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Calendar of IntercessionsChristmas-Passiontide 2018

to this edition of the

prayer diary, which takes us from New Year’s Eve to Passiontide.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 – [email protected] 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: Грамніцы (Стрэчанне). (The Purification) 1731, by Biełaruś.Quotes from Celebrating the Seasons, compiled by Robert Atwell (Norwich 1999)

Sunday 31 DecemberJohn Wyclif, Reformer, 1384

Christmas 1Isaiah 61.10-62.3Psalm 148 [or 148.7-end]Galatians 4.4-7Luke 2.15-21

Gravesend deanery

Gravesend Deanery is seeing considerable growth at this time, as new housing is being built especially in the parishes of Swanscombe, Greenhithe and Northfleet and Rosherville, as part of the Ebbsfleet Garden City Development. Please pray for the establishment of church presence in these communities, and for continuing plans for the future of the church in this new town. Pray too for the establishment of new schools as part of this new development, and of the new church school on the site of St George’s C of E School. The churches of Gravesend Deanery seek to serve the communities, many of which face some deprivation and hardship, through various shared projects – a night shelter, foodbank, debt advice, drop-in cafes, lunch clubs and so on – please pray for all involved, and for those most in need of help and support. Please also pray for the new Area Dean of Gravesend Deanery, to be appointed by February.

Rochester Diocese: Gravesend DeaneryThe Rev Sue Brewer, Area Dean; Mr Bob Moreton, Lay Chair

Anglican Communion:Zululand - (Southern Africa) The Rt Rev Monument Makhanya

Prayer Requests:

Monday 1 JanuaryNaming and Circumcision of Jesus

Rochester Diocese: Parish cycle:

Eynsford, St Martin, with Farningham, St Peter and St Paul, and Lullingstone, St BotolphRector: The Rev Gary Owen

Extra Parochial:For ourselves, that we may give ourselves to God anew this year

Anglican Communion:Aba - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Most Rev Ugochukwu EzuokeAba Ngwa North - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Nathan Kanu

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 2 JanuaryBasil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, Teachers of the Faith, 379 and 389;Seraphim, monk, spiritual guide, 1833;Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, bishop, evangelist, 1945

Rochester Diocese:Parish cycle:

Ightham, St PeterRector: The Rev Tim Hatwell

Extra parochial:St. Mark's CE Primary School, BromleyHeadteacher: Mrs. Jennifer Richards

Anglican Communion:Abakaliki - (Enugu, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Monday Nkwoagu

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday3 January


Kemsing, St Mary the Virgin, with Woodlands St Mary the VirginPriest-in-Charge: The Rev James Oakley

Extra Parochial:Burham CE Primary School, RochesterHeadteacher: Miss Michelle Grima

Anglican Communion:Aberdeen & Orkney - (Scotland) Bishop-elect: the Rev Canon Anne DyerPrayer Requests:

Thursday4 January


Kingsdown, St Edmund, King and MartyrRector: The Rev Sarah Corry

Extra Parochial:All Saints CE Primary School, ChathamActing Headteacher: Ms Joanne Strachan

Anglican Communion:Accra - (Ghana, West Africa) The Rt Rev Daniel Sylvanus Mensah Torto

Prayer Requests:

Friday5 January


Otford, St BartholomewVicar: The Revd Richard Worssam

Extra Parochial:For the appointment of a new Bishop of Tonbridge

Anglican Communion:Adelaide - (South Australia, Australia) The Rt Rev Geoffrey Martyn SmithAssistant Bishop of Adelaide & National Aboriginal Bishop - (South Australia, Australia) The Rt Rev Christopher McLeodBishop for Mission and Evangelism - (Australia) The Rt Rev Tim Harris

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 6 JanuaryEpiphany


Platt, St Mary the VirginVicar: The Rev Lorraine Turner

Extra Parochial:For all parish evangelists

Anglican Communion:O God, who revealed your only Son to the Gentiles by the leading of a star, mercifully grant theatwe, who know you now by faith, may after this life enjoy the splendour of your gracious Godhead,through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Prayer Requests:

Sunday 7 JanuaryBaptism of Christ

Epiphany 1Genesis 1.1-5Psalm 29Acts 19.1-7Mark 1.4-11

Rochester Cathedral

Prayers are asked for the Chapter and Cathedral community as we move forward with a new Development Plan. Please pray for us as we seek to:• Grow our communities through prayer, worship and action • Develop opportunities for personal and spiritual growth• Strengthen our engagement with our partners and stakeholders through listening and collaboration• Maintain and improve or historic buildings, spaces, monuments and collections• Become a more sustainable and resilient organisationthat we might proclaim the good news, support the bishop’s ministry, faithfully serve the Diocese, and continue to grow in Christ as we have since AD604

Rochester Diocese: Rochester Cathedral: The Very Rev Dr Philip Hesketh, Dean.

Anglican Communion:PRAY for The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand & PolynesiaCo-Archbishops: The Most Rev Winston Halapua (Bishop of Polynesia) and the Most Rev Philip Richardson (Bishop of Taranaki)

Prayer Requests:

“Christ is bathed in light; let us also be bathed in light. Christ is baptised; let us also go down with him, and rise with him.” Gregory of Nazianzus 329-389

Monday 8 January


Shipbourne with PlaxtolRector: The Rev Peter Hayler

Extra Parochial:St. John's CE Infants School, ChathamHeadteacher: Mrs Jo Collman

Anglican Communion:Afikpo - (Enugu, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Paul Uduogu

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 9 JanuaryAdrian (Hadrian) Scholar, 708


Shoreham, St Peter and St PaulVicar: The Rev Diane Rees

Extra parochial:Tunbridge Wells Hospital (Pembury)Chaplain: The Rev Stephen Baker

Anglican Communion:Agra - (North India) The Rt Rev Prem Prakash Habil

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday10 JanuaryWilliam Laud, archbishop, 1645


Stansted, St Mary, with Fairseat, Holy Innocents, and VigoRector: The Rev Chris Noble

Extra Parochial:St. Mary's Island CE Primary School, ChathamHeadteacher: Mrs Christine Easton

Anglican Communion:Aguata - (Niger, Nigeria) The Most Rev Christian EfobiAhoada - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Clement Ekpeye

Prayer Requests:

Thursday11 JanuaryMary Slessor, missionary, 1915


Wrotham, St George’sRector: The Rev Edward Wright

Extra Parochial:MDR ReviewersCo-ordinator: The Rev Lindsay Llewellyn-MacDuff

Anglican Communion:Aipo Rongo - (Papua New Guinea) The Rt Rev Nathan IngenPrayer Requests:

Friday12 JanuaryAelred, abbot, 1167;Benedict Biscop, scholar, 689


Chiddingstone, St Mary the Virgin, with Chiddingstone Causeway, St LukeRector: The Rev Martin Beaumont

Extra Parochial:Trinity CE Primary School, BromleyHeadteacher: Mr Barry Blakelock

Anglican Communion:Ajayi Crowther - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Olugbenga OduntanPrayer Requests:

Saturday 13 JanuaryHilary, bishop, teacher of the faith, 367;Kentigern (ungo), missionary bishop, 603;George Fox, Founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers), 1691


Crockham Hill, Holy TrinityVicar: The Rev Sue Diggory

Extra Parochial:King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chaplain: The Rev Tim Mercer, The Rev Sophie Sutherland, The Rev Ben Rhodes

Anglican Communion:Akoko - (Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Gabriel AkinbiyiAkoko Edo - (Bendel, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Jolly OyekpenPrayer Requests:

Sunday 14 January

Epiphany 2I Samuel 3.1-10 [11-20]Psalm 139.1-5, 12-18 [or 139.1-9]Revelation 5.1-10John 1.43-end

Malling deanery

Please pray: for the "Malling Mission Plan" - for the discussions among deanery synod and church officers;for Larkfield parish in Vacancy – for those supporting the parish between incumbents and for wisdom among those in the appointments process;for the St Benedict's centre, Malling Abbey and Pilsdon at Malling as they continue to provide a very important Christian hub in the Deanery and Diocese;for Archdeacon Julie as she settles into the rhythm of life of her new ministry;for Nicola Rose our deanery artist in residence as she paints the churches of the deanery.

Rochester Diocese: Malling DeaneryThe Rev Matthew Buchan, Area Dean; Mr Barry Fisher, Lay Chair

Anglican Communion:PRAY for The Anglican Church of AustraliaThe Most Rev Philip Leslie Freier Archbishop of Melbourne & Primate of Australia

Prayer Requests:

I have invited you, Lord, to a wedding feast of song,But the wine – the utterance of praise – at our feast has failed.You are the guest who filled the jars with good wine,

Fill my mouth with praise.” Ephraime of Syria 306-373

Monday 15 January


Edenbridge, St Peter and St Paul Vicar: The Rev Dr Stephen Mitchell

Extra Parochial:Chevening St Botolph's CE Primary SchoolHeadteacher: Mrs Kathy Taylor

Anglican Communion:Akot - (Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan) The Rt Rev Isaac Dhieu Ater

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 16 January


Hever, St Peter,Four Elms, St Paul, and Mark Beech, Holy TrinityPriest-in-Charge: The Rev Wendy Izod

Extra parochial:For our Sisters and brothers in Armenian family of Churches

Anglican Communion:Akure - (Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Simeon Borokini

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday17 JanuaryAntony of Egypt, hermit, abbot, 356;Charles Gore, bishop, founder of the Community of the Resurrection, 1932


Hildenborough, St John the EvangelistVicar: The Rev Tim Saiet

Extra Parochial:Chiddingstone CE Primary SchoolHeadteacher: Mrs Rachel Streatfield

Anglican Communion:Alabama - (IV, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev John SloanAlbany - (II, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev William Love

Prayer Requests:

Thursday18 JanuaryWeek of Prayer for Christian Unity:18-25 Jan;Amy Carmichael, founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship, spiritual writer, 1951


Leigh, St Mary Vicar: The Rev Lionel Kevis

Extra Parochial:HMYOI Cookham WoodChaplain: vacancy

Anglican Communion:Alaska - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Mark Lattime

Prayer Requests:

Friday19 JanuaryWulfstan, bishop, 1095


Penshurst, St John the Baptist and Fordcombe, St PeterRector: The Rev Tom Holme

Extra Parochial:St. Nicholas CE Aided Primary SchoolHeadteacher: St. Nicholas CE Aided Primary School

Anglican Communion:Algoma - (Ontario, Canada) The Rt Rev Anne Germond

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 20 JanuaryRichard Rolle, spiritual writer, 1349


Tonbridge, St Andrew, St Peter and St Paul, St Philip, and St SaviourVicar: The Rev Canon Mark Brown

Extra Parochial:Dioc Depts: Bishop's CouncilChair: The Rt Rev James Langstaff

Anglican Communion:Amazon - (Brazil) The Rt Rev Saulo Mauricio de Barros

Prayer Requests:

Sunday 21 January

Epiphany 3Genesis 14.17-20Psalm 128Revelation 19.6-10John 2.1-11

Christian Unity Week of Prayer (18-25 January)

“The material for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2018 has been produced in the Caribbean which is deeply marked by the history of the colonialism. The chosen passage from Exodus 15 allows us to see that the road to unity must often pass through a communal experience of suffering. Christians participate in God’s ministry of reconciliation, yet our divisions hamper our witness to a world in need of God’s healing. Reconciliation demands repentance, reparation and the healing of memories. The whole Church is called to be both a sign and an active agent of this reconciliation.Barrier-breaking God, You embrace all cultures and lands, But keep a special place in your heart For the stranger, the widow and the orphan. Grant us the gift of your Spirit That we may become as You are, Welcoming all as brothers and sisters, Your cherished children, Citizens together in Christ’s kingdom of justice and peace. Amen”

~ Taken from Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.

Rochester Diocese: For the appointment of an Ecumenical Advisor

Anglican Communion:PRAY for The Church of BangladeshThe Most Rev Paul Shishir Sarker Moderator, Church of Bangladesh & Bishop of Dhaka

Prayer Requests:

Monday 22 JanuaryVincent of Saragossa, Deacon, 304


Tonbridge, St StephenVicar: The Rev Mark Barker

Extra Parochial:for Bishop James’ ministry to prisons

Anglican Communion:Amichi - (Niger, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Ephraim Ikeakor

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 23 January


Langton Green, All SaintsVicar: The Rev Lynn Trainor

Extra parochial:St. Helen's CE Primary School, CliffeHeadteacher: Mrs Stephanie Jarvis

Anglican Communion:Amritsar - (North India) The Rt Rev Pradeep SamantaroyAndaman & Car Nicobar Islands - (North India) The Rt Rev Christopher Paul

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday24 JanuaryFrancis de Sales, bishop, teacher of the faith, 1622


Rusthall, St PaulVicar: The Rev Ronnie Williams

Extra Parochial:St. Margaret's Collier Street CE Primary School, TonbridgeHeadteacher: Mr Paul Ryan

Anglican Communion:The Most Revd Jackson Ole Sapit Primate and Archbishop of All KenyaAll Saints Cathedral Diocese - Garissa Missionary Area - (Kenya) The Rt Rev David MutisyaSuffragan Bishop All Saints Cathedral Diocese - (Kenya) The Rt Rev Cleti Ogeto

Prayer Requests:

Thursday25 JanuaryConversion of Paul


Southborough, St Peter with Christ Church and St Matthew, and Bidborough, St Lawrence Team Rector: vacantTeam Vicars: The Rev Stephen Hills, The Rev Chris Wicks

Extra Parochial:For our Sisters and Brothers in the Reformed family of Churches

Anglican Communion:Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior (formerly Cariboo) - (British Columbia & the Yukon,Canada) The Rt Rev Barbara Jean AndrewsPrayer Requests:

Friday26 JanuaryTimothy and Titus, companions of Paul


Southborough, St ThomasPriest-in-charge: Rev Rachael Wilson

Extra Parochial:St. Paul's Cray CE Primary School, St. Pauls CrayHeadteacher: Mrs Jackie Tranchina

Anglican Communion:Angola (Missionary Diocese) - (Southern Africa) The Rt Rev Andre SoaresPrayer Requests:

Saturday 27 January


Speldhurst, St Mary the Virgin, with Groombridge, St John the Evangelist, and Ashurst, St Martin of ToursRector: The Rev Douglas Wren

Extra Parochial:Diocesan Dept: Children & Youth workersDiocesan Advisor for Children & Youth Work: Cheryl Trice

Anglican Communion:Ankole - (Uganda) The Rt Rev Sheldon MwesigwaNorthwest Ankole - (Uganda) The Rt Rev Amos MageziPrayer Requests:

Sunday 28 JanuaryHomeless Sunday;

Thomas Aquinas Teacher of the Faith, 1274

Epiphany 4Deuteronomy 18.15-20Psalm 111Revelation 12.1-5aMark 1.21-28

Orpington deanery

This is a time of change for Orpington Deanery with four parishes currently in interregnum. We are pleased to welcome Reverend Rob Parker-McGee who will be taking up the post at All Saints, Orpington at the end of February. Please pray that other vacancies at Keston, the Cray Valley Benefice and St Francis, Petts Wood might also soon be filled. We give thanks for the hard work and support of all those who have provided cover during the busy Christmas period and interregna, and those responsible for the appointment of new ministers to vacant parishes. We pray also for two curates who have served their title and contributed much to the life and work of the Deanery. Jane Winter will be taking up a Diocesan post in the New Year, we wish her well. We pray too for God’s blessing on Cathy Knight-Scott as she looks for a new post.We congratulate Jay Colwill on his appointment as Canon Missioner in the Diocese of Southwark, giving thanks for Jay’s service in Orpington as Vicar of Christ Church and as Area Dean. Please pray for Jay and his family as they move on, and for the people of Christ Church as they seek a new minister.A good number of folk from the Deanery were present at the launch of ‘Called Together’ and we are excited by the prospect of working out how we can work together to implement a strategy to ‘grow disciples, enrich our communities and resource mission and ministry’ across the Deanery.

Rochester Diocese: Orpington DeaneryThe Rev John Tranter, Area Dean; Mr Brian Kemp, Lay Chair

Anglican Communion:PRAY for Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do BrasilThe Most Rev Francisco De Assis Da Silva Primate of Brazil & Bishop of South-Western Brazil

Prayer Requests:

Monday 29 January


Tunbridge Wells Holy Trinity with Christ ChurchVicar: The Rev Tim Humphrey

Extra Parochial:St. Paulinus CE Primary School, Crayford

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah YoungAnglican Communion:Antananarivo - (Indian Ocean) The Rt Rev Samoela Jaona RanariveloAntananarivo - Tulear - (Indian Ocean) The Rt Rev Todd Andrew McGregor

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 30 JanuaryCharles, king and martyr, 1649


Tunbridge Wells, King Charles the MartyrVicar: The Rev Laurence Powell

Extra parochial:Medway Secure Training Centre Chaplain: The Rev Nick Ash

Anglican Communion:Antsiranana - (Indian Ocean) The Rt Rev Theophile Botomazava

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday31 JanuaryJohn Bosco, priest, founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888


Tunbridge Wells, St BarnabasVicar: The Rev John Caster

Extra Parochial:Crockham Hill CE Primary School, Crockham HillHeadteacher: Mrs Jane Ingram

Anglican Communion:Aotearoa - (Aotearoa NZ & Polynesia) Vacant

Prayer Requests:

Thursday1 FebruaryBrigid, abbess, c.525


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

Extra Parochial:Churches Together in Kent

Anglican Communion:

Argyll & The Isles - (Scotland) The Rt Rev Kevin Pearson

Prayer Requests:

Friday2 FebruaryPresentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)


Tunbridge Wells, St JohnVicar: The Rev Giles Walter

Extra Parochial:Cudham CE Primary School, CudhamHeadteacher: Mrs Sophie Sear (Head of School)

Anglican Communion:Arizona - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Kirk SmithArkansas - (VII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Larry Benfield

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 3 FebruaryAnskar, archbishop, missionary, 865


Tunbridge Wells, St LukeVicar: The Rev Caroline Glass

Extra Parochial:Diocesan Dept: SafeguardingDiocesan Advisor for Safeguarding: Janice Keen

Anglican Communion:Armidale - (New South Wales, Australia) The Rt Rev Richard Lewers

Prayer Requests:

Sunday 4 February

2 before LentProverbs 8.1, 22-31Psalm 104.26-end

Colossians 1.15-20John 1.1-14

Paddock Wood deanery

The Deanery is for the first time in nearly two years fully staffed with no vacancies. We give thanks to God for those he has sent to serve him in the parishes and deanery and wait to see what gifts are used to build his kingdom.

We continue to give thanks for the open doors we have to work in the schools, both church affiliated and community and pray for the new free school to be built in Paddock Wood as planning will start in 2018. We pray for new initiatives being used in our rural communities to engage with the ever changing population; The Well @ 5pm, How let the Dads out, Messy church, Café church shared between parishes. We pray for the opportunities new housing will have in some of our parishes within the deanery, whilst not always warmly welcomed by the communities we serve.

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

Anglican Communion:PRAY for The Anglican Church of BurundiThe Most Rev Martin Nyaboho Archbishop of Burundi & Bishop of Makamba

Prayer Requests:

“We have got to realise the littleness of creation and to see it for the nothing that it is before we can love and possess God who is uncreated. … And it is his will that we should know him, and his pleasure that we should rest in him.”

Julian of Norwich 1373-1417

Monday 5 February


Tunbridge Wells, St MarkVicar: The Rev Dr Peter Sanlon

Extra Parochial:Holy Trinity CE Primary School, DartfordHeadteacher: Mrs Vicki Wall

Anglican Communion:Arochukwu/Ohafia - (Aba, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Johnson Onuoha

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 6 FebruaryMartyrs of Japan, 1597;Accession of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952


Tunbridge Wells, St PeterVicar: The Rev Mike Warren

Extra parochial:Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership TrustChaplain: The Rev Ted Hurst & The Rev Ruth Bierbaum

Anglican Communion:Aru - (Congo) The Rt Rev Georges Titre Ande

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday7 February


Tunbridge Wells, St PhilipVicar: The Rev Richard Thomas

Extra Parochial:Ditton CE Junior School, DittonHeadteacher: Mrs A Smith

Anglican Communion:Asaba - (Bendel, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Justus Mogekwu

Prayer Requests:

Thursday8 February


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

Extra Parochial:For our Brothers and Sisters in the Methodist family of Churches

Anglican Communion:Asante-Mampong - (Ghana, West Africa) The Rt Rev Cyril Ben-Smith

Prayer Requests:

Friday9 February


Beckenham, Christ ChurchVicar: The Rev Rob Hinton

Extra Parochial:St. Marks CE Primary, EcclesHeadteacher: Mr Jonathan Bassett

Anglican Communion:Athabasca - (Rupert's Land, Canada) The Rt Rev Fraser Lawton

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 10 FebruaryScholastica, abbess, c.543


Beckenham, Holy TrinityVicar: The Rev Dr Nick Read

Extra Parochial:Diocesan Dept: FinanceDiocesan Director of Finance: The Rev Richard Williams

Anglican Communion:Atlanta - (IV, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Robert C Wright

Prayer Requests:

Sunday 11 FebruaryRacial Justice Sunday

Sunday next before Lent2 Kings 2.1-12Psalm 50.1-62 Corinthians 4.3-6Mark 9.2-9

Tonbridge Archdeaconry

We give thanks for the ministry of the new Archdeacon of Tonbridge, and we pray for her as she journeys to and from Erith.

Please remember the 44 Church schools and other schools in the Archdeaconry during their half term break.

We pray for the parish of West Malling with Offham as they enter a new chapter with the Bishop’s Mission Order at King’s Hill and the suspension of the living being lifted. We pray, too, for the parishes in the archdeaconry that are in vacancy, for wisdom regarding appointments and reorganisation.

For a new area dean in Tunbridge Wells and give thanks for the ministry of Rev Canon Jim Stewart as he steps down from the role.

We pray for the Tonbridge archdeaconry Called Together event, giving thanks that in each place across the archdeaconry we are enriched, we grow and are resourced to be both faithful and fruitful.

Rochester Diocese: Tonbridge Archdeaconry The Venerable Julie Conalty, Archdeacon

Anglican Communion:PRAY for The Anglican Church of CanadaThe Most Rev Frederick Hiltz Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada

Prayer Requests:

Monday 12 February


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

Extra Parochial:Christ Church CE Primary School, ErithHeadteacher: Mrs Gillian Ball, Head of School

Anglican Communion:Attooch - (Upper Nile, South Sudan) The Rt Rev Moses Anur

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 13 February


Beckenham, St GeorgeRector: The Rev Jeremy Blunden

Extra parochial:For the Bishop’s Senior Leadership Team, meeting today

Anglican Communion:Auckland - (Aotearoa NZ & Polynesia) The Rt Rev Ross BayAuckland - (Aotearoa NZ & Polynesia) The Rt Rev James White

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday14 FebruaryAsh Wednesday


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

Extra Parochial:For all weighed down by their own sin, or by sins against them

Anglican Communion:Aweil - (Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan) The Rt Rev Abraham Yel NhialAweil - Abyei Area - (Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan) The Rt Rev Michael DengAwerial - (Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan) The Rt Rev David Akau Kuol

Prayer Requests:

Thursday15 FebruarySigfrid, bishop, 1045;Thomas Bray, priest, founder of SPCK and SPG, 1730


Beckenham, St John the BaptistVicar: The Rev Liz Lander

Extra Parochial:Bishop Ridley CE Primary School, WellingHeadteacher: Mr Steven Hall

Anglican Communion:Awgu / Aninri - (Niger, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Emmaunuel Ugwu

Prayer Requests:

Friday16 FebruaryMartyrs of Our Own Time


Beckenham, St Paul’sVicar: The Rev Simon Couper

Extra Parochial:Fawkham CE Primary School, FawkhamHeadteacher: Mrs Mandy Bridges

Anglican Communion:Awka - (Niger, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Alexander IbezimAwori - (Lagos, Nigeria) The Rt Rev J Akin Atere

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 17 FebruaryJanani Luwum, archbishop, martyr, 1977


Penge, St John the EvangelistPriest-in-Charge: The Rev Nigel Poole

Extra Parochial:Medway NHS Foundation TrustChaplain: The Rev Lynda Cooke

Anglican Communion:Badagry - (Lagos, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Joseph Adeyemi

Prayer Requests:

Sunday 18 February

Lent 1Genesis 9.8-17Psalm 25.1-91 Peter 3.18-endMark 1.9-15

Harare

Give thanks that the transition of political authority in November 2017 was peaceful. Pray that the hope and joy that has blossomed in Zimbabwe may prove to be justified, with a restoration of justice and integrity. Pray that elections in 2018 will be free and fair, that the results will be accepted by all and that the government will bring growth and prosperity to whole country. Pray for Bishop Chad Gandiya, Dean Farai Mutamiri and all the diocesan team, that through them the Anglican church in Harare may be encouraged and strengthened. Pray that the church might continue to promote social justice and encourage peace and reconciliation.Pray for the partnerships between parishes in the Dioceses of Harare and Rochester which so enrich the lives of both, and for the Harare Partnership Group, which supports the work of the partnerships and helps new partnerships to flourish.

Rochester Diocese: For Bishop Chad Gandiya, Dean Farai Mutamiri and all the diocesan team in Harare.

Anglican Communion:PRAY for The Church of the Province of Central AfricaThe Most Rev Albert Chama Archbishop of Central Africa & Bishop of Northern Zambia

Prayer Requests:

“Let us fill ourselves with the kinds of food that will feed us for eternity. … that through the divine and human grace of Christ, the holy festival of Easter may find us all happy and innocent.” Leo the Great d.461

Monday 19 February


Shortlands, St MaryVicar: The Rev Morag Finch

Extra Parochial:Fordcombe CE Primary School, FordcombeHeadteacher: Mr Christopher Blackburn

Anglican Communion:Ballarat - (Victoria, Australia) The Rt Rev Garry Weatherill

Prayer Requests:

Tuesday 20 February


Bickley, St GeorgeVicar: The Rev Richard Norman

Extra parochial:St. James' CE Primary School, GrainHeadteacher: Mrs Ruth Sivarajah

Anglican Communion:Bangor - (Wales) The Rt Rev Andrew John

Prayer Requests:

Wednesday21 February

Ember Day


Bromley, Christ ChurchVicar: The Rev Iain Broomfield

Extra Parochial:For those whose sense of vocation has not been confirmed.

Anglican Communion:Banks & Torres - (Melanesia) The Rt Rev Alfred Patterson Worek

Prayer Requests:

Thursday22 February


Bromley Common, Holy TrinityVicar: The Rev Roger Bristow

Extra Parochial:for Kent PoliceChaplain: Rev Nigel Bourne

Anglican Communion:Bari - (Kaduna, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Idris Zubairu

Prayer Requests:

Friday23 FebruaryPolycarp, bishop, martyr, c.155

Ember Day


Bromley Common, St AugustineVicar: The Rev Canon Katrina Barnes

Extra Parochial:For those whom circumstance or confidence prevent them from discerning their vocation.

Anglican Communion:Barisal - (Bangladesh) The Rt Rev Shourabh Pholia

Prayer Requests:

Saturday 24 February

Æthelberht (Ethelbert) of Kent, king, 616

Ember Day


Bromley Common, St LukePriest-in-Charge: The Rev Canon Katrina Barnes

Extra Parochial:For those whose vocation has alienated them from kith or kin.

Anglican Communion:Barrackpore - (North India) The Rt Rev Brojen Malakar

Prayer Requests:

Sunday 25 February

Lent 2Genesis 17.1-7, 15-16Psalm 22.23-endRomans 4.13-endMark 8.31-end

Rochester deanery

We give thanks for a good time away together as a deanery in October 2017 as we undertook Leading Your Church Into Growth, and pray that we will follow up by continuing to work creatively together and sharing resources.

Please pray for our forthcoming Deanery Synod with a focus on work with children and young people, that we might encourage and learn from one another. Please pray for the ‘Just One’ initiative on June 9th 2018 at Priestfield Stadium with J John. Pray for churches across the deanery as we prepare by using Lent courses encouraging personal evangelism and that this training will be inspiring and enable us to be effective in our daily witness.

Please continue to pray for the evolution of the Chatham Town Centre Project as new colleagues arrive, as building work continues on St John’s church, and as new patterns of mission and ministry emerge.

Rochester Diocese: Rochester DeaneryThe Rev Dr Helen Burn, Area Dean; Mr Rob Mills, Lay Chair

Anglican Communion:PRAY for Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de AmericaThe Most Rev Sturdie Downs Primate of IARCA & Bishop of Nicaragua

Prayer Requests:

“Though I fail, I weep;Though I halt in pace, Yet I creepTo the throne of grace.” George Herbert 1593-1633

Monday 26 February


Bromley, St AndrewVicar: The Rev Julie Bowen

Extra Parochial:Holy Trinity CE School, GravesendHeadteacher: Mr Chris Beazeley

Anglican Communion:Bath & Wells - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Rev Peter HancockBath & Wells - Taunton - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Rev Ruth Worsley

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Tuesday 27 FebruaryGeorge Herbert, priest, poet, 1633


Bromley, St John the EvangelistVicar: The Rev Andrew McClellan

Extra parochial:For our Brothers and sisters in the Coptic family of Churches

Anglican Communion:Bathurst - (New South Wales, Australia) The Rt Rev Ian Palmer

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Wednesday28 February


Bromley, St MarkVicar: The Rev Steve Varney

Extra Parochial:St. George’s CE Secondary School, GravesendHeadteacher: Mr Steve CareyChaplain: The Rev Trudi Oliver

Anglican Communion:Bauchi - (Jos, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Musa Tula

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Thursday1 MarchDavid, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, (c.601)


Bromley, St MaryVicar: The Rev Alan Keeler

Extra Parochial:Bluewater chaplaincyLead Chaplain: The Rev Ella Sibley

Anglican Communion:Belize - (West Indies) The Rt Rev Philip Wright

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Friday2 MarchChad, bishop, missionary, 672


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

Extra Parochial:Hever CE Primary School, HeverHeadteacher: Mr Rob Gallagher (Acting HT)

Anglican Communion:Bendigo - (Victoria, Australia) The Rt Rev Matt Brain

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Saturday 3 March


Chislehurst, Christ ChurchVicar: The Rev Dave Johnston

Extra Parochial:for all adoptive and foster parents, those seeking to adopt and all children cared for by social services.

Anglican Communion:Benin - (Bendel, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Peter Imasuen

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Sunday 4 March

Lent 3Exodus 20.1-17Psalm 19 [or 19.7-end]I Corinthians 1.18-25John 2.13-22

Sevenoaks deanery

Prayers are asked for: Our new Archdeacon Julie Conalty. Our Interregnum at St Luke’s, and those responsible for the

discernment process in this and the neighbouring parishes of St Mary’s Kippington and St Mary’s Riverhead with Dunton Green.

Our continued ecumenical involvement in Churches Together in the Sevenoaks District and the North West Fellowship of Churches.

The ever-increasing pressure on schools admissions in the area, especially church schools.

All the various Occasional services and church events including; Alpha Courses, Pre-Alpha Courses; Marriage, Baptisms, and Confirmations.

Our reaching out as new housing developments bring new communities and new challenges.

Deanery Synods - discussing especially finance, deployment and exploring Called Together as a Deanery

Our Licensed Lay and Pastoral Ministry. Our Church officers, leaders, helpers; all continually under

pressure re: availability and resources. Our food banks and similar initiatives, and those who feel they

have become invisible in today’s society. Our churches’ emerging and changing roles among the

communities we serve.

Rochester Diocese: Sevenoaks DeaneryThe Rev Martin Booth, Area Dean; Brigadier Ian Dobbie, Lay Chair

Anglican Communion:PRAY for Province de L'Eglise Anglicane Du CongoThe Most Rev Zacharie Masimango Katanda Archbishop of the Congo & Bishop of Kindu

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Monday 5 March


Chislehurst, St NicholasRector: The Rev Alan Mustoe

Extra Parochial:for all who feel excluded from our congregations, and those who seek to welcome them.

Anglican Communion:Bethlehem - (III, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Rev Sean Rowe

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Tuesday6 March


Chislehurst, The Annunciation Vicar: The Rev Paul Farthing

Extra parochial:Anna Chaplains and Anna FriendsDiocesan Consultant on Dementia: Mrs Julia Burton-Jones

Anglican Communion:Bhopal - (North India) The Rt Rev Robert Ali

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Wednesday7 MarchPerpetua, Felicity and companions, martyrs, 203


Hayes, St Mary the VirginRector: The Rev Napo John

Extra Parochial:Hildenborough CE Primary School, HildenboroughHeadteacher: Mrs Pamela Scott

Anglican Communion:Bida - ( Abuja, Nigeria) The Rt Rev Jonah Kolo

Prayer Requests:

Thursday8 MarchEdward King, bishop, 1910Felix, bishop, 647;

Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, priest, poet, 1929;

Gundulf of Rochester, Bishop, 1108


Barnehurst, St MartinVicar: The Rev Gareth Bowen

Extra Parochial:Diocesan Dept: Diocesan Advisory CommitteeChair: Derek Shilling

Anglican Communion:Birmingham - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Rev David Andrew UrquhartBirmingham - Aston - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Rev Anne Elizabeth HollinghurstBlackburn - (York, England) The Rt Rev Julian Tudor HendersonBlackburn - Burnley - (York, England) The Rt Rev Philip NorthBlackburn - Lancaster - (York, England) The Rt Rev Geoffrey Seagrave Pearson

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Friday9 March


Belvedere, All SaintsVicar: The Rev Jane Edwards

Extra Parochial:Horton Kirby CE Primary School, Horton KirbyHeadteacher: Mr Glenn Pollard

Anglican Communion:Bo (Sierra Leone) - (West Africa, West Africa) The Rt Rev Emmanuel Tucker

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Saturday 10 March


Belvedere, St Augustine of CanterburyVicar: The Rev Clive Jones

Extra Parochial:Huggens College Chaplain: The Rev Ted Goodyer

Anglican Communion:Boga - (Congo) The Rt Rev Mugenyi William Bahemuka

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Sunday 11 March

Mothering Sunday

Lent 4Numbers 21.4-9Psalm 107.1-3, 17-22 [or 107.1-9]Ephesians 2.1-10John 3.14-21

Mothering Sunday

Mothering Sunday is a joyful day for many, the day to delight in mothers and maternal figures; but it can also be a day difficult to handle by some: by people who have a complex relationship with their mother; by women who long to be mothers; or who have lost their children either through death, adoption, or a breakdown in the relationship. All these groups need special prayer today.Mothering Sunday is also a day we can reflect on the feminine in God. (There are several points in the scriptures, and in the writings of the Church, in which God is described with feminine imagery.) Weary from the demands of this world, we can rest in the lap of our Heavenly Mother, and in the strength of her care, we can care for others.Mother Church is another focus of thanksgiving for this day, both in terms of structure (cathedral churches, minster churches and churches that have sent out church plants) and in the imagery of the wider church who nurtures us, and feeds our faith.

Rochester Diocese: For Mothers’ Union branches and other groups supporting family life.

Anglican Communion:PRAY for The Church of EnglandThe Most Rev and Rt Hon Justin Welby Archbishop of Canterbury

Prayer Requests:

“Consider how you yourselves can be among those of whom the Lord said: ‘Here are my mother and my brothers.’ Do you wonder how you can be the mother of Christ? … You became children when you were born [in the font] yourselves, and now by bringing others to birth in the same way, you have it in your power to become the mothers of Christ.” Augustine of Hippo 354-430

Monday 12 March


Bexleyheath, Christ ChurchVicar: The Rev Trevor Wyatt

Extra Parochial:Hunton CE Primary School, HuntonHeadteacher: Mrs Denise Gibbbs-Naguar

Anglican Communion:Bolivia - (South America) The Rt Rev Raphael Samuel

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Tuesday 13 March


Bexleyheath, St PeterVicar: The Rev Jim Charles

Extra parochial:For our Brothers and Sisters in the Salvation Army

Anglican Communion:Bondo - (Kenya) The Rt Rev Johannes Angela

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Wednesday14 March


Bostall Heath, St AndrewVicar: The Rev Sulaiman Shahzad

Extra Parochial:Ide Hill CE Primary School, Ide HillHeadteacher: Mrs Louisa Hillman

Anglican Communion:Bor - (Upper Nile, South Sudan) The Rt Rev Ruben Akurdid Ngong

Prayer Requests:

Thursday15 MarchErnulf, bishop and jurist, 1124;


Crayford, St PaulinusRector: The Rev Paul Prentice

Extra Parochial:Kent CollegeChaplain: The Rev Sue Brooks

Anglican Communion:Botswana - (Central Africa) The Rt Rev Metlhayotlhe Rawlings Belemi

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Friday16 March


Erith, Christ Church Vicar: vacancy

Extra Parochial:Keston CE Primary School, KestonHeadteacher: Mrs Julia Evison

Anglican Communion:Brandon - (Rupert's Land, Canada) The Rt Rev William Cliff

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Saturday 17 MarchPatrick, bishop, missionary, patron of Ireland, c.460


Erith, St John the BaptistVicar: The Rev Rob Radcliffe

Extra Parochial:St Augustine's College of TheologyPrincipal: The Rev Dr Alan Gregory

Anglican Communion:Brasilia - (Brazil) The Rt Rev Maurício Jose Araujo De Andrade

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