Calendar of Intercessions Trinity – Transfiguration 2017

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: