Calendar of IntercessionsMichaelmas-Advent 2016

to this edition of the prayer

diary, which takes us from Michaelmas through Advent to Christmas Eve.

WelcomeAs 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.

Sunday 2 October

Trinity 19Habakkuk 1.1-4;2.1-4Psalm 37.1-92 Timothy 1.1-14Luke 17.5-10

(Proper 22)

Newly Ordained

Claire Allwood Rosheen BrowningSimon Archer Nigel GriffithsCarol Avery James HarrattAdele Barker Andrea LeonardGary Best Michael Payne Tim Boniface Ruth PeetPaul Davies Nigel PooleMark Lavender Helen ReevesBeth Lewis Matthew RobinsonDanielle Pearson-Smith Karen SeggieSue Taylor Carrie Walshaw

Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts, by your Holy Spirit you have appointed various orders of ministry in the Church: look with mercy on your servants now called to be deacons and priests; maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness, that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church.

Rochester Diocese: For the newly ordained in our Diocese and their receiving parishes.

Anglican Communion:The Church of the Province of West AfricaThe Most Rev Dr Daniel Sarfo Primate & Metropolitan, CPWA, Archbishop of the Internal province of Ghana and Bishop of Kumasi

Prayer Requests:

Monday 3 OctoberGeorge Bell, bishop, ecumenist, peacemaker, 1958

Rochester Diocese: Pray for our Archdeacons, meeting today as an area group.Anglican Communion:Hyderabad - (Pakistan) The Rt Rev Kaleem John

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 4 OctoberFrancis of Assisi, friar, deacon, 1226

Rochester Diocese: Tunbridge Wells, St PeterVicar: The Rev Mike Warren

Anglican Communion:Ibadan - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Most Rev Joseph Akinfenwa

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday5 October

Rochester Diocese: Tunbridge Wells, St PhilipVicar: The Rev Richard Thomas

Anglican Communion:Ibadan North - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Segun Okubadejo

Prayer Requests:

“Please be you, my Lord,by those who forgive for love of you,and who bear infirmity and tribulation.Blessed are those who endure in peace, for by you, Most High, they shall be crowned.”

Francis of Assisi c. 1181-1226

Thursday6 OctoberWilliam Tyndale, translator, martyr, 1536

Rochester Diocese: Anerley, Christ Church and St PaulTeam Rector: The Rev Matthew Fitter

Anglican Communion:Ibadan South - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Jacob Ajetunmobi

Prayer Requests:

Friday7 October

Rochester Diocese: Beckenham, Christ ChurchVicar: The Rev Rob Hinton

Anglican Communion:Ibba - (Minye, Sudan) The Rt Rev Wilson Elisa KamaniIdah - ( Abuja, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Joseph Musa

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 8 October

Rochester Diocese: For people with various forms of word blindness, and for the illiterate and semiliterate.Anglican Communion:Idaho - (IX, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Brian Thom

Prayer Requests:

Sunday9 October

Trinity 20

2 Kings 5.1-3, 7-15cPsalm 1112 Timothy 2.8-15Luke 17.11-19

(Proper 23)

Prisons WeekIn the gospel, Jesus teaches clearly that when we visit those in prison it is as if we visit him – and that is underlined much more widely in Scripture (see, for example, https://www.prisonfellowship.org/resources/training-resources/in-prison/ministry-basics/what-the-bible-says-about-prison-ministry/). And indeed down the centuries, Christians have often been foremost in the care of those in prison and in addressing issues around criminal justice. Prisons Week (www. http://prisonsweek.org/2016-prayer-campaign) is an invitation for the churches to join in prayer for all who are affected by or engaged with our criminal justice system. At present prisons and the criminal justice system more widely are much in focus within our national political life – our prayer is a vital contribution. This October we are also launching Prison Hope 2017, an ecumenical initiative to encourage greater engagement between churches and local prisons – this will run all through 2017. Please pray for the planning and effectiveness of this. And give thanks for all that already happens in our prisons in the name of Christ.

Rochester Diocese: Prison chaplains in this Diocese and for the Rev Michael Kavanagh, Chaplain-General of Prisons.Anglican Communion: The Church in the Province of the West IndiesThe Most Rev & The Hon Dr John Holder Archbishop of West Indies & Bishop of Barbados

Prayer Requests:

Monday 10 OctoberPaulinus, bishop, missionary, 644Thomas Traherne, poet, spiritual writer, 1674

Rochester Diocese: For the launch of Prison Hope 2017Anglican Communion:Ideato - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Caleb MaduomaIdoani - (Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Ezekiel Dahunsi

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 11 OctoberEthelburga, abbess, 675James the Deacon, companion of Paulinus, 7th cent.

Rochester Diocese: Beckenham, Holy TrinityVicar: The Rev Dr Nick Read

Anglican Communion:Ife - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Oluwole Odubogun

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday12 OctoberWilfrid, bishop, missionary, 709Elizabeth Fry, prison reformer, 1845Edith Cavell, nurse 1915

Rochester Diocese: Diocesan Safeguarding Advisory Group, Bishop’s Advisor: Mrs Janice KeenAnglican Communion:Ife East - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Oluseyi Oyelade

Prayer Requests:

“"Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone."

Elizabeth Fry 1811-1845

Thursday13 OctoberEdward the Confessor, king, 1066

Rochester Diocese: Beckenham, St BarnabasPriest-in-Charge: The Rev Tim Hide

Anglican Communion:Ifo - (Lagos, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Nathaniel Oladejo Ogundipe

Prayer Requests:

Friday14 October

Rochester Diocese: Beckenham, St GeorgeRector: The Rev Jeremy Blunden

Anglican Communion:Igbomina - (Kwara, Nigeria) The Most Rev Michael Akinyemi

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 15 OctoberTeresa of Avila, teacher of the faith, 1582

Rochester Diocese: Beckenham, St James and St Michael with St AugustineVicar: The Rev Leon Carberry

Anglican Communion:Igbomina - West - (Kwara, Nigeria) The Rt Rev James Akinola

Prayer Requests:

Sunday 16 October

Trinity 21Genesis 32.22-31Psalm 1212 Timothy 3.14-4.5Luke 18.1-8

(Proper 24)

Paddock Wood Deanery

The Deanery has recently welcomed two incumbents into benefices; Paul Kish at Yalding with Laddingford and Collier St and Andrew Axon in Lamberhurst and Matfield. Pray for them and their parishes as they learn to work together, and as they discern God’s vision for this new chapter of the churches’ life. Bishop James also spent a week in the deanery (3-9 Oct) whilst conducting one of his visitations. Give thanks for the events that took place, and pray for ongoing fruitfulness of the Bishop’s retreat with his clergy that week. Pray for the challenges of rural ministry and of parishes needing to develop closer working relationships with each other, whilst keeping their local identity. Finally, in Paddock Wood, St Andrew’s has partnered with Bennett Memorial Diocesan School’s Tenax Trust, to sponsor a free primary school in the town. Pray for the work that now needs to take place to realise this for a September 2019 opening.

Rochester Diocese: Paddock Wood DeaneryThe Rev Canon Bryan Knapp, Rural Dean; Mr John Kirby, Lay Chair.

Anglican Communion: The Church of Ceylon (extra-provincial to the Archbishop of Canterbury)Colombo - (Ceylon) The Rt Rev Dhiloraj Ranjit CanagasabeyKurunagala - (Ceylon) Vacant

Prayer Requests:

Monday 17 OctoberIgnatius, bishop, martyr, c.107

Rochester Diocese: Beckenham, St John the BaptistVicar: The Rev Liz Lander

Anglican Communion:Ihiala - (Niger, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Ralph OkaforIjebu - (Lagos, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Ezekiel Awosoga

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 18 OctoberLuke the Evangelist

Rochester Diocese: Hospital and other healthcare chaplains in the DioceseAnglican Communion:Ijebu - North - (Lagos, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Solomon Kuponu

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday19 OctoberHenry Martyn, translator, missionary, 1812

Rochester Diocese: Beckenham, St PaulVicar: The Rev Vince Short

Anglican Communion:Ijesa North East - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Joseph Olusola

Prayer Requests:

“I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the very first, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the truth concerning the things about which you have been instructed.”

Luke 1:3-4

Thursday20 October

Rochester Diocese: Penge, St JohnPriest-in-Charge: The Rev Matthew Fitter

Anglican Communion:Ijesha North - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Isaac Oluyamo

Prayer Requests:

Friday21 October

Rochester Diocese: Shortlands, St MaryVicar: The Rev Morag Finch

Anglican Communion:Ijumu - (Lokoja, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Ezekiel Ikupolati

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 22 October

Rochester Diocese: For people with speech impediments and difficulties hearing.Anglican Communion:Ikara - (Kaduna, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Yusuf Janfalan

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Sunday 23 October

Last after TrinityEcclesiasticus 35.12-17 or Jeremiah 14.7-10,19-endPsalm 84.1-72 Timothy 4.6-8, 16-18Luke 18.9-14

(Proper 25)

Rochester Deanery

We are on the cusp of exciting times in the Rochester Deanery. There has been a period of discernment and exploration of the changing face of Chatham Town Centre and how best we can provide for mission there. We give thanks for the hard work of those who prepared the bid to the Church Commissioners and for the resulting funding to support the mission in Chatham. The first of these mission-related activities will begin soon. One such activity that is planned is a Language Café. Please hold this initiative in your payers.Pray too for the existing congregations in the Chatham churches (one of which is in vacancy), so that they are able to embrace the opportunities with enthusiasm. The work ahead will involve building relationships with other agencies and denominations. We pray that in the changing landscape of ecumenical ministry, churches are brought together in common action for good.

Rochester Diocese: Rochester DeaneryThe Rev Canon Penny Foreman, Area Dean; Mr Rob Mills, Lay Chair.

Anglican Communion: PRAY for Iglesia Episcopal de CubaCuba - (Cuba) The Rt Rev Griselda Delgado Del CarpioSuffragan Bishop of Cuba - (Cuba) The Rt Rev Ulises Prendes

Prayer Requests:

Monday 24 October

Rochester Diocese: Bickley, St GeorgeVicar: The Rev Richard Norman

Anglican Communion:Ikeduru - (Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Emmanuel MaduwikeIkka - (Bendel, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Peter Onekpe

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 25 OctoberCrispin and Crispinian, martyrs, c.287

Rochester Diocese: Biggin Hill, St MarkVicar: The Rev Alison Newman

Anglican Communion:Ikwerre - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Blessing Enyindah

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday26 OctoberAlfred, king, scholar, 899Cedd, abbot, bishop, 664

Rochester Diocese: Bromley, Christ ChurchVicar: The Rev Iain Broomfield

Anglican Communion:Ikwo - (Enugu, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Kenneth Ifemene

Prayer Requests:

“Lord God Almighty, Shaper and Ruler of all creatures, we pray thee for thy great mercy, that thou… guide us to thy will, to the need of our soul, better than we can ourselves.”

(King) Alfred, 849-901

Thursday27 October

Rochester Diocese: Bromley, St AndrewVicar: The Rev Julie Bowen

Anglican Communion:Ikwuano - (Aba, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Chigozirim Onyegbule

Prayer Requests:

Friday28 OctoberSimon and Jude, Apostles

Rochester Diocese: Bromley, St John the EvangelistVicar: The Rev Andrew McClellan

Anglican Communion:Ilaje - (Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Fredrick Olugbemi

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 29 OctoberJames Hannington, bishop, martyr, 1885

Rochester Diocese: For all those whose own skin is a source of distress and discomfort to them.Anglican Communion:Ile - Oluji - (Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Samson Adekunle

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Sunday 30 October4th Sunday before Advent

All Saints’ Sunday Daniel 7. 1-3, 15-18Psalm 149Ephesians 1.11-endLuke 6.20-31

Rochester Cathedral

Rochester Cathedral has been going through a period of transition and change: a long and challenging period of building work, particularly the development of the Crypt and Library, is coming to an end, personnel changes have led to the appointment of a new Dean and two new Commissioners Canons are also to be appointed. Through it all the focus has remained on the core activity and purpose – the daily worship of Almighty God summed up in the Cathedral’s mission statement ‘Nurturing the radical hope of human flourishing in Jesus Christ’.Please give thanks for the physical, financial and spiritual resources that have enabled this to be accomplished, for the ongoing good will and patience of staff, visitors and all for whom the Cathedral means so much.Please pray for wisdom and vision as the Cathedral community seeks to embrace the new opportunities the building development will bring in helping them to honour the Benedictine traditions of prayer, work and hospitality they have inherited. Pray for members of the Chapter as they engage with this new situation that the Cathedral may be a spiritual resource not just to the people of the Medway towns but to the whole Diocese.

Rochester Diocese: Rochester Cathedral: The Very Rev'd Dr Philip Hesketh, Dean.Anglican Communion: Bermuda (extra-provincial to the Archbishop of Canterbury)Bermuda - (Bermuda) The Rt Rev Nicholas Dill

Prayer Requests:

Monday 31 OctoberMartin Luther, reformer, 1546

Rochester Diocese: Pray for our brothers and sisters in the Lutheran family of churches.Anglican Communion:Ilesa - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Olubayu Sowale

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Tuesday 1 NovemberAll Saints Day

Rochester Diocese: For those children of Christ who have shone like stars in the lives of those around them.Anglican Communion:Ilesa South West - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Samuel Egbebunmi

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Wednesday2 NovemberCommemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)

Rochester Diocese: For the bereaved.Anglican Communion:Indianapolis - (VI, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Catherine Waynick

Prayer Requests:

“Grant us, Lord God,to trust you not for ourselves alone,but for those also whom we loveand who are hidden from us by the shadow of death…”

Common Worship

Thursday3 NovemberRichard Hooker, priest, teacher of the faith, 1600Martin of Porres, friar, 1639

Rochester Diocese: Bromley, St MarkVicar: The Rev Steve Varney

Anglican Communion:Iowa - (VII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Alan Scarfe

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Friday4 November

Rochester Diocese: Bromley, St MaryVicar: The Rev Alan Keeler

Anglican Communion:Iran - (Jerusalem & Middle East) The Rt Rev Azad Marshall

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Saturday 5 November

Rochester Diocese: For the new assistant bishops licensed today.Anglican Communion:Irele - Eseodo - (Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Felix AkinbulumaIsikwuato - (Aba, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Manasses Chijiokem Okere

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Sunday 6 November

3 before AdventJob 19.23-27aPsalm 17.1-9 [or 17.1-8]2 Thessalonians 2.1-58, 13-17Luke 20.27-38

Kondoa

Thank you for the privilege of our link with Kondoa Diocese and for the sure knowledge that it is being blessed by you as, together, we work to build your Church. You know us all and you know what we could be. We pray for hearts that are wise, perceptive and generous. We are so grateful to be able to share the celebration of Kondoa Diocese’s 15th anniversary and particularly that there will be representatives from Rochester at the special service on 6 November. May all the celebration events be full of joy, worship and encouragements for all.Please pour your Holy Spirit into the Kondoa Diocese as our brothers and sisters work so hard to build your church where there is great poverty and where the majority faith is Islam. We pray for all in the Diocese, regardless of their faith, for protection, spiritual and physical, and long lasting solutions to hunger, frailty of health and much more.Father, we ask you to continue to bless our friendship and to protect Bishop Given, his family and all who work for the Kondoa Diocese. We also ask that you will, through this long term friendship, deepen our faith and Christian witness for you in both our Dioceses.

Rochester Diocese: Bishop of Kondoa, Bishop Given

Anglican Communion: PRAY for The Lusitanian Church (E-P to the Archbishop of Canterbury)Lusitanian Church - (Portugal) The Rt Rev José Jorge De Pina Cabral

Prayer Requests:

Monday 7 NovemberWillibrord, bishop, 739

Rochester Diocese: Bromley, St Peter and St PaulVicar: The Rev Anne Jablonski

Anglican Communion:Isiala-Ngwa - (Aba, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Owen Azubuike

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 8 NovemberSaints and Martyrs of England

Rochester Diocese: For those new in post, meeting today.Anglican Communion:Isial-Ngwa South - (Aba, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Isaac Nwaobia

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Wednesday9 NovemberMargery Kempe, mystic, c.1440

Rochester Diocese: Bromley Common, Holy TrinityVicar: The Rev Roger Bristow

Anglican Communion:Jabalpur - (North India) The Rt Rev Dr Prem Singh

Prayer Requests:

“The incarnate Son of God needs not only ears or hearts, but living men and women who follow him. That is why he called his disciples into a literal, bodily following, and thus made his fellowship with them a visible reality.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906-1945

Thursday10 NovemberLeo the Great, bishop, teacher of the faith, 461

Rochester Diocese: Bromley Common, St AugustineVicar: The Rev Canon Katrina Barnes

Anglican Communion:Jaffna - (South India) The Rt Rev Daniel Selvaratnam Thiagarajah

Prayer Requests:

Friday11 NovemberMartin, bishop, c.397

Rochester Diocese: Bromley Common, St LukePriest-in-Charge: The Rev George Collett

Anglican Communion:Jalingo - (Jos, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Timothy Yahaya

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Saturday 12 November

Rochester Diocese: Chislehurst, Christ ChurchVicar: The Rev Dave Johnston

Anglican Communion:Jamaica & The Cayman Islands - (West Indies) The Rt Rev Howard GregoryJamaica - Kingston - (West Indies) The Rt Rev Robert ThompsonJamaica - Mandeville - (West Indies) VacantJamaica - Montego Bay - (West Indies) The Rt Rev Leon Paul Golding

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Sunday 13 November

Remembrance SundayMalachi 4.1-2aPsalm 982 Thessalonians 3.6-13Luke 21.5-19

Remembrance Sunday

This day is a cause of great contention, year after year, and if we are not careful the day becomes, itself, a thing of strife. So please pray for those who find this day distressing, either because they object to the concept or because they are bereaved or traumatised by war.Pray for peace, that peace which the world cannot give. Pray for those whose lives have been torn apart by war. Pray for the peacemakers, and those who put their lives in danger for the sake of others. Pray for our military chaplains, that they may hold for soldiers the light of the Prince of Peace.

Rochester Diocese: For military chaplains in this Diocese, and for those seeking to alleviate the needs of those fleeing war. Anglican Communion: The Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain (extra-provincial to the Archbishop of Canterbury)The Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain - (Spain) The Rt Rev Carlos López-Lozano

Prayer Requests:

Monday 14 NovemberSamuel Seabury, bishop, 1796

Rochester Diocese: Chislehurst, St NicholasRector: The Rev Alan MustoeAnglican Communion:Jebba - (Kwara, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Timothy Adewole

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Tuesday 15 November

Rochester Diocese: Chislehurst, The Annunciation Vicar: The Rev Paul FarthingAnglican Communion:Johannesburg - (Southern Africa) The Rt Rev Stephen Mosimanegape Moreo

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Wednesday16 NovemberMargaret, queen, philanthropist, 1093Edmund Rich, archbishop, 1240

Rochester Diocese: For the benefice of East Malling, Wateringbury and Teston, and for the Rev Nicholas Williams, instituted today.Anglican Communion:Jos - (Jos, Nigeria) The Most Rev Benjamin KwashiKabba - (Lokoja, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Steven Akobe

Prayer Requests:

“Lord, since you exist, we exist. Since you are beautiful, we are beautiful. Since you are good, we are good. By our existence we honour you. By our beauty we glorify you. By our goodness we love you.”

Edmund Rich, c.1180-1240

Thursday17 NovemberHugh, bishop, 1200

Rochester Diocese: For Area Deans and Lay Chairs meeting today.Anglican Communion:The Most Rev Dr Daniel Deng Bul Yak Archbishop of the Province of the Episcopal Church ofSouth Sudan & Sudan & Bishop of JubaAssistant Bishop of Juba - (Loryko, Sudan) The Rt Rev Fraser Yugu Elias

Prayer Requests:

Friday18 NovemberElizabeth, princess, philanthropist, 1231

Rochester Diocese: Hayes, St Mary the VirginRector: The Rev Napoleon JohnAnglican Communion:Kadugli & Nuba Mountains - (Northern, Sudan) The Rt Rev Andudu Adam Elnail

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Saturday 19 NovemberHilda, abbess, 680Mechtild, beguine, mystic, 1280

Rochester Diocese:For the Honorary Canons, licensed tomorrow. Anglican Communion:Kaduna - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Vacant

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Sunday 20 November1 before Advent

Christ the KingJeremiah 23.1-6Psalm 46Colossians 1.11-20Luke 23.33-43

Shoreham Deanery

Give thanks that after a break of a couple of years, the Deanery Synod is now meeting again. Pray for the Synod as it revisits the Deanery Mission and Ministry Plan over the next few months. Please pray for a real sense of fellowship, community and purpose, especially as the parishes are drawn from such a wide geographical area. It is important for us to find ways of working, worshipping and witnessing together so that we can work out a sense of purpose for us as a Deanery. Please also pray for the three benefices which are currently in interregnum – St Mary Platt; Church of the Good Shepherd, Borough Green; and Shipbourne with Plaxtol. Pray for all those who are looking after the parishes during the vacancies, and for those who are involved in the process of appointing clergy for the next stage in the parishes’ ministries.

Rochester Diocese: Shoreham DeaneryThe Rev Tim Hatwell, Rural Dean; Mr Charles Brinkley-Willsher, Lay Chair.

Anglican Communion: Falkland Islands (extra-provincial to the Archbishop of Canterbury)Falkland Islands (Parish of) - (Canterbury, Falkland Islands) The Rt Rev Nigel William Stock

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Monday 21 November

Rochester Diocese: Keston, The Parish ChurchRector: The Rev Carol Morrison

Anglican Communion:Kafanchan - (Abuja, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Marcus Dogo

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Tuesday 22 NovemberCecilia, martyr, c.230

Rochester Diocese: Vocations Advisers, meeting today.

Anglican Communion:Kagera - (Tanzania) The Rt Rev Aaron Kijanjali

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday23 NovemberClement, bishop, martyr, c.100

Rochester Diocese: Barnehurst, St MartinVicar: The Rev Gareth Bowen

Anglican Communion:Kajiado - (Kenya) The Rt Rev Gadiel Katanga Lenini

Prayer Requests:

“So let us sing our new song not with our lips but with our lives.”

Augustine of Hippo 354-430

Thursday24 November

Rochester Diocese: Belvedere, All SaintsVicar: The Rev Jane Edwards

Anglican Communion:Kajo Keji - (Loryko, Sudan) The Rt Rev Anthony Poggo Dangasuk

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Friday25 NovemberCatherine, martyr, 4th cent.Isaac Watts, hymn writer, 1748

Rochester Diocese: For women’s refuges in the DioceseAnglican Communion:The Most Rev Stanley Ntagali Archbishop of Uganda & and Bishop of KampalaAssistant Bishop of Kampala - (Uganda) The Rt Rev Hannington Mutebi

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Saturday 26 November

Rochester Diocese: Belvedere, St Augustine of CanterburyVicar: The Rev Clive Jones

Anglican Communion:Kano - (Kaduna, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Zakka Nyam

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Sunday 27 November

Advent SundayIsaiah 2.1-5Psalm 122Romans 13.11-endMatthew 24.36-44

Tonbridge Archdeaconry

The Tonbridge Archdeaconry is undergoing a period of some change, in terms of ordained clergy. We have had a large number of vacancies. Please pray for those who are arriving new in parish posts this autumn, including Laurence Powell (KCM, Tunbridge Wells), Rachel Wilson (St Thomas, Southborough), Richard Thomas (St Philip, Tunbridge Wells), Andrew Axon (Lamberhurst with Matfield), Paul Kish (Yalding with Collier Street) and Nicholas Williams (East Malling, Wateringbury and Teston). Do also remember Jonathan Hall, who began at Aylesford in August. We also welcome Claire Allwood as an SSM curate at KCM, Tunbridge Wells, following her ordination on 1 October. Please continue to pray for other parishes still in vacancy, or about to be in vacancy. We rejoice in the much good and faithful work which happens across all the parishes of our Archdeaconry and in other settings, eg, chaplaincies. Please pray for all our schools as they return to their new terms and for those going off to colleges and universities. We rejoice in the good news of a new Free School to be opened in Paddock Wood, as part of the Tenax Trust (based at the Bennett Memorial Diocesan School). We rejoice, too, at the many special opportunities for ministry and mission brought about by the special occasions of the autumn and early winter season ahead of us.

Rochester Diocese: Tonbridge ArchdeaconryThe Ven Clive Mansell, Archdeacon

Anglican Communion: Kansas - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Dean Wolfe

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Monday 28 November

Rochester Diocese: Bexleyheath, Christ ChurchVicar: The Rev Trevor Wyatt

Anglican Communion:Kanyakumari - (South India) The Rt Rev Gnanasigamony Devakadasham

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Tuesday 29 NovemberDay of Intercession and Thanksgiving for the Missionary Work of the Church

Rochester Diocese: Bexleyheath, St PeterVicar: The Rev Jim Charles

Anglican Communion:Western Kansas - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Michael Milliken

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Wednesday30 NovemberAndrew, Apostle, Patron of Scotland

Rochester Diocese: For the Mission to SeafarersAnglican Communion:Karachi - (Pakistan) The Rt Rev Sadiq Daniel

Prayer Requests:

“As Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him.”

Matthew 4:18-20

Thursday1 DecemberCharles de Foucauld, hermit 1916

Rochester Diocese: For all who find the approach of Christmas problematicAnglican Communion:Karamoja - (Uganda) The Rt Rev Joseph Abura

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Friday2 December

Rochester Diocese: Bostall Heath, St AndrewVicar: The Rev Sulaiman Shahzad

Anglican Communion:Karimnagar - (South India) The Rt Rev Reuben Mark

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 3 DecemberFrancis Xavier, missionary, Apostle of the Indies 1552

Rochester Diocese: Crayford, St PaulinusRector: The Rev Canon Antony Lane

Anglican Communion:Karnataka Central - (South India) The Rt Rev Prasana Kumar Samuel

Prayer Requests:

Sunday 4 DecemberJohn of Damascus; Nicholas Ferrer

Advent 2Isaiah 11.1-10Psalm 72.1-7, 18-19Romans 15.4-13Matthew 3. 1-12

Sidcup Deanery

- Thanksgiving for Deanery Harvest Service and celebration- Thanksgiving for the ordination of Gary Best who serves as a curate in the Bexley Team Ministry- For the benefice of Footscray with North Cray in vacancy- For the schools of the Deanery as they come to worship in churches during December- For our outreach to the local community and sharing the good news this Christmas

Rochester Diocese: Sidcup DeaneryThe Rev Philip Wells, Area Dean; Mrs Madeleine Waggett, Lay Chair.

Anglican Communion: Karnataka North - (South India) The Rt Rev Ravikumar J. Niranjan

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Monday 5 December

Rochester Diocese: Erith, Christ Church Vicar: The Rev Canon Julie Conalty

Anglican Communion:Karnataka South - (South India) The Rt Rev Mohan Manoraj

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Tuesday 6 DecemberNicholas, Bishop of Myra

Rochester Diocese: Erith, St John the BaptistVicar: The Rev Rob Radcliffe

Anglican Communion:Kasai - (Congo) The Rt Rev Marcel KapingaKatanga - (Congo) The Rt Rev Muno Kasima

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Wednesday7 DecemberAmbrose, bishop, teacher of the faith 397Ember Day

Rochester Diocese: Pray for young vocations.Anglican Communion:Katakwa - (Kenya) The Rt Rev Zakayo Epusi

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“Those whom you set free, you also guard. Guard, therefore, your work Lord; guard in me the grace you have given me, in spite of my flight from you.… You called me to the priesthood when I was a lost child. Let me not lose myself in my priesthood.”

Ambrose of Milan 339-397

Thursday8 DecemberConception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Rochester Diocese: Falconwood, Bishop Ridley ChurchVicar: The Rev Mark Tariq

Anglican Communion:Katsina - (Kaduna, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Jonathan BamaiyiKebbi - (Kaduna, Nigeria) The Most Rev Edmund Akanya

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Friday9 DecemberEmber Day

Rochester Diocese: For vocations among ethnic minorities

Anglican Communion:Keewatin - (Rupert's Land, Canada) The Most Rev David Norman Ashdown

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Saturday 10 DecemberEmber Day

Rochester Diocese: For vocations among those with disabilitiesAnglican Communion:Kentucky - (IV, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Terry White

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Sunday 11 December

Advent 3Isaiah 35.1-10Canticle: MagnificatJames 5.7-10Matthew 11.2-11

Strood Deanery

Pray for the churches on the Peninsula, as they work together as a Group, and especially with a vacancy at Cliffe with Cooling, giving thanks there for the ministry of the Rev Jill Wright during the interregnum. Pray for God’s guidance in filling this post.

Pray for “Who Cares”, an organisation on the Peninsula made up of folk from churches and other agencies, which seeks to help vulnerable and isolated people.

Pray for ministry to the new housing estates within the Deanery.

Pray for the Strood Cluster of churches as they look to the future in providing ministry and training. Pray for guidance in the ongoing vision and life of this group.

Rochester Diocese: Strood DeaneryThe Rev David Green, Area Dean; Mr Geoff Foord, Lay Chair.

Anglican Communion: Kericho - (Kenya) The Rt Rev Jackson Ole Sapit

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Monday 12 December

Rochester Diocese: Northumberland Heath, St PaulVicar: The Rev Clive Beazley-Long

Anglican Communion:Khartoum - (Northern, Sudan) The Most Rev Ezekiel Kumir Kondo

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Tuesday 13 DecemberLucy, martyr, 304; Samuel Johnson, moralist, 1784

Rochester Diocese: For the witness of young Christians.Anglican Communion:Kibondo - (Tanzania) Bishop unknown at time of printPrayer Requests:

Wednesday14 DecemberJohn of the Cross, poet, teacher of the faith 1591

Rochester Diocese: Slade Green, St AugustineVicar: vacant

Anglican Communion:Kibungo - (Rwanda) The Rt Rev Emmanuel Ntazinda

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“Dear Lord, give me the truths which are veiled by doctrines and articles of faith, which are masked by the pious words of sermons and books. Let my eyes penetrate the veil, and tear off the mask, that I can see your truth face-to-face.”

John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Thursday15 December

Rochester Diocese: For all involved planning the new strategic framework for the Diocese.Anglican Communion:Kigali - (Rwanda) The Rt Rev Louis MuvunyiPrayer Requests:

Friday16 December

Rochester Diocese: Welling, St John the EvangelistVicar: The Rev Adam Foot

Anglican Communion:Kigeme - (Rwanda) The Rt Rev Augustin Mvunabandi

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Saturday 17 DecemberO Sapientia (O Wisdom!); Eglantine Jebb, social reformer, 1928

Rochester Diocese: “O Wisdom, coming forth from the mouth of the Most High,reaching from one end to the other mightily,and sweetly ordering all things:Come and teach us the way of prudence.” Isaiah 11:2-3Anglican Communion:Kigezi - (Uganda) The Rt Rev George Bagamuhunda

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Sunday 18 DecemberO Adonai

Advent 4Isaiah 7.10-16Psalm 80.1-8, 18-endRomans 1.1-7Matthew 1.18-end

‘Our Conversation; Our Future’

We are embarking on a large conversation exercise, called ‘Our Conversation; Our Future’ across the Diocese, to help us form a new strategy.

The creation of a diocesan strategy is a response to the many remarkable cultural, economic and spiritual changes that society is undergoing and especially to the need to develop a coherent and shared mission, through evangelism and social action, which demonstrates the coming Kingdom of God in the midst of such uncertainty and flux.

This is an era when many Christian people feel more isolated and less sure of how to express their faith in a hard and unyielding culture, but this is not a task each is called to alone. The Church exists to give shape, meaning and voice to Christian identity; the Diocese of Rochester helps to give regional expression to this for Anglicans.

Please pray for Bishop James as he leads this work, and the project board members who are aiding him alongside other parish and diocesan commitments.

Rochester Diocese: Diocesan Strategy TeamDirector: Mr Matthew Girt

Anglican Communion: Kilmore; Elphin & Ardagh - (Armagh, Ireland) The Rt Rev Ferran Glenfield

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Monday 19 DecemberO Root of Jesse!

Rochester Diocese: Chelsfield, St Martin of ToursRector: The Rev John Tranter

Anglican Communion:Kimberley & Kuruman - (Southern Africa) The Rt Rev Oswald Swartz

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Tuesday 20 DecemberO Key of David!

Rochester Diocese: Cray, St BarnabasVicar: The Rev Neil Coleman

Anglican Communion:Kindu - (Congo) The Rt Rev Zacharie Masimango Katanda

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Wednesday21 DecemberO Dayspring!

Rochester Diocese: Cray ValleyVicar: The Rev Paul PrenticeAnglican Communion:Kinkiizi - (Uganda) The Rt Rev Dan Zoreka

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“O come, O come, Emmanuel!Redeem thy captive Israel,that into exile drear is gonefar from the face of God’s dear Son.” Lacey, T.A. (tr)

Thursday22 DecemberO King of the Nations!

Rochester Diocese: Crofton, St PaulVicar: The Rev Canon Bimbi Abayomi-Cole

Anglican Communion:The Most Rev Kahwa Henri Isingoma Archbishop of the Congo & Bishop of KinshasaSuffragan Bishop of Kinshasa - (Congo) The Rt Rev Molanga Jean BotolaKisangani - (Congo) The Rt Rev Lambert Botolome

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Friday23 DecemberO Emmanuel!

Rochester Diocese: Cudham, St Peter and St Paul, and Downe, St Mary MagdalenVicar: The Rev John Musson

Anglican Communion:Kirinyaga - (Kenya) The Rt Rev Joseph Kibuchua

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Saturday 24 December

Rochester Diocese: Farnborough, St Giles the Abbot and St NicholasRector: The Rev Matthew Hughes

Anglican Communion:Kita Kanto - (Japan) The Rt Rev Zerubbabel Katsuichi Hirota

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Welcome all wonders in one sight!Eternity shut in a span.Summer in winter, Day in night,Heaven in earth, and God in man.

Great little one whose all-embracing birthBrings earth to heaven, stoops heaven to earth.

CW