Swindon Deanery Prayer Diary 2019 – Third Quarter Date Swindon Deanery Cycle of Prayer Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer Sunday Parish Please send amendments and corrections to [email protected] Sunday 7th July A village church, with a full range of services. Sunday 7 July 2019 Trinity 3 Prayer for the growing link with the Church school, local families to be Pray for the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea Broad Blunsdon drawn to faith, and the opportunity of new housing for mission The Most Revd Allan Migi - Archbishop of Papua New Guinea Priest-in-Charge Revd Geoff Sowden Monday 8 July 2019 LLMs North West Australia (Australia) The Rt Revd Gary Nelson Mrs Kathryn Dack Awka (Nigeria)The Rt Revd Alexander Ibezim Kafanchan Mr. Paul Morris (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Marcus Dogo Churchwardens Mrs. Jane Ockwell Tuesday 9 July 2019 PCC Treasurer Northern Argentina (South America) The Rt Revd Nicholas Mrs. Lucy Sturgess James Quested Drayson PCC Secretary Northern Argentina (South America) The Rt Revd Mateo Mrs. Helen Griffiths Alto Northern Argentina (South America) The Rt Revd Crisanto GROWING DISCIPLES Rojas Exploring faith courses, run in conjunction with Highworth. Awori (Nigeria) The Rt Revd J Akin Atere GROWING LEADERS Mentoring of a coaching group by the Vicar Wednesday 10 July 2019 GROWING VOCATIONS Northern California (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Mentoring of a coaching group by the Vicar Barry Beisner MISSION within the parish: Badagry (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Joseph Adeyemi Ballarat One nursing care home (Australia) The Rt Revd Garry Weatherill Pre school Thursday 11 July 2019 1 School, provided with a schools worker Northern Indiana (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Messy Church Douglas Sparks Sunday school restarted in June Bangor (Wales) The Rt Revd Andrew John Community events using the re-ordered Church Friday 12 July 2019 MISSION organisations/links that you support Northern Luzon (Philippines) The Rt Revd Hilary Ayban Sekamuli Parish Luweero, Uganda Pasikan Ecumenical links with churches in the parish Banks & Torres (Melanesia) The Rt Revd Alfred Patterson Methodist church now closed Worek St John the Baptist This is a festivals only Church, with a small but committed PCC supported Kagera (Tanzania) The Rt Revd Darlington Bendankeha Hannington by a retired minister. Mission is centred around the Church services Saturday 13 July 2019 Kajiado (Kenya) The Rt Revd Gadiel Katanga Lenini Kajo- Priest-in-Charge Keji (South Sudan) The Rt Revd Emmanuel Murye Modi Revd Geoff Sowden Kamango (Congo) The Rt Revd Sabiti Tibafa Daniel Assistant Clergy Revd. Lyn Sapwell Churchwardens Mr Michael Scott Mr Peter Brain PCC Treasurer Mr Martin Hoffen PCC Secretary Mrs Margaret Horton GROWING LEADERS General encouragement MISSION within the parish: Festival Services. Ecumenical links with churches in the parish Only church in the village 2 Sunday 14th July Please pray: Sunday, 14 July 2019 Trinity 4 For the use of the re-ordered building in gospel and community Pray for the Episcopal Church in the Philippines The Most Highworth with opportunities. Revd Joel Atiwag Pachao - Prime Bishop of the Philippines Sevenhampton and For a transfer of contacts from our families strategy and occasional Inglesham and offices into faith and Church membership Monday, 15 July 2019 Hannington – St Northern Malawi (Central Africa) The Rt Revd Fanuel Michael and All Emmanuel Magangani Angels, St. James Barbados (West Indies) Michael Maxwell Priest-in-Charge Kampala (Uganda) The Most Revd Stanley Ntagali Revd Geoff Sowden (Primate) Assistant Clergy Kampala (Uganda) The Rt Revd Hannington Mutebi Revd. Emily Swinerd LLMs Tuesday 16 July 2019 Dr Charles Kirke Northern Mexico (Mexico) The Most Revd Francisco Miss Jean Ashton Moreno (Primate) PTO Clergy Bari (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Idris Zubairu Alison Williams Lyn Sapwell Wednesday 17 July 2019 Churchwardens Northern Michigan (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Mr Phil Sapwell Rayford Ray Mrs Pam Linfield Barisal (Bangladesh) The Rt Revd Shourabh Pholia PCC Treasurer Barrackpore (India) The Rt Revd Paritosh Canning Mr Stephen Fasham PCC Secretary Thursday 18 July 2019 Julie Miles Northern Philippines (Philippines) The Rt Revd Brent Other significant team members: Alawas Schools Worker, Bella Fasham Northern Philippines (Philippines) The Rt Revd Miguel Yamoyam GROWING DISCIPLES Bath & Wells (England) The Rt Revd Peter Hancock Bath & 4 different corporate prayer opportunities per week Wells (England) The Rt Revd Ruth Worsley Regular home groups Twice yearly ‘Exploring faith’ courses. 3 GROWING LEADERS Friday 19 July 2019 Team of locally licenced service leaders and preachers Northern Territory, The (Australia) The Rt Revd Dr Greg Small mentoring group Anderson GROWING VOCATIONS Bathurst (Australia) The Rt Revd Ian Palmer SWYM trainee, Kat Best, Small mentoring group Kano (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Zakka Nyam MISSION within the parish: Messy church, toddler groups, schools, chaplaincies, nursing and residential homes, etc Saturday 20 July 2019 Regular residential homes services monthly to 3 homes Northern Uganda (Uganda) The Rt Revd Johnson Gakumba Saturday morning drop in at Church, Bauchi (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Musa Tula Craft and film days in Church each holiday Kansas (The Episcopal Church) Vacant Youth groups each week, for young teens and older teens Regular work in schools, for workshops, curriculum lessons, assemblies Monthly midweek service and lunch, Monthly coffee and chat in church hall MISSION organisations/links that you support Sekamuli Parish in Uganda, Link Missionaries in South Wales, Christian Aid CAP debt centre in HIghworth Ecumenical links with churches in the parish CAP debt centre run by all Churches, Schools work jointly by all Churches, Open Youth project by all Churches and Town Council Sunday 21st July Old Town Swindon is a growing area with many opportunities for Sunday, 21 July 2019 Trinity 5 Christian ministry, community engagement and building relationships Pray for the Province de L'Eglise Anglicane au Rwanda The Christ Church with a whole variety of people. We have made significant progress with a Most Revd Laurent Mbanda - Archbishop of L'Eglise with St Mary’s renewed vision for our mission, communication, ministry and worship. Episcopal au Rwanda & Bishop of Shyira Old Town Please pray for the fruits of our Worship review undertaken during December. Also for the appointment for a new Children and Young Monday 22 July 2019 Families Missioner. Unfortunately, we had no applicants in March. Northern Zambia (Central Africa) The Most Revd Albert Please also pray for our ministry to bereaved people through the Christ Chama (Primate) Church Burial ground and Rose Garden. We thank God that we have Belize (West Indies) The Rt Revd Philip Wright finished the roof work at Christ Church, the renewal of the organ and the Kanyakumari (South India) Vacant development of St Mary’s. We pray for spiritual fruit from all the relationships we are developing across our Swindon community. Our 4 Bible verse for 2019 is God is love and those who live in love, live in God and God lives in them. 1 John 4:16. We look forward to seeing how God Tuesday 23 July 2019 guides us with this foundation. This year we are celebrating the 50th Northwest Ankole (Uganda) The Rt Revd Amos Magezi anniversary of the Old Town Partnership of Churches with Bath Rd Bendigo (Australia) The Rt Revd Matt Brain Methodist Church and Immanuel United Reformed, Upham Road. We look forward to a year of celebration, in particular developing our Wednesday 24 July 2019 Christian mission together especially through Messy Church which meets Northwest Texas (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Scott at King William St School on the 3rd Sunday afternoon of each month. Mayer Please pray for our ministry to baptism, wedding and bereaved families Benin (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Peter Imasuen which is growing. We are holding a major ecumenical Christmas Tree Bermuda (Bermuda) The Rt Revd Nicholas Dill festival this December from 1st-23rd 2019. Vicar Thursday 25 July 2019 Revd. Canon Simon Stevenette Northwestern Pennsylvania (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Assistant Clergy Revd Sean Rowe Revd. Norma McKemey Bethlehem (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Kevin Revd. Daphne Hardwick Nichols LLMs Bethlehem (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Dr Paul Mrs Margaret Williams Marshall Mrs. Genny Williams Mrs Anne Macmillan Friday 26 July 2019 Mrs Carol Simmons Norwich (England) The Rt Revd Graham James Norwich Mrs Ailsa Palmer (England) The Rt Revd Jonathan Meyrick Norwich PTO Clergy (England) The Rt Revd Alan Peter Winton Bhopal (North Revd David Day India) The Rt Revd Manoj Charan Kapoeta (South Sudan) Revd David Howell The Rt Revd Isaac Deu Chol Ecumenical colleagues The Revd. Robert Jordan Saturday 27 July 2019 The Revd. Mark Barrett Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island (Canada) The Most Churchwardens Revd Ronald Wayne Cutler Mrs Pam Bridgeman Bida (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Jonah Kolo Mr Jim D’Avila Karachi (Pakistan) The Rt Revd Sadiq Daniel PCC Treasurer Mr Andrew Yeoward 5 PCC Secretary Other significant team members: Helen Parker-Drabble – Administrator Chris Smith – Community Centre Manager Jenny Hatter – Deputy Community Centre Manager working in partnership with Park South and Buckhurst in Walcot Tim Eyles – Director of Music Karen Harris and Sandie Rule – Vergers Rob Pean – Sexton Carol Simmons – Parish Clerk Jimmy and Katia Rocks – CMS Mission Partners in Brazil GROWING DISCIPLES A variety of Home groups Alpha course Men’s Breakfast. Mother’s Union Healing Prayer group. Choir and music group GROWING LEADERS New Home groups A group attending the Diocesan Growing Leaders course A group attending the Diocesan Bridge Builders course Mentoring Encourage people to lead Bible study, lead intercessions, to preach and chair meetings Volunteers at the Community centre. GROWING VOCATIONS Two of our young adults– Alistair Senior involved in Christian ministry in Cambridge whilst studying for an Engineering PHD and Will Stevenette Student Pastor at the new church plant Anchor Church emerging from St Luke’s Gas Street Birmingham.