Prayer Diary December 2019

1 FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Reader: Paulette Thompson  Porvoo Communion: 4 Wednesday Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and John of Damascus, monk, teacher of the faith, Dunblane (Scottish Episcopal Church) c.749 Diocese of Porvoo (Evangelical Lutheran Nicholas Ferrar, , founder of the Little Church in Finland) Gidding Community,1637  Anglican Communion: Pray for mission  Diocese of agencies and their work throughout the Bps and Anglican Communion Diocese of Eastern Zambia (Central Africa)  Diocese of Newcastle Bp William Mchombo For all who support our in their Diocese of Easton (USA) Bp Santosh Murray ministry  Diocese of Newcastle: For all who work at  Morpeth Deanery: Church House, North Shields Area : John Park  Morpeth Deanery: Lay Chair: Tony Thick Benefice of Bolam with Whalton & Please pray for Elizabeth Brown and the churches Hartburn with Meldon & Netherwitton and communities of Morpeth, as she is licensed as Ministry team: Jonathan Mason, Associate in the Morpeth Benefice by Fiona Sample and Pamela Walker Mark this morning.

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 Diocese of Seoul (Korea) Bp Peter Lee  Diocese of Sinyanga (Tanzania) Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Bp Johnson Chinyong’ole Labrador (Canada) Bp Geoffrey Peddle Diocese of Eau Claire (USA)  Diocese of Newcastle: Bp William Jay Lambert For Bishop Christine in her diocesan and  Diocese of Newcastle: For the work of national responsibilities education throughout our diocese and  Morpeth Deanery: region in schools, universities, colleges, and Deanery Secretary: Joyce Templey lay education Finance Officer: Linda Rudd  Morpeth Deanery: 3 Tuesday St Andrew’s Parish Church, Bolam Francis Xavier, missionary, apostle of the Indies,  The Mothers’ Union 1552 Mothers’ Union’s work in activism against  Diocese of the Seychelles (Indian Ocean) gender iolence and in providing local Abp James Richard Wong Yin Song support for those affected by domestic Diocese of Eastern Oregon (USA) violence Bp Patrick Bell  Diocese of Newcastle This Prayer Diary can be downloaded each For Mark, month from the  Morpeth Deanery: Newcastle diocesan website: Benefice of Holy Sepulchre www.newcastle.anglican.org/prayerdiary Priest-in-Charge: Christopher Groocock 6 Friday  Diocese of Newcastle: For our Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 * and Peter Robinson  Diocese of Shyira (Rwanda)  Morpeth Deanery: Abp Laurent Mbanda and Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, Bp Samuel M Mugisha Whalton (Scotland)  Whalton C of E First School Bp John Armes  Diocese of Newcastle: For St Nicholas’ Cathedral, its mission and ministry, and for 10 Tuesday those involved in the Development Project  Diocese of Sialkot (Pakistan)  Morpeth Deanery Bp Alwin John Samuel St Andrew’s Parish Church, Hartburn Diocese of Egba West (Nigeria)  * The , Bp Samuel Ajani  Diocese of Newcastle: For all those involved 7 Saturday in the development of Discipleship and Ministry for Mission Ambrose, bishop of Milan, teacher of the faith,  397 Morpeth Deanery: Diuma, apostle to Mercia, 658 [CNS] Benefice of and Pegswood with Longhirst  Diocese of Edmonton (Canada) : John Park Bp Jane Alexander Reader: Jane Park  Diocese of Newcastle: For all those responsible for diocesan 11 Wednesday Ember Day finance and parish giving  Diocese of Singapore (S E Asia)  Morpeth Deanery: Bps Rennis Ponniah and Low Jee King Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Meldon Diocese of Egbu (Nigeria) Please pray for all gathering in the Cathedral Bp Geoffrey Okoroafor today for the Patronal Festival and for the Diocese of Egypt (Jerusalem and Middle Installation of Peter Dobson as Residentiary East) Bps Mouneer Hanna Anis and for Outreach and Discipleship. Samy Fawzy  Diocese of Newcastle: For all clergy and 8 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT readers who continue to serve the Church in  Porvoo Communion: many ways beyond retirement  Morpeth Deanery: Diocese of Kuopio (Evangelical Lutheran St Andrew’s Parish Church, Bothal Church in Finland)  Anglican Communion: We pray for the Embertide in Advent world-wide work of the Mothers’ Union In addition to our regular prayers for those  Diocese of Newcastle: For all who guide preparing for ordained or lay ministry, and candidates through selection and training those who support and encourage them, for lay and ordained ministry please pray this Advent  Morpeth Deanery:  for those feeling a call to ministry, but St Giles’ Parish Church, Netherwitton have not yet talked to anyone about it;  for the Bishops’ Advisers and all those 9 Monday preparing to attend a Panel in 2020.  Diocese of Shyogwe (Rwanda) Bp Jered Kalimba 12 Thursday Diocese of Egba (Nigeria)  Diocese of Sittwe (Myanmar) Bp Emmanuel Adekunle Bps James Min Dein and Moses Tun Pa Diocese of Lafia (Nigeria) Diocese of Eha-Amufu (Nigeria) Bp Godwin A Robinson Bp Daniel Olinya  Diocese of Newcastle: For the developing work and witness of our For all who at Diocesan and local level share Resource Church, and for all those reaching in the care of church buildings out to people of all ages through Fresh  Morpeth Deanery: Expressions of Church St Margaret’s Chapel, Pegswood (a Local  Morpeth Deanery: Ecumenical Partnership) Benefice of Kirkwhelpington with Kirkharle  Praying for Unity and Kirkheaton and Cambo For all Bodies in Association with Churches Priest-in-charge: Jonathan Mason Together in Britain and Ireland NS Minister: Frances Dower

13 Friday Ember Day 16 Monday Lucy, martyr at Syracuse, 304  Diocese of South Ankole (Uganda) Samuel Johnson, moralist, 1784 Bp Nathan Ahimbisibwe  Diocese of Ekiti (Nigeria) Diocese of Eldoret (Kenya) Bp Christopher Teyo Omulunde Bp Christopher Ruto Diocese of Ekiti Kwara (Nigeria)  Diocese of Newcastle: Bp Andrew Ajayi For all involved in building and promoting Diocese of Ekiti Oke (Nigeria) links and partnerships ecumenically, Bp Isaac Olubowale internationally and through inter-faith and Diocese of Ekiti West (Nigeria) ethnic relations Bp Rufus V A Adepoju  Morpeth Deanery:

 Diocese of Newcastle: Holy Trinity Parish Church, Cambo For all who seek to inspire children  Cambo First School  Morpeth Deanery: Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, Tuesday Longhirst 17 O Sapientia 14 Saturday Ember Day Eglantyne Jebb, social reformer, founder of ‘Save John of the Cross, poet, teacher of the faith, the Children’, 1928 1591  Diocese of South Dakota (USA)  Diocese of Sodor & Man Bp Peter Eagles Bp John Tarrant Diocese of El Camino Real (USA) Diocese of El-Obeid (Sudan) Bp Mary Gray-Reeves Bp Ismail Gabriel Abudigin  Diocese of Newcastle: For all who in church  Diocese of Newcastle: For all responsible and community reach out to encourage and for the safeguarding and protection of support young people vulnerable people, including children  Morpeth Deanery:  Morpeth Deanery Benefice of Cresswell and Lynemouth St Wilfred’s Church, Kirkharle Priest-in-Charge: Mina Munns  William Leach Campus of the 18 Wednesday C of E Academy  Diocese of South Kerala (S India) Bp Dharmaraj Rasalam 15 THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT Bps Stephen Conway and  Porvoo Communion: Dagmar Winter Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Diocese of Embu (Kenya) Bp David Ireri (Church of )  Diocese of Newcastle: For all the Church’s  Diocese of Sokoto (Nigeria) musicians and worship leaders, especially in Bp Augustin Omole this Advent and Christmas season. Diocese of El Salvador (Central America)  Morpeth Deanery: Bp Juan David Alvarado Melgar St Bartholomew’s Parish Church,  Diocese of Newcastle: Kirkwhelpington

19 Thursday leaders, and for the work of the ecumenical movement  Diocese of South Rwenzori (Uganda)  Diocese of Newcastle: For all engaged in Bp Jackson Nzerebende chaplaincy in hospitals, schools, prisons, the Enugu (Nigeria) Bp Emmanuel Chukwuma armed forces and with older people Diocese of Enugu North (Nigeria)  Morpeth Deanery: Bp Sosthenes Eze Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene,  Diocese of Newcastle: For those living with Mitford disabilities who need to rely on others to support them during the festive season 23 Monday  Morpeth Deanery:  Diocese of Evo (Nigeria) St Bartholomew’s Church, Kirkheaton Bp Innocent Ordu  Praying for Unity Bps Robert Atwell, For all who are losing faith, for whatever Nick McKinnel and Jackie Searle reason, with the ecumenical movement  Diocese of Newcastle: For all involved in community action with homeless and 20 Friday destitute people this Christmas, including  Diocese of South West Tanganyika the food banks and shelters (Tanzania) Bp Matthew Mhagama  Morpeth Deanery: Diocese of Esan (Nigeria) St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Hebron Abp Friday Imaekhai  Tritlington C of E First School  Diocese of Newcastle: For all engaged in ministries of healing, deliverance and 24 CHRISTMAS EVE pastoral care  Diocese of Ezo (South Sudan)  Morpeth Deanery: Bp John Kereboro Zawo Benefice of Longhorsley Diocese of Faisalabad (Pakistan) Priest-in-Charge: vacant Bp John Samuel  Longhorsley St Helen’s C of E First School  Diocese of Newcastle: For all engaged in evangelistic and faith-sharing projects this 21 Saturday Christmas  Diocese of Etche (Nigeria)  Morpeth Deanery Bp Precious Nwala Benefice of Morpeth Diocese of Etsako (Nigeria) Bp Jacob Bada : Simon White  Diocese of Newcastle: For all involved with Associate Priest: Elizabeth Brown the administration of trusts and charities in Assistant : Jeremy Cooper our Diocese and local communities Readers: Vivienne Sommerville, Harriet  Morpeth Deanery: Gilfillan, Janet Hedley, Val Cowan  Benefice of Mitford with Hebron Morpeth All Saints C of E First School Priest-in-charge: Alyson Lamb Readers: Sean Fugill, Paul Kidd, John 25 CHRISTMAS DAY Laurenson, Liz Hawkins, Jane Clark  Anglican Communion: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the people of Bethlehem 22 FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT Diocese of False Bay (Southern Africa)  Porvoo Communion: Bp Margaret Brenda Vertue Diocese of () Federal Ministries (USA) Bps James Magness and Carl Wright Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness  Diocese of Newcastle: For all spending this (Scottish Episcopal Church) day alone  Anglican Communion Pray today for all  Morpeth Deanery: Christian in other denominations and their St Aidan’s Church, Stobhill

26 STEPHEN, DEACON, FIRST MARTYR Diocese of Mikkeli (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland)  Diocese of Fianarantsoa (Indian Ocean)  Diocese of Gahini (Rwanda) Bp Gilbert Rateloson Rakotondravelo Bps Alexis Bilindabagaboa and Diocese of Florida (USA) Mannasseh Gahima Bp John Howard Diocese of Gambia (West Africa)  Diocese of Newcastle: For all our brothers Bp James Allen Yaw Odico and sisters in our Link Dioceses: Møre,  Diocese of Newcastle: Botswana and Winchester For all who support others through the  Morpeth Deanery: ministry of spiritual direction The Church of St James the Great, Morpeth  Morpeth Deanery:  Praying for Unity Benefice of Seaton Hirst For all that the churches seek to do together Priest-in-Charge: David Twomey to bring aid to the needy, suffering and Associate Priest: John Swinhoe forgotten  The Josephine Butler (Primary and Secondary), Thomas Bewick and James 27 JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST Knott campuses of the Northumberland C of William, Lord Armstrong, industrialist, scientist E Academy and philanthropist [CNS]*  Northumberland C of E Academy  Diocese of Fond du Lac (USA) Executive Director: Andrew Day Bp Matthew Alan Gunter Chaplain: Sally Milner Diocese of Fort Worth (USA) Bp Scott Mayer 30 Monday  Diocese of Newcastle: For all involved in the  Diocese of Gasabo (Rwanda) work of Streetpastors, Samaritans and Bp Onesphore Rwaje ChildLine. Diocese of Gboke (Nigeria)  Morpeth Deanery: Bp Emmanuel Nyitsse St Mary’s Parish Church, Morpeth  Diocese of Newcastle:  * Canon David Bilton For guidance and grace as we face the promises and challenges of a new year of 28 THE HOLY INNOCENTS growing church bringing hope  Diocese of Fredericton (Canada)  Morpeth Deanery: Bp David Edwards St Andrew’s Parish Church, Seaton Hirst Diocese of Freetown () Bp Tomas Arnold Ikunika Wilson 31 Tuesday  Diocese of Newcastle: for all involved in John Wyclif, reformer, 1384 the continuing development of the church’s  Diocese of George (Southern Africa) ordained and lay ministers Bp Brian Marajh  Morpeth Deanery: Diocese of Georgia (USA) Bp Scott Benhase Benefice of Woodhorn with Newbiggin  Diocese of Newcastle: Vicar: Anthony O’Grady For all involved in the Diocesan Synod, the Reader: Deborah Ehala Bishop’s Council and the Mission and  Grace Darling Campus of Northumberland C Pastoral Committee of E Academy  Morpeth Deanery: St John’s Parish Church, Seaton Hirst 29 FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, martyr, 1170 We shall conclude our prayers for Morpeth  Porvoo Communion: Deanery early in January. 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.

SUNDAYS

For each Sunday, we follow a well-established pattern:  First are intercessions for the Porvoo Communion (https://www.ireland.anglican.org/resources/493/porvoo-prayer-diary-2019). 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 own Diocese of Newcastle.  Fourthly we remember the Morpeth 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, dioceses from the Anglican Cycle of Prayer  Secondly, our own Diocese of Newcastle.  Fourthly, people, parishes, churches and schools in Morpeth 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 Norham July Newcastle East February Bedlington August Newcastle West March Bellingham September Tynemouth April Corbridge October Alnwick May Hexham November Bamburgh & 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 261 2648 07597 933 367 [email protected]