Calendar of Intercessions Trinity - Transfiguration 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 – bishopscourt@rochester.anglican.org or 01634

814439. Large print copies can be provided to any who would find that

helpful. |

Cover photo: Koen Jacobs, "Corona walks" – shared under Common Licence

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

For those working in health and social care

Tuesday

For those working in education and childcare

Wednesday

For those working in key public services as well as Local and national

government

Thursday

For those working in food and other necessary goods

Friday

For those working in public safety and national security

Saturday

For those working in transport

Sunday

For those working in 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

7 June

Trinity Sunday

Isaiah 40.12-17,27-end Psalm 8 2 Corinthians 13.11-end Matthew 28.16-20

Emerging from lockdown For all in our churches, commerce and local and national government who are planning for our emergence from lockdown.

Prayer Requests:

Monday 8 June Thomas Ken, bishop, nonjuror, hymn writer, 1711

Parish cycle: Wrotham, St George’s Rector: The Rev Edward Wright

Community Cycle: St George's CE Primary School, Wrotham Headteacher: Mr David Jones

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 9 June Columba, abbot, missionary, 597 Ephrem, deacon, hymn writer, teacher of the faith, 373

Parish cycle: Chiddingstone, St Mary the Virgin, with Chiddingstone Causeway, St Luke Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Tom Holme

Community Cycle: Chiddingstone CE Primary School, Chiddingstone Headteacher: Mrs Rachel Streatfield

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday 10 June Ithamar, Bishop of Rochester, c. 655

Parish cycle: Crockham Hill, Holy Trinity Vicar: The Rev Sue Diggory

Companion Parish: Mpwapwa, Kongwa St Michael's

Community Cycle: Crockham Hill CE Primary School, Crockham Hill Headteacher: Mrs Jane Ingram

Prayer Requests:

Thursday 11 June Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of Holy Communion (Corpus Christi)

Parish cycle: Edenbridge, St Peter and St Paul

Vicar: The Rev Dr Stephen Mitchell Community Cycle:

for food banks – for those who run them and those who rely on them

Prayer Requests:

Friday 12 June Barnabas the Apostle

Parish cycle: Hever, St Peter, Four Elms, St Paul, and Mark Beech, Holy Trinity Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Simon Braid

Companion Parish: Kondoa, Tarkwa The Good Samaritan

Community Cycle: Hever CE Primary School, Hever Headteacher: Miss Joanne Stratton

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 13 June The birthday of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Parish cycle: Hildenborough, St John the Evangelist Vicar: The Rev Tim Saiet

Community Cycle: Hildenborough CE Primary School, Hildenborough Headteacher: Mrs Pamela Scott

Prayer Requests:

Sunday

14 June

Trinity 1

Genesis 18.1-15 [21.1-7] Psalm 116.10-17, 10-17 [or 116.9-17] Romans 5.1-8 Matthew 9.35-10.8 [9-23]

(Proper 6)

Rochester Cathedral Dean: The Very Rev Dr Philip Hesketh; Chapter Clerk: Simon Lace; and for their Honorary Canon, The Very Rev Hosam Naoum, Dean of Jerusalem, to be consecrated coadjutor bishop for the Diocese of Jerusalem.

Prayer Requests:

Monday 15 June Evelyn Underhill, spiritual writer, 1941

Parish cycle: Leigh, St Mary Vicar: The Rev Lionel Kevis

Community Cycle: for those shielding from the pandemic

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 16 June Richard, bishop, 1253 Joseph Butler, bishop, philosopher, 1752

Parish cycle: Penshurst, St John the Baptist and Fordcombe, St Peter Rector: The Rev Tom Holme

Community Cycle: Penshurst CE Primary School, Penshurst Headteacher: Mrs Sue Elliott Fordcombe CE Primary School, Fordcombe Headteacher: Mr Christopher Blackburn

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday 17 June Samuel and Henrietta, social reformers, 1913 and 1936

Parish cycle: Tonbridge, St Andrew, St Peter and St Paul, St Philip, and St Saviour Vicar: The Rev Canon Mark Brown

Companion Parish: Kondoa Cathedral and Church of the Good Shepherd

Community Cycle: for those coming to the end of their school year

Prayer Requests:

Thursday 18 June

Bernard Mizeki, martyr, 1896

Parish cycle: Tonbridge, St Stephen

Vicar: The Rev Canon Mark Barker Companion Parish:

Mpwapwa, Tearfund/CCMP link with Matongoro St James

Community Cycle: Bishop Chavasse CE Primary School, Tonbridge Headteacher: Mrs Donna Weeks

Prayer Requests:

Friday 19 June Sundar Singh, sadhu (holy man), evangelist teacher of the faith, 1929

Parish cycle: Bidborough, St Lawrence and Southborough, St Peter Rector: The Rev Stephen Hills

Companion Parish: Mpwapwa, Kibaigwa St Mathew’s (and Mlali connection)

Community Cycle: Bidborough CE Primary School, Bidborough Headteacher: Ms Julie Burton

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 20 June

Parish cycle: High Brooms, St Matthew’s Vicar: The Rev Chris Wicks

Community Cycle: St Matthew’s High Brooms CE Primary School,

Southborough Headteacher: Mrs Judith Holt

Prayer Requests:

Sunday

21 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)

Tunbridge Wells deanery The Rev Douglas Wren, Area Dean; Dr Mike Lawes, Lay Chair Prayer Requests:

Monday 22 June Alban, first martyr of Britain, c.250

Parish cycle: Langton Green, All Saints Vicar: The Rev Lynn Trainor

Community Cycle: for Bishop James and his Leadership Team, meeting today

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 23 June Ethelreda, abbess, c.678

Parish cycle: Rusthall, St Paul Vicar: The Rev Ronnie Williams

Companion Parish: Harare, Mabelreign St Peter's

Community Cycle: Rusthall St. Paul's CE Primary School, Rusthall Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Powell

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday 24 June Birth of John the Baptist Ember Day

Parish cycle: Southborough, St Thomas Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Rachael Wilson

Community Cycle: for all whose ordination or selection process has been delayed this summer

Prayer Requests:

Thursday 25 June

Parish cycle: Southborough, Christ Church

Rector: The Rev Nick Cornell Community Cycle:

Southborough CE Primary School, Southborough Headteacher: Mrs Emma Savage

Prayer Requests:

Friday 26 June Ember Day

Parish cycle: Tunbridge Wells, Christ Church Vicar: The Rev Tim Humphrey

Community Cycle: for those celebrating the anniversary of their ordination(s) at this time

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 27 June Cyril, bishop, teacher of the faith, 444 Ember Day

Parish cycle: Tunbridge Wells, King Charles the Martyr Vicar: The Rev Laurence Powell

Companion Parish: Estonia, Haapsalu St John's

Community Cycle: for those hesitating to step out into a daunting vocation

Prayer Requests:

Sunday

28 June

Trinity 3

Genesis 22.1-14 Psalm 13 Romans 6.12-end Matthew 10.40-end

(Proper 8)

Beckenham deanery The Rev Canon Jeremy Blunden, Area Dean; Mrs Sarah Poole, Lay Chair Prayer Requests:

Monday 29 June Peter and Paul, Apostles

Parish Cycle: Speldhurst, St Mary the Virgin, with Groombridge, St John the Evangelist, and Ashurst, St Martin of Tours Rector: The Rev Douglas Wren

Community Cycle: Speldhurst CE Primary School, Speldhurst Headteacher: Mrs Stephanie Hayward

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 30 June

Parish cycle: Tunbridge Wells, St Barnabas Vicar: The Rev John Caster

Community Cycle: St. Barnabas CE Primary School, Tunbridge Wells Headteacher: Mrs Moira Duncombe

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday 1 July Henry, John and Henry Venn, priests, evangelical divines, 1797, 1813, 1873

Parish cycle: Tunbridge Wells, St Philip Vicar: The Rev Richard Thomas

Community Cycle: for our hospital chaplains

Lead Chaplain: The Rev Canon Tim Mercer Prayer Requests:

Thursday 2 July

Parish cycle: Tunbridge Wells, St John

Vicar-designate: The Rev Thomas Nash Community Cycle:

St. John's CE Primary School, Tunbridge Wells Headteacher: Mr Dan Turvey

Prayer Requests:

Friday 3 July Thomas the Apostle

Parish cycle: Tunbridge Wells, St Luke Vicar: The Rev Caroline Glass

Community Cycle: Rochester Diocesan Board of Education Chair: The Rt Rev Simon Burton-Jones

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 4 July

Parish cycle: Tunbridge Wells, St Mark Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Laurence Powell

Community Cycle: St. Mark's CE Primary School, Tunbridge Wells Headteacher: Mr Simon Bird

Prayer Requests:

Sunday

5 July

Trinity 4

Genesis 24.34-38,42-49,58-end Psalm 45.10-end or Canticle: Song of Solomon 2.8-13 Romans 7.15-25a Matthew 11.16-19,25-end

(Proper 9)

Pilgrim trails and retreat houses

As Canterbury Diocese celebrates 800 years since Thomas Becket’s remains were moved to a shrine, as a focus for pilgrimage, pray for pilgrims taking journeys both literal and figurative and for those who support them. Prayer Requests:

Monday 6 July Thomas More, scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, martyrs, 1535

Parish cycle: Tunbridge Wells, St Peter Vicar: The Rev Mike Warren

Community Cycle: St. Peter's CE Primary School, Tunbridge Wells Headteacher: Miss Lynn Goreham

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 7 July

Parish cycle: Tunbridge Wells, St James Vicar: The Rev Canon Jim Stewart

Companion Parish: Kondoa, Tearfund/CCMP link

Community Cycle: St. James' CE Infants School and Junior School, Tunbridge Wells Headteacher: Mr John Tutt

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday 8 July Aksel Vooremaa, Estonian cleric and martyr, 1941

Parish cycle: Anerley, Christ Church and St Paul Team Rector: The Rev Matthew Fitter

Community Cycle: For our brothers and sisters in the Lutheran family of

churches

Prayer Requests:

Thursday 9 July

Parish cycle: Beckenham, Christ Church

Vicar: The Rev Rob Hinton Community Cycle:

For the Diocesan Department of Education Director of Education: Mr John Constanti

Prayer Requests:

Friday 10 July

Parish cycle: Beckenham, Holy Trinity Vicar: The Rev Canon Dr Nick Read

Community Cycle: for our school chaplains Lead Chaplain: The Rev Canon Rachael Knapp

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 11 July Benedict, abbot, c.550

Parish cycle: Beckenham, St George and St Barnabas Rector: The Rev Canon Jeremy Blunden

Companion Parish: Estonia, Tallinna Toompea Kaarli

Community Cycle: Malling Abbey Mother Abbess: Mtr Mary David

Prayer Requests:

Sunday

12 July

Trinity 5

Genesis 25.19-end Psalm 119.105-112 Romans 8.1-11 Matthew 13.1-9,18-23

(Proper 10)

Harare Our Companion Diocese, Harare: The Rt Rev Farai Mutamiri, Bishop Prayer Requests:

Monday 13 July

Parish cycle: Beckenham, St James and St Michael with St Augustine Vicar: The Rev Leon Carberry

Community Cycle: Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust Chaplains: The Rev Ted Hurst & The Rev Ruth Bierbaum

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 14 July John Keble, priest, poet, 1866

Parish cycle: Beckenham, St John the Baptist Vicar: The Rev David Jones

Community Cycle: Diocesan Dept: Resourcing & Support Diocesan Secretary: Mr Matthew Girt

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday 15 July Swithun, bishop, c.862 Bonaventure, friar, bishop, teacher of the faith, 1274

Parish cycle: Beckenham, St Paul’s Vicar: The Rev Simon Couper

Community Cycle: for Bishop James and his leadership team, meeting today

Prayer Requests:

Thursday 16 July

Osmund, bishop, 1099

Parish cycle: Penge, St John the Evangelist

Priest-in-Charge: vacancy Community Cycle:

St. John's CE Primary School, Penge Headteacher: Mrs Sharon Rutherford (Head of School)

Prayer Requests:

Friday 17 July

Parish cycle: Bickley, St George Vicar: The Rev Richard Norman

Community Cycle: St. George's CE Primary School, Bickley Headteacher: Mrs Ellen Peyton (Head of School)

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 18 July Elizabeth Ferard, deaconess, founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883

Parish cycle: Shortlands, St Mary Vicar: The Rev Gary Best

Community Cycle: for Pioneer and other innovative ministries

Prayer Requests:

Sunday

19 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)

Bromley deanery The Rev Alan Keeler, Area Dean; Mrs Angela Scott, Lay Chair Prayer Requests:

Monday 20 July Margaret of Antioch, martyr, 4th cent. Bartolome de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566

Parish cycle: Bickley, St George Vicar: The Rev Richard Norman

Community Cycle: St. George's CE Primary School, Bickley Headteacher: Mrs Ellen Peyton (Head of School)

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 21 July

Parish cycle: Bromley, Christ Church Vicar: The Rev Iain Broomfield

Community Cycle: Diocesan Dept: Children & Youth workers Diocesan Advisor for Children & Youth Work: Cheryl Trice

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday 22 July Mary Magdalene

Parish cycle: Bromley Common, Holy Trinity Vicar: The Rev Roger Bristow

Community Cycle: Trinity CE Primary School, Bromley Headteacher: Mrs Anne Illing (Head of School)

Prayer Requests:

Thursday 23 July

Bridget, abbess, 1373

Parish cycle: Bromley Common, St Augustine with St Luke

Vicar: The Rev Steve Spencer Companion Parish:

Kondoa, Mwakisabe St Mark Community Cycle:

HMP Rochester Chaplain: The Rev Dr Bob Mayo

Prayer Requests:

Friday 24 July

Parish cycle: Bromley, St Andrew Vicar: The Rev Julie Bowen

Community Cycle: Anna Chaplains and Anna Friends Diocesan Co-ordinator: Mrs Julia Burton-Jones

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 25 July James the Apostle

Parish cycle: Bromley, St John the Evangelist Vicar: The Rev Andrew McClellan

Community Cycle: Diocesan Dept: Finance Diocesan Director of Finance: The Rev Richard

Williams Prayer Requests:

Sunday

26 July

Trinity 7

Genesis 29.15-28 Psalm 105.1-11,45b [or 105.1-11] or Psalm 128 Romans 8.26-end Matthew 13.31-33,44-52

(Proper 12)

Tonbridge Archdeaconry The Venerable Julie Conalty, Archdeacon Prayer Requests:

Monday 27 July Brooke Foss Westcott, bishop, teacher of the faith, 1901

Parish cycle: Bromley, St Mark Vicar: The Rev Canon Victoria Pask

Community Cycle: St. Mark's CE Primary School, Bromley Headteacher: Mr Chris Hollands (Head of School)

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 28 July

Parish cycle: Bromley, St Mary Vicar: The Rev Alan Keeler

Community Cycle: St Augustine’s College Principal: The Rev Dr Alan Gregory

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday 29 July Mary, Martha and Lazarus, companions of Our Lord

Parish cycle: Bromley, St Peter and St Paul Vicar: The Rev James Harratt

Companion Parish: Harare, Highfield St Paul's

Community Cycle: Parish CE Primary School, Bromley Headteacher: Mrs Rachel Coleman

Prayer Requests:

Thursday 30 July

William Wilberforce, social reformer, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson, anti-slavery campaigners, 1833, 1797 and 1846

Parish cycle: Chislehurst, Christ Church

Vicar: The Rev Dave Johnston Companion Parish:

Kondoa, Mrijo parish Community Cycle:

For The Clewer Initiative and antislavery campaigns within the diocese Diocesan Community Engagement Advisor: Caroline Clarke

Prayer Requests:

Friday 31 July Ignatius of Layola, founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556

Parish cycle: Chislehurst, St Nicholas Rector: vacancy

Community Cycle: St. Nicholas CE Aided Primary School, Chislehurst Headteacher: Mrs Sophie Sear

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 1 August

Parish cycle: Chislehurst, The Annunciation Vicar: The Rev Paul Farthing

Community Cycle: Diocesan Dept: Diocesan Advisory Committee Chair: Mr Derek Shilling

Prayer Requests:

Sunday

2 August

Trinity 8

Genesis 32.22-31 Psalm 17.1-7,16 [or 17.1-7] Romans 9.1-5 Matthew 14.13-21

(Proper 13)

Cobham deanery The Rev Canon Alyson Davie, Area Dean; Miss Pauline Foster, Lay Chair Prayer Requests:

Monday 3 August

Parish cycle: Hayes, St Mary the Virgin Rector: The Rev Napo John

Companion Parish: St Mary's Hayes Youth Group - Mpwapwa Cathedral Compassion project

Community Cycle: For our Brothers and Sisters in the Methodist family of Churches

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 4 August Jean-Baptiste Vianney, cure d’Ars, spiritual guide, 1859

Parish cycle: Barnehurst, St Martin Vicar: The Rev Gareth Bowen

Community Cycle: Bluewater chaplaincy Lead Chaplain: The Rev Mark Ball

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday 5 August Oswald, king, martyr, 642

Parish cycle: Belvedere, All Saints Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Simon Archer

Community Cycle: Clergy Houses Committee & Property Assistant Diocesan Secretary (Property): Mr Mark

Trevett Prayer Requests:

Thursday 6 August

Transfiguration of Our Lord

Parish cycle:

Belvedere, St Augustine of Canterbury Vicar:

The Rev Clive Jones Companion Parish:

Harare, Chitungwiza St Mary's

Community Cycle: St Augustine's of Canterbury CE Primary School,

Belvedere Headteacher: Mr Mark Smale

Prayer Requests:

Friday 7 August John Mason Neale, priest, hymn writer, 1866

Parish cycle: Bexleyheath, Christ Church Vicar:

The Rev Trevor Wyatt Companion Parish:

Kondoa, Kidoka St Paul

Community Cycle: Kenwood Trust Chaplain: The Rev Dr Miriam Barker

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 8 August Dominic, priest, founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221

Parish cycle: Bexleyheath, St Peter Vicar: The Rev Jim Charles

Community Cycle: Hospice in the Weald Chaplain: The Rev Penny Stephens

Prayer Requests: