Diocesan Cycle of Prayer – 4th Quarter 2016
October • November • December
Updated 9/27/2016
Suggestions
Pray for persons by baptismal name (i.e., first name). When
praying for a parish, add the name of the clergy, and include by
title, “Wardens and Vestry.”
Each Week Pray For
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Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop; Whayne Hougland, Bishop of
Western Michigan; for our partner dioceses and their bishops,
Wendell Gibbs, Bishop of Michigan; Todd Ousley, Bishop of
Eastern Michigan; Rayford Ray, Bishop of Northern Michigan; Julio Holguin, Bishop of the Dominican
Republic and and Moisés Quezada Moto, Bishop Coadjutor; Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury;
Craig Satterlee, Bishop of the North/West Lower Michigan Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America (ELCA) and include by name local ELCA congregation(s) and its pastor(s).
Prayers for Those in Discernment: We pray for all those in our Diocese who are discerning calls to
ministry, both lay and ordained. In particular, we pray for those in our Diocese who are preparing for
the Sacred Order of Priests, including Dcn BJ Heyboer, Dcn Lily Marx, Dcn John Pinzon, Kellan Day,
Radha Kaminski, Peter Homeyer, Nick Phares, Sr. Diane Stier and Mike Wood. We pray also for those
in our Diocese who are preparing for the Sacred Order of Deacons, including Br. Francis Berghuis,
Janet Gockerman, and Pat Vinge.
Week of October 2
Trinity Church, Grand Ledge, Mr. John Lanese, Sr. Warden; Richard Hamlin, Support Clergy
Standing Committee Meeting, October 4
Week of October 9
St. Martin of Tours Church, Kalamazoo, Mary Perrin, Rector; Linnea Stifler, Associate Rector
Grace Church, Traverse City, Carlton Kelley, Interim Rector
Week of October 16
William Fleener, Jr., Chancellor of the Diocese
Diocesan Council Meeting, October 22
Week of October 23
Trinity Church, Niles, Jack Strayer, Sr. Warden
St. Mark’s Church, Grand Rapids, Brent Carey, Interim Rector; Sue York, Associate Rector
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer – 4th Quarter 2016 (continued)
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Week of October 30
EDWM Annual Convention, November 4-5
Plainsong Farm Ministry, Rockford, Michigan
Week of November 6
St. Gregory’s Church, Muskegon, David Holtrop, Sr. Warden
Commission on Ministry, November 8
Week of November 13
St. Paul’s Church, Muskegon, Pat Finn, Rector
St. John’s Church, Mt. Pleasant, Wayne Nicholson, Rector, Nancy Fulton, Deacon.
Week of November 20
Diocesan Office Staff: William Spaid, Canon to the Ordinary; Molly Ettwein, Bishop’s Administrative Assistant;
Gennie Callard, Bishop’s Assistant for Children, Youth and Young Adult Ministries; Tammy Mazure, Bishop’s
Assistant for Business and Finance; Karmel Puzzuoli (pronounced Puzz-OH-lee), Bishop’s Assistant for Communications; Catherine Rhodes, Bookkeeper
Week of November 27
Diocesan Health Ministry led by Karen McDonald, Deacon; Diocesan Partnership with the Dominican Republic
led by Beth Drew, Deacon; Diocesan Domestic Missions and Jubilee Officer, led by Cindy Nawrocki, Deacon.
Week of December 4
Emmaus Monastery, Sister Diane Stier, E.C. and Sister Linda-Susan Beard, E.C.
Kenneth Reid, Diocesan Pastoral Care and Counseling
Week of December 11
St. Philip’s Church, Grand Rapids, Charlotte Booker, Senior Warden; Church of the Holy Cross, Kentwood, Michael Wernick, Rector; Kim Hoop, Deacon
Week of December 18
St. Paul’s Church, Greenville, David Brower, Interim Rector
Union of Black Episcopalians, Bishop John M. Burgess Chapter
Week of December 25
St. Andrew’s Church, Grand Rapids, Michael Fedewa, Rector;
Healing Racism Commission, Sue York, Chair
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