UPDATED CYCLE OF PRAYER

December 2016 - February 2017

O God, by whose command the order of time runs its course: forgive our impatience, perfect our faith and, while we wait for the fulfilment of your promises, grant us to have a good hope because of your word; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

(from Common Worship: Times and Seasons © The Archbishops’ Council 2006)

December 2016

1 The Lytchetts and Upton - Team : Jean de Garis, Team Vicar: Stephen Partridge. Assistant Clergy: Howard Page-Clark, Jean Alexander. LLM: Dave Parker. Youth Worker: Chris Trent. Diocesan Explorer: Augustine Ihm. Father we ask that you will give us wisdom and courage to know how to engage more effectively with our wider community. We ask especially that we may see whole families coming to faith and growing as disciples of Jesus.

2 Lytchett Matravers - Team Vicar: Stephen Partridge Father, we pray that by the time we pray this prayer, our new heating system will be installed and working! May the people of the parish find a really warm welcome in St Mary’s through the Advent and Christmas season.

3 North Poole Ecumenical Team - Janice Audibert, Penny Draper, Matt Williams, Marcus Mak Pray for us as we move from being North Poole Ecumenical Team to being North Poole Group. Praying for St. Georges Oakdale, St Pauls Canford Heath and Christ Church Creekmoor in our ministry and mission in North Poole.

4 Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, Bishop David Chillingworth (Primus) Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Porvoo, Bishop Björn Vikström Bishop Hilary Adeba Luate, Diocese of Yei in South Sudan

5 Oakdale St George - Revd Penny Draper, Revd Tom Lock (PtO), Revd John Graves (PtO), Ann Johnson (LLM), Pam Clark (LLM) Give thanks for recent roofing repairs and the grants that made them possible. Pray for our Outreach projects among the local community, and our Stewardship Campaign throughout February.

6 Creekmoor - Revd Janice Audibert, Revd Marcus Mak, Shirley Williams (LLM) Please pray for us as we continue to seek funding for our exciting building project. Praying that we continue to raise up disciples to love and to serve, growing church and community in Creekmoor.

7 Canford Heath - Matthew Williams Give thanks for our growing ‘Sunday Club’ ministry among the children and young people and please pray that God will give us the leaders we need as the work grows. Please pray for the Christianity Explored course we’ve recently introduced and that it will help people grow as disciples of the Lord Jesus.

8 Parkstone St Luke - Revds Chris Strain and Kevin Rogers, LLMS John Pattison, Roy Stacey and Ruth Greig (Justin Coldstream in training) We thank the Lord for the renewed joy and hope within the church praying we would be a true community of the Holy Spirit. We pray the love, mercy and grace of God will be evident in all we are and do, and in our weakness we will see his strength. Pray for deeper commitment to the Lord, for Men’s and Youth ministry to grow, for healing of relationships and for us to show forth the Good News of Jesus through our shared life and programmes.

9 Parkstone St Peter & St Osmund with Branksea St Mary - Michael Camp, Jonny Scott, Pat Southgate and Sally Bedborough Please pray for all our worship and other activities around Christmas, especially engagement with schools and wider community organisations. Pray for those children who are preparing for Admission to Communion and those adults and young people preparing for Confirmation. Also for 'SPY' our new youth group.

10 Poole St James with St Paul - Lucy Holt - Rector, Revd Chris Harwood - Please pray for discernment as we outreach to young families in the parish. For the work of Chris Harwood and the community dinner which reaches to vulnerable people and families. For good partnership working as we begin to address the issues of social isolation in our community.

11 : , Bishop , Bishop , Bishop Libby Lane Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Kuopio, Bishop Jari Jolkkonen Bishop Simon Adut Yuang, Diocese of Yirol in South Sudan

12 Talbot Village - Revd Rupert Higgins (Incumbent) Revd Asa Humphreys (Curate) Please pray for our Candlelit Carol Service and Crib Service both on December 18th. Two big events with the opportunity for the wonderful good news of Christmas to be shared with many people. Also please pray for our new Children's Minister, Alex Morris, for whom this busy time is her first in post. Thank you for your prayers.

13 Poole Hospital NHS Trust & Forest Holme - Jane Lloyd, Declan McConville and Fraser Smith Please pray for us as decisions are made regarding the provision of healthcare across Dorset, for those affected by cuts in health & social care, and for all staff working under increasing pressures. Please pray for our link with Wau Teaching Hospital in South Sudan in such perilous times.

14 Poole Missional Community - Paul Bradbury Please pray for Poole Missional Communities as we seek to work with others to encourage pioneer ministry and fresh expression across Poole Deanery. Pray in particular for; the vision to plant a missional community to reach young adults in the town; our work supporting an emerging missional community on Turlin Moor and Breathing Spaces, a project designed to enable people to connect with unchurched people using Christian spirituality.

15 The - Ven Please hold in your prayers all parishes and the clergy and lay minsters reaching out in mission through liturgy at this time: for carols, mince pies, Christingles, & Holy Eucharists amongst many other services. May our welcome reflect the Light of Christ and shine from our hearts with Advent Joy.

16 Salisbury Deanery – Paul Taylor (RD) Give thanks for the members of different churches and denominations working together in their neighbourhoods to pray and pursue mission. This is a bottom up movement of God as members of our congregations, released by their church leaders are starting new things. Please pray for further growth and blessing.

17 Bemerton - Rev Simon Woodley, Rev Susan Drewett, Rev Ali Bridewell, Rev Neil Robinson, Gilian Newton LLM We give thanks for the reopened St. Johns Place and the life it brings to the community and school, and for the Alpha which a seed of a new congregation. We continue to pray for our deaf curate Rev Neil Robinson and his wife as they settle into the hearing church.

18 Church of England: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, Bishop Paul Williams, Bishop Tony Porter Church of : , Bishop Bishop Isaac Nyaryiel Aleth, Area of Aluakluak in South Sudan

19 Fisherton Anger - Rev Craig Ryalls, Rev Alastair Etheridge (Youth Pastor & Pioneer Minister), and David Perry (Ordinand at Sarum College) Please pray for the mission within our parish and for the continuing and expanding work of SP2 Coffee Shop and Community Centre. We also give thanks for our newly appointed Children’s Pastor Debbie and our Children’s Ministry Intern Callum - we pray for them as they facilitate outreach to our church school and as they develop our mid-week Ark Toddler Group.

20 Harnham St George and All Saints - Revd Becky Roberts Incumbent, Revd Heather Leppard Curate, Revd Julian Poppleton Assistant . Parish worker Sister Theresa. Retired clergy who enable further ministry- Revds David, Simon, Peter and David, LPAs Jean, Helen, Irene, Linda Pray for Harnham Junior and Infant schools, Messy Church and children's work, work with the bereaved and lonely, the MU, study groups and appointment of a Music Missioner

21 - June Osborne - Dean, Edward Probert - Chancellor, Tom Clammer - Canon Precentor, Robert Titley - Canon Treasurer, Ian Woodward - Vicar of the Close and our Chaplains and all our many volunteers in the Cathedral We pray for everyone who will be visiting the Cathedral and worshipping with us over the many Christmas services. That through the familiar and wonderful music and words we hear and share we may make God’s love known. We pray that all who come to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace, may find peace in their hearts and minds, that their faith may refreshed and that there will be peace in our broken world. We pray that the joy and goodwill of Christmas will continue beyond just the New Year and that we may hold in our hearts those who feel lonely and unloved as so many celebrate the joy of gathering friends and families together.

22 Salisbury St Francis and St Lawrence Stratford-sub-Castle - Paul Taylor, Tessa Mann, plus Will and Sophie Burditt, Licensed Lay Pioneer Ministers St Francis is currently building a community extension on the side of the church and St Lawrence is building a meeting room and office. Pray that these ventures will not be ends in themselves but enable us to truly serve our communities and proclaim Christ’s love in action and words.

23 Salisbury St Mark and Laverstock - Vicar - Jim Findlay; Curate - Matt Earwicker; PTO - Jill Offer, Diane Roberts, Peter Dominy Please pray for continued growth in our parish and for our new pattern of services designed to assist in that. Pray for the growing new estates at the north end of our parish and the exciting ecumenical possibilities developing around our work there.

24 Sarum St Martin - David Fisher We give thanks to Almighty God that we have been able to confirm our continuance in Apostolic Faith and Order, and that we may be strengthened by the Holy Spirit for the work of the Proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

25 : Diocese of , Bishop Church of England: , Bishop , Bishop Mark Bryant Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Moray Ross and Caithness, Bishop Mark Strange Bishop Paul Tokmach Lual, Area of Nyang in South Sudan

26 Salisbury St Thomas and St Edmund - Vacancy: Charlie Allen, Wendy Cooper, and Jonathan Plows, Associate , Dominic Thornton, Curate. We ask for your prayers during this time of vacancy, for the Leadership and Churchwarden teams, giving thanks for the power of the Holy Spirit working enthusiastically in the process to appoint a new Rector.

27 Salisbury & District Hospital & Fountain Way Hospital - Kim Stephens, Frances Canham, David Langford, Fr Michael Fitzpatrick, Sr Theresa Kennedy, Philip Rhoades, Bill Smith (FWH) plus a team of 25 volunteers We give thanks for the privilege and blessing of the chaplaincy ministry. Please pray for the chaplaincy team as it seeks to provide relevant ministry in an ever challenged and changing NHS. We pray for sustainability and wellbeing of the team. We give thanks for the many blessings we see every day.

28 St Nicholas Hospital - Very Revd Paul Mellor For the Master and Members of the Community of St Nicholas Hospital. That God will bless all the members of the community as they seek to serve him in this place. For our founders, benefactors and all former members. For David Bartlett, Chairman of the Trustees.

29 Alderbury Deanery - David Bacon, Rural Dean Please pray for each congregation within the deanery, that together we might be people and churches who serve Jesus as lights in the world. We pray for the gift of sound leadership and that we might have a common purpose in Christ.

30 Bourne Valley - Revd Peter Ostli-East (PiC); Revd Phil Osler (resident Associate Priest); Revd Dr David Coates (non-resident Associate Priest); Revd Wendy Pugh, Ven Stephen Robbins & Revd Philip Seddon (Priests with PtO) LLMs: Anthea Davies; Simon Dawson; Henry Head; Christopher Watts Give thanks for new ministries in the Team, and pray for the study group that has formed, for initiatives that link schools with church, and for a greater emphasis on daily Bible reading and prayer. Pray too for our young people preparing for Confirmation in the new year.

31 The Clarendon Team - Nils Bersweden, Beth Hutton, Jane Dunlop, Cynthia Buttimer, Sarah Woodroe, Jeremy Davies, Alec Knight. LLMs - Debbie McIsaac, Michael Barratt, Bill Thompson, Gill Morgan. Please pray for the Clarendon Team, for Nils on Sabbatical and Beth Acting Team Rector. Pray also for our new Team Administrator Jolande.

January 2017

1 Church of England: Diocese of Chichester, Bishop Martin Warner, Bishop Mark Sowerby, Bishop Richard Jackson Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Mikkeli, Bishop Seppo Häkkinen Archbishop Ezekiel Kondo, Diocese of Khartoum and Province of Sudan

2 Forest & Avon Team Ministry - Frank Gimson, David Bacon, Bill Rogers, Veronica Batchelor, Philip Jones (LLM), Stephen Ings (LLM), Robert Prett (LLM), Mick Avery (LLM) That God may guide us and empower us as we grow in faith and reach out in mission.

3 Stonehenge Deanery - Eleanor Rance (RD) Let us give thanks for all the blessings of our lives in this beautiful and peaceful Rural Deanery. As we work to grow disciples, we give humble and hearty thanks for all those training as LPAs and LWLs and for all candidates training for Ordained Ministry. Grant them courage, patience, confidence and boundless energy. We give thanks for the exciting opportunities which lie ahead as we welcome the service families who will soon be coming to live amongst us. Help us to listen, to be generous and trusting with all those with whom we work, as we seek to reach out beyond parish and deanery boundaries to share the good news with all people.

4 Amesbury - Darren A'Court, Joanna Naish Please pray and give thanks for the three young people confirmed at the Cathedral in October, and for the emergence of new ministries among us: Lisa Down training as a Lay Pastoral Assistant, Janet Darg-Forsyth as a Lay Worship Leader, and Fr Darren in his new role as Assistant Rural Dean. We ask God's blessing on them all.

5 Avon River Team - Vacant, Rachel Bussey, Gale Hunt, Tina Draycott We ask your prayers for us as we enter a new year with so much on the horizon that is both exciting and challenging.

6 Tidworth - Revd Annabel Copeland-Rector of the Parish and School Chaplain of the Wellington Academy Trust schools, LPA-Tina Edwards Please pray for wisdom in developing ways to minister to the ever increasing population of young families in Tidworth. Pray for continued growth in the positive links that have been built with the army padres as we together minister to the large military population in the town Pray too for the staff and pupils of Wellington Academy that through the ministry of chaplaincy they may see something of the love of God.

7 Ludgershall and Faberstown - Claire Maxim We give thanks for all those who contribute in so many ways to the church community, and pray that those we reach we may see the light of Christ reflected in us. For the first time in living memory we prepare to welcome a curate next summer: we pray for him and for us all during his time here.

8 Church of England: , Bishop Richard Chartres, Bishop , Bishop , Bishop , Bishop Rob Wickham, Bishop , Bishop Church of Norway: Diocese of / New see and , Presiding Bishop , Bishop Bishop Ismail Gabriel Abudigin, Diocese of El Obeid in Sudan

9 Woodford Valley with Archers Gate – Rev Mike Perry, Rev Joanna Naish (Associate Priest) until January 2016, LLMs: Hugh Keatingue and Sylvia Parrett Pray for our work in the new estates of South Amesbury, for our Messy Church & our parent and toddlers group there and for prayer gathering ‘The Upper Room' Pray for our parish’s schools: Woodford CofE Academy and Amesbury Archer Community Primary. Pray for our Churchwardens and Lay Pastoral Assistants.

10 Lower Wylye and Till - Vacancy, Hugh Bonsey (TV), Mary Garrard (TV), Yvonne Allen (LLM), Louisa Halliday (PTO), David Henderson (PTO) We continue to focus on mid-week activities including Café in the Church at Great Wishford, ‘Open the Book’ in Great Wishford Primary School and ‘T@3’ at Steeple Langford. Please pray for us as we prepare for changes in ministry and worship patterns over the next two years in nine Churches.

11 Salisbury Plain - Eleanor Rance, David Walters We give thanks for a renewed vision for ministry and mission in the parish, remembering especially our ordinand, those training as LPAs and LWL & our future curate. We hold 3 schools before God praying especially for the head teachers, carrying such responsibility for the development of children in their care.

12 Chalke Deanery - Mark Wood, Rural Dean Please pray for the continued flourishing of the Chalke-Cueibet Partnership and for Bishop Elijah Matueny Awet, his family and all the people of Cueibet Diocese. Also, for Revd Les Player as he is licensed as Assistant Rural Dean.

13 Chalke Valley - Catherine Blundell Please pray specifically for the work of our Lay Pastoral Assistants. Pray for encouragement for them as they minister and continue to develop good connections with their local village. Pray for Catherine, Jenny and Rick, the clergy in the Chalke Valley, for David the LLM and for our lay worship leaders who support the leadership team. Give thanks for the continuing mutual support and encouragement of each other within the Benefice.

14 St Bartholomew - Revd Richard Warhurst, Rector. The Ven. John Holliman, The Revd Canon William Burke, The Revd June Lane, The Revd Michael Hobbs, Revd Mary Ridgewell Please pray for our retired clergy who have been unwell and for the implementation of our new pattern of services.

15 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Oulu, Bishop Samuel Salmi Church of Norway: Diocese of Soer-Hålogaland (Bodoe), Bishop Ann-Helen Fjeldstad Jusnes Church of England: , Bishop Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop John Stroyan. Bishop Andudu Adam Elnail, Diocese of Kadugli in Sudan

16 Nadder Valley - Judy Anderson (LLM), Thelma Caughey (LLM), Mark Hayter (AP), Graham Southgate (TR), and Andrew Staley (TV) At a time of great change within our Team Ministry, please pray for the Team Rector and Bishop who are responsible for appointing a new Team Vicar following Andrew’s retirement. We pray that we will be renewed in our vision and energy, and that we may bring new life to our communities.

17 Western Downland - Leslie Player, Nigel Cumming and Rob Eardley (both PTOs) Please pray for us the development of gifts amongst the congregation as we seek God’s way forward for us over the coming years.

18 Wilton with Netherhampton and Fugglestone - Mark Wood Please pray for the development of our new house groups and for all those who taking on new roles within our churches. Please pray for our Churchwarden, Julian Lyne –Pirkis as he begins a new assignment working with MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

19 Heytesbury Deanery – RD Pauline Reid We pray for all who minister in our deanery for those who serve on deanery synod, for Robert Shuler Lay Chair, Keith Muston deanery treasurer, Phil Jefferson deanery secretary. For those clergy new to our deanery, Rhonda Float and Clifford Stride, for a willingness for benefices to share resources and gifts. Amen.

20 Bishopstrow & Boreham - Vacant

21 Cley Hill Villages – Pauline Reid, LLM John Budgen Loving God, thank you for the good and faithful people who serve you with such faithfulness in our benefice. Give us confidence and joy as we seek to serve our communities and hold in the palm of your hand those faithful ones who are now elderly and infirm. Amen.

22 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Tampere, Bishop Matti Repo Church of England: Diocese of Manchester, Bishop David Walker, Bishop Chris Edmondson, Bishop Mark Davies Bishop Abdu Elnur Kodi, Diocese of Port Sudan in Sudan

23 Warminster St Denys and Upton Scudamore - Revd Jacques Desrosiers, Revd Carole Owen, Revd Gay Maynard Please pray for the people and the clergy of the The Minster Church Warminster St Denys and St Mary the Virgin Upton Scudamore. That we may grow in faith and discipleship.

24 Mere with West Knoyle & Maiden Bradley – Carol Wilson-Barker, Christine Marsh LLM, Jane Hurd LLM. Lord God we ask your blessing on all those who live and work in this Benefice we pray for closer links across our boundaries. At this time, we are thinking about our role as stewards of the church asking our generous God to always make us generous givers of time, money and care. We pray for plans to build over 240 homes in the Parish of Mere which could increase the community by 25%. We thank God for all His wonderful gifts to us.

25 Upper Stour - Graham Perryman (Priest-in-charge); Brian Martin (LLM); Mona Tyler (LLM) Peter Lewis (PtO) On the day we give thanks for the conversion of Saul, please pray for conversions in this parish, and across this Diocese. Pray that people would see the light of Christ, receive his love and forgiveness and follow him wholeheartedly.

26 Upper Wylye Valley Team - Alison Morley - Priest-in-Charge, Clifford Stride - Team Vicar, Jane Shaw - licensed priest, Diana Hammond, Ian Duff, Anne Bennett-Shaw, and Robin Hungerford - retired priests, Katherine Venning - Licensed Lay Minister Give thanks for so many, lay and ordained, who share in our ministry and outreach, look after our beautiful churches, enrich our worship and build up our community; pray for our initiatives to reach families and young people across the valley; and pray for the planning of developments at Heytesbury Church, and the work at Norton Bavant Church. May our churches look deeply into their communities, to see God's footprints and to hear the whispers of the Spirit.

27 Warminster Christ Church - Peter Hunter, Allen Edwards, Margaret Collins. Janet Davis, Eva Burton, Mo & John Cheesman (LLMs) Give thanks for the church’s involvement in serving the community in many ways. Pray that as we seek afresh the vision God has for us here, we will become more passionate to worship and serve Jesus Christ.

28 White Horse Benefice - Rhona Floate, Steve Jarvis, Margaret Davies, David Hart. LLMs: Daphne Goodwin, Janet Likeman, Peter Likeman, Ashley Jones Pray that our engagement with the wider community will enable many to hear and experience the gospel in word and deed. Remember especially the Westbury Civic Service on 29th January and the ecumenical charity Crosspoint providing support for those who have issues relating to well-being, isolation, poverty or distress.

29 Church of England: Diocese of , Bishop , Bishop Anne Hollinghurst Church of Ireland: Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Bishop Paul Colton Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Elsinore, Bishop Lise-Lotte Rebel Bishop Saman Farjalla, Diocese of Wad Madani in Sudan

30 The - Ven Dr Please pray for wisdom and discernment in the role of Archdeacon of Wilts.

31 Devizes Deanery - Paul Richardson, Rural Dean We give thanks for recent appointments to vacant benefices and continue to pray for those still in vacancy. For the newly formed "Well Springs" benefice merging the benefices of Seend, Bulkington and Poulshot and Potterne and Worton with Marston. Pray for the development of mission and ministry within parish cluster partnerships across the deanery. (Recent and current vacancies in Bratton, Edington and Imber, Erlestoke and Coulston, The Lavingtons and Cheverells and Easterton, Potterne and Worton with Marston, Seend, Bulkington and Poulshot, Rowde and Bromham, Cannings and Redhorn Team)

February 2017

1 Cannings & Redhorn Team - Vacant, Beth Brown, Sue Ascough Please pray for stamina for our CWs during the vacancy and a sense of peace as we await William Lang's replacement. May we be aware of God's guidance & protection at every twist and turn, seeking not to merely 'tread water' but rather to grow as we pray & serve God.

2 Bratton, Edington & Imber, Erlestoke and Coulston - Andrew Sinclair, Malcolm Wieck (PtO), Anne Illsley (PtO), Andrew King (LLM) As we celebrate Candlemas, pray that, united with Christ through baptism, we may all shine as lights in the world, bringing the light of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ to all dark places of the world.

3 Devizes St John and St Mary - For Paul, Jacqui and Ben and all who minister in our parish including George Royle PTO, Roy Overthrow PTO, John Stott LLM PTO, Chris Cox, trainee LLM For the nurture in the faith of younger members of our choir. For a growth in our corporate life of prayer.

4 Devizes St Peter – Revd Vincent Perricone, Elisabeth Starling, LLM

5 Church in Wales: Diocese of Bangor, Bishop Andrew John Church of Ireland: Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, Archbishop Michael Jackson Bishop Michael Deng K Bol, Area of Abyei in South Sudan

6 Potterne with Worton and Marston - Vacant Pray for this benefice in interregnum, that the person of God’s choice may be appointed to lead us forward. Pray for Rev Renée Coulson, Liz Starling LLM, and the churchwardens as they lead the parishes through this period of waiting and preparation

7 Rowde and Bromham - Vacant Remember the Churchwardens, PCC members and authorised lay ministers during the vacancy here.

8 Seend, Bulkington and Poulshot - Vacant, Jane Knowles (PTO) Please pray for our Benefice as it moves towards becoming the new Wellsprings Benefice; for the Churchwardens, Lay Pastoral Assistants and Worship Leaders in their responsibilities; for the appointment of a new priest in charge and for God’s continuing blessings upon the church family and communities.

9 Southbroom St James - Keith Brindle, Stephen Ibbetson, Jennifer Hayes - PTO, Becky Sedgewick - Family Life Co-ordinator Please pray for forthcoming PCC Vision Enabling Day and the re-structuring of the PCC and PCC meetings to create more space and creativity for mission and ministry.

10 The Lavingtons, Cheverells and Easterton - Retired Clergy Rev Ann Cocking and Rev Pat Strowger, LLM Bob Young Pray for the Benefice of the Lavingtons, Cheverells and Easterton as they move from their interregnum, being aware that as rural parishes they are mostly elderly and dwindling congregations. Give thanks that the Lord has sent Revd Marion Harrison to lead us forward and that together we may make the necessary changes so that all may join us in sharing the joy and worshipping together.

11 HMP Erlestoke - Revd Sue Ascough, Revd Steve Ibbetson, Revd Paul Thompson and LPA Shirley Daniels Please pray for the community of staff and offenders at HMP Erlestoke. Praying for peace and harmony between all races, religions and cultures.

12 Church of England: Diocese of Worcester, Bishop John Inge, Bishop Graham Usher Church of Norway: Diocese of , Bishop Bishop Isaac Dhieu Ater, Diocese of Akot in South Sudan

13 Bradford Deanery - Andrew Evans (RD) Selina (ARD) John Joy (LC) Please pray for our link with Kadugli Diocese in Sudan, which is now flourishing, for Bishops Andudu and Hassan. Funds from the Deanery have established a first maize grinding station to feed the most needy and we are raising funds for a second.

14 Atworth with Shaw and Whitley – Vicar - Shona Hoad, Associate Priest - Ruth Gillings, LLMs - Martin Hoad, Claire Horton, Frances O'Donohoe and Chris Rees LPAs - Dianne Briggs and Michele Donald Give thanks for the work of the volunteer children's and families' worker we have had with us for the last 18 months and pray that as she moves on from this role God will show us the next steps for this area of ministry. Continue to pray for the team of clergy, LLMs and LPAs as we work with the church family across the benefice serving God in our communities. Pray for wisdom as we consider what it means to be a place of welcome to all.

15 North Bradford on Avon and Villages - Revd Ann Keating, Rector, Revd Barry Chapman, Associate Priest, Revd Keith Charnley, Associate Priest, Revd Lena Harris, PTO Revd Bernard Hughes, PTO, Revd Jim Hill, PTO, Rachel Pound, LLM As we focus on building communities, mission and growth please pray for our outreach initiatives, our Alpha course, Women’s breakfasts and new tea time service. As we look to start reordering Christ Church we pray for wisdom and guidance as to how to best meet the community’ needs.

16 Bradford-on-Avon Holy Trinity, Westfield and Wingfield - Joanna Abecassis – Rector Ali Green – Associate Priest We started a new life as a benefice on 18 December when Bishop Nicholas came to rededicate the newly restored and re-opened Holy Trinity. Please pray for that new life for all three parishes, as together we seek to follow God’s will and ‘pray, serve and grow’.

17 Broughton Gifford, Great Chalfield and Holt St Katharine - Andrew Evans, Ruth Mecredy, Helen Begley & Anthony Matthew LLM Please pray for our ongoing re-ordering projects in Holt and Broughton Gifford Churches and for the redevelopment of the Coach House in Holt which will be our church rooms and the base for the healing centre.

18 The Canalside Benefice - John Rees (R), Marilyn Stubbs (LLM), Catherine Warr (LLM- PtO), Ray Guymer, Hugh Hoskins, Ivor Hughes and Tony Parfitt (PtO clergy) Please pray for our ministry in Semington, Hilperton,Whaddon, Hilperton Marsh and Staverton as we explore discipleship and strengthen our community links and as we prepare for a Benefice vision day on 11th March in which we will reflect with Archdeacon Sue on how we pray, serve and grow.

19 Church of Ireland: Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe, Bishop Kenneth Kearon Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Roskilde, Bishop Peter Fischer- Moeller Bishop Moses Anur Ayom, Diocese of Athooch in South Sudan

20 Melksham – Barry Blackford, Alison Sowton

21 North Bradley, Southwick, Heywood and Steeple Ashton – Revd Julian Parker, Richard Havergal, LLM

22 Studley St John - Revd Selina Deacon, Revd Liz Gifford We give thanks for all our blessings and trust that we serve and grow this year. We pray that our preparations for Lent will enable us to spend time studying and drawing closer to God. Through our growth may we always be aware of those whose lives are dark, drawing them into God's glorious light. 23 Trowbridge St James and Keevil - Incumbent: Revd Dr Rob Thomas, Curate: Revd Jane Palmer, Licensed Lay Worker: Katie Jackson, PtO: Revd Canon Richard East, Revd Andy Yorke, Revd Peter English, LLM: Marilyn Thomas, LLM (PtO); Doreen White. For Jane, our new curate who joined us in June, that we might be a blessing to her and she to us. For our efforts in collaboration with other local churches to secure permanent premises for a drop-in centre for the homeless in Trowbridge.

24 Trowbridge St Thomas and West Ashton - Allan Coutts, Reuben Dunnings, Colin Turner, Des Whale, Jane Palmer. LLMs: Martyn Whittock, Angela Grist, Graham Leeder Please pray for our outreaches to families: Parents and Toddlers and Messy Church at St Thomas/Holy Trinity; CommuniTeas and partnership with the schools and housing associations on the Paxcroft Mead and Castle Mead estates.

25 Calne Deanery - Bob Kenway (Assistant Rural Dean) Please pray for the appointment of a new vicar for Royal Wootton Bassett and Rural Dean for Calne and for an associate priest for Marden Vale and chaplain to Wiltshire police. Pray also for the new Lay Worship Leaders recently commissioned within the Deanery.

26 Church of England: Diocese of Peterborough, Bishop Donald Allister, Bishop John Holbrook Church of Ireland: Diocese of Meath and Kildare, Bishop Pat Storey Bishop Abraham Yel Nhial, Diocese of Aweil in South Sudan

27 Woodhill - Rachma Abbott Deepen O Lord our friendships with all the Christian fellowships across our benefice. Through our prayers show us how to serve you, and our school and village communities so that we will grow in love and worship of You during the keeping of Lent

28 Marden Vale - Bob Kenway Pray for the all the schools across the team especially the church schools viz Derry Hill school, Holy Trinity Academy, Marden Vale Academy and St Mary’s and St Margaret’s. Pray also for growing new disciples and ministries across the four parishes.

The – Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan Partnership

Please pray for our brothers and sisters in Sudan and South Sudan. Pray for Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul Yak as he leads the Episcopal Church of the Sudans. Pray for the whole Church there as it faces the challenges of ministering in two nations. Pray for peace and reconciliation among all Sudanese peoples: in the North in Dafur, the Nuba Mountains, Abyei and Blue Nile; and in the South in all those places traumatised by the continuing tribal fighting. Please pray for the political leadership that it will face up to making peace and ending the conflict in which more than 10,000 people have died and two million made homeless and more than three million face the risk of serious food shortages. Pray for peace, reconciliation, the application of aid and medical care. Pray also for the success of political solutions enabled by the United Nations and the African Union and this continuing.

South Sudan has amongst the very lowest rates of literacy and the highest rates of neonatal deaths in the world. Huge challenges of education, health care and development and advocacy remain and to which our Salisbury - ECSSS partnership remains faithfully committed. Most clergy work without salaries or proper training and there is a great need to develop facilities and provide training were the assistance available. Pray especially for literacy, schooling and theological education across both countries.

As we develop our partnerships with the ECSSS through Deanery to Dioceses links, we look to the sharing of prayer and fellowship and ongoing joint programmes and projects. Pray for safe travel for those who travel to and from the Sudans and for the building of relations with the world-wide Church. We pray for the deaneries that have made a formal resolution with a diocese in Sudan or South Sudan. We particularly pray for those involved in exploring and developing those links.

Bradford / Kadugli Devizes / Kajo Keji Wimborne / Yambio & Nzara Poole / Wau Sherborne / Ezo Salisbury / Juba Lyme Bay / Lainya Chalke / Cueibet Heytesbury / Maridi Milton & Blandford / Rokon Blackmore Vale / Lui Purbeck / Torit & Terekeka

The Church in Evreux

Please pray for Bishop Christian Nourrichard, and the priests, and people of the diocese of Evreux. Please pray especially for all involved the local ministry teams across the diocese of Evreux in the Equipes d'Animation Pastorale and Equipes d’Animation Locale of each parish. Please pray for Abbot Paul Emmanuel, and the monks and sisters at the monastery and convent of Bec Hellouin, especially for their work in deepening Christian unity and inter-faith dialogue.

Please pray for the Salisbury group: Paul Taylor, Harold Stephens, Jo Naish, Nigel Cumming, Eleanor Rance, James Menzies, Jane Dibdin, Jill Minchin, Candice Marcus and Peter Ball. And the Evreux group: Pere Nicolas Le Bas, Nicolas and Francoise Pelcat, Roland and Evelyne Brierre, Sister Leo Joyce, Paul and Marine Fenoy, Roman and Emmanuelle Stawski.

Please pray for our parish links between Bridport and the Roumois, the Queen Thorne Benefice and Pays de Conches, the Whitton Team and Notre Dame des Bois, and the Golden Cap and Gaillon. Pray that our links may be strengthened and new links established, especially the new links planned between our schools.

The Church in Latvia

May God urge our parish members to mission, so they have the courage and will to invite their friends, relatives and neighbours to the church services and may our parish members pray for their pastors;

May God give our pastors His word, power, wisdom and love to speak to the hearts of people; may our pastors, deans and bishops deepen their spiritual life and closeness to God;

May we see the struggles and difficulties of people in our vicinity and give us the love and ideas how to help them and for the unemployed and families who live below the subsistence level and for the many emigrees, their families and for their returning home, and may the economic crisis and hardships turn people to God.

May God show the Church the way out of the financial difficulties and bless the work of our hands and our minds.

Each day of the month, please pray Sue Cannings (Sec), Church for: wardens, Vergers & all who care for 1 PCCs Church Buildings Churchwardens, Secretaries, Treasurers 8 Pastoral Organisation Bishops Nicholas Holtam, Karen Those concerned with pastoral Gorham & Edward Condry organisation and appointments. Patrons of our Livings 2 The Diocesan Synod Siobhan Forster, Jill Hockham The Bishop's Council Ruth Arlow (Chancellor) 9 Maturing Discipleship Learning for Discipleship 3 Diocesan Office Programme and other Adult Lay Lucinda Herklots (Dio Sec) Education courses. Stephen Dawson (Deputy Dio Sec) Miriam Longfoot (Asst. Sec) 10 Mission and Evangelism Heather Bland (Safeguarding, Local initiatives arising from Children and Adults) Deanery Strategic Plans Judith Wilson (HR) Fiona Torrance, Alex Weedon, Anna Wilde 11 Liturgy, Worship and Bishop’s Office: Mel Davies, Sally Spirituality Ruffer, Tony Monds & Daniel Barter Paul Taylor - Link Officer (Spirituality) 4 Board of Finance Andrew Sinclair - Cursillo Nigel Salisbury (Chairman) Lay Assts, Servers & Sacristans Vacant (Acct) Organists & Choirs, Music Groups Angie Wheeler, Carolyn Cropp 12 Learning for Discipleship & 5 Property Department and Ministry Team Commercial Building Projects Team Jane Charman (Director), Ian Cowley Simon Ferris, Tracy Bowes, Ollie (Co-ordinator Spirituality), Charlie Coomber, Duygu Riley, Karen Allen (DDO), Benny Hazlehurst Beaver, Shawn Donneky (Vocations Co-ordinator), Heather Re-use of Closed Churches Group. Waldsax (Young Vocations Support Officer), Jennifer Totney (on 6 Communications placement with the team), Sue Gerry Lynch (Comms Director) Chandler (Support Officer), Tina Michael Ford Draycott, Andrea Dredge, Jane Murrell, Adrian Smale, 7 DAC Learning for Discipleship and 19 Sherborne and Ramsbury Ministry Council and its work Resource Groups Anne Haney, Katharine Shearing 13 Learning for Discipleship & (Ramsbury Office Administrators), Ministry Team Debbie Albery, Lyn Booth (portfolio holders) (Sherborne Office Administrators) Bill Rogers (Associate Ministry The teams of local volunteers who Adviser), Vacant (Distinctive support parishes in areas of ministry Diaconate Representative), Judy and mission Anderson (Vice Warden of LLMs), Liz Giles & Penny Haigh (LPA Officers), 20 Social Responsibility John Wood & Ann Philp (Clergy Colin Brady Retirement Officers) Tim Gomm (UPA affairs)

14 Training 21 World Mission Philip Jones (LLM Training Officer) Missionary Societies Sarum College, our tutors Ordinands: All ordinands within the 22 Ecumenical Diocese LEPs Churches Together: 15 Pastoral Care Katja Babei (Dorset) Paul Taylor (Wellbeing) Paul Richardson (Ramsbury Area Stephen Robbins (Ministry of Officer) Simon Evans (Sherborne Deliverance) Area Officer) John Whittle (Pastoral Care) Jane Culliford (Ministry of Healing) 23 Overseas Links Sheila Trist (Sec – Sudan 16 Board of Education Committee) Officers & Advisers Mike Maclachlan (Sudan Medical Children & Young People Team Link) Sudan, Latvia & Evreux Links 17 Schools & School Chaplains Head teachers, Governors 24 Mothers’ Union Rosie Stiven (Pres) 18 HE & FE Colleges & Chaplains Jenny Harrison (Sec) Tim West, Denny Withey, Geoff Williams (Weymouth Tertiary) 25 Hospital Chaplains

26 Chaplains 28 Religious and Lay communities Prison Chaplains, Service Chaplains, in the diocese Police Chaplains, School Chaplains & Society of St Francis at Hilfield, Chaplain to Travellers. Community of St Denys, Pilsdon Community & Othona Community 27 Cathedral Dean & Chapter, 29 Rural Affairs Lay Canons, Staff, Other Ministers, Jean Coates (Diocesan Rural Volunteers, Friends. & Environmental Officer) All working for its mission and conservation 30 Ministry to Clergy The Archdeacons, Rural Deans Retired Clergy, Widows Officers

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