Wed 29 Day of Intercession and Thanksgiving for the Missionary Work Diocese of Chelmsford of the Church Shrub End (All Saints w St Cedd) Clergy: Nicholas Davis (V). Wivenhoe (St Mary) Cycle of Prayer Clergy: Erwin Lammens (AAD, R). Reader: Glyn Stanway. for daily use in The Diocese of Warri (Bendel, Nigeria) October and November 2017 Now on Twitter @chelmsdio Thu 30 ANDREW THE APOSTLE The retired clergy, readers and lay ministers who live and work in the “A praying church is a living organism, powred by the love of God, Deanery of Colchester. and directed by his will.” (Susan Sayers) The Diocese of Washington (Province III, The Episcopal Church) THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY: Sun 1 International Day of People with Disability Please pray for the work and ministry of Chaplains to the disabled. NOTES: PRAY for The Diocese of the Southern Philippines, The Rt Revd Dr Danilo Bustamante, Bishop Where parochial links are known to exist the names of overseas workers are placed immediately after the appropriate parish. Further information concerning overseas dioceses, COLCHESTER EPISCOPAL AREA including the names of bishops, is contained in the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, available on their Mon 2 Roger Morris, Area Bishop; Annette Cooper, Archdeacon of Colchester; website www.anglicancommunion.org/resources/cycle‐of‐prayer.aspx Robin King, Archdeacon of Stansted. Advisers: Jenny Tomlinson, Mission & To contact the Diocese of Chelmsford about the Cycle of Prayer in The Month or online, Ministry; Geoff Read, CMD; Christine Gorringe and Sarah Hayward, Women’s please email [email protected] Ministry; Janet Nicholls, Rural & Agricultural; Lydia Smith, Director, Centre ABBREVIATIONS: for Rural Excellence; Vacancy, Youth. Chaplains: Julia Murphy, Essex University; Allison Cline‐Dean, Colchester A Assistant Clergy; AAD Assistant Area Dean; AC Associate Priest/Minister; AD Area Dean; AM University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Gillian Moor, St Helena Hospice; Assistant Minister, AR Associate Rector; AV Associate Vicar; AYO Area Youth Officer, BMO Robert Burles, Stansted Airport. Bishop’s Mission Order; BP Bishop; CA Church Army; CIC Curate in Charge; CHP Chaplain; EHT Executive Head Teacher; EVN Evangelist; HoS Head of School; HT Head Teacher; LLM Licensed The Diocese of Southern Virginia (Province III, The Episcopal Church) Lay Minister; MCD Minister of Conventional District; MIC Minister in Charge; PEV Provincial Episcopal Visitor; PIC Priest in Charge; PP Public Preacher; R Rector; RD Rural Dean; Rdes Tue 3 The Deanery of Witham Rector designate; RDR Reader; PTO Permission to Officiate; RES Residentiary Canon; Sr Sister, Area Dean: Sally Lodge. Lay Chair: Mike Robinson. TM Team Ministry; TR Team Rector; TV Team Vicar; V Vicar; Vdes Vicar designate; WDN West Mersea (St Peter and St Paul) w East Mersea (St Edmund), Peldon Warden. (St Mary Vn), Great & Little Wigborough St Stephen & St Nicholas Clergy: Sam Norton (R), Patrick McEune, John Pantry (AC) Terry Walker (A). The Hon. Editor: Mrs Jenny Robinson, 71 Powers Hall End, Witham, Essex CM8 1NH, 01376 LLM: Anne Owen, Peter Owen. 516727 (e‐mail: [email protected]), would be glad to receive comments and corrections and also any items for prayer and praise to be considered for inclusion from the The Diocese of Southwark (Canterbury, England) parishes. Wed 4 Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226 Fingringhoe (St Andrew) w East Donyland [or Rowhedge] (St Lawrence), Abberton (St Andrew) w Langenhoe (St Mary) Clergy: Patrick McEune (PiC), Sam Norton (AC). LLM: Rhona McEune. Fingringhoe School: Suzy Ryan (HT). Rowhedge St Lawrence School: Kerry Malcolm (HT). The Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham (York, England) 12 1 Great Totham (St Peter) w Little Totham (All Saints) and Goldhanger Thu 5 Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100 (St Peter) Thu 23 Stanway (St Albright w St Andrew’s Church Centre) Clergy: Vacancy (R), Susan Godsmark (A). Clergy: Tony Bushell (PIC). LLM: Penny Bonham, Morag Bushell. The Diocese of Southwest Florida (Province IV, The Episcopal Church) The Diocese of Vermont (Province I, The Episcopal Church) Fri 6 William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr, 1536 Fri 24 West Bergholt (St Mary the Virgin) and Great Horkesley (All Saints, St John) Hatfield Peverel (St Andrew) w Ulting (All Saints) Clergy: Mandy Elmes (PIC). Clergy: Stephen Northfield (V), Derek Clark‐Mayers (A). Readers: Michael Foster, Sandra Baker, Derek Webber. St Andrew’s Junior School: Christopher James (HT). Heathlands School, West Bergholt: Jeremy Hallum (HT). The Diocese of Southwestern Virginia The Bishop William Ward School, Great Horkesley: Toby Bull (HT). (Province IV, The Episcopal Church) The Diocese of the Virgin Islands (Province II, The Episcopal Church) Sat 7 One of today’s Gospel readings – Luke 10: 17‐24 – is the return of the 70 Sat 25 Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century sent out by Jesus and his prayer of thanks and celebration in response. “Sent Isaac Watts, Hymn Writer, 1748 out” is a big word – “apostolic” is the word in Greek. It is far too easy to think Tomorrow is the Feast of Christ the King – a feast created in the 20th century that our job as Christians is to spend a lot of time doing “church” things, but originally to re‐assert the church’s power and authority. Today it has become that is the opposite of what Jesus tells us. Yes, we are to gather for worship, a different and much more important day as it invites us to celebrate the but then we are sent out to serve. The last words of the Eucharist – “Go in Lordship of Christ over all creation – that he reigns as king even in the darkest the peace of Christ” – are our mission. places of our world and the darkest moments of human experience. The Dioceses of Spokane and Springfield (Province VIII and Province III, The Dioceses of Virginia and West Virginia The Episcopal Church) (Province III, The Episcopal Church) THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Sun 8 Sun 26 SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE ADVENT (CHRIST THE KING) Animal Welfare Sunday: Pray for the various charities involved in the care and O loving Lord, be near us at this time of worship. Open our ears to hear your protection of our animals, and for veterinary surgeons and all those who work voice; our eyes to behold your glory; our hearts to receive your grace; our lips for the welfare of animals. to show forth your praise; for the sake of Jesus Christ, our King and Saviour. PRAY for The Diocese of St Albans, The Rt Revd Alan Smith, Bishop PRAY for The Diocese of Wad Medani (Sudan) The Rt Revd Saman Farajalla Mahdi, Bishop Denys, Bishop of Paris, and his Companions, Martyrs, c.250 Mon 9 Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253 Lexden (St Leonard) Kelvedon (St Mary the Virgin) and Feering (All Saints) Mon 27 Clergy: Vacancy (PIC), David Armstrong (A). Clergy: Simon Garwood (PIC). Kelvedon St Mary’s School: Michael Walsh (HT). Myland (St Michael) Feering School: Susie Price (HoS), Bridgette Gough (EHT). Clergy: Ray Gibbs (PIC), John Chandler (AC), Hazel Greenland (A). The Dioceses of St Asaph (Wales) The Dioceses of Waiapu and Waikato & Taranaki (Aotearoa NZ & Polynesia) Tue 10 Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644 Thomas Traherene, Poet, Spiritual Writer, 1674 Tue 28 Wormingford (St Andrew) and Mount Bures (St John) w Little Horkesley North Blackwater Parishes: Tollesbury (St Mary Vn) w Salcott Virley (St Mary (St Peter and St Paul) Vn) Tolleshunt D’Arcy (St Nicholas) w Tolleshunt Major (St Nicholas) Clergy: John Chandler (PIC). Clergy: Paul Daltry (PIC), Jenny Tomlinson (AC) Denise Corley, Christine The Diocese of Wangaratta (Victoria, Australia) Gorringe (A). Readers: Isabel Adcock, Tim Whitfield. Tolleshunt D’Arcy St Nicholas School: Michael Walsh (EHT). The Diocese of St Davids (Wales) 2 11 Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675 Sat 18 Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, Philanthropist, 1231 Wed 11 Elizabeth of Hungary was a princess who was married at 14 and widowed at James the Deacon, companion of Paulinus, 7th century 20. Inspired by the example of Francis of Assisi, she spent the remaining Wickham Bishops (St Bartholomew) w Little Braxted (St Nicolas) four years of her short life, and all her wealth, in the service of the poor and Clergy: Hilary Le Seve (PIC), Derek Clark‐Mayers (A). the vulnerable. In our increasingly divided country Elizabeth is an important The Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich (Canterbury, England) example to us of practical caring for others. The Dioceses of Upper South Carolina and Utah Thu 12 Wilfrid of Ripon, Bishop, Missionary, 709 (Provinces IV and VIII, The Episcopal Church) Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845 Edith Cavell, Nurse, 1915 Thurstable and Winstree Team Ministry: Tolleshunt Knights (All Saints) w Sun 19 SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT Pray for all those men and women who work in the emergency services Tiptree (St Luke), and Great Braxted (All Saints), Layer‐de‐la‐Haye (St John providing 24 hour care and protection, both in front line and behind the the Baptist) & Layer Breton (St Mary the Virgin) w Birch (St Peter) & Layer scenes, and pray, too for their chaplains. Marney (St Mary the Virgin), Copford (St Michael) w Easthorpe (St Mary), & Messing (All Saints) w Inworth (All Saints) PRAY for the Diocese of Uyo (Niger Delta, Nigeria) Clergy: Anne‐Marie Renshaw (TR), Lydia Smith (TV), Julia Russell Grant (AC). The Rt Revd Prince Asukwo Antai, Bishop Readers: Harold Toms, Anne Wild. Tiptree St Luke’s School: Martin Moriarty (HT). Mon 20 Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Layer de la Haye School: Patricia Wilkie (HT). Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of Birch School: Kate Moore (HT). England, 1876 The Dioceses of St Helena and St Mark the Evangelist Colchester New Town and the Hythe (St Stephen, St Leonard, St Mary (Southern Africa) Magdalene) Clergy: Ian Hilton (R).