David Morgan. Pray for all rural churches as they open up safely following the easing of lockdown and wrestle with the financial implications of the last months. Pray for all who lead these churches in any capacity and the community’s in which they are set. Give thanks for all who for the environment group in the diocese. 6 July Deanery Rural Dean: Pauline Reid. Lay Chair: Robert Shuler. We pray for the life of our deanery; for all the communities of people that live and work in our villages and towns. For our churches serving those communities, for clergy and lay people as they seek to discern a way forward in these challenging times. We pray particularly for those parishes who now find themselves in vacancy, and for all who are giving their time and energy to plan the months ahead: Mere with and , and the parishes of the River Were benefice. Amen 7 July Cley Hill Villages, Heytesbury Deanery Clergy: Pauline Reid, Gay Maynard. We give thanks for the life of our benefice and for the many people who give generously of their time and talents to serve our communities. We pray particularly for the staff and pupils of the three schools in our benefice, Crockerton CE VA primary School, CE VA School and Community Primary School. Give strength and courage to all who serve on our PCC’s as we negotiate the way forward in these difficult and challenging times. Crockerton CE VA Primary School Chapmanslade CE VA Primary School Episcopal churches in South Sudan and Sudan: Please pray for Rt Revd Andudu Adam Elnail, Bishop of Kadugli and Nuba Mountains 8 July Mere with West Knoyle & Maiden Bradley, Heytesbury Deanery Give courage and hope to all who serve on the PCC’s of these parishes in this time of vacancy. Enable all who are responsible for ensuring that the work of the church in serving the local community continues, wisdom, patience and a willingness to work together harmoniously in serving God and loving neighbour. Amen

9 July Upper Stour, Heytesbury Deanery Clergy: Ben Rundell-Evans, Mike MacCormack. We pray that, as we continue to enjoy new found freedoms, that we may discover new ways of being present in our communities, and that we may be open to seeing God in the most surprising of places. Bourton St Georges CE VA School Whitesheet Church of Primary Academy 10 July Upper Wylye Valley Team, Heytesbury Deanery Clergy: Trudy Hobson, Clifford Stride, Jonathan Hiscox, Diana Hammond, Robin Hungerford, Jane Shaw. LLM: Katherine Venning. Please pray for the Church’s witness to the communities in our 10 villages, our involvement with Rural Hope Thrive Scheme and as we begin to rebuild our families and young peoples’ outreach following the Pandemic. St John's Hospital Heytesbury CE VC Primary School Heytesbury CE VA Primary School Wylye Valley CE VA Primary School 11 July – Sixth Sunday after Trinity Christ Church, Heytesbury Deanery Clergy: Lorraine Dobbins, Caroline Spindlow (Curate about to be ordained Priest). Ordinand: Si Pope. Youth Pastor: Ben Cooke. Give thanks for the growing relationship between the Church and Sambourne School. Please pray for discernment as we begin to seek God's plans and purposes for our mission and ministry in the future. Warminster Sambourne CE VC Primary School Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for The Episcopal Church in the Philippines.

12 July White Horse, Heytesbury Deanery Clergy: Rebecca Harris, Caroline Husband, Holly Newton, Helen Durant-Stevensen, Margaret Davies, David Hart. LLMs: Graham Stevensen, Ashley Jones, Janet Likeman. Please pray for our new curate, Holly Newton and her family as they settle into our Team. Please pray for us as we review our ministry and mission, at what God has been doing among us over the last year, and where he is calling us to in the future. Westbury Leigh CE VC Primary School Westbury CE VC Junior School CE VC Primary School 13 July River Were, Heytesbury Deanery Clergy: Sue Hart, Margaret Collins. Please pray for us as we begin a time of interregnum in these uncertain times. Pray especially for the churchwardens and all those who share the responsibility for the worship, the mission and pastoral care across the benefice. Pray also for The Revd Sue Hart as her curacy comes to an end and she considers her future and for the Revd Margaret (Mags) Collins recently licensed to the Benefice. Warminster St John's CE VC Primary School Warminster The Minster CE VC Primary School 14 July Overseas Links Sudan Committee Secretary: Sheila Trist. Sudan Medical Link: Mike Maclachlan. For all deanery and diocesan Sudan, Latvia & Evreux Links. Episcopal churches in South Sudan and Sudan: Please pray for Rt Revd Moses Zungo, Bishop of Maridi 15 July The Archdeacon of Wilts Ven Dr Please pray for wisdom in decision making and for stamina in training for the sponsored swim across the Solent in September.

16 July Deanery Rural Dean: Andrew Sinclair. ARD: Keith Brindle. Lay Chair: Carole Jones. Prayer for the Deanery Finance Strategy Group supporting parishes and benefices in the deanery address their financial circumstances, and for new deanery-wide initiative focussing youth work provision and mission in our local secondary schools, through mentoring, and support of school's pastoral teams. 17 July Bratton, Edington & Imber, Erlestoke and , Devizes Deanery Clergy: Andrew Sinclair. Pray for Andrew Sinclair as he returns to work in the benefice following three months on sabbatical; for the Edington Music Festival taking place next month after its cancellation last year; and for those parishes facing financial challenges at present. 18 July – Seventh Sunday after Trinity Devizes St John and St Mary, Devizes Deanery Clergy: Gerry Lynch. Please pray for our search for a new Rector, and for a new Director of Music to replace the superlative Chris Totney who leaves us at the end of July; that God continues to give strength to our lay leaders who have had to bear so much additional responsibility during uniquely difficult circumstances, and to our retired clergy and curate who have led our worship in the interregnum; for God's guidance as we look to plug the pandemic-related hole in our finances; give thanks that our plans for St Mary's are making excellent progress. Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for Eglise Anglicane du Rwanda. 19 July Devizes St Peter, Devizes Deanery Please pray for parishes in vacancy at present which includes St Peter in Devizes. 20 July Rowde and Bromham, Devizes Deanery Clergy: Ruth Schofield, Heather Smith. LLM: Caroline Culley. Please pray for all who minister in the Benefice, in official or unofficial capacities. Please pray for the churches of Rowde, Bromham and Sandy Lane as we start our Church Vision process, "Join the Conversation”. Rowde C of E Primary Academy Bromham St Nicholas CE VC Primary School

21 July Southbroom St James, Devizes Deanery Clergy: Keith Brindle, Richard Saint, Anthony Rose. Prayer for St James Centre as it increasingly becomes the centre of support in the wider community and is used by external charities to meet clients and enable human flourishing. That the church will build good relationships with these charities and their clients. Prayers also for the CAP Debt Centre operating out of SJC - it is seeing many clients with a range of complex needs in addition to financial ones. Devizes The Trinity Primary Academy Southbroom St James Academy Episcopal churches in South Sudan and Sudan: Please pray for Most Revd Moses Deng Bol, Archbishop of Northern Bahr el Ghazal & Bishop of Wau. 22 July – Mary Magdalene Lavingtons, Cheverells and Easterton, Devizes Deanery Clergy: Marion Harrison. We pray the Lord will walk beside us as we look to renew the vision for our benefice and move forward together in faith. Great Cheverell The Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy Market Lavington St Barnabas CE VC Primary School 23 July Cannings & Redhorn, Devizes Deanery Clergy: Richard Curtis, Chris Burdon, George Royle. LWLs: Elizabeth Greed, Ian Smith, Pauline Smith, Louise Woolley. LPAs: Evelyn Grant, Yvonne Morris. Benefice Administrator: Helen Rawlings. We pray for: All those getting married this year and particularly those who have had to change dates and plans. Families who are arranging baptisms for their children. Families and friends of those who have died who have not been able celebrate their lives in the way they would have wanted to. Urchfont CE VC Primary School – Headteacher: Carol Talbot Chirton CE VC Primary School – Headteacher: Amy Bekker-Wrench Bishops Cannings CE VA Primary School – Headteacher: Catherine Vardy All Cannings CE VC Primary School – Headteacher: Richard Borman

24 July Wellsprings, Devizes Deanery Clergy: Ali Bridewell, Joshva Raja John-Christopher, Adrian Burholt, Jane Knowles, Renée Coulson, Maureen Allchin. LLM: Liz Starling. Although we have been through a challenging time across Wellsprings Benefice we are thankful that we have been able to praise God in all circumstances, we have not been discouraged and that the Lord has been with us and blessed us. As we continue to implement our vision for the Wellsprings family of churches, and their communities, we are thankful for Gods amazing generosity and all the good things that are in store for us. Help us to take possession of all the gifts that God has given us, to believe in the promises, to listen for guidance and to follow passionately by constantly drinking from the ‘wellspring’ of living water. Amen Five Lanes CE VC Primary School Seend CE VA Primary School 25 July – James the Apostle HMP Erlestoke Please pray for the residents, Governors, officers and staff. Those working within multifaith Chaplaincy, acting Managing Chaplain - Imam Mohammad Aziz, the Anglican team, special thanks to God for Revd. Steve Ibbetson and LPA Shirley Daniel's who worked so hard covering during an extended period of sickness and Revd. Jacqui Clark. Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for The Scottish Episcopal Church. 26 July Hospital Chaplains, Prison Chaplains, Chaplains for Law Courts, Police Chaplains, Service Chaplains, School Chaplains & Chaplain to Travellers Please pray for all chaplains, lay, volunteer and ordained; for all that they are, for all that they give, and for all those that they help. 27 July Bradford Deanery Rural Dean: Andrew Evans. ARD: Allan Coutts. Lay Chair: John Joy. Please pray for our link with Kadugli Diocese which is one of the delights of the life of our deanery, for +Hassan and + Andudu. We went there and took a conference in Oct 2019, giving them the 'Rooted in Jesus' discipleship programme. There are lots of groups now doing the course and there are new people coming to faith through this, especially after a healing mission run by Rooted in Jesus leaders in the rebel held areas.

28 July Atworth with Shaw and Whitley, Bradford Deanery Clergy: Jane Palmer. LLMs: Frances O’Donohoe, Chris Rees. Ordinand: Sam Park. Please pray for our Benefice as we seek to find a simpler, humbler and bolder life of worship and mission that serves our communities. Please pray for Gods provision for our future, especially the work of supporting our schools, reaching out to children and families and also the lonely and isolated in our community. Shaw CE VC Primary School Churchfields The Village School Episcopal churches in South Sudan and Sudan: Please pray for Rt Revd Abraham Ngor Mangong, Bishop of Gogrial. 29 July Broughton Gifford, Great Chalfield and Holt St Katharine, Bradford Deanery Clergy: Andrew Evans, Katie Jackson, Ruth Mecredy, Helen Begley. LLMs: Anthony Matthew, Rachel Firth, Keith Hamilton. Please pray for our new Children and Youth pastor, Stella Voeden, who started on 1st June (a new post for us). For the development of our outdoor church running weekly alongside our indoor church at St Katharine's and for outreach for St Mary's after re-ordering work to provide a loo and kitchen. Holt CE VC Primary School Broughton Gifford St Mary's CE VC Primary School 30 July , Bradford Deanery Clergy: Alison Sowton. Melksham The Manor CE VC Primary School Forest & Sandridge CE VA Primary School 31 July , Southwick, Heywood and , Bradford Deanery Clergy: Oliver Learmont, Tony Longdon. LLM: Richard Havergal. Renewed prayers are requested for our ministry to the schools and to young people in the Benefice as the scope for closer engagement returns at last; and for those who might be considering a calling to take on key roles in the PCCs in each of our parishes. Please also pray for all those involved in work this summer on the fabric of our church buildings. Southwick CE VC Primary School North Bradley CE VC Primary School

1 August – Ninth Sunday after Trinity Studley St John, Bradford Deanery Clergy: Alastair Wood. Here at St John's we are moving forward in providing opportunities for community engagement as our Parish Centre, Hall and Hub become the focus of new ways of being Church seven days a week. Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for Church of the Province of South East Asia. 2 August Canalside Benefice, Bradford Deanery Clergy: John Rees, Joy Albone, Jill Perrett, Hugh Hoskins. LLM: Claire Horton. PtO LLMs: Marilyn Stubbs, Catherine Warr. We give thanks for the positive ways in which our churches and villages are coping with Covid challenges. Please pray for wisdom as we develop our post pandemic patterns of worship and service, including support to our three C of E primary schools and to based Air Ambulance where John is Chaplain. We also pray that people will have space to rest and recuperate. Staverton CE VC Primary School Semington St George's CE VC Primary School Hilperton CE VC Primary School 3 August St James and , Bradford Deanery Clergy: Rob Thomas, Richard East. LLM: Marilyn Thomas. Do pray for our two churches to flourish as our excellent wardens and the team prepare for an interregnum from August with my retirement and the loss of Marilyn and me at the same time. Keevil CE VA Primary School

4 August Trowbridge St Thomas and , Bradford Deanery Clergy: Allan Coutts, Colin Turner, Andy Yorke, Andrew Judge. LLM: Angela Grist, Martyn Whittock, Judy Wright. Pray for wisdom in re-establishing our Parent and Toddler and Messy Church ministries following lockdown and for Kingfisher Church reaching out to the communities of Paxcroft and Castle Mead. West Ashton CE VA Primary School Bellefield CE VC Primary and Nursery School Episcopal churches in South Sudan and Sudan: Please pray for Rt Revd Peter Joh Abraham Mayom, Bishop of Malek. 5 August North Bradford on Avon and Villages, Bradford Deanery Clergy: Ann Keating, Tessa Mann, Paul Batson, Bernard Hughes, Keith Charnley. LLM: Rachel Pound. Children’s and Families Worker: Zoe Yeomans. LWLs Penny Pierce, Cedric Pierce. We give thanks to God for our four churches, and pray for wisdom and guidance as we pause to review our experiences over the past year, seeking to discern priorities and the way forward, ministering to our congregations and to those who join us online and in our communities. Bradford on Avon Christ Church CE VC Primary School Winsley CE VC Primary School 6 August – Transfiguration of Our Lord Bradford on Avon Holy Trinity, Westwood and Wingfield, Bradford Deanery Clergy: Joanna Abecassis, Ali Green, Sarah Jackson. LLM: Graham Dove. On the Feast of the Transfiguration, we rejoice at how we too have seen “his glory” this past year, and at the new ministry in the benefice. May we also “listen to” God’s Son and trust in his will for us, amidst all the uncertainties of the year ahead. Bradford on Avon St Laurence School 7 August Calne Deanery Rural Dean: Jane Curtis. ARD: Bob Kenway. Lay Chair: Mary Simpkins. Please remember in your prayers members of our Synod as we continue to work on our Deanery Plan and explore new and creative ways to work together in mission and ministry.

8 August – Tenth Sunday after Trinity Oldbury, Calne Deanery Clergy: Matt Earwicker, Linda Dytham. LLM: Pam Evans. Please pray for us as we reconnect with our communities through a summer of weddings and our restarted toddler group and coffee mornings, as well as looking at creative ways to tackle the loneliness in our villages. Cherhill CE VA Primary School Heddington CE VA Primary School Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for The Church of South India (United). 9 August Royal Wootton Bassett, Calne Deanery Clergy: Jane Curtis, Jonathan Beach, Alan Taylor, Michael Jones, Peter Giles. LLM: Michael Page. LLM Emeritus: Neil Harding. Please pray for members of our PCC as they work with diocesan colleagues and partner schools in the town to explore the possibility of establishing a Community Hub, with a focus on the well-being, flourishing and spiritual development of children and young people. Royal Wootton Bassett St Bartholomew's Primary Academy 10 August Marden Vale, Calne Deanery Clergy: Bob Kenway. Please pray for our four parishes as we continue to navigate through the re-opening of our churches during the pandemic. Pray also for our local schools especially the church primary schools serving the Benefice (Derry Hill, Holy Trinity and Marden Vale) and for Steven Colby as he completes his initial LLM training. Derry Hill CE VA Primary School Marden Vale CofE Primary Academy Calne Holy Trinity CE Academy

11 August Lyneham and Woodhill, Calne Deanery Clergy: Rachma Abbott, Karen Rizzello. REME Chaplains: Nick and Stephen on the MoD base. LLM in training: Mandy Cook. Ordinand in training: Richard Holness. LWLs: Elaine and Janet. LPAs: Cindy, Margaret, Tamara. Giving thanks for Joy Albone’s Rural Hope placement with us in July. Claire of Assisi (celebrated this day) wrote of her passion for the community she lead to grow in Jesus’ image of ‘blessed poverty, holy humility and ineffable charity’ may these gifts be mirrored in the lives of the Benefice of Lyneham and Woodhill. Broad Town CE VC Primary School Episcopal churches in South Sudan and Sudan: Please pray for Rt Revd Thomas Tut Gany, Bishop of Ayod. 12 August Marlborough Deanery Rural Dean: Roger Powell. Lay Chair: Sarah Musgrave. The deanery now has a full compliment of clergy but has been unable to meet in person. Please pray for us as we begin to get to know one another and to work together across the deanery. Our deanery plan highlights the need for both clergy and the laity to work together and we are soon to start work on a deanery event to begin this process. 13 August Ridgeway, Marlborough Deanery Clergy: Roger Powell, Freda Beveridge, Viv Brooks. Please pray for the benefice as we adjust to a new way of worshipping through services in church and online. We are in the process of reconnecting with in-person Collective Worship in our schools, and pray for more members of the congregation to come forward to help with this important work of mission. Ogbourne St George & St Andrew CE VC Primary School

14 August Upper Kennet, Marlborough Deanery Clergy: Maria Shepherdson, Sibella Laing. LPA/LWL: Graham kitchen, Claire Stiles, Anghared Hughes, Alison Andre, licensed during Lockdown and for their respective roles leading family and children's work and Care Home Chaplaincy. Prayers for the ongoing development of a dual presence / worshipping community online and changes to the usual rota, and for the guidance of the Holy Spirit as we reach the point of POCC decisions on the amalgamation of 5 PCCs into one, in thanksgiving for the working group and the support of Jill Hockham and Gavin (registry) at this crucial point in the process. For our ministry to the dying and bereaved and to families experiencing difficulties in relationships For the Rector as she prepares for her EMDL leave postponed from last year. Broad Hinton CE VC Primary School Kennet Valley CE VA Primary School 15 August – The Blessed Virgin Mary Marlborough, Marlborough Deanery Clergy: Chris Smith. Please pray for St Mary’s Marlborough; St George’s Preshute and St John the Baptist in Minal. Thank God for the arrival of Rev Pete Sainsbury and the new Love Marlborough Kids Meals Initiative. Please pray for a renewed sense of mission across the three churches and for St Mary’s to successfully upgrade her sound system. Marlborough St Mary's CE Primary School Preshute CE VC Primary School Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for The Anglican Church of Southern Africa. 16 August Whitton, Marlborough Deanery Clergy: Beth Hutton, Rhona Floate, Sue Rodd. LLMs: Jackie Hollander, Tony Eyles In addition to those named we give thanks for the ministry of our gifted Lay Worship Leaders and pastoral team. We pray for our farmers as they harvest, our new Headteacher at Baydon School, and our PCC discerning a fresh vision of God’s priorities and our response. Aldbourne St Michael's CE VA Primary School Baydon St Nicholas CE VA Primary School Chilton Foliat CE VA Primary School

17 August Pewsey Deanery Rural Dean: Gerald Osborne. We continue to pray for help in discerning future ministry within the deanery. We particularly pray for a ‘congregation’ of over a thousand recipients of our ‘Pewsey Deanery Prayer’ refection emails that they may continue to grow in depth of faith and their walk with the Lord. 18 August Savernake, Pewsey Deanery Clergy: Michael McHugh. We would ask for prayers for our parishes as they face uncertain times in the future. Collingbourne CE VC Primary School Great Bedwyn CE VC Primary School Savernake St Katharine's CE VC Primary School Shalbourne CE VC Primary School Episcopal churches in South Sudan and Sudan: Please pray for Rt Revd Martin Abuni, Bishop of Nimule Area. 19 August , Pewsey Deanery Clergy: Deb Larkey, Mark Windsor, Gerald Osborne. LLMs: Anne Mantle, Linda Fleming. Please pray for Team Vicar, Revd Jennifer Totney as she moves on from Pewsey. In September she begins a new role as Director of Contextual Training at Westcott House Theological College, Cambridge. May she know God’s guidance and peace, together with husband, Christopher and daughter, Rosie. Oare CE VC Primary School Rushall CE VA School Woodborough CE VA Primary School 20 August The Dean of Jersey The Very Revd Mike Keirle Please pray for the Deanery over this summer period, for Clergy and laity - that they may find space to spend time with friends and families, for our congregations as we look forward to the Autumn and formally joining the , for our new Island Synod as we engage with important issues of mission and ministry and for a renewed sense of working together in partnership both with each other locally and with the wider Church of England.

21 August St Ouën with St George, Jersey Clergy: Ian Pallent. Please pray for Revd Ian Pallent, Rector and his family, together with Sally Drayson Le Tissier, the Children's, Youth and Families Missioner, and her family as they continue to adapt and reshape ministry in St Ouën through the stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. 22 August – Twelfth Sunday after Trinity St Mary, Jersey Clergy: Tim Neill St Marys has started singing again! And it is wonderful. Pray for the Youth Alpha course which is coming to an end – pray that each of the three remaining participants will come to a lively faith. Pray for the next Alpha course starting on the 8th September that we will fill it with 8 to 10 participants. Finally pray that the church will recover and rebuild after the huge knock of the pandemic. Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for The Anglican Church of South America. 23 August St John, Jersey Clergy: Beverley Sproats. Please pray for us as we seek to share the love of God and serve the local community including the municipal parish and St. John’s Primary School. 24 August – Bartholomew the Apostle St Lawrence, Jersey Clergy: Phil Warren. Please pray for the church fellowship as we are now meeting together again, although some people are still reluctant to meet in person. Especially we would value prayers for our children’s ministry as we relaunch it with fresh vision and ideas, as well as new team, and look especially to reach out into the community. 25 August St Brelade with St Aubin, Jersey Clergy: Mark Bond. Here in St Brelade’s Bay in Jersey, we have a number of Hotels which are desperate for tourism to begin again. We pray for all those who work in that industry. Having an ancient church on the most popular beach in Jersey, we have many weddings. This year we are catching up on many from last year as well as this year. August will be a very busy time for us. Episcopal churches in South Sudan and Sudan: Please pray for Rt Revd Elijah Matueny Awet, Bishop of Cueibet. 26 August St Helier, Jersey Clergy: Mike Keirle, James Porter. Please pray for St Helier Parish Church as we continue to emerge out of Covid with new patterns of worship; giving thanks for the growth we have experienced; for the new leadership team; for our Autumn programme, our new Mother and Toddler group and especially our partnership with Jersey Arthouse and their installation in our church with all the opportunities that will bring. Please pray for James Porter, the Associate Rector and Mike, the Dean. 27 August St Andrew, Jersey Clergy: Mark Barrett First, a prayer for those in our community affected directly or indirectly by Covid. Second, a prayer of thanksgiving for our amazing new leadership team. They are all truly servant leaders. Third, a prayer for our ongoing plans to make our church warmer, brighter and more accessible to people of all abilities, as we come out of lockdown. We pray for God's will, God's strength and in God's timing. 28 August St Mark, Jersey Please pray for St. Mark's District Church, St Helier, as it embarks on a new phase in mission and ministry with the appointment of an interim lay minister with a graft from another church. 29 August – Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity All Saints, Jersey Clergy: David Grantham. Please pray for members of our church who are still shielding and missing their church family. Please pray for growth, in our numbers and in our desire to deepen our faith and serve Christ in a post covid world. Please pray for healing for Jesus' healing touch to rest upon several of our church members who are unwell. Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan.

30 August St Paul, Jersey Clergy: Paul Brooks. St. Paul’s is sending a team to be a part of St. Mark’s Church here in Jersey. Please pray for this new phase of life for both churches. Following our recent AGM we have a new leadership team - please pray for them and God’s guidance for us all as we look to the future together. 31 August St Clement, Jersey Clergy: David Shaw Prayers please for Canon David Shaw Rector of St Clement with St Nicholas Jersey and fellow clergy Rev. Tracy Le C. Bromley in her parish ministry and hospital chaplaincy and Rev Martin Dryden in the parish and supporting other parishes including Anglicans in Normandy when covid subsides. We rejoice as covid restrictions are finally lifted in Jersey and look to build on all we have learned, particularly ministry to people at home.