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Calendar of Intercessions Passiontide – Trinity 2020
to the Prayer Calendar for the Diocese of
Rochester.
A shared calendar of prayer is one of the many small ways we ̀ can keep a sense of community
in these challenging times and I hope you will find this useful in your prayer
networks.
You may want to supplement this cycle with the Anglican Communion cycle of
prayer which is tweeted at @ACOffice and posted on PrayerMate.
Similarly prayers from the World Council of Churches (WCC) are tweeted at
@WCCprayers and on the PrayerMate app.
In its current form, the calendar has two cycles: Parish and Community. The
Community cycle includes any church schools attached to the parishes we pray
for, day by day, but also includes other aspects of parish and diocesan life. When parishes have a link set up with another parish, we also include them in
our prayers.
For this edition I’ve included a weekly cycle of prayer, based on the list of professions who are working to keep this country afloat during this time of crisis.
Sunday entries cover some of the bigger pictures in our Diocese (sometimes
geographical, sometimes issues or activities). These are usually simply one or
two lines of text, but occasionally have fuller entries.
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.
This prayer calendar can also be found in the
PrayerMate app (http://praynow4.org/rochester), on the diocesan website
(http://rochester.anglican.org/ministry/prayer-amp-
intercessions/intercessions/), on Twitter and on
Facebook.
Please contact Rev Lindsay Llewellyn-MacDuff, Bishop’s Chaplain, with any
comments or suggestions – [email protected] or 01634
814439. Large print copies can be provided to any who would find that
helpful. |
Cover photo: by Revd Rachel Phillips
Welcome
Weekly cycle during the pandemic.
This is a suggested additional cycle so that we can pray for those ‘key workers’ holding the burden of keeping the country running during the crisis.
Monday
Health and social care
Tuesday
Education and childcare
Wednesday
Key public services as well as Local and national government
Thursday
Food and other necessary goods
Friday
Public safety and national security
Saturday
Transport
Sunday
Utilities, communication and financial services
God of compassion,
be close to those who are ill, afraid or in isolation. In their loneliness, be their consolation;
in their anxiety, be their hope; in their darkness, be their light;
through him who suffered alone on the cross,
but reigns with you in glory, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen. From Church of England Coronavirus (COVID-19) liturgy and prayer resources.
Sunday
5 April
Palm Sunday
Liturgy of the Palms: Matthew 21.1-11 Psalm 118.19-24 Liturgy of the Passion: Isaiah 50.4-9a Psalm 31.9-16 Philippians 2.5-11 Matthew 27.11-54
Sevenoaks Deanery The Rev Michael Gentry, Area Dean; Brig Ian Dobbie, Lay Chair Prayer Requests:
Monday 6 April Holy Monday
Rochester Diocese:
For all Christians as they prepare to keep this week holy
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday 7 April Holy Tuesday
Rochester Diocese:
For all approaching Easter with faithful eyes for the first time
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday
8 April Holy Wednesday
Rochester Diocese: For those struggling with faith: for those who cannot believe, or who wish they did not, and for those who rage against the faith of others
Prayer Requests:
Thursday 9 April Maundy Thursday
Rochester Diocese: For all bishops, priests and deacons who are
encouraged to renew their ordination commitment this week
Prayer Requests:
Friday 10 April Good Friday
Rochester Diocese: For those who feel abandoned by God or who cannot see his face, for the despairing and the broken-hearted
Prayer Requests:
Saturday 11 April Holy Saturday/Easter Eve
Rochester Diocese: For the bereaved, for all waiting for new life
Prayer Requests:
Sunday
12 April
Easter Day
Jeremiah 31.1-6 Psalm 118.1-2,14-24 Acts 10.34-43 John 20.1-18
Easter Day Pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122) The Dean of Jerusalem, The Very Rev Hosam Naoum, Honorary Canon of Rochester Cathedral Prayer Requests:
Monday 13 April Easter Monday
Parish cycle: High Halstow, St Margaret, with All Hallows, All Saints, and Hoo St Mary, St Mary (redundant) Rector: The Rev Stephen Gwilt
Community Cycle: For all whose confirmations and baptisms have been postponed, that they may still know the joy of the risen Christ.
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday 14 April Easter Tuesday
Parish cycle: Higham, St John and St Mary, with Merston Vicar: The Rev Canon James Southward
Community Cycle: Diocesan Dept: Safeguarding Lead Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor: Greg Barry
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday 15 April Easter Wednesday
Parish cycle: Hoo St Werburgh Priest-in-Charge: vacancy
Community Cycle: Bishop’s Advisor for Ordained Women’s Ministry: The Rev Canon Mandy Carr
Prayer Requests:
Thursday 16 April Easter Thursday
Parish cycle: Strood, St Francis
Vicar: The Rev Sharon Copestake Community Cycle:
For all Associate Ministers Prayer Requests:
Friday 17 April Easter Friday
Parish cycle: Strood, St Nicholas, with St Mary (redundant) Vicar: The Rev David Green
Companion Parish: Harare, St Clare's Mangwende Mission District
Community Cycle: St. Nicholas CE Infants School, Strood Headteacher: Mrs Gisele Johnson
Prayer Requests:
Saturday 18 April Easter Saturday
Parish cycle: Aylesford, St Peter and St Paul Vicar: The Rev Ruth Peet
Community Cycle: St. Peter's CE Primary School, Aylesford Headteacher: Mr Jim Holditch St. Marks CE Primary School. Eccles Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Bassett
Prayer Requests:
Sunday 19 April
Easter 2
[Exodus 14.10-end;15.20-21] Acts 2.14a,22-32 Psalm 16 I Peter 1.3-9 John 20.19-end
Shoreham deanery The Rev Tim Hatwell, Area Dean; Mrs Jane Sankey, Lay Chair
Prayer Requests:
Monday 20 April
Parish cycle:
Barming, St Margaret and Longsole Mission Church Rector: The Rev Wil North
Community Cycle: For our Sisters and brothers in Armenian family of Churches
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday 21 April Anselm, abbott, archbishop, teacher of the faith, 1109
Parish cycle: Birling, All Saints, Addington, St Margaret, Ryarsh, St Martin of Tours, and Trottiscliffe, St Peter and St Paul Rector: The Rev Linda Shuker
Community Cycle: Trottiscliffe CE Primary School, Trottiscliffe Headteacher: Mrs Lucy Henderson (Head of Sch)
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday 22 April
Parish cycle: Burham, St Mary the Virgin (redundant) and Wouldham, All Saints Vicar: The Rev Mike Hayes
Community Cycle: All Saints CE Primary School, Wouldham Headteacher: Mr Carl Fitter
Burham CE Primary School, Burham Headteacher: Miss Michelle Grima
Prayer Requests:
Thursday 23 April
George, martyr, patron of England, c.304
Parish cycle: Coxheath, Holy Trinity, East Farleigh, Hunton, St Mary
Linton, St Nicolas, and West Farleigh, All Saints Rector: The Rev Peter Callway
Companion Parish: Estonia, Käsmu parish
Community Cycle: Hunton CE Primary School, Hunton Headteacher: Mr Stewart Murdoch
Prayer Requests:
Friday 24 April Mellitus, bishop, 624 Seven Martyrs of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 2003
Parish cycle: Ditton, St Peter ad Vincula Rector: The Rev Ross Terranova
Community Cycle: Ditton CE Junior School, Ditton Headteacher: Mrs Alex Smith
Prayer Requests:
Saturday 25 April Mark the Evangelist
Parish cycle: East Malling, St James the Great, and Teston, St Peter and St Paul Vicar: The Rev Nick Williams
Community Cycle: Wateringbury CE Primary School, Wateringbury Headteacher: Mrs Chasey Crawford-Usher
Prayer Requests:
Sunday
26 April
Easter 3 Zephaniah 3.14-end Psalm 116.1-7 Acts 2.14a,36-41 Luke 24.13-35
Sidcup deanery The Rev Mell Jemmett, Area Dean; Mr Andrew Young, Lay Chair Prayer Requests:
Monday 27 April Christina Rossetti, poet, 1894
Parish cycle:
Bishop’s Mission Order: King’s Hill, St Gabriel’s Missioner: The Rev Mark Montgomery
Community cycle: For Diocesan Bishops, trying to coordinate the Church’s response to Covid-19
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday 28 April Peter Chanel, missionary, martyr, 1841
Parish cycle: Larkfield, Holy Trinity Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Nick Williams
Community cycle: For all Church Army officers
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday 29 April Catherine of Siena, teacher of the faith, 1380
Parish cycle: Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Rector: The Rev Canon Matthew Buchan
Community Cycle: St Peter & St Paul CE Primary School, Leybourne Headteacher: Mrs Tina Holditch
Prayer Requests:
Thursday 30 April Pandita Mary Ramabai, translator, 1922
Parish cycle: Mereworth, St Lawrence, Wateringbury, St John the
Baptist, and West Peckham, St Dunstan Rector: vacancy
Community cycle: All who run Bible study groups within the diocese
Prayer Requests:
Friday 1 May Philip and James, Apostles
Parish cycle: Snodland, All Saints’, with Lower Birling, Christ Church, and St Benedict’s (redundant) Rector: The Rev Danielle Pearson-Smith
Community Cycle: Snodland CE Primary School, Snodland Headteacher: Mrs Holley Hunt
Prayer Requests:
Saturday 2 May Athanasius, bishop, teacher of the faith, 373
Parish cycle: West Malling, St Mary’s with Offham, St Michael’s Vicar: The Rev David Green
Companion Parish: Estonia, Jõhvi St Michael's
Community Cycle: West Malling CE Primary School, West Malling Headteacher: Mr Matthew Clark
Prayer Requests:
Sunday 3 May
Easter 4 Genesis 7 Psalm 23 Acts 2.42-end John 10.1-10
Mpwapwa Our Link Diocese, Mpwapwa: Bishop, The Rt Rev Jacob Chimeledya Prayer Requests:
Monday
4 May English saints and martyrs of the Reformation Era
Parish cycle:
Brenchley, All Saints Vicar: The Rev Campbell Paget
Companion Parish: Estonia, Hageri St Lambertus
Community Cycle: Brenchley and Matfield CE Primary School, Brenchley Headteacher: Jane Mallon (Head of School)
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday 5 May
Parish cycle: East Peckham, Holy Trinity, with Nettlestead, St Mary the Virgin Rector: The Rev Anthony Carr
Community Cycle: For our Area Deans
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday 6 May
Parish cycle: Hadlow, St Mary, and Golden Green Mission Church Vicar: The Rev Paul White
Companion Parish: Mpwapwa, Kibakwe Christ the King
Community Cycle: For our Brothers and sisters in the Pentecostal family
of Churches Prayer Requests:
Thursday 7 May
Parish cycle: Horsmonden, St Margaret
Rector: The Rev Tim ffrench Associate Rector: The Rev Trish ffrench
Community Cycle: Mother’s Union President: Mrs Julia Jamieson
Prayer Requests:
Friday 8 May Julian of Norwich, spiritual writer, c.1417
Parish cycle: Lamberhurst, St Mary and Matfield, St Luke Vicar: The Rev Andrew Axon
Community Cycle: St. Mary's CE Primary School, Lamberhurst Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Bromley
Prayer Requests:
Saturday 9 May
Parish cycle: Paddock Wood, St Andrew Vicar: The Rev Canon Bryan Knapp
Companion Parish: Kondoa, Bereko St Andrew
Community Cycle: For our Ordinands in training
Diocesan Director of Ordinands and Vocations: Rev Canon Pamela Ive
Prayer Requests:
Sunday
10 May
Easter 5
Genesis 8.1-19 Psalm 31.1-5,[15-16] Acts 7.55-end John 14.1-14
Strood deanery The Rev Sharon Copestake, Area Dean; Mr Ken Reynolds, Lay Chair Prayer Requests:
Monday 11 May
Parish cycle:
Pembury, St Peter and St Peter Vicar: The Rev Richard Worssam
Companion Parish: Kondoa, Maziwa St Stephen
Community Cycle: For the Companion Diocese steering group Companion Diocese Link Co-ordinator: Mike Fawcett
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday 12 May Gregory Dix, priest, monk, scholar, 1952
Parish cycle: Tudeley, All Saints, Capel, St Thomas à Becket, and Five Oak Green United Reform Church Vicar: The Rev Dr Jeremy Ive
Community Cycle: For clergy new in post
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday 13 May
Parish cycle: Yalding, St Mary, and St Peter and St Paul with Collier Street, St Margaret Vicar: The Rev Paul Kish
Community Cycle: St. Mary's CE Primary School, Laddingford Headteacher: Mrs Gemma Hitch St. Peter & St. Paul CE Primary School, Yalding Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Friend
St. Margaret's CE Primary School, Collier Street Headteacher: Mr Paul Ryan
Prayer Requests:
Thursday 14 May
Matthias the Apostle
Parish cycle: Brasted, St Martin
Rector: The Rev Linda Green Community Cycle:
For those vacancies extended by the quarantine Prayer Requests:
Friday
15 May
Parish cycle: Chevening, St Botolph Rector: vacancy
Companion Parish: Kondoa, Mpendo St John
Community Cycle: Chevening St Botolph's CE Primary School, Chevening Headteacher: Miss Karen Minnis
Prayer Requests:
Saturday 16 May Caroline Chisholm, social reformer, 1877; Bertha of Kent (also Aldeberge) Queen and Confessor, c. 565 – c601
Parish cycle: West Sevenoaks Team Ministry: Kippington, St Mary; Riverhead, St Mary, with Dunton Green, St John the Divine; Sevenoaks, St Luke Team Rector: vacancy Team Vicar: vacancy
Companion Parish: Estonia, Harju-Risti Harare, Marondera All Saints
Community Cycle: For clergy who are delayed from taking up their new post by the pandemic
Prayer Requests:
Sunday 17 May
Easter 6 Genesis 8.20-9.17 Psalm 66.7-end Acts 17.22-31 John 14.15-21
Bromley & Bexley Archdeaconry
The Ven Dr Paul Wright, Archdeacon Prayer Requests:
Monday 18 May Rogation Day
Parish cycle: Seal Chart, St Lawrence, and Underriver, St Margaret Vicar: The Rev Serena Willoughby
Community Cycle: St Lawrence CE Primary School, Stone Street Headteacher: Mrs Alison Saunders
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday 19 May Rogation Day Dunstan, archbishop, monastic reformer, 988
Parish cycle: Seal, St Peter and St Paul Vicar: The Rev Canon Anne Le Bas
Community Cycle: Seal CE Primary School, Seal Headteacher: Mrs Liz Mitchell
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday 20 May Rogation Day Alcuin, deacon, abbott, 804
Parish cycle: Sevenoaks, St John the Baptist Vicar: The Rev Robin Jones
Community Cycle: St John's CE Primary School, Sevenoaks Headteacher: Mrs Sally Quirk
Prayer Requests:
Thursday 21 May
Ascension Day
Parish cycle: Sevenoaks, St Nicholas
Rector: The Rev Canon Angus MacLeay Community Cycle:
Lady Boswell's CE Primary School, Sevenoaks Headteacher: Mrs Sharon Saunders
Prayer Requests:
Friday 22 May
Parish cycle: Sundridge, St Mary’s, with Ide Hill, St Mary’s, and Toys Hill Rector: The Rev Pam Davies
Community Cycle: Ide Hill CE Primary School, Ide Hill Headteacher: Mrs Louise Hillman Sundridge & Brasted CE Primary School, Sundridge Headteacher: Mr Anil Gaind
Prayer Requests:
Saturday 23 May
William of Perth Pilgrim, Martyr d. c.1201
Parish cycle: Weald, St George’s Vicar: The Rev Canon Mandy Carr
Community Cycle: For struggling families, and those who support them Diocesan sponsored charity: Home for Good
Prayer Requests:
Sunday
24 May Sunday after Ascension Day John and Charles Wesley, Evangelists, Hymn Writers, 1791 and 1788
Easter 7 [Ezekiel 36.24-28] Acts 1.6-14 Psalm 68.1-10,32-end [or 68.1-10] I Peter 4.12-14,5.6-11 John 17.1-11
Tonbridge deanery
The Rev Dr Miriam Barker, Area Dean; Dr Sally Musson, Deanery Lay Chair Prayer Requests:
Monday 25 May The Venerable Bede, monk, scholar, historian, 735; Aldhelm, bishop, 709
Parish cycle:
Knockholt, St Katherine with Halstead, St Margaret Rector: The Rev Tim Edwards
Community Cycle: St Katharine's Knockholt CE Primary School, Knockholt Headteacher: Miss Sarah-Jane Tormey
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday 26 May Augustine, Archbishop, 605. John Calvin, reformer, 1564 Philip Neri, founder of the Oratorians, spiritual guide, 1595
Parish cycle: Westerham, St Mary the Virgin Vicar: The Rev Kevin Barnard
Community Cycle: Churchill CE Primary School, Westerham Headteacher: Ms Kathy Jax
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday 27 May
Parish cycle: Borough Green, Church of the Good Shepherd Vicar: The Rev Chris Turner
Community Cycle: Bishop’s Advisor for BAME Concerns: The Rev Canon Jeremy Blunden
Prayer Requests:
Thursday 28 May Lanfranc, monk, archbishop, scholar, 1089
Parish cycle: Eynsford, St Martin, with Farningham, St Peter and St
Paul, and Lullingstone, St Botolph Rector: vacancy
Community Cycle: Bishop’s Disability Advisor: The Rev Rachael Wilson
Prayer Requests:
Friday 29 May
Parish cycle: Ightham, St Peter Rector: The Rev Tim Hatwell
Community Cycle: For our Sisters and Brothers in the Reformed family of Churches
Prayer Requests:
Saturday 30 May Josephine Butler, social reformer, 1906 Joan of Arc, visionary, 1431 Apolo Kivebulaya, priest, evangelist, 1933
Parish cycle: Kemsing, St Mary the Virgin, and Woodlands St Mary the Virgin Priest-in-Charge: The Rev James Oakley
Community Cycle: Rochester Cathedral Dean: The Very Rev Phil Hesketh
Prayer Requests:
Sunday
31 May Whit Sunday
Pentecost
Numbers 11.24-30 Psalm 104.26-end Acts 2.1-21 John 20.19-23
For the unity of the Church.
Lord Jesus, who prayed that we might all be one,
we pray to you for the unity of Christians, according to your will, according to your means. May your Spirit enable us to experience the suffering caused by division, to see our sin and to hope beyond all hope.
(St Anselm’s Community) Prayer Requests:
Monday 1 June Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth
Parish cycle: Kingsdown, St Edmund, King and Martyr Rector: The Rev Sarah Corry
Community Cycle: West Kingsdown CE Primary School, West Kingsdown Headteacher: Mrs Sonia Phillips
Prayer Requests:
Tuesday 2 June
Parish cycle: Platt, St Mary the Virgin Vicar: The Rev Lorraine Turner
Companion Parish: Harare, Budiriro St Faith’s
Community Cycle: Platt CE Primary School, Platt Headteacher: Mrs Hannah Walters
Prayer Requests:
Wednesday 3 June Martyrs of Uganda, 1885-7, 1977 Ember Day
Parish cycle: Otford, St Bartholomew Vicar: vacancy
Community Cycle: For all across the wider Church, responsible for
selecting and training our lay and ordained ministers Prayer Requests:
Thursday 4 June
Petroc, abbott, 6th cent.
Parish cycle: Shipbourne with Plaxtol
Rector: The Rev Dr Peter Hayler Community Cycle:
For the Pilsdon Community Chaplain: The Rev Viv Ashworth
Prayer Requests:
Friday 5 June Boniface (Wynfrith), bishop, martyr, 754 Ember Day
Parish cycle: Shoreham, St Peter and St Paul Vicar: The Rev Diane Rees
Companion Parish: Mpwapwa, Chunyu St Joseph’s
Community Cycle: For vocations to work across boundaries and at the edges
Prayer Requests:
Saturday 6 June Ini Kopuria, founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945 Ember Day
Parish cycle: Stansted, St Mary, with Fairseat, Holy Innocents, and Vigo Rector: The Rev Chris Noble
Community Cycle: For vocations to ministry in the wider Church
Prayer Requests: