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to this edition of the prayer diary, following
Trinity Sunday and running until the Feast of
the Transfiguration.
There are now two Rochester cycles of prayer –
‘parishes’ and ‘extra-parochial’. This is an attempt to be a little more even handed with the additional groups who are prayed for as the year turns, and to include
our church schools in our prayers.
As usual, it’s a sizable document but designed to be quick and clear to read, and
also to leave space for your own notes. Of course, you do not have to print it all
out at once, and you’re welcome to reformat it, if you wish (a Word version is available from my blog, see website below).
Sunday entries are designed to look at some of the bigger pictures in our Diocese – sometimes geographical (deaneries, archdeaconries, link dioceses) sometimes
issues or activities (Vocations Sunday). If there is an aspect of diocesan life
that you’d like included on a Sunday, do let me know. These are followed through the week by daily prayers from all over the diocese, and across the
Anglican Communion, including the calendar of saints and other worthy people.
Finally, there is space in the daily entries for you to note any prayer requests that
have been made to you or your parish, or any special interests you want to remember in your prayers.
Please contact me with any comments or suggestions –
bishopscourt@rochester.anglican.org or 01634 814439. I will also be pleased to provide large print copies to any who would find that helpful.
The calendar is published on the Diocesan website, and also on www.rochesterworship.wordpress.com where you can find the next quarter’s
intercessions (hopefully) as this quarter starts to come to an end.
Cover photo: ‘The Transfiguration of Jesus’, by Armando Alemdar Ara, licensed
under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License.
Welcome
Sunday 11 June
(Barnabas the Apostle)
Trinity Sunday
Isaiah 40.12-17, 27-end
Psalm 8
2 Corinthians 13.11-end Matthew 28.16-end
Schools Festival
June 13-16 – Church Schools Celebration
The education teams of the Diocese and Rochester Cathedral will work together with the aim of creating 4 days which the year 6 children in our
church schools will remember for a long time to come. We aim to provide a
memorable time of worship which will help children as they prepare to move on to a new secondary school and a space in which they be thankful for how
well their Church of England primary school has equipped them for their life’s journey. In the morning, the pupils take part in a range of activities which
feed into the afternoon worship which is a Eucharist led by Bishop James or
Bishop Rod.
Please pray • For pupils and their helpers - that they will feel that God has blessed
them during their time at the Cathedral • For all those who contribute to the days – that God will bless their gifts
in his service
Rochester Diocese:
For our schools as they begin to conclude the year. For those moving on to
new schools in the autumn.
Anglican Communion: Northern California - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Barry Beisner
Prayer Requests:
Monday
12 June Barnabas the Apostle (transferred)
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Wrotham, St George’s
Rector: The Rev Edward Wright Extra Parochial:
Ditton C.E. Junior School, Ditton Headteacher: Mr Bob Worth (Interim HT)
Anglican Communion:
Northern Indiana - (V, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Douglas Sparks
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday
13 June
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Chiddingstone, St Mary the Virgin, with
Chiddingstone Causeway, St Luke
Rector: The Rev Martin Beaumont Extra parochial:
For the Battle of Medway commemorations taking place at this time, for all who keep our history for
us.
Anglican Communion: Northern Izon - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Fred
Nyanabo
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday 14 June
Richard Baxter, puritan, divine, 1691
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Crockham Hill, Holy Trinity
Vicar: The Rev Sue Diggory Extra Parochial:
St. Marks C.E. Primary, Eccles Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Bassett
Anglican Communion:
Northern Luzon - (Philippines) VACANT
Prayer Requests:
Thursday
15 June Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of the Holy Communion (Corpus Christi) Evelyn Underhill, spiritual writer, 1941
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Edenbridge, St Peter and St Paul
Vicar: The Rev Dr Stephen Mitchell Extra Parochial:
Burrswood Christian Hospital and Place of Healing Chaplain: The Rev Carol Morrison
Anglican Communion:
Northern Malawi - (Central Africa) The Rt Revd Fanuel Emmanuel Magangani
Prayer Requests:
Friday 16 June
Richard, bishop, 1253 Joseph Butler, bishop, philosopher, 1752
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Hever, St Peter,Four Elms, St Paul, and Mark Beech, Holy Trinity
Rector: The Rev Jane Weeks
Extra Parochial: Christ Church C.E. Primary School, Erith
Head of School: Mrs Gillian Ball Anglican Communion:
Northern Michigan - (V, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd
Rayford Ray
Prayer Requests:
Saturday
17 June Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, social reformers, 1913 and 1936
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Hildenborough, St John the Evangelist
Vicar: The Rev Tim Saiet Extra Parochial:
For fathers and those who support them
Anglican Communion: Northern Philippines - (Philippines) The Rt Revd Brent
Alawas Suffragan Bishop of the Northern Philippines - (Philippines)
The Rt Revd Miguel Yamoyam
Prayer Requests:
Sunday 18 June
Trinity 1
Genesis 18.1-15 [21.1-7]
Psalm 116.1, 10-17 [or 116.9-17]
Romans 5.1-8 Matthew 9.35-10.8 [9-23]
(Proper 6)
Orpington deanery
We welcome new members as Orpington Deanery has grown recently with the
transfer of the parishes of Biggin Hill and Keston from Bromley Deanery. Elections for the new Triennium have brought new representatives to the
Synod too – and we look forward to working together over the next three years.
As a Deanery we shared in the ‘Our Conversation, Our Future’ programme and
we await the analysis following the consultation process. A Deanery Quiet day in a quiet garden was held in May, and in June our next
Synod is planned as an open meeting to consider the plight of Christians in difficult parts of the world facing slavery, trafficking and persecution.
In October we are excited by Bishop James Visit to the Deanery and are
working on a varied programme which will enable him to share in the life and work of the wider community as well as spending time with churches and
clergy. Finally, we wish Rev Carol Morrison well as she leaves Keston, and Rev Brian
McHenry as he retires from All Saints, Orpington – with grateful thanks for their ministry and support. We pray for those charged with making new
appointments to these parishes.
Rochester Diocese:
Orpington Deanery
Rev John Tranter, Area Dean; Mr Brian Kemp, Lay Chair
Anglican Communion: Northern Territory; The - (Queensland, Australia) The Rt Revd Greg Anderson
Prayer Requests:
Monday
19 June Sundar Singh, sadhu (holy man), evangelist teacher of the faith, 1929
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Leigh, St Mary
Vicar: The Rev Lionel Kevis Extra Parochial:
For our new MPs as Parliament Opens today. Anglican Communion:
Northern Uganda - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Johnson
Gakumba
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday 20 June
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Penshurst, St John the Baptist and Fordcombe, St Peter
Rector: The Rev Tom Holme
Extra parochial: For the Bishop’s Staff, meeting today
Anglican Communion: Northwest Texas - (VII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd
Scott Mayer
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday
21 June
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Tonbridge, St Andrew, St Peter and St Paul, St
Philip, and St Saviour Vicar: The Rev Mark Brown
Extra Parochial: Bishop Ridley CE Primary School, Welling Headteacher: Mr Steven Hall
Anglican Communion: Northwestern Pennsylvania - (III, The Episcopal Church)
The Rt Revd Sean Rowe
Prayer Requests:
Thursday
22 June Alban, first martyr of Britain, c.250
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Tonbridge, St Stephen
Vicar: The Rev Mark Barker Extra Parochial:
For our Sisters and brothers in Armenian family of Churches
Anglican Communion:
Norwich - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Graham James
Norwich - Lynn - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Jonathan Meyrick
Norwich - Thetford - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd
Alan Peter Winton
Prayer Requests:
Friday
23 June Etheldreda, abbess, c.678
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Langton Green, All Saints
Vicar: vacant Extra Parochial:
Fawkham CE Primary School, Fawkham
Headteacher: Mrs Mandy Bridges Anglican Communion:
Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island - (Canada, Canada) The Most Revd Ronald Wayne Cutler
Prayer Requests:
Saturday 24 June
Birth of John the Baptist
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Rusthall, St Paul
Vicar: The Rev Ronnie Williams Extra Parochial:
For our clergy spouses Co-ordinator: Mrs Jane Mansell
Anglican Communion:
Nsukka - (Enugu, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Aloysius Agbo
Prayer Requests:
Sunday 25 June
Trinity 2
Genesis 21.8-21
Psalm 86.1-10, 16-end [or 86.1-10]
Romans 6.1b-11 Matthew 10.24-39
(Proper 7)
Paddock Wood deanery
In the last year this deanery has gone through a number of changes with new
clergy successfully taking up parish appointments and Diocesan. The parish of Horsmonden has been in an interregnum for a year and maybe by the time
you pray for us this might be filled. Three parishes are also exploring ‘clustering’ with a view to the future. Schools work plays a prominent part in
the ministry of parishes in this Deanery and St Andrew’s Paddock Wood has co-
sponsored with the Tenax Trust, a new primary school for a September 2020 opening. We give thanks as a Deanery for our curates, lay leaders and
congregations who bring so much energy and vibrancy to ministry. We also give thanks for the chaplaincy work supported in this Deanery, namely The
Hospice in the Weald and Kenward, and for the chaplains and staff.
Rochester Diocese: Paddock Wood Deanery
Rev Canon Bryan Knapp, Rural Dean; Mr John Kirby, Lay Chair
Anglican Communion:
Nyahururu - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Stephen Kabora Nyahururu - Maralal Area - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Jacob Lesuuda
Prayer Requests:
Monday
26 June
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Southborough, St Peter with Christ Church and St
Matthew, and Bidborough, St Lawrence Team Rector: vacant
Extra Parochial: Fordcombe C.E. Primary School, Fordcombe Green
Headteacher: Mr Christopher Blackburn
Anglican Communion: Nzara - (Minye, Sudan) The Rt Revd Samuel Enosa Peni
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday 27 June
Cyril, bishop, teacher of the faith, 444
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Southborough, St Thomas Priest-in-charge: Rev Rachael Wilson
Extra parochial:
For the parish of St Paul and All Saints, Chatham and their new priest, licensed today.
Anglican Communion: Offa - (Kwara, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Akintunde Popoola
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday
28 June
Irenaeus, bishop, teacher of the faith, c.200 Ember Day
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Speldhurst, St Mary the Virgin, with Groombridge, St John the Evangelist, and Ashurst, St Martin of
Tours Rector: The Rev Douglas Wren
Extra Parochial: For all across the wider Church, responsible for selecting and training our lay and ordained
ministers. Anglican Communion:
Ogbaru - (Niger, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Samuel Ezeofor
Prayer Requests:
Thursday
29 June Peter and Paul, Apostles
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Tunbridge Wells Holy Trinity with Christ Church
Vicar: The Rev Tim Humphrey Extra Parochial:
HMP & YOI Rochester Chaplains: The Rev Beatrice Musindi & The Rev
Geoffrey Burn
Anglican Communion: Ogbia - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Rt Revd James Oruwori
Prayer Requests:
Friday 30 June
Ember Day
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Tunbridge Wells, King Charles the Martyr Vicar: The Rev Laurence Powell
Extra Parochial: For vocations to work across boundaries and at the edges.
Anglican Communion: Ogbomoso - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Matthew
Osunade
Prayer Requests:
Saturday
1 July
Henry, John, and Henry Venn, priests, evangelical divines, 1797, 1813, 1873 Ember Day
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle:
Tunbridge Wells, St Barnabas Vicar: The Rev John Caster
Extra Parochial: For vocations to ministry in the wider Church.
Anglican Communion:
Ogoni - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Solomon Gberegbara
Prayer Requests:
Sunday 2 July
Trinity 3
Genesis 22.1-14
Psalm 13
Romans 6.12-end Matthew 10.40-end
(Proper 8)
Tonbridge Archdeaconry
We give thanks for a number of new appointments to fill vacancies in the
Archdeaconry, with new parish clergy in post in Christ Church, Tunbridge Wells (March), Shipbourne and Plaxtol; Platt; Borough Green (May) and with further
clergy to take up posts in July (Knockholt with Halstead) and September (Langton Green; Seal Chart and Underriver). Please pray for parishes entering
vacancies (St Luke’s, Sevenoaks; Chiddingstone with Chiddingstone Causeway)
and others with a vacancy (Larkfield and the Southborough Team).
We pray for Clive and Jane Mansell as retirement comes in July and for Clive’s successor in due course and for those covering the Archdeacon vacancy over
the summer.
Please remember the 44 Church schools and other schools in the Archdeaconry
as the summer term progresses, exams are taken and some students and pupils prepare for the next stage of their lives and education.
We give thanks for many encouragements in the recent Easter period and pray
for the people whom we will encounter through the occasional offices over the
summer.
Rochester Diocese:
Tonbridge Archdeaconry The Venerable Clive Mansell, Archdeacon
Anglican Communion:
Ogori-Magongo - (Lokoja, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Festus Davies
Ohaji / Egbema - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Chidi Collins Oparaojiaku
Prayer Requests:
Monday
3 July Thomas the Apostle
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Tunbridge Wells, St James
Vicar: The Rev Canon Jim Stewart Extra Parochial:
For the cathedral chapter as they begin their residential today.
Anglican Communion:
Ohio - (V, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Mark Hollingsworth
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday 4 July
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Tunbridge Wells, St John Vicar: The Rev Giles Walter
Extra parochial: King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chaplains: The Rev Tim Mercer & The Rev Ben
Rhodes Anglican Communion:
Oji River - (Enugu, Nigeria) The Most Revd Amos
Amankechinelo Madu Okene - (Lokoja, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Emmanuel Bayo
Ajulo
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday
5 July
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Tunbridge Wells, St Luke
Vicar: The Rev Caroline Glass Extra Parochial:
St. James' C.E. Primary School, Grain
Headteacher: Mrs Ruth Sivarajah Anglican Communion:
Oke-Ogun - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Solomon
Amusan
Prayer Requests:
Thursday
6 July Thomas More, scholar, and John Fisher, bishop, martyrs, 1535
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Tunbridge Wells, St Mark
Vicar: The Rev Peter Sanlon Extra Parochial:
For our Brothers and Sisters in the Roman Catholic Church
Anglican Communion: Oke-Osun - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Abraham
Akinlalu
Prayer Requests:
Friday
7 July
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Tunbridge Wells, St Peter
Vicar: The Rev Mike Warren
Extra Parochial: For the members of General Synod, meeting today,
especially those representing this diocese. Anglican Communion:
Okigwe - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Edward Osuegbu
Prayer Requests:
Saturday 8 July
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Tunbridge Wells, St Philip Vicar: The Rev Richard Thomas
Extra Parochial: Diocesan Advisory Committee
Chair: Mr Derek Shilling
Anglican Communion: Okigwe North - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Godson
Udochukwu Ukanwa Okigwe South - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd David
Onuoha
Prayer Requests:
Sunday 9 July
Trinity 4
Genesis 24.34-38, 42-49, 58-end
Psalm 45.10-end
Romans 7.15-25a Matthew 11.16-19, 25-end
(Proper 9)
Rochester deanery
Rochester Deanery looks forward to welcoming two new ministers over the
summer to serve at All Saints, Chatham, and in Chatham Town Centre. We give thanks that the Conversation Café has got off to a very successful start
and requires more volunteers to meet demand. We pray that ecumenical working may flourish and increase across the deanery Please continue to pray
that amidst the complexity of the emerging plans for mission and ministry in
Chatham we may discern God’s direction, wait on the guidance of his Spirit and know his grace.
Elsewhere in the Deanery we give thanks for the ministry of our Area Dean Revd Penny Foreman who retired at the end of April, and pray for wisdom and
vision for the new Area Dean.
Rochester Diocese: Rochester Deanery
Rev Dr Helen Burn, Area Dean designate; Mr Rob Mills, Lay Chair.
Anglican Communion:
Okinawa - (Japan) The Rt Revd David Eisho Uehara
Prayer Requests:
Monday
10 July
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Anerley, Christ Church and St Paul
Team Rector: The Rev Matthew Fitter Extra Parochial:
Holy Trinity CE School, Gravesend Headteacher: Mr Chris Beazeley
Anglican Communion:
Oklahoma - (VII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Edward Konieczny
Olympia - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Gregory Rickel
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday
11 July Benedict, abbott, c.550
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Beckenham, Christ Church
Vicar: The Rev Rob Hinton
Extra parochial: For our Mission and Community Engagement team,
meeting today. Anglican Communion:
Okrika - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Tubokosemie
Atere Oleh - (Bendel, Nigeria) The Rt Revd John Usiwoma
Aruakpor Prayer Requests:
Wednesday 12 July
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Beckenham, Holy Trinity Vicar: The Rev Dr Nick Read
Extra Parochial: St George’s CE Secondary School, Gravesend Headteacher: Mr Steve Carey, Chaplain: The Rev
Trudi Oliver Anglican Communion:
Olo - (Minye, Sudan) The Rt Revd Tandema Andrew
Prayer Requests:
Thursday
13 July
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Beckenham, St Barnabas
Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Tim Hide Extra Parochial:
Tunbridge Wells Hospital (Pembury) Chaplain: The Rev Stephen Baker
Anglican Communion:
Omu-Aran - (Kwara, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Philip Adeyemo
Prayer Requests:
Friday
14 July John Keble, priest, poet, 1966
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Beckenham, St George
Rector: The Rev Jeremy Blunden Extra Parochial:
Hever CE Primary School, Hever
Headteacher: Mr Rob Gallagher (Acting HT) Anglican Communion:
On the Lake - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Chijioke Oti On the Niger - (Niger, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Owen Chidozie
Nwokolo
Prayer Requests:
Saturday
15 July
Swithun, bishop, c.862 Bonaventure, friar, bishop, teacher of the faith, 1274
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle:
Beckenham, St James and St Michael with St Augustine
Vicar: The Rev Leon Carberry Extra Parochial:
For Knockholt, St Katherine and Halstead, St
Margaret, and their new Rector, instituted today. Anglican Communion:
Ondo - (Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Revd George Lasebikan Suffragan Bishop of Ondo - (Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Revd
Christopher Tayo Omotunde
Prayer Requests:
Sunday 16 July
Trinity 5
Genesis 25.19-end
Psalm 119.105-112
Romans 8.1-11 Matthew 13.1-9, 18-23
(Proper 10)
Chatham Town Centre
We give thanks for Rev Carol Morgan, recently licensed as the new incumbent
of St John’s Chatham. We pray for her as she develops the congregation made up of the existing congregation from Emmaus and some members from St
Philip & St James Walderslade. Please also pray for the refurbishment of St John’s Church over the next few months and the appointment of a Church
Army Officer to begin a Centre of Mission for Medway starting in Chatham.
Please pray for all of those involved in this exciting venture and thank God for the work already going on in the Conversation Cafe and the response to the
service leaflets that were developed by students from Mid Kent College.
Rochester Diocese: For the people and parish of Chatham Town Centre, and their priest, newly
licensed.
Anglican Communion: Ontario - (Ontario, Canada) The Rt Revd George Lindsey Russell Bruce
Coadjutor Bishop - (Ontario, Canada) The Rt Revd Michael Oulton
Prayer Requests:
Monday
17 July
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Beckenham, St John the Baptist
Vicar: The Rev Liz Lander Extra Parochial:
Hildenborough C.E. Primary School, Hildenborough Headteacher: Mrs Pamela Scott
Anglican Communion:
Ottawa - (Ontario, Canada) The Rt Revd John Holland Chapman
Bishop Ordinary to the Canadian Armed Forces - (Ontario, Canada) The Rt Revd Peter Robert Coffin
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday
18 July
Elizabeth Ferard, deaconess, founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Penge, St John the Evangelist Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Matthew Fitter
Extra parochial: HMYOI Cookham Wood
Chaplain: Rev Anne Bennett
Anglican Communion: Oregon - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Michael
Hanley
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday 19 July
Gregory, bishop, and his sister Macrina, deaconess, teachers of the faith, c.394 and c.379
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Shortlands, St Mary
Vicar: The Rev Morag Finch Extra Parochial:
For St Paul’s Beckenham and their new vicar, Rev Simon Couper, collated today.
Anglican Communion:
Orlu - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Most Revd Bennett Okoro
Prayer Requests:
Thursday
20 July Margaret of Antioch, martyr, 4th cent, Bartolome de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Bickley, St George
Vicar: The Rev Richard Norman Extra Parochial:
For our Retired Clergy, and our Diocesan Clergy Retirement Advisors; Rev Brian Fortnum, Rev
Canon Paul Francis and Rev Ann Uphill
Anglican Communion: Oru - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Geoffrey Chukwunenye
Prayer Requests:
Friday 21 July
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Bromley, Christ Church Vicar: The Rev Iain Broomfield
Extra Parochial: Horton Kirby CE Primary School, Horton Kirby Headteacher: Mr Glenn Pollard
Anglican Communion: Osaka - (Japan) The Rt Revd Andrew Haruhisa Iso
Prayer Requests:
Saturday 22 July
Mary Magdalene
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Bromley Common, Holy Trinity
Vicar: The Rev Roger Bristow Extra Parochial:
For our Sisters and Brothers in the Reformed family of Churches
Anglican Communion:
Osun - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd James Afolabi Popoola
Prayer Requests:
Sunday 23 July
Trinity 6
Genesis 28.10-19a
Psalm 139.1-11, 23-24 [or 139.1-11]
Romans 8.12-25 Matthew 13.24-30, 36-43
(Proper 11)
Kondoa
This fledgling Diocese, one of the four linked with our own Diocese, is blessed
with clergy who have powerful faith and love for each other and for us. All who come into contact with them will say that that we receive from them more than
we could possibly give, it is truly a privilege to know them and to work with them.
The Diocese is very poor (even for Tanzania) and so nearly all the parishes are
unable to pay a parish share to the Diocese, this leaves the Diocese with negligible internal funding. Staff are either unpaid or paid by others and there
is little infrastructure. Theological training is a priority for clergy who are working in an evangelical Diocese in a largely Muslim area. This will also allow
the Bishop to start to build a staff structure that will sustain the Diocese into
the future. On top of the everyday poverty, there was a drought last year and again this year, but even worse.
Please pray for the education of the clergy; for long term food security for all; for those who have been impacted by the drought; for all the plans and
projects underway to build the church; the sustainability of the Diocese and for the Bishop’s sabbatical. Hearts of generosity are needed as the Diocese is so
poor and yet has so much work to do. Please also thank God for the many
blessings and encouragements that this relationship brings and for the way in which the many parish and school links are developing. Please pray for all
those who are visiting Kondoa this year and also for those who will be hosting us.
Rochester Diocese: Diocese of Kondoa: The Rt Rev Given Gaula, Bishop.
Anglican Communion: Osun North East - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Humphery Olumakaiye
Prayer Requests:
Monday
24 July
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Bromley Common, St Augustine
Vicar: The Rev Canon Katrina Barnes Extra Parochial:
Bromley & Bexley Archdeaconry Mission & Pastoral Working Groups (BBAMPWG)
Chair: The Venerable Dr Paul Wright
Anglican Communion: Otukpo - ( Abuja, Nigeria) The Rt Revd David Bello; Owerri
- (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Cyril Chukwunonyerem Okorocha; Owo - (Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Revd James
Adedayo Oladunjoye
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday 25 July
James the Apostle
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Bromley Common, St Luke
Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Canon Katrina Barnes Extra parochial:
Rochester Archdeaconry Mission & Pastoral Working Groups (RAMPWG)
Chair: The Venerable Simon Burton-Jones
Anglican Communion: Oxford - The Rt Revd Steven Croft; (Buckingham) The Rt
Revd Alan Wilson; (Dorchester) The Rt Revd Colin Fletcher; (Reading) The Rt Revd Andrew Proud
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday
26 July Anne and Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Bromley, St Andrew
Vicar: The Rev Julie Bowen
Extra Parochial: Tonbridge Archdeaconry Mission & Pastoral
Working Groups (TAMPWG) Chair: The Venerable Clive Mansell
Anglican Communion:
Oyo - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Williams Oluwarotimi Aladekugbe; Pankshin - (Jos, Nigeria) The Rt Revd
Olumuyiwa Ajayi Prayer Requests:
Thursday
27 July Brooke Foss Westcott, bishop, teacher of the faith, 1901
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Bromley, St John the Evangelist
Vicar: The Rev Andrew McClellan Extra Parochial:
Medway Secure Training Centre Chaplain: The Rev Nick Ash
Anglican Communion:
Pacong - (Bahr El Ghazal, Sudan) The Rt Revd Joseph Maker Atot
Prayer Requests:
Friday 28 July
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Bromley, St Mark Vicar: The Rev Steve Varney
Extra Parochial: Hunton CE Primary School, Hunton Headteacher: Mrs Denise Gibbs-Naguar
Anglican Communion: Peru - (South America) The Rt Revd Jorge Luis Aguilar
Suffragan Bishop of Peru - (South America) The Rt Revd
Juan Carlos Revilla Suffragan Bishop of Peru - (South America) The Rt Revd
Eulogio Alejandro Mesco
Prayer Requests:
Saturday
29 July Mary, Martha and Lazarus, companions of Our Lord
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Bromley, St Mary
Vicar: The Rev Alan Keeler
Extra Parochial: For Mother’s Union
President: Mrs Susan Brooker Anglican Communion:
Phulbani - (North India) The Rt Revd Bijay Nayak
Patna - (North India) The Rt Revd Philip Marandih
Prayer Requests:
Sunday 30 July
(William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833)
Trinity 7
Genesis 29.15-28
Psalm 105.1-11, 45b [or 105.1-11]
Romans 8.26-end Matthew 13.31-33, 44-52
(Proper 12)
Sevenoaks deanery
Prayers are asked for:
Our two new incumbents being licensed over the summer, and our
upcoming Interregnum at St Luke’s, and those responsible for the
application and selection process. We pray for Canon Mark Griffin and his wife Clare as they begin a new life and ministry in the Canterbury Diocese.
Our continued ecumenical involvement in Churches Together in the
Sevenoaks District and the North West Fellowship of Churches.
Deanery Synods - discussing especially finance, deployment and Our
Conversation, Our Future Our Licensed Lay and Pastoral Ministry, especially those being licensed this summer.
Our Church officers, leaders, helpers; all continually under pressure for
availability and resources. All the various Summer events including; Alpha Courses, Pre-Alpha Courses; Marriage, Baptisms, and Confirmations. Our
churches’ emerging and changing roles among the communities we serve.
The ever-increasing pressure on schools admissions in the area, especially
church schools. Our reaching out as new housing developments bring new communities and new challenges. Our food banks and similar initiatives,
and those who feel they have become invisible in today’s society.
Rochester Diocese:
Sevenoaks Deanery The Rev Martin Booth, Rural Dean; Brig Ian Dobbie, Lay Chair.
Anglican Communion:
Pennsylvania - (III, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Daniel Gutierrez
Pittsburgh - (III, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Dorsey W M McConnell
Prayer Requests:
Monday
31 July Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Bromley, St Peter and St Paul
Vicar: The Rev Anne Jablonski Extra Parochial:
Ide Hill CE Primary School, Ide Hill Headteacher: Mrs Louisa Hillman
Anglican Communion:
The Most Revd Dr Winston Halapua Bishop of Polynesia and Primate and Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa,
New Zealand and Polynesia Polynesia - Vanua Levu and Taveuni - The Rt Revd
Apimeleki Nadoki Qiliho
Polynesia - Viti Levu West - The Rt Revd Apimeleki Qiliho Prayer Requests:
Tuesday
1 August
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Chislehurst, Christ Church Vicar: The Rev Dave Johnston
Extra parochial: Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership
Trust
Chaplains: Rev Ted Hurst & Rev Ruth Bierbaum Anglican Communion:
Port Elizabeth - (Southern Africa) The Rt Revd Nceba Nopece
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday
2 August
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Chislehurst, St Nicholas
Rector: The Rev Alan Mustoe
Extra Parochial: Keston CE Primary School, Keston
Headteacher: Mrs Julia Evison Anglican Communion:
Popondota - (Papua New Guinea) The Rt Revd Lindsley
Ihove Port Moresby - (Papua New Guinea) The Rt Revd Denny
Bray Guka Prayer Requests:
Thursday
3 August
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Chislehurst, The Annunciation
Vicar: The Rev Paul Farthing Extra Parochial:
Medway NHS Foundation Trust Chaplain: Rev Lynda Cooke
Anglican Communion:
Port Sudan - (Northern, Sudan) The Rt Revd Abdu Elnur Kodi
Prayer Requests:
Friday 4 August
Jean-Baptiste Vianney, cure d’Ars, spiritual guide, 1859
Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:
Hayes, St Mary the Virgin Rector: The Rev Napo John
Extra Parochial: Knockholt St Katharine's CE Primary School, Knockholt
Headteacher: Miss Sarah-Jane Tormey Anglican Communion:
Portsmouth - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd
Christopher Foster
Prayer Requests:
Saturday
5 August Oswald, king, martyr, 642
Rochester Diocese:
Parish cycle: Barnehurst, St Martin
Vicar: The Rev Gareth Bowen Extra Parochial:
For Churches Together in Kent
Ecumenical Officer: Rev Chris Ruddle Anglican Communion:
Pretoria - (Southern Africa) The Rt Revd Johannes Seoka
Prayer Requests:
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