New Hampshire Council of Churches 2020 Cycle of Prayer PO Box 1087 140 Sheep Davis Road Concord, NH 03302-1087 Pembroke, NH 03275 [email protected] www.nhchurches.org (603) 219-0889 ABOUT THIS CYCLE Beloved, pray for us. (1 Thess. 5:25) The NH Council of Churches has nine member denominations: American Baptist Churches of Vermont and New Hampshire Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, New England Synod Presbyterian Church (USA), Presbytery of Northern New England Religious Society of Friends, New England Yearly Meeting United Church of Christ, New Hampshire Conference United Methodist Church, New England Conference Unitarian Universalist Association, New England Region All together, there are about 380 congregations with membership in one (or more) of these denominations. This cycle groups congregations in sets of 7-8 for each week of the year. In using this in your congregation, you may wish to: Pray for the 7-8 congregations each Sunday in the Prayers of the People, General Intercessions, Universal Prayer or Pastoral Prayer as fits your own worship tradition. Pray for the congregations in smaller sets in daily or midweek prayer services. Find your town and see other churches in your town. Churches are listed by town, in alphabetical order. Highlight this fact in church on Sunday as you pray for your neighbors. Share these prayer needs on your social media as we share them online at facebook.com/nhcouncilofchurches Please send corrections on this list to [email protected] JANUARY January 5 United Church of Acworth (ABC-UCC) Alexandria United Methodist Church Orchard Hill Quakers-Alstead Third Congregational Church-Alstead Community Church of Alton Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church-Amherst Congregational Church of Amherst, UCC January 12 Antrim Baptist Church First Presbyterian Church of Antrim Ashland Community Church New Life Church of the White Mountains (ABC)-Ashland St. Mark’s Episcopal Church-Ashland Ashland United Methodist Church Congregational Church-Atkinson January 19 Longmeadow Congregational Church-Auburn Bartlett Congregational Church UCC Bath Congregational Church Bedford Presbyterian Church First Baptist Church-Belmont First Baptist Church-Berlin St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church-Berlin St. Paul's Lutheran Church-Berlin January 26 Durell Memorial United Methodist Church-Bethlehem Boscawen Congregational Church Crossroads Community Church-Bow Bow Mills United Methodist Church Bradford Community Church First Baptist Church-Brentwood Pilgrim United Church of Christ-Brentwood FEBRUARY February 2 Bristol Baptist Church Bristol United Church of Christ Brookline Community Church Campton Baptist Church Canaan United Methodist Church First Baptist Church-Candia February 9 United Community Church-Canterbury Concord Friends Meeting-Canterbury Canterbury United Community Church Congregational Church of North Barnstead Center Conway United Methodist Church Congregational Church-Center Harbor Moultonville United Methodist Church-Center Ossipee February 16 Community Church of Sandwich (ABC-UCC) Third Baptist Church-Center Strafford South Parish Unitarian Church-Charlestown Congregational Church-Charlestown Chatham Congregational Church The Congregational Church of Chester (ABC-UCC) Asbury United Methodist Church-Chesterfield Chocorua Community Church February 23 Union-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church-Clarement Grace & Hope Community Church-Claremont Grace River: A Life-Giving Church-Claremont Trinity Episcopal Church-Claremont Prince of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church-Claremont First Congregational Church-Claremont First United Methodist Church-Claremont MARCH March 1 St. Stephen’s Episcopal Mission-Colebrook Trinity United Methodist Church-Colebrook United Baptist Church-Concord Grace Episcopal Church-Concord St. Paul's Episcopal Church-Concord Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church-Concord Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church-Concord March 8 Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord East Congregational Church-Concord First Congregational Church-Concord South Congregational Church-Concord West Congregational Church-Concord Wesley United Methodist Church-Concord Contoocook United Methodist Church March 15 Conway Village Congregational Church United Church of Cornish Congregational Church-Dalton United Church of Danbury (ABC-UCC) Danville Baptist Church Deerfield Community Church, UCC Deering Community Church March 22 First Baptist Church-Derry Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration-Derry St. Luke's United Methodist Church-Derry St. Thomas Episcopal Church-Dover Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church-Dover Dover Friends Meeting First Parish Church Congregational-Dover March 29 St. John's United Methodist Church-Dover Dublin Community Church Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist -Dunbarton First Congregational Church-Dunbarton St. George’s Episcopal Church-Durham Durham UU Fellowship Community Church of Durham, UCC APRIL April 5 First Parish Congregational Church, UCC-East Derry East Hampstead Union Church East Kingston Community United Methodist Church Bethany United Methodist Church-East Rochester East Washington Baptist Church Community Evangelical Lutheran Church-Enfield Enfield United Methodist Church April 12 Epping Community Federated Church New Rye Union Congregational Church Chichester United Methodist Church Congregational Church, Errol First Baptist Church-Etna First Baptist Church-Exeter April 19 Christ Episcopal Church -Exeter First Unitarian Universalist Society of Exeter The Congregational Church in Exeter, UCC Exeter United Methodist Church First Congregational Church-Farmington Fitzwilliam Community Church, UCC Community Church, Francestown April 26 Franconia Community Church of Christ (ABC-UCC) The Baptist Church of Franklin Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church-Franklin Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Franklin Congregational Christian Church-Franklin Franklin United Methodist Church People's United Methodist Church-Fremont MAY May 3 Gilford Community Church First United Methodist Church-Gilford Gilmanton Community Church Gilsum Congregational Church Goffstown Christian Fellowship First Spanish American Baptist Church-Goffstown St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church -Goffstown Hillside United Methodist Church-Goffstown May 10 Gonic Friends Meeting Gorham Congregational Church, UCC Goshen Community Church Grantham United Methodist Church Community Congregational Church, UCC-Greenland Greenland United Methodist Church Groveton United Methodist Church Stark United Methodist Church-Groveton May 17 St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church-Hampstead Hampstead Congregational Church First Baptist Church-Hampton Trinity Episcopal Church-Hampton First Congregational Church of Hampton Hampton United Methodist Church May 24 First Baptist Church-Hampton Falls First Congregational Society-Unitarian of Hampton Falls First Congregational Church, Hancock Trinity Baptist Church-Hanover St. Thomas Episcopal Church-Hanover Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church-Hanover May 31 Hanover Friends Meeting Kendal Worship Group-Hanover The Church of Christ at Dartmouth College First Congregational Church, Hanover Center Community Church of Harrisville & Chesham (ABC-UCC) First Congregational Church, Haverhill Union Congregational Church, Hebron The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever. Isaiah 40:8 JUNE June 7 Weare Friends Meeting-Henniker Congregational Church, Henniker Smith Memorial Church-Hillsboro Hillsboro United Methodist Church Holderness Community Church Congregational Church of Hollis, UCC Congregational Church of Hooksett June 14 St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church-Hopkinton First Congregational Church, UCC-Hopkinton First Baptist Church-Hudson Community Church, UCC-Hudson Jackson Community Church Monadnock Friends Meeting-Jaffrey First Church-Jaffrey The United Church of Jaffrey June 21 St. John's United Methodist Church-Jefferson First Baptist Church-Keene St. James’ Episcopal Church -Keene St. George Greek Orthodox Church-Keene Keene Friends Meeting Keene UU Church United Church of Christ-Keene June 28 First Congregational Church of Kensington United Baptist Church of Lakeport St. James’ Episcopal Church-Laconia Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church-Laconia Taxiarchai Church (Greek Orthodox)-Laconia UU Society of Laconia Congregational Church-Laconia JULY July 5 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church-Lancaster Lancaster Congregational Church Christ United Methodist Church-Lancaster First Evangelical Congregational Church UCC-Langdon First Baptist Church-Lebanon First Congregational Church-Lebanon Lebanon United Methodist Church July 12 Lee Church Congregational Loon Mountain Ministry-Lincoln Episcopal Church of the Epiphany -Lisbon The Shared Ministry-Lisbon Litchfield Community Church Presbyterian All Saints’ Episcopal Church-Littleton North Country Unitarian Universalist Society-Littleton July 19 First Congregational Church, UCC-Littleton First United Methodist Church-Littleton Lochmere Free Baptist Church St. Peter’s Episcopal Church-Londonderry Londonderry Presbyterian Church Londonderry United Methodist Church Loudon Center Freewill Baptist Church July 26 Lyme Congregational Church First Baptist Church of Lyme United Church of Lyndeborough (ABC-UCC) Madbury United Church of Christ Maranatha Indonesian United Church of Christ- Madbury The Madison Church AUGUST August 9 St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church-Manchester Manchester First Presbyterian Church Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester First Congregational