Calendar of Intercessions

Calendar of Intercessions

Trinity 2015

(Part One)

Welcome

tothis edition of the prayer diary, which takes usthrough the first three months of Ordinary Time (the first 13 Sundays after Trinity). It’s still a sizable document, 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.

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 (Diocesan Big Day Out). 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. I’ve included the names of the incumbents, as requested, but this takes a good deal longer, so please let me know if this is valuable.You’ll notice the band of colour down the side changes through the year, as we move through the seasons of the Church.

In the Sunday entries I have included a lectionary suggestion. This is not always exhaustive, but gives a starting place. Through the summer months I’ll be using the related Old Testament reading.

Some days have a name below them. These are the names of people down the centuries who are champions of the faith and who we remember on these days. Occasionally days will have the note ‘ember day’ – these are days set aside by the church to pray for vocations, for labourers at the harvest.

The Anglican Communion encompasses a rich array of countries (165!) and cultures. This Anglican Diary enables us to feel connected in prayer to Archbishops, Bishops and our fellow Christians all over the globe. The Porvoo cycle of prayer, listed on Sundays, connects us to that body of Christians across Europe with whom the Church of England is in full Communion.

Finally, we’ve left 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 Lindsay with any comments or suggestions – or 01634 814439. She will also be pleased to provide large print copies to any who would find that helpful.

Picture on front cover is Rochester Castle from across theMedway (engraving, G.F. Sargent c. 1836) c/o

Monday
1st June
Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (transferred) / Rochester Diocese:
For all travellers and migrants.
Anglican Communion:
Northwestern Pennsylvania - (III, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Sean Rowe
Pennsylvania - (III, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Clifton Daniel
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday
2nd June / Rochester Diocese:
Dartford, St Edmund.
Vicar: The Revd Marcel McCarron
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:
Wednesday
3rd June
Martyrs of Uganda / Rochester Diocese:
Stone, St Mary
Rector: The Revd Kenneth Clark
Anglican Communion:
Nsukka - (Enugu, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Aloysius Agbo
Prayer Requests:
Thursday
4th June
Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of Holy Communion / Rochester Diocese:
For the food banks in this diocese – for those who run them, and those who need them.
Anglican Communion:
Nyahururu - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Stephen Kabora
Nyahururu - Maralal Area - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Jacob Lesuuda
Prayer Requests:
Friday
5th June
Boniface, bishop and martyr, 754 / Rochester Diocese:
Swanley, St Mary the Virgin
Vicar: The Revd Dane Batley-Gladden
Anglican Communion:
Offa - (Kwara, Nigeria) The Rt Revd AkintundePopoola
Ogbaru - (Niger, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Samuel Ezeofor
Prayer Requests:
Saturday
6th June
IniKopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945 / Rochester Diocese:
Swanley, St Paul and Hextable, St Peter
Priest-in-Charge: The Revd Ray Sammé
Anglican Communion:
Ogbia - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Rt Revd James Oruwori
Prayer Requests:
Sunday
7th June / Trinity 1
Genesis 3.8-15
Psalm 130
2 Corinthians 4.13 - 5.1
Mark 3.20-35
(Proper 5)

Estonia

We give thanks for the partnership we enjoy with theEstonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (EELK) and the increasing number of relationshipsbetween our parishes and communities. Many of these friendships are just beginning and we pray that they would grow deeper and richer, and for new relationships to begin and grow.
We give thanks and pray for the EELK's new Archbishop UrmasViilma, and for thetwo new bishops: +HaapsaluTiitSalumae, who has special responsibility forPartnershiprelations and was a recent visitor to our diocese, and +Tartu Joel Luhamets.
We continue to pray for Estonia's relationship with Russia and the integrity of the country's borders.
Rochester Diocese:
Our link Diocese – Estonian Evangelican Lutheran Church of Estonia, The Right Revd UrmasViilma, Archbishop
Anglican Communion:
Ogbomoso - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Matthew Osunade
Ogoni - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Solomon Gberegbara
Porvoo:
Church of England: Diocese of Hereford, Bishop Richard Frith, Bishop Alistair Magowan; The Lusitanian Church (Portugal): Bishop José Jorge Pina Cabral
The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad: Archbishop ElmarsRozitis
Prayer Requests:
Monday
8th June
Thomas Ken, Bishop, Nonjuror, Hymn Writer, 1711 / Rochester Diocese:
Wilmington, St Michael and All Angels
Vicar: The Revd Richard Arding
Anglican Communion:
Ogori-Magongo - (Lokoja, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Festus Davies
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday
9th June
Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597
Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymn Writer, Teacher of the Faith, 373 / Rochester Diocese:
For the Communications Team.
Director: Ms Lindy Mackenzie
Anglican Communion:
Ohaji / Egbema - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Chidi Collins Oparaojiaku
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday
10th June / Rochester Diocese:
For all involved in ministry to the bereaved, especially those who take funerals.
Anglican Communion:
Ohio - (VI, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Mark Hollingsworth
Southern Ohio - (VI, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Thomas Breidenthal
Prayer Requests:
Thursday
11th June
Barnabas the Apostle / Rochester Diocese:
Gillingham, Holy Trinity
Vicar: The Revd Ann Richardson
Anglican Communion:
Oji River - (Enugu, Nigeria) The Most Revd Amos AmankechineloMadu
Prayer Requests:
Friday
12th June / Rochester Diocese:
Gillingham, St Augustine
Priest-in-Charge: The Revd Jonathan Jennings
Anglican Communion:
Okene - (Lokoja, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Emmanuel BayoAjulo
Prayer Requests:
Saturday
13th June / Rochester Diocese:
For Cray, St Barnabas, and for The Revd Neil Coleman, instituted today.
Anglican Communion:
Oke-Ogun - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Solomon Amusan
Oke-Osun - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Abraham Akinlalu
Prayer Requests:
Sunday
14th June / Trinity 2
Ezekiel 17.22-24
Psalm 92.1-4, 12-15
2 Corinthians 5.6-10 [11-13]14-17
Mark 4.26-34
(Proper 6)

Sevenoaks Deanery

Please pray for the Sevenoaks Deanery, especially for the parishes in interregnum, anticipating the arrival of new clergy in the autumn, and for new relationships in the clergy chapter.
We give thanks for continued working together across the deanery and also with our ecumenical partners, especially over the foodbank and other social concerns project.
We pray for closer working between parishes especially over training, short courses and youthwork, and for deanery initiatives on school contact, vocations and weddings.
We give thanks for the commitment of the people of the churches and parishes of the deanery and their growing sense of mission and outreach within their communities.
Rochester Diocese:
Sevenoaks Deanery: The Revd Mark Griffin, Rural Dean; Brigadier Ian Dobbie, Lay Chair.
Anglican Communion:
Okigwe - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Edward Osuegbu
Porvoo:
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland: Bishop Agnes Sigurdardottir, Bishop KristjanValur; Ingolfsson, Bishop Solveig Lara Gudmundsdottir
The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church: Bishop Carlos Lopez Lozano
Prayer Requests:
Monday
15th June
Evelyn Underhill, Spiritual Writer, 1941 / Rochester Diocese:
Gillingham, St Barnabas
vacant
Anglican Communion:
Okigwe North - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Godson UdochukwuUkanwa
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday
16th June
Richard, Bishop, 1253;
Joseph Butler, Bishop, Philosopher, 1752 / Rochester Diocese:
Gillingham, St Luke
The Revd Paul Matthias
Anglican Communion:
Okigwe South - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd David Onuoha
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday
17th June
Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 and 1936 / Rochester Diocese:
For those working to make richer the lives of those who are materially poor.
Anglican Communion:
Okinawa - (Japan) The Rt Revd David EishoUehara
Prayer Requests:
Thursday
18th June
Bernard Mizeki, Apostle of the MaShona, Martyr, 1896 / Rochester Diocese:
For hospital and hospice chaplaincies, and those that use them.
Anglican Communion:
Oklahoma - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Edward Konieczny
Prayer Requests:
Friday
19th June
Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher of the Faith, 1929 / Rochester Diocese:
Gillingham, St Mark and St Mary’s Island
Vicar: The Revd Saju Muthalaly
Anglican Communion:
Okrika - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Rt Revd TubokosemieAtere
Prayer Requests:
Saturday
20th June / Rochester Diocese:
Gillingham, St Mary Magdalene
Priest-in-Charge: The Revd Ade Lawel
Anglican Communion:
Oleh - (Bendel, Nigeria) The Rt Revd John UsiwomaAruakpor
Prayer Requests:
Sunday
21st June
Fathers’ Day / Trinity 3
Job 38.1-11
Psalm 107.1-3, 23-32
2 Corinthians 6.1-13
Mark 4.35-41
(Proper 7)

Fathers’ Day

It’s not unusual for Fathers’ Day to be dismissed by the Church as an Americanism, but when we pray to God as Father, it makes sense to have a day to celebrate the role that stems from God’s gracious care for us as ‘Abba’.
Pray for new fathers, for joy, for rest, and for wisdom;
For fathers who have buried their children, or who’ve been separated from them, for strength and the comfort of the Everlasting Arms;
For the children whose relationship with their father is fraught with difficulty and even danger;
For the children in this country are growing up without regular contact with their father and for all whose fathers have died.
Rochester Diocese:
Pray for the various men’s groups in the Diocese, and those who lead them.
Anglican Communion:
Olympia - (IX, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Gregory Rickel
Porvoo:
Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, Bishop Kevin Pearson; Church of Ireland: Diocese of Connor, Bishop Alan Abernethy
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Lolland-Falster, Bishop SteenSkovsgaard
Prayer Requests:
Monday
22nd June
Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.250 / Rochester Diocese:
Rainham, St Margaret
Vicar: The Revd Judy Henning
Anglican Communion:
Omu-Aran - (Kwara, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Philip Adeyemo
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday
23rd June
Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678 / Rochester Diocese:
South Gillingham, All Saints, St Matthew, St Peter and St Paul
Team Rector: vacant
Team Vicars: The Revd Phil Barnes, The Revd Graham Lewis
Anglican Communion:
On the Lake - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd ChijiokeOti
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday
24th June
The Birth of John the Baptist;
Ember Day / Rochester Diocese:
For the Diocesan Directors of Ordinands, The Revd Glyn Ackerley and The Revd Canon Liz Walker
Anglican Communion:
On the Niger - (Niger, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Owen ChidozieNwokolo
Prayer Requests:
Thursday
25th June / Rochester Diocese:
Chalk, St Mary the Virgin
Vicar: The Revd Nigel Bourne
Anglican Communion:
Ondo - (Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Revd George Lasebikan
Suffragan Bishop of Ondo - (Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Christopher TayoOmotunde
Prayer Requests:
Friday
26th June
Ember Day / Rochester Diocese:
For our vocations advisors, and those who approach them.
Anglican Communion:
Ontario - (Ontario, Canada) The Rt Revd George Lindsey Russell Bruce
Coadjutor Bishop - (Ontario, Canada) The Rt Revd Michael Oulton
Prayer Requests:
Saturday
27th June
Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 444;
Ember Day / Rochester Diocese:
For SEITE, for all teaching and studying under its auspice.
Anglican Communion:
Orlu - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Most Revd Bennett Okoro
Oru - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Geoffrey Chukwunenye
Prayer Requests:
Sunday
28th June / Trinity 4
Wisdom of Solomon 1.13-15; 2.23,24
Canticle: Lamentations 3.22-33 or
Psalm 30
2 Corinthians 8.7-15
Mark 5.21-43
(proper 8)

Shoreham Deanery

The Shoreham Deanery is in a period of change. We await the arrival of a new Rural Dean. New clergy, starting in due course, have been appointed to Wrotham (Edward Wright), Ightham (Tim Hatwell) and Shoreham (Diane Rees. She will also be part-time Chaplain to St Michael’s Prep School, Otford).
Revd Liz Walker, Vicar of Platt and DDO, retires in the Autumn. St Martin’s Church, Eynsford, has just opened again after substantial and lovely internal re-ordering. Do go and see it. Building work on the extension to Stansted church is due to be completed soon. Shoreham PCC have received planning consent for their church extension. Much is happening in the many churches scattered across this largely rural area. Do pray for their ministry, mission and service to their local communities.”
Diane Rees’ appointment is likely to be announced this Sunday, or possibly next Sunday. Perhaps you need to check with Emma whether the announcement will have been made by the time this prayer request goes public.
Rochester Diocese:
Shoreham Deanery: For the appointment of a Rural Dean; Mr Charles Willsher, Lay Chair
Anglican Communion:
Osaka - (Japan) The Rt Revd Andrew HaruhisaIso
Porvoo:
Church of England: Diocese in Europe, Bishop Robert Innes, Bishop David Hamid; Church of Sweden: Diocese of Visby, Bishop Sven-Bernhard Fast
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Copenhagen, Bishop Peter SkovJakobsen
Prayer Requests:
Monday
29th June
Peter and Paul, Apostles / Rochester Diocese:
Give thanks for competitions and sport, and pray that we might all run the race that has been set before us.
Anglican Communion:
Osun - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd James AfolabiPopoola
Osun North East - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd HumpheryOlumakaiye
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday
30th June / Rochester Diocese:
Gravesend, The Holy Family with Ifield, St Margaret
Priest-in-Charge: The Revd Richard Martin
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:
Wednesday
1st July
Henry, John, & Henry Venn the younger, Evangelical Divines, 1797, 1813 and 1873 / Rochester Diocese:
Gravesend, St Aidan
Vicar: The Revd LusaNsenga-Ngoy
Anglican Communion:
Otukpo - ( Abuja, Nigeria) The Rt Revd David Bello
Prayer Requests:
Thursday
2nd July / Rochester Diocese:
Gravesend, St George
Rector: The Revd Canon Chris Stone
Anglican Communion:
Owerri - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Dr Cyril ChukwunonyeremOkorocha
Prayer Requests:
Friday
3rd July / Rochester Diocese:
Gravesend, St Mary
Vicar: The Revd Trudi Oliver
Anglican Communion:
Owo - (Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Revd James AdedayoOladunjoye
Prayer Requests:
Saturday
4th July
Thomas the Apostle / Rochester Diocese:
For Bishop James’ work among and for the nation’s prisons.
Anglican Communion:
Oxford - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd John Pritchard
Oxford - Buckingham - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Dr Alan Thomas Lawrence Wilson
Oxford - Dorchester - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Colin William Fletcher
Oxford - Reading - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Andrew Proud
Prayer Requests:
Sunday
5th July / Trinity 5
Ezekiel 2.1-5
Psalm 123
2 Corinthians 12.2-10
Mark 6.1-13
(Proper 9)

West Malling Abbey

Please join the Sisters in thanksgiving for: the joy of our Benedictine life; the profession in Life Vows of Sr Anne on 16th May 2015 and for our ongoing ministry of hospitality.
Please pray for all whom God is calling to the monastic life: for novices preparing for a life commitment and for the women who offer 3-12 months to God as alongsiders, sharing the life and prayer of our community.
Please pray for wisdom, courage and vision in our conversations with the Diocese concerning the establishment of a Centre for Retreats and Spirituality at Malling Abbey. May we and the Diocese go forward together into a future that is secure in the loving and creative hands of God.
Rochester Diocese:
West Malling Abbey: Mother Mary David, Mother Abbess
Anglican Communion:
Oyo - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Williams OluwarotimiAladekugbe
Porvoo:
Church of England: Diocese of Lincoln, Bishop Christopher Lowson, Bishop David Court; Church of Sweden: Diocese of Härnösand, Bishop TuulikkiKoivunenBylund; Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Lappo, Bishop SimoPeura
Prayer Requests:
Monday
6th July
Thomas More, Scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation Martyrs, 1535 / Rochester Diocese:
For Churches Together groups in the Diocese.
Anglican Communion:
Pacong - (Sudan) The Rt Revd Joseph Maker Atot
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday
7th July / Rochester Diocese:
Greenhithe, St Mary
Priest-in-Charge: The Revd Andrew Avery
Anglican Communion:
Panama - (Central America) The Rt Revd Julio Murray
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday
8th July / Rochester Diocese:
For Burrswood Hospital and for Angela Painter, commissioned today.
Anglican Communion:
Pankshin - (Jos, Nigeria) The Rt Revd OlumuyiwaAjayi
Prayer Requests:
Thursday
9th July / Rochester Diocese:
Milton, Christ Church
Vicar: The Revd Sue Brewer
Anglican Communion:
Paraguay - (South America) The Rt Revd Peter John Henry Bartlett; Paraguay - (South America) The Rt Revd Andrés RodríguezErben
Prayer Requests:
Friday
10th July / Rochester Diocese:
For the work of General Synod, meeting this weekend, especially those representing this diocese.
Anglican Communion:
Pelotas - (Brazil) The Rt Revd RenatoDa Cruz Raatz
Prayer Requests:
Saturday
11th July
Benedict, abbot,c.550 / Rochester Diocese:
Milton, St Peter and St Paul
Rector: The Revd Graham Herbert
Anglican Communion:
Perth - (Western Australia, Australia) The Most Revd Roger Herft; Perth - Goldfields-Country Region - (Western Australia, Australia) The Rt Revd Tom Wilmot
Perth - Southern Region - (Western Australia, Australia) Vacant
Prayer Requests:
Sunday
12th July / Trinity 6
Amos 7.7-15
Psalm 85.8-13
Ephesians 1.3-14
Mark 6.14-29
(proper 10)

Sidcup Deanery

Lord Jesus Christ, we give grateful thanks for the diversity and unity of our Deanery. We pray for all who minister in your name, that they may be channels of love and peace within our community. We ask for you blessing upon the many mission initiatives in action and those in the planning stage; for the collaboration that opens boundaries, and hearts, and minds. We pray for the work of Deanery Synod, PCC’s and the many teams that keep the Church alive and vibrant as we seek to reach out and be a visible and prayerful presence. We pray dear Lord for Churches Together in Sidcup, for Christian Resources in Bexley, and for Churches Together in Bexley. Amen.
Rochester Diocese:
Sidcup Deanery: The Revd Colin Terry, Area Dean; Mrs Madeleine Waggett, Lay Chair
Anglican Communion:
Peru - (South America) The Rt Revd Dr Harold William Godfrey
Suffragan Bishop of Peru - (South America) The Rt Revd Michael Alexander Chapman
Porvoo:
Church of England: Diocese of St Albans, Bishop Alan Smith, Bishop Richard Atkinson; vacancy; Church of Sweden: Diocese of Linköping, Bishop Martin Modéus
Prayer Requests:
Monday
13th July / Rochester Diocese:
Northfleet,St Botolph,and Rosherville, and St Mark; and Perry Street, All Saints
Team Rector and Priest-in-Charge: The Revd Lawrence Smith
Anglican Communion:
Peshawar - (Pakistan) The Rt Revd Humphrey Peters
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday
14th July
John Keble, Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866 / Rochester Diocese:
Shorne, St Peter and St Paul
Vicar: The Revd Glyn Ackerley
Anglican Communion:
Peterborough - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Donald SpargoAllister; Peterborough - Brixworth - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd John Holbrook
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday
15th July
Swithun, Bishop, c.862;
Bonaventure, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 / Rochester Diocese:
For the Mission and Community Engagement Team.
Director: The Revd Canon Jean Kerr
Anglican Communion:
Phulbani - (North India) The Rt Revd BijayNayak
Prayer Requests:
Thursday
16th July
Osmund, Bishop, 1099 / Rochester Diocese:
Swanscombe, St Peter and St Paul
Priest-in-Charge: The Revd Mark Hurley
Anglican Communion:
Pittsburgh - (III, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Dorsey W M McConnell
Prayer Requests:
Friday
17th July / Rochester Diocese:
Borstal, St Matthew
Vicar: The Revd Anne Bennett
Anglican Communion:
The Most Revd Dr Winston Halapua Bishop of Polynesia and Primate and Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia
Polynesia - Vanua Levu and Taveuni - (Aotearoa NZ & Polynesia) The Rt Revd ApimelekiNadokiQiliho
Polynesia - VitiLevu West - (Aotearoa NZ & Polynesia) The Rt Revd ApimelekiQiliho
Prayer Requests:
Saturday
18th July
Elizabeth Ferard, deaconess, 1883 / Rochester Diocese:
Chatham, St Mary and St Paul, with Emmaus Church Centre
Priest-in-Charge: The Revd Penny Foreman
Anglican Communion:
Popondota - (Papua New Guinea) The Rt Revd LindsleyIhove
Prayer Requests:
Sunday
19th July / Trinity 7
Jeremiah 23.1-6
Psalm 23
Ephesians 2.11-22
Mark 6.30-34,53-56
(Proper 11)

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