of Newcastle Prayer Diary March 2021

This week … 4 Thursday ‘For you are setting your mind not on divine Bernard Gilpin, priest, ‘Apostle of the North’, things but on human things.’ (Mark 8:33) 1583 [CNS] Owine, companion and biographer of Chad, c.670 ’ rebuke to Peter is for all of us. Let’s [CNS] pray for all our committee meetings, in  Anglican Communion: , deaneries and at diocesan level, Missionary Diocese of Asaba (Nigeria) that their business reflects ‘divine things’ Bp Justus N Mogekwu and helps us all grow in Christ.  Diocese of Møre: Senior Adviser: Inge Morten Haarstad 1 Monday  Bellingham Deanery: David, of Menevia, patron of Wales, Deanery Secretary: vacant c.601 Finance Officer: Roger Langford  Anglican Communion:  The Mothers’ Union: Diocese of Armadale (Australia) For Diocesan President Barbara Packer and Bp Rod Chiswell Vice Presidents Sheila and Sylvia for their  Diocese of Møre: commitment and leadership. Bishop Ingeborg Midttømme  : Friday Bishop Christine, Bishop of Newcastle 5  Anglican Communion: Diocese of Asante-Mampong (Ghana) Tuesday 2 Most Revd Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith Chad, bishop of Lichfield, missionary, 672 *  Diocese of Møre:  Anglican Communion: Head of Finance: Åshild Stige Diocese of Arochukwu / Ohafia (Nigeria)  Bellingham Deanery: Bp Johnson C Onuoha Benefice of with Birtley and  Diocese of Møre: Thockrington The Diocesan Council Priest-in-Charge: Sarah Lunn  Diocese of Newcastle: Reader: James Feeley Bishop Mark,  * vacant canonry 6 Saturday Baldred. Hermit, and Billifrith, hermit and 3 Wednesday jeweller of the Gospels, 8th cent.  Anglican Communion: [CNS] Diocese of Aru (Congo)  Anglican Communion: Bp Georges Titre Ande (Wales)  Diocese of Møre: Bp Gregory Cameron Diocesan Director: Bjørn Olaf Storhaug  Diocese of Møre:  Bellingham Deanery: Department of Church and Spiritual Life: Area : Sarah Lunn Per Inge Haugen Lay Chair: Alice Murray  Bellingham Deanery:

St Giles’ Church, Birtley This week …  Bellingham Deanery: ‘Stop making my Father’s house a market- Benefice of with Simonburn place!’ (John 2:16) and Wark Priest-in-Charge: vacant In the gospels, we see that Jesus’ Associate Priest: Claire Robson relationship with God his Father is at the heart of who he is and all he does, even in 10 Wednesday his more provocative actions. Let’s pray  Anglican Communion: that our relationship with God is at the heart Diocese of Atlanta (USA) of who we are, shaping our words and Bp Robert Wright actions as we live out our faith.  Diocese of Møre: Parishes of Bolsøy, Kleive, Røvik, Veøy and 7 THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Sekken in the Deanery Admiral Lord Collingwood, naval commander,  Bellingham Deanery: 1810 [CNS] * St Peter’s Parish Church, Humshaugh  Porvoo Communion:  Humshaugh C of E First School Diocese of Karlstad (Church of Sweden) Thursday  Anglican Communion: 11

Province de l’Eglise Anglicane du Congo  Anglican Communion: Archbishop Zacharie Masimango Katanda Diocese of Auckland (New Zealand)  Diocese of Møre: Bp Ross Graham Bay  The at Molde Diocese of Møre: Dean: Olav Gading Parishes of , Austerfjord, Dalsfjord and  Bellingham Deanery: Kilsfjord in the Southern Sunnmøre Deanery

St Giles’ Parish Church, Chollerton and  Bellingham Deanery: St Christopher’s Church, Gunnerton St Mungo’s Parish Church, Simonburn

 Chollerton C of E First School  Praying for Unity:  * Shane Waddle, Diocesan Secretary For all Roman Catholic congregations and their priests in our region 8 Monday Friday Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, 1910 12

Felix, bishop, apostle to the East Angles, 647  Anglican Communion: Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, priest, poet, 1929 Diocese of North West Australia  Anglican Communion: Bp Gary Nelson

Diocese of Athabasca (Canada)  Diocese of Møre: Bp Fraser Lawton Parishes of Ørsta, , Hjørundfjord and  Diocese of Møre: Storfjorden in the Southern Sonnmøre Human Resources Department: Deanery

Alice Elnes  Bellingham Deanery:  Bellingham Deanery: St ’s Parish Church, Wark

Parish Church of St Aidan, Thockrington  Wark C of E First School

9 Tuesday 13 Saturday

 Anglican Communion:  Anglican Communion: Diocese of Athooch (South Sudan) Diocese of Aweil (South Sudan) Bp Moses Anur Ayom Bp Abraham Yel Nhial

 Diocese of Møre:  Diocese of Møre: Parish of Molde and the Cathedral parish Parishes of Ørskog, and in the Eastern Sunnmøre Deanery

 Bellingham Deanery: 16 Tuesday Benefice: North Tyne and Redesdale Team  Anglican Communion: Team Rector: vacant Diocese of Awgu / Aninri (Nigeria) Team Vicar: vacant Bp Emmanuel A Ugwu Assistant Curate: Elaine Ryder  Diocese of Møre: Reader: Peter Ryder Parishes of Borgund and Ellingsøy in the The Diocesan Synod Forum meets online at Northern Sunnmøre Deanery 10.00am today. Please pray for all leading and all  Bellingham Deanery: taking part. (This is an open event, details are in St ’s Parish Church, Elsdon the March Link, page 5: ‘A New Normal?’) 17 Wednesday This week … Patrick, bishop, missionary, patron of Ireland, ‘For God so loved the world …’ (John 3:16) c.460  Anglican Communion: On Mothering Sunday we give thanks for Diocese of Awka (Nigeria) those important caring relationships in our Abp Alexander Chibuzo Ibezim lives. This week let’s pray that we continue  Diocese of Møre: to be open to God’s transforming love in all Parishes of , Kors, Øverdalen, Hen, our relationships and in all parts of his Eid, Holm, Voll and Vågstranda in the Inner Church. Deanery  Bellingham Deanery: 14 FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT St Peter’s Parish Church, Falstone Mothering Sunday  Porvoo Communion: 18 Thursday Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem, teacher of the faith, 386 Diocese of St David’s (Wales)  Anglican Communion:  Anglican Communion: Diocese of Awori (Nigeria) Iglesia Anglicana de Chile Bp J Akin Atere Most Revd Hector Zavala, Primate  Diocese of Møre:  Diocese of Møre: Parishes of , Fiksdal, and Parishes of , , Liabygda, Vike in the Inner Romsdal Deanery and Gerlanger in Eastern  Bellingham Deanery: Sunnmøre Deanery St Aidan’s Church, Thorneyburn  Bellingham Deanery:  Praying for Unity: St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Bellingham For all preparing ecumenical events and services for Passiontide and Easter. 15 Monday  Anglican Communion: 19 JOSEPH OF NAZARETH Diocese of Awerial (South Sudan)  Anglican Communion: Bp David Akau Kuol Mayom Diocese of Ayod (South Sudan)  Diocese of Møre: Bp Thomas Tut Gany Parishes of Ålesund and Volsdalen in the  Diocese of Møre: Northern Sunnmøre Deanery Parishes of , Nordlandet and  Bellingham Deanery: in the Outer Nordmøre Deanery St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Corsenside and  Bellingham Deanery: All Saints’ Church, West Woodburn St Francis’ Church, Byrness

20 Saturday  Bellingham Deanery: Benefice of St Oswald in Lee with Bingfield Cuthbert, bishop of Lindisfarne, missionary, 687 Priest-in-Charge: Sarah Lunn [CNS] * Associate Priest: Christine Bull Herbert of Derwentwater, 687 [CNS] **  Anglican Communion: Diocese of Badagry (Nigeria) 23 Tuesday Bp Joseph Adeyemi Felgild and Ethilwald of Farne, hermits, 699  Diocese of Møre: [CNS] Parishes of , and  Anglican Communion: in the Outer Nordmøre Deanery Diocese of Bakuru (Nigeria)  Bellingham Deanery:  Diocese of Møre: Holy Parish Church, Horsley All involved in diocesan administration  * vacant canonry  Bellingham Deanery:  ** Canon Glyn Evans St Mary’s Church, Bingfield

This week … 24 Wednesday ‘We wish to see Jesus.’ John 12:21) Walter Hilton of Thurgarton, Augustinian canon, mystic, 1396 As we seek to live faith to the fullest, let’s Paul Couturier, priest, ecumenist, 1953 pray that we might have our eyes open to Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, seeing Jesus this Passiontide, in scripture martyr, 1980 and prayer, in conversation and silence, in  Anglican Communion: acts of faith and kindness, in others and in Diocese of Ballarat (Australia) ourselves. Bp Garry Weatherill  Diocese of Møre: 21 FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT All who are training for ordained and lay Passiontide begins ministry within the Diocese  Porvoo Communion:  Bellingham Deanery Diocese of Lund (Church of Sweden) St Oswald’s Church, Heavenfield Diocese of Cashel, Ossory and Ferns (Ireland) 25 THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY  Anglican Communion:  Anglican Communion: The Church of (Wales) Abps Justin Welby and Stephen Cottrell Bp Andrew John  Diocese of Møre:  Diocese of Møre: Parishes of , Straumsnes, Øre and Janet Appleby and the members of the in the Inner Nordmøre Deanery Møre-Newcastle Link Task Group  Bellingham Deanery:  Bellingham Deanery: Parish Church of St , St George’s Parish Church, Wall Otterburn  Praying for Unity: For all that happens across our region to 22 Monday publicise and bear witness to our common  Anglican Communion: faith in Jesus, crucified, risen and ascended. Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands (West Indies) Bp Laish Boyd This Prayer Diary can be downloaded each  Diocese of Møre: month from the Newcastle diocesan Parishes of Hov, Romfo, Øksendal and website: Ålvundeid in the Inner Nordmøre Deanery www.newcastle.anglican.org/prayerdiary

26 Friday  Diocese of Møre: All responsible for developing liturgy and Harriet Monsell, founder of the Community of St music in the diocese John the Baptist, 1883  Diocese of Newcastle:  Anglican Communion: Rob Saner-Haigh, Director of Mission and Diocese of Banks and Torres (Melanesia) Ministry Bp Patterson Worek  Diocese of Møre: All who have responsibilities in the 29 MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK deaneries (prosti) of the Diocese  Anglican Communion:  Diocese of Newcastle: Diocese of Bari (Nigeria) Rachel Wood, Acting of Bp Idris Ado Zubairu  Diocese of Møre: All who communicate the Gospel through 27 Saturday art and drama  Diocese of Newcastle:  Anglican Communion: Pray for all involved in the ongoing work in Diocese of Barbados (West Indies) , and those planning Bp Michael Maxwell the reopening.  Diocese of Møre: Ministry in hospitals and hospices  Diocese of Newcastle: 30 TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK Catherine Sourbut Groves, Archdeacon of  Anglican Communion: Lindisfarne Diocese of Baringo (Kenya) Bp Musa Kamuren This week …  Diocese of Møre: ‘Wherever the good news is proclaimed in All deacons and the communities in which the whole world, what she has done will be they serve

told in remembrance of her.’ (Mark 14:9)  Diocese of Newcastle: Laura Peace, Diocesan Registrar As Jesus was honoured and worshipped through one woman’s extravagant 31 WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK anointing, let’s pray this Holy Week that our  Anglican Communion: worship may also glorify and honour Jesus, Diocese of Barrackpore (North India) proclaim his good news and build up our Bp Paritosh Canning faith.  Diocese of Møre: All who are leading the celebrations of the PALM SUNDAY 28 Passion and Easter  Porvoo Communion:  Diocese of Newcastle: Diocese of Armagh (Ireland) Shane Waddle, Diocesan Secretary Diocese of Funen (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark)  Anglican Communion: Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Abp Andrew Chan

About this Prayer Diary

We continue to include in the Prayer Diary all those commemorated in Celebrating the Northern Saints, [CNS] and to remember our lay, residentiary and honorary canons on the day of the saints and influential people who have given their canonry its designation and/or stall in the Cathedral.

Each week, there is a stimulus to prayer, normally based on the Sunday Gospel, to guide our next steps in growing church bringing hope. We are grateful to Bishop Mark for these weekly reflections.

SUNDAYS

For each Sunday, we follow a well-established pattern:  First are intercessions for the Porvoo Communion (https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/news/Committee/PORVOO-PRAYER-DIARY- 2020.pdf). The Porvoo Declaration commits the churches which have signed it to “share a common life” and “to pray for and with one another.”  Second are intercessions from the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, available at www.anglicancommunion.org. Prayers on Sundays are for a Province of the Communion.  Thirdly we pray for our Link Diocese of Møre in .  Fourthly we remember those who lead the life and mission of opur own Diocese of Newcastle, and the Bellingham Deanery, its churches, people and organisations, including Church Schools, where possible, on the same day as the parish of which they are part.

WEEKDAYS

The pattern is similar on weekdays, but without the Porvoo Communion:  Firstly, from the Anglican Cycle of Prayer.  Secondly, our Link Diocese of Møre in Norway.  Thirdly, parishes, churches, schools and other groups and areas of work from the Diocese and from the Bellingham Deanery.  On Thursdays, we pray for the work of the Mothers’ Union in the Diocese (first week) and for Christian Unity (subsequent weeks).

We pray for our Link Dioceses as follows: Botswana during January, April and October. Møre during March, June and September. Winchester during May, August and November.

The Deaneries are incorporated in the Prayer Diary in such a way as to include the Benefices (with names of ordained and lay ministers) and also, for benefices with more than one church, the constituent churches, in order that every congregation – and the local community in which it is set - can be remembered at least once during the year.

January Morpeth (cont.) and July Newcastle East February August Newcastle West March Bellingham September April October May November & Glendale June Newcastle Central December Morpeth

I try to mark important days in the life of the Diocese (e.g. Diocesan Synods, Institutions and Licensings, ecumenical occasions) with a special note, but can only do so if I have the information early in the previous month. Please don’t hesitate to send me information and prompts in good time.

Richard Hill 0191 284 1108 07597 933 367 [email protected]