Cycle of Prayer, Page 1 Diocese of South Dakota, Page 1 CYCLE OF PRAYER 2015-2016 Legend Major Feast days are typed in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS. Lesser Feasts and Fasts are typed in bold letters. b..........birthday o..........ordination anniversary November 29—December 5 29......... FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT ............. Begin Eucharistic Lectionary Year C ............. Our Companion Diocese of East Tennessee, George D. Young, Bishop ............. St. Mark’s Church, Aberdeen—Lay ministers: Vicki Lust, Mark Marion, Maryan Salmi ............. St. Paul’s Church, Athens, TN 30......... ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE (tr) ............. Begin Daily Office Lectionary Year Two 1........... Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon,1637 2........... Channing Moore Williams, Missionary Bishop in China and Japan, 1910 3........... Francis Xavier, Missionary to the Far East, 1552 ............. The Rev. C. Parke Street, retired (b) 4........... John of Damascus, Priest, c. 760 ............. Pray for Self-Dedication (BCP p. 832) ............. Deacon John Keyes, Christ Church, Yankton (o) 5........... Clement of Alexandria, Priest, c. 210 December 6-12 6........... THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT ............. St. James’, Belle Fourche—Lay ministers: BG Arbuckle, Patrick Deering, Fay Hersey, Lorraine Klingler, Margaret Klipp, Willie Kunerth, Louise Readé, Mike Readé, Marie Subiate ............. St. John’s Church, Battle Creek, TN ............. The Rev. Kay Jennings, TX (b) 7........... Ambrose, Bishop of Milan 397 ............. The Rev. Richard Zephier, St. Mark’s, Aberdeen (b) 8........... Richard Baxter, Pastor and Writer, 1691 9........... Pray for Episcopal Schools, Colleges, and Universities 10......... Karl Barth, Pastor and Theologian, 1968 ............. Thomas Merton, Contemplative and Writer, 1968 ............. The Rev. Christina O’Hara, Sioux Falls (o) ............. International Human Rights Day 11......... The Rev. Cliff Moore, interim, St. Matthew’s, Rapid City (o) ............. Pray for All Sorts and Conditions of People (BCP p. 814) 12......... The Rev. Judy Flagstad, Trinity, Pierre (b) ............. Niobrara Council, Don Eagle, Itancan December 13-19 13......... THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT ............. St. Paul’s, Brookings—Lay ministers: Arnold Appelt, Cynthia Appelt, Coral Bonnemann, Howard Bonnemann, April Brooks, Charles Clever, Ellen Hublou, Jennie Hublou, Bob Klein, Marsha Klein, Patty Kratochvil, Mark Kratochvil, Lee Kratochvil, Robert Lacher, Barb Murra ............. St. Columba’s Church, Bristol, TN ............. The Rev. John Spruhan, retired, Virginia (o) 14......... Juan de la Cruz (John of the Cross) Mystic, 1591 15......... John Horden, Bishop and Missionary in Canada, 1893 ............. Robert McDonald, Priest, 1913 ............. Deacon Tom Regan, All Angels, Spearfish (o) 16......... Ember Day—Pray for those in the ordination process ............. Ralph Adams Cram, 1942, and Richard Upjohn, 1878, Architects ............. John LaFarge, Artist, 1910 ............. The Rev. Michael Johnson, St. John’s, Deadwood (b) 17......... William Lloyd Garrison, 1879, and Maria Stewart, 1879, Prophetic Witnesses ............. The Rev. Michael Johnson, St. John’s, Deadwood (o) ............. The Rt. Rev. William Hobart Hare, 1st South Dakota Bishop 1883-1909 18......... Ember Day ............. Pray for Peace (BCP p. 815) ............. The Rev. Liz Powers, retired (o) ............. The Rev. Kim Fonder, Standing Rock Mission (o) 19......... Lillian Trasher, Missionary in Egypt, 1961 ............. Ember Day ............. Dioceses of Province I—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Western Massachusetts December 20-26 20 ........ THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT ............. The Rev. Tom Campbell, retired (o) ............. The Rev. Linda Kramer, Hill City (o) 21......... ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE (tr) ............. St. John the Baptist, Deadwood—Lay ministers: Terri Brockmeyer, Linda Frederick, Shirlene Joseph, Donna Nelson, Catherine Polley, Anne Rogers ............. Christ Church, Chattanooga, TN ............. The Rev. Lyle Noisy Hawk, retired (o) ............. Deacon Judy Graves, Good Shepherd, Sioux Falls (o) ............. The Rev. Kay Jennings (o) ............. The Rev. Portia Corbin, Missioner for Youth & YA (o) 22......... Henry Budd, Priest, 1875 23......... Pray for Peace Among the Nations (BCP p. 816) 24......... The Eve of the Nativity of Our Lord ............. Altar Guilds of the Diocese and their ministry 25......... THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD: CHRISTMAS DAY 26......... ST. STEPHEN, DEACON AND MARTYR ............. The Rev. Conrad Ciesel, retired (b) December 27-January 2 27......... ST. JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST ............. THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY ............. The Very Rev. Ward Simpson, Calvary Cathedral (o) ............. The Rev. Ellen Lang, retired, Sioux Falls (b) 28......... (THE HOLY INNOCENTS) ............. Grace Church, Huron, Lay ministers: Kelly Alford, Cheri Bjorke, Laura Blom, Ardie Freeman, Joanne Groves, Michael Mornard, Lyn Steen, Sherry Van Doren, Connie Vicuna, David Wheeler ............. Grace Church, Chattanooga, TN 29......... Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1170 30......... Francis Joseph-Gaudet, Educator and Prison Reformer, 1934 ............. The Most Rev. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop and Primate 31......... Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Bishop in the Niger Territories, 1891 1........... THE HOLY NAME OF OUR LORD (New Year's Day) ............. The Rev. Abraham Mayom, Holy Apostles (b) ............. Deacon John Mayen, Holy Apostles (b) 2........... Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, First Indian Anglican Bishop, Dornakal, 1945 ............. Pray for Joy in God’s Creation (BCP p. 814) January 3-9 3........... THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY ............. Christ Church, Lead, Lay ministers: Josephine Hartmann, Diana Mathisrud, Susan Medley, Evelyn Murdy, Bob Thrall ............. St. Martin’s Church, Chattanooga, TN ............. The Rev. Rob Schwarz, retired (b) 4........... Elizabeth Seton Founder of the American Sisters of Charity, 1821 5........... Deacon Linda Valandra, St. Luke’s, Hot Springs (b) 6........... THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 7........... The Rev. Kim Fonder, Standing Rock Mission (b) ............. Prayer for Times of Conflict (BCP p. 824) 8........... Harriet Bedell, Deaconness and Missionary, 1969 9........... Julia Chester Emery, Missionary, 1922 January 10-16 10......... THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY: The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ ............. St. Mary’s, Mitchell—Lay ministers: David Brooks, Val LaBreche, Deborah Olson, Jim Porter, Joyce Smetana, Linda Stokes, Denny Stokes, Dan Sudrla ............. Deacon James Voorhees, retired (b) 11......... St. Paul’s Church, Chattanooga, TN ............. Anglican Communion Sunday 12......... Aelred, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 13......... Hilary, Bishop of Poiters, 367 14......... The Rev. Conrad Ciesel, retired (o) ............. The Rev. Chris Roussell, Emmanuel, Rapid City (b) ............. Nashotah House Seminary, Nashotah, WI 15......... Martin Luther King, Jr (alt. day to April 4) ............. Pray for the Mission of the Church (BCP p. 816) 16......... Richard Meux Benson, Religious, 1915 ............. Charles Gore, Bishop of Worcester, Birmingham, Oxford, 1932 January 17-23 17......... THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY ............. St. James, Mobridge—Lay ministers: Patty Goodale, Billie Lewellen, MJ Schmaltz, Terry Walking Elk ............. St. Peter’s Church, Chattanooga, TN ............. The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia 18......... THE CONFESSION OF ST. PETER THE APOSTLE ............. Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins (Jan 18-25) ............. Psalm 71: 18b-23 ............. Pray for the Association of Christian Churches in South Dakota 19......... The Rev. Tom Newman, retired, Oklahoma (b) ............. Psalm 133 ............. Deacon Tom Regan, All Angels, Spearfish (b) 20......... Fabian, Bishop and Martyr of Rome, 250 ............. Psalm 122 ............. Archdeacon Paul Sneve, St. Paul’s, Vermillion (b) ............. The Rev. Craig West, Mni Sose Cluster (o) 21......... Agnes, Martyr at Rome, 304 ............. Psalm 145: 8-12 ............. Pray for the Human Family (BCP p. 815) 22......... Vincent, Deacon of Saragossa and Martyr, 304 ............. Psalm 24 ............. Dioceses of Province VI—Colorado (Bishop O’Neill), Iowa (Bishop Scarfe), Minnesota (Bishop Pryor), Montana (Bishop Brookhart), Nebraska (Bishop Barker), North Dakota (Bishop Smith), South Dakota (Bishop Tarrant), Wyoming (Bishop Smylie) 23......... Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, 1893 ............. Psalm 126 ............. The Rev. Judy Spruhan, retired, Virginia (b) ............. The Rev. Tim Fountain, Sioux Falls (o) January 24-30 24......... THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY ............. Psalm 100 ............. Trinity, Pierre—Lay ministers: Kelli Buscher, Becky Gruba, Pat LeBeau, Carol Logan, Dick McEntaffer, Sharon McEntaffer, Deb Sheffield, Cindy Snow, Richard Thompson Jr., Ellen Walker ............. St. Thaddaeus’ Church, Chattanooga, TN ............. The Anglican Church of Australia 25......... CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE ............. Psalm 30 ............. The Rev. Evelyn Weaver, St. James, Belle Fourche (b) 26......... The Conversion of St Paul the Apostle ............. The Rev. Charley Chan, Sisseton Mission (b) 27......... Lydia, Dorcas, and Phoebe, Witnesses to the Faith 28......... Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Theologian, 1274 29......... Andrei Rublev, Monk