Prayer Diary – October - December 2019 This diary has been compiled to help us pray together for one another and our common concerns. It is also available on the diocesan website www.europe.anglican.org , both for downloading (PDF) and for viewing. The latter should be updated as new appointments and other changes are announced. A daily prayer update is sent via PrayerMate and Twitter (on the diocesan account @DioceseinEurope) Each chaplaincy, with the communities it serves, is remembered in prayer once a quarter, following this weekly pattern: • Eastern Archdeaconry: Monday, Saturday • Archdeaconry of France: Tuesday, Saturday • Archdeaconry of Gibraltar: Wednesday, Saturday • Italy & Malta Archdeaconry: Friday • Archdeaconry of North West Europe: Thursday • Swiss Archdeaconry: Friday • Archdeaconry of Germany and Northern Europe • Nordic and Baltic Deanery: Monday • Germany: Saturday On Sundays, we pray for subjects which affect us all (e.g. reconciliation, on Remembrance Sunday), or which have local applications for most of us (e.g. the local cathedral or cathedrals). This will include Diocesan Staff, Churches in Communion and Ecumenical Partners. SUNDAY INTERCESSIONS should, by tradition, include prayer for Bishop Robert and the local Head of State by name. In addition, prayers may also include Bishop David (the Suffragan Bishop) and, among the heads of other states, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the leaders of other countries represented in the congregation. Sources and resources also commended: Anglican Cycle of Prayer www.anglicancommunion.org/resources/cycle-of-prayer/download-the-acp.aspx World Council of Churches http://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/prayer-cycle (weekly) and Common Worship Lectionary festivals and commemorations (CW, pp 2-17 or https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts.aspx ). Contact Details Please send all comments, additions, updates and prayer requests to Anthony Cummings, ([email protected] or [email protected] ) This Prayer Diary is compiled on the basis of information received by 20 September. September Sunday 29 - Trinity 15 Pray for Bishop Robert and Bishop David as they lead and pastor the diocese. Pray for the Bishop's Office in Brussels, for Meurig Williams in his role as Bishop's Chaplain, Gail Wilmet (Bishop’s PA), Damian Thwaites in his role as Bishop's Attaché to the European Institutions, Barbara Omoro (Appointments Secretary) and Caroline Gaumy (Administrative Secretary). Pray for all those training to be Readers in the diocese. Monday 30 Archdeaconry of Germany and Northern Europe: Archdeacon: John Newsome (Acting Archdeacon until 16 October); Leslie Nathaniel (from 17 October). Eastern Archdeaconry: Archdeacon: Adèle Kelham (Acting Archdeacon until 16 October); Leslie Nathaniel (from 17 October). Give thanks for John and Adèle’s service in these roles and pray for Leslie as he settles in to his new ministry. Vienna: (Also serves Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Bratislava, Ljubljana) Chaplain: Patrick Curran, Assistants: Mike Waltner, John Barker. Pray for our newly appointed Youth and Young Adults’ Worker and for our outreach activities: Theology and Tap (café based conversations) and UNcomplicated (an initiative to the UN organisations in Vienna). October Tuesday 1 Aquitaine: (Includes Bertric Burée, Bordeaux, Condom in the Gers, Doudrac, Limeuil Haut, Monteton, Périgueux-Chancelade, Ste Nathalene, Sorges) Chaplain: Anthony Lomas, Assistants: Liz Morris, Charlotte Sullivan, Readers: Janis Adams, Sheila Marshall, Patrick Sturges, Michael Torne, Roger Verrall . Pray for the ICS AGM today. Wednesday 2 Archdeaconry of Gibraltar: Archdeacon Geoff Johnston. Give thanks for Geoff’s service as Archdeacon (and as acting Archdeacon of Italy and Malta) and pray for him as he retires from these posts. Pray also for the recruitment of the right person as Archdeacon of these two Archdeaconries. Gibraltar Cathedral: (Also serves Gibraltar (Port)) Dean: Vacant Thursday 3 Antwerp: Chaplain: Andrew Wagstaff, Reader: Egbert van Groesen. Antwerp Mission to Seafarers . Pray for North-West Europe Archdeaconry Synod (3-5 October) Friday 4 Archdeaconry of Italy and Malta: Acting Archdeacon: Geoff Johnston. Assisi: Locum Chaplain. Bordighera: (served from Menton, France). Saturday 5 Berlin: (also serves Dresden) Chaplain: Christopher Jage-Bowler. Dresden: Ricky Yates (PTO) . Bonn with Cologne: Chaplain: Michael Bullock, Assistant: Richard Gardiner. Sunday 6 - Trinity 16 Give thanks for our relationship with the Lutheran Churches of the Porvoo Agreement. Pray for the Porvoo Contact Group and the Lutheran Church in Great Britain. Pray for our partnership with USPG. Monday 7 Prague: (Includes Brno) Chaplain: Nathanial Nathanial, Reader: Jack Noonan. Tuesday 8 Archdeaconry of France: Archdeacon Meurig Williams. Beaulieu-sur-Mer: Chaplain: Anthony Ingham. Biarritz: Chaplain: Vacant. Wednesday 9 Casablanca: (includes Rabat) Chaplain: Medhat Sabry. Praise the Lord with us for the use of our new community centre for our Sunday Services – We have English speaking 9:30 & 11:30, Chinese Church 13:00 and French African Church 15:30! Continue to pray for construction work on the expansion of the chapel which is happening now and over the next 3-6 months. Tangier: Chaplain: Dennis Obidiegwu . Thursday 10 Brugge, Knokke, Ostend: Chaplain: Augustine Nwaekwe. P ray for Augustine in his additional role as BAME ministry adviser. Friday 11 Florence: (Also serves Siena, Bologna) Chaplain: William Lister, Deacon: Giampaolo Pancetti, Reader: Maria Makepeace. Genova: Chaplain: Tony Dickinson. Pray for developing work with migrants of all kinds; growth in discipleship among those recently baptised and confirmed; success in finding the resources to enable us to conserve and develop the church building as a base for mission; Deacon Moses Adesina as he begins his new ministry in the Caribbean. Saturday 12 Brittany: (Includes: Huelgoat, Ploërmel, Rostrenen) Chaplain: Robin Adams, Readers: Laura Hillman, Robin Hillman, Alan Mason, Guy Barnard. Cannes: Chaplain: Giles Williams, Readers: David Sinclair, Christopher Walley, Christine Williams . Pray for our Alpha Course on Thursday evenings and our Sunday series studying 2 Corinthians; also our outreach and fellowship curry evening (19 th ). Sunday 13 - Trinity 17 Pray for the Lusitanian Church, Bishop Jorge Pina Cabral . Pray for the Church of Denmark and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia. Pray for Simone Yallop, to be admitted and licensed as Reader today at St Mary’s, Twente by Archdeacon Paul Vrolijk and those to be confirmed at the same service by Bishop Michael Langrish. Monday 14 Copenhagen: (Also serves Aarhus) Chaplain: Smitha Prasadam, Readers: Professor Ursula Sonnewald, Victoria Wadsworth-Hansen, Graeme Lloyd-Roberts, Peter Prasadam. P ray for Smitha in her additional role as BAME ministry adviser. Tallinn: Chaplain: Gustav Piir. Tuesday 15 Chantilly: Chaplain: Sarah Tillet. Dinard: Chaplain: Gary Wilton . Pray for Gary as he settles in to his new ministry. Wednesday 16 Barcelona: (Also serves Andorra) Chaplain: John Chapman, Assistant: Deborah Chapman. Pray for our new youth worker as she builds up a Youth Group and strengthens our youth to live for Christ in a city such as Barcelona. Give thanks and pray for all the links the people of the small congregation of St George’s Andorra have. They are principally served by Deborah Chapman, our Assistant Chaplain. Nerja and Almuñécar: Chaplain: Nigel Thomas. Thursday 17 Archdeaconry of North-West Europe: Archdeacon Paul Vrolijk. Brussels: Associate Chaplain: John Wilkinson, Assistants: Fiona Simon, Jean-Bosco Turahirwa, Readers: Jennifer Le Jeune, David Mitchell, Heather Roy, Grace West, Arttu Makipaa. Pray for Bishop’s Council meeting in Brussels ( 17-18 October) Friday 18 Malta and Gozo: (Includes: Valletta, also serves: Gozo) Chaplain: Simon Godfrey, Reader: David Felgate. Sliema : Chaplain: Clem Upton. Pray for Clem as he settles in to his new ministry. Saturday 19 Algarve: (Includes: Almancil, Praia Da Luz, Tavira, Gorjões) Chaplains: Reid Hamilton, Robert Kean, Readers: Robert Kelly, Maureen Kyle, Fiona Mayes. Greater Lisbon: (Includes: Estoril, Lisbon) Chaplain: Vacant. Give thanks to God for the three year ministry of Frank Sawyer and his family, who have returned to the States. Pray for the right person to lead and minister to these two congregations in the Lisbon Chaplaincy of St George´s and St Paul´s. Sunday 20 - Trinity 8 Pray for the Spanish Episcopal Reformed Church, Bishop Carlos López-Lozano. Pray for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Monday 21 Helsinki: (Also serves Tallinn, Tampere, Turku, Kuopio, White Nile) Chaplain: Tuomas Mäkipää, Assistants: David Oliver, Amos Manga, Readers: Geoffrey Phillips, Keith Battarbee, John Mills, Emmanuel Eneh. Pray for France Archdeaconry Committee meeting in Paris. Tuesday 22 Dunkirk, The Mission to Seafarers: Chaplain: Phil Edell. Fontainebleau: Chaplain: vacant. Grenoble: Chaplain: vacant. Pray for a new permanent Chaplain. Give thanks for honorary Assistant Chaplain, Alan Golton (who is 90) who continues to help when needed and for our locum, Chris Martin, with us until Remembrance Sunday. Wednesday 23 Costa Almeria and Costa Calida: (serves Mojácar, Llanos and Aljambra ) Chaplain: Vincent Oram, Assistant: Alan Bennett, Readers: Duncan Burr, Marge Gall. Costa Azahar: (Includes Alcossebre, Vinaros) Chaplain: Louis Darrant. Thursday 24 Ghent: (Also serves Ghent (Port)) Chaplain: Stephen Murray. Belgium