APRIL 2021 Part 1 of 2 Cycle of Prayer Holy Days / Saint’s Days / Calendar Day Name of Parish/ Date Schools People (Incumbent, Clergy, LLM’s) (Lectionary) Other 1 MAUNDY THURSDAY Apr Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, Teacher Bedminster Down: St Oswald 2021 of the Faith, 1872 Team Rector: Revd Timothy Godden St Peter’s CE VC Primary 2 School (Bishopsworth), Apr GOOD FRIDAY Bishopsworth: St Peter Headteacher: Ms Genny 2021 Oliver 3 Diocesan Adam Bond, Kathryn Caithness, Nick Apr EASTER EVE Safeguarding Papuca, Helen Styles 2021 Team 4 Box: St Thomas a Becket Box CE VC Primary School, Apr EASTER DAY Headteacher: Ms Jo French 2021 Priest-in-Charge: Revd Dr Janet Anderson- MacKenzie, Associate Minister: Revd Canon John Ayers, Associate Local 5 Minister: Revd Clair Southgate Ditteridge: St Christopher Apr MONDAY OF EASTER WEEK 2021 6 Bradley Stoke: Christ the Apr TUESDAY OF EASTER WEEK King 2021 Interim Minister: Revd Dr Rod Symmons, LLM: Mr Mark Mitchell Holy Trinity (CE/Methodist) 7 VA Primary School, Apr WEDNESDAY OF EASTER WEEK Bradley Stoke: Holy Trinity Headteacher: Ms Janet 2021 Dickson APRIL 2021 Part 2 of 2 Cycle of Prayer Date Anglican Cycle of Prayer Porvoo Cycle Thematic Prayer Point 1 The Diocese of Bath & Wells – The Church of England The homeless and those who Apr (Canterbury Province) support them 2021 2 The Diocese of Bathurst – The Anglican Church of Australia The police, probation, Apr (New South Wales Province) ambulance and fire services 2021 3 The Diocese of Bauchi – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) (Jos Apr Local government Province) 2021 Church of Sweden: Diocese of Uppsala, Archbishop Antje Jackelén, Bishop Karin 4 Johannesson Apr Pray for the peace of Jerusalem The health sector 2021 Church in Wales: Diocese of Llandaff, Bishop June Osborne 5 Apr The Diocese of Belize – The Church in the Province of the West Indies Our Members of Parliament 2021 6 The Diocese of Bendigo – The Anglican Church of Australia Victims of human rights Apr (Victoria Province) abuses 2021 7 The Diocese of Benin – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Those working in hospitality, Apr (Bendel Province) tourism and the Arts 2021 APRIL 2021 Part 1 of 2 Cycle of Prayer Holy Days / Saint’s Days / Calendar Day Name of Parish/ Date Schools People (Incumbent, Clergy, LLM’s) (Lectionary) Other 8 Apr THURSDAY OF EASTER WEEK Ashley: St James 2021 9 FRIDAY OF EASTER WEEK Apr Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran Pastor, Martyr, Charlton: St John the Baptist 2021 1945 SATURDAY OF EASTER WEEK 10 Crudwell CE VC Primary William Law, Priest, Spiritual Writer, 1761 Apr Crudwell: All Saints School, Headteacher: Mr William of Ockham, Friar, Philosopher, 2021 Ben Johns Teacher of the Faith, 1347 Rector: Revd Tonya Nixon, Associate Local Minister: Revd Sarah Wyman, LLMs: Mrs Richenda Milton-Daws, Dr Brian 11 THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER Senior, Mrs Rachel Swatton Apr George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Hankerton: Holy Cross 2021 Zealand, 1878 Minety CE VC Primary 12 School, Headteacher: Mrs Apr Minety: St Leonard Sally Greaves 2021 Oaksey CE VC Primary 13 School, Headteacher: Mrs Apr Oaksey: All Saints Ursula Scott 2021 14 For continued good engagement in the Transforming Church Apr workshops and for honesty in the Together 2021 reflections APRIL 2021 Part 2 of 2 Cycle of Prayer Date Anglican Cycle of Prayer Porvoo Cycle Thematic Prayer Point 8 The Diocese of Bentiu – The Province of the Episcopal Church Apr of South Sudan The Armed Forces 2021 (Upper Nile Province) 9 Apr The Diocese of Bermuda – Extra Provincial to the Archbishop of Canterbury The Media 2021 10 The Diocese of Bethlehem – The Episcopal Church Church of England: Diocese of Derby, The natural world and Apr (III (3) Province) Bishop Libby Lane, Bishop designate climate justice 2021 Malcolm Macnaughton 11 Church of Ireland: Diocese of Clogher, Those suffering from Apr The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean Vacant addiction 2021 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Aalborg, Bishop Henning Toft 12 Bro Apr The Diocese of Bhopal – The (united) Church of North India Industry and business 2021 13 The legal profession, The Diocese of Bida – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) (Lokoja Apr judges, magistrates, Province) 2021 court officials 14 The unemployed and those Apr The Diocese of Biharamulo – The Anglican Church of Tanzania who work with them 2021 APRIL 2021 Part 1 of 2 Cycle of Prayer Holy Days / Saint’s Days / Calendar Day Name of Parish/ Date Schools People (Incumbent, Clergy, LLM’s) (Lectionary) Other Revd Brenda Dowie, Revd Jillianne 15 Norman, Revd Neil Archer, Revd Bob Apr Hospital Chaplains Conway, Revd David Grace, Revd Mark 2021 Read, Revd Chris Mattock, Revd Linda Evans 16 Stockwood: Christ the Vicar: Revd Canon Gwyn Owen, LLMs: Apr Isabella Gilmore, Deaconess, 1923 Servant Canon Sue Farrance, Mrs Deb Chaffey 2021 17 Lockleaze: St Mary Apr Magdalene with St Francis Curate: Revd Rob Smith 2021 18 Priest-in-Charge: Revd Derek Maddox, Hartcliffe: St Andrew Apr THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER LLM: Mrs Anne Maddox 2021 St Mary Redcliffe & Temple 19 CE VA Secondary School, Vicar: Revd Canon Dan Tyndall, Associate Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, St Mary Redcliffe Apr Headteacher: Ms Elisabeth Ministers: Revd Kat Campion-Spall, Revd 1012 2021 Gilpin Anthony Everitt, Curate: Revd Aggy Palairet Vicar: Revd Ian Tomkins, Associate 20 St Matthew and St Nathanael Minister: Revd Richard Pendlebury, Apr Bristol Curates: Revd James Cannan, Revd Gaby 2021 Doherty 21 Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of St Philip and St Jacob with Vicar: Revd Timothy Silk Apr Canterbury, Teacher of the Faith, 1109 Emmanuel Bristol 2021 APRIL 2021 Part 2 of 2 Cycle of Prayer Date Anglican Cycle of Prayer Porvoo Cycle Thematic Prayer Point 15 The Diocese of Birmingham – The Church of England The hungry and those Apr (Canterbury Province) who support them 2021 16 The Diocese of Blackburn – The Church of England Apr Young people (York Province) 2021 17 The Diocese of Bo – The Church of the Province of West Africa Those promoting inter-faith Apr (West Africa Province) Church of England: Diocese of Blackburn, understanding 2021 Bishop Julian Henderson, Bishop Jill Duff, Bishop Philip North 18 Apr The Church of Ireland Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of The charitable sector 2021 Brechin, Bishop Andrew Swift The Lutheran Church in Great Britain: 19 Bishop Tor Berger Jørgensen Apr The Diocese of Boga – Province de L’Eglise Anglicane Du Congo Migrants and refugees 2021 20 Apr The Diocese of Bolivia – The Anglican Church of South America People living with disability 2021 21 Apr The Diocese of Bondo – The Anglican Church of Kenya The elderly 2021 APRIL 2021 Part 1 of 2 Cycle of Prayer Holy Days / Saint’s Days / Calendar Day Name of Parish/ Date Schools People (Incumbent, Clergy, LLM’s) (Lectionary) Other The Diocese of West 22 Buganda, linked to City Rt Revd Henry Katumba-Tamale Apr Deanery 2021 23 GEORGE, MARTYR, PATRON OF Apr Brislington: St Cuthbert ENGLAND,c.304 2021 Priest-in-Charge: Revd Ian Garrett, LLM: Mr Oliver Tunnah Mellitus, Bishop of London, first Bishop at St 24 Paul’s, 624 Brislington: St Anne Apr The Seven Martyrs of the Melanesian 2021 Brotherhood, Solomon Islands, 2003 Bristol South Deanery: Area 25 Area Dean: Revd Becky Waring, Lay Chair: THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Dean, Lay Chair and Apr Mrs Eleanor Vousden, Lay Secretary: Ms Leadership Team 2021 Carrie Farebrother, Treasurer: Vacant Priest-in-Charge: Revd Dr Andrew 26 Brislington: St Christopher Schuman, LLMs: Mrs Sally Hunter, Mr Apr MARK THE EVANGELIST Kunnagh Scott 2021 27 Vicar: Revd Canon Debbie Dewes, LLMs: Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 Brislington: St Luke Apr Mrs Susan Thorne, Mr Simon Williams 2021 St Leonard’s CE Primary Priest-in-Charge: Revd Geoffrey Sowden, 28 Peter Chanel, Missionary in the South Academy, Headteacher: Ms Broad Blunsdon: St Leonard Curate: Revd Emily Swinerd, LLMs: Apr Pacific, Martyr, 1841 Julie Warburton; Tadpole Farm CE Academy,Headteacher: Mrs Kathryn Dack, Mr Paul Morris 2021 Jane Leo APRIL 2021 Part 2 of 2 Cycle of Prayer Date Anglican Cycle of Prayer Porvoo Cycle Thematic Prayer Point 22 The Diocese of Bor – The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan Apr Places of conflict and war (Jonglei Province) 2021 23 Victims of human trafficking Apr The Diocese of Botswana – The Church of the Province of Central Africa and those enslaved 2021 24 The Diocese of Brandon – The Anglican Church of Canada Apr Those living in poverty (Rupert’s Land Province) 2021 Church of Sweden: Diocese of Gothenburg, Bishop Susanne Rappmann 25 Apr 4th Sunday of Easter The Nippon Sei Ko Kai Survivors of abuse Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of 2021 Glasgow and Galloway, Bishop Kevin Pearson 26 The Diocese of Brasília – Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil Apr Prisons and prisoners (3 Province) 2021 27 Primary, secondary and higher Apr The Diocese of Brazzaville – Province de L’Eglise Anglicane Du Congo education 2021 28 Apr The Diocese of Brechin – The Scottish Episcopal Church Banking and finance 2021 APRIL 2021 Part 1 of 2 Cycle of Prayer Holy Days / Saint’s Days / Calendar Day Name of Parish/ Date Schools People (Incumbent, Clergy, LLM’s) (Lectionary) Other 29 Revd Canon Rod Cosh, Revd Dr Anne- Catherine of Siena, Teacher of the Faith, Nursing and Care Home and Apr Louse Critchlow, Revd Ruth Gillings, Revd 1380 Day Centres’ Chaplaincy 2021 Jones Mutemwakwenda 30 Christ Church with St Ewen, Vicar: In vacancy. Churchwardens: Mr Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Apr All Saints & St George Bristol Roger Metcalfe & Mrs Margaret Dymond Scriptures, 1922 2021 APRIL 2021 Part 2 of 2 Cycle of Prayer Anglican Cycle of Prayer Porvoo Cycle Thematic Prayer Point 29 The Diocese of Brisbane – The Anglican Church of Australia (Queensland Church of Sweden: Diocese of Gothenburg, Apr The Government Province) Bishop Susanne Rappmann 2021 Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of 30 Glasgow and Galloway, Bishop Kevin The Diocese of Bristol – The Church of England Apr Pearson Victims of crime (Canterbury Province) 2021 Amendments, comments and queries The information in the Cycle of Prayer is checked and updated as near as possible to the time of production.