D i i o c e s a
n
30 th March 2014 to to 28 th June 2014
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Welcome to the Leicester Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, 30 th March to 28 th June
2014.
ALL CHANGE!
As you will see, there has been a major change in the content of the Cycle of
Prayer: we now have prayer requests from most of the parishes that feature each week.
? I enjoyed following a weekly theme, but sometimes there was no reason to choose a particular theme, and I began to feel it was a bit contrived.
And perhaps not really connecting with what is actually happening in the
Diocese.
By including prayer requests from parishes a) we are earthing the Cycle in the needs and concerns of our churches in the
Diocese b) when we pray for one another, instead of just names, we now have information about activities, projects and plans for the future which will give more substance to our prayers, and make them I think, more meaningful. c) this may encourage more of us to use the Cycle of Prayer regularly.
The calendar of Holy Days is from Common Worship. Each week there are prayer biddings from the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, uniting us with Anglicans around the world.
Each week also contains petitions for some of the following: Diocesan officers, chaplaincies, local institutions, social, political and economic concerns, those who suffer, the wider world and international agencies. We also include some items from the Bishop’s diary, and some key Diocesan events or meetings.
I will be contacting clergy whose benefices feature in the next quarter (July -
Sept) asking them to send in their prayer requests.
The Revd. Canon Brian Davis Mrs Maureen Hebblewhite
62 Lubenham Hill 102 Station Road
Market Harborough LE16 9DQ Countesthorpe LE8 5TB
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30 th March to 5 th April
4 th Sunday of Lent / MOTHERING SUNDAY
th
John Donne, priest, poet, 1631
Tim & Christopher, our Bishops
The Church of Ireland: The Most Revd Dr
Richard Lionel Clarke Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and Metropolitan
st
Bishop Tim’s House of Lords prayer duty week
Bukavu - (Congo) The Rt Revd Sylvestre
Bahati
st
Framland Mission Partnership
Convenor: Susan Paterson
Bukedi - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Nicodemus
Engwalas-Okille
nd
South Framland: Michael Covington, Barbara
Coulson (R), Jenny Stuart (R)
St Peter's CE Primary School, Wymondham
A Benefice of 5 churches and 9 villages.
Please pray for the Ministry Team Barbie
Coulson, Jean Lee, and Sylvia Whitney, our hard working Churchwardens, Secretaries and Treasurers. We work together to expand our fellowship & cooperation between parishes and communities. Pray for God's blessing on our Benefice.
Bunbury - (Western Australia, Australia) The
Rt Revd Alan Ewing
rd
Loddington with Launde Abbey
Alison Christian(Warden) We pray that we may grow together in Loddington as we
share our stories. At Launde we pray for perseverance and discernment as we continue to work out how to best serve the varying needs of those who use the
Abbey, recognising that each person who comes is a child of God.
Bungoma - (Kenya) The Revd George
Mechumo
th
Old Dalby, Nether Broughton, Saxelby with Shoby, Grimston & Wartnaby
Jeff Hopewell, Paul Ainge (R) P lease pray for our congregations as our Annual
Parish Meetings approach that suitable people may be willing to stand as churchwardens, secretaries and treasurers, for those to be married in the coming weeks, and for Helen Rodger, newly appointed as Head of Old Dalby CE
Primary School.
Bunyoro-Kitara - (Uganda) The Rt Revd
Nathan Kyamanywa
th
Busan - (Korea) The Rt Revd Onesimus
Dongsin Park
Lord Jesus, you know well the blessings an earthly home can bring: receive our thanks for all the love we have enjoyed in our homes, especially from those who have nurtured us from our earliest years; and hear our prayers for mothers everywhere, that they may never lose heart, nor ever be taken for granted, but may, with Mary your mother, receive the honour they deserve.
O Lord Jesus, bless them and keep them,
now and for ever. Roger Pickering
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6 th to 12 th April
5 th Sunday of Lent
th
David Monteith, Dean; Tim & David our
Archdeacons
The Nippon Sei Ko Kai (The Anglican
Communion in Japan) The Most Revd Nathaniel
Makoto Uematsu Primate of The Nippon Sei Ko
Kai & Bishop of Hokkaido
th
Gartree First Deanery
Area Dean: Richard Brand Assistant Area
Dean: Jon Barrett Lay Chair: Peter Dixon
Smith
Gartree Mission Partnership
Convenors: Helen Bence & Liz Smith
Busoga - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Dr Michael
Kyomya
th
Bishop’s Senior Staff meeting
The Langtons & Shangton :
Church Langton CE Primary Schools
Maxine Johnson(R)
Please pray for all the lay workers of our
Churches and all visiting clergy who are committed to pursuing the Ministry and
Mission of these villages during their interregnum. Pray for our parishioners and church family who suffer at this time, whether in body or mind, spiritually or financially.
Butare - (Rwanda) The Rt Revd Nathan
Gasatura
th
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Luteran Priest
East Midlands Bishops’ meeting
The Coplow Benefice: Billesdon cum Goadby and Rolleston, Skeffington, Hungarton and
Keyham. Alison Booker, Allan Hewitt (R)
Billesdon Please pray for us as we work with children and young people, particularly with our Church School at Billesdon but also for the All Age services in each of the villages that they will continue to grow and develop and that we will see our communities enriched by the variety of ages worshipping together
Butere - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Michael Sande
th
William Law, priest, spiritual writer, 1761
Welham, Glooston and Cranoe and
Stonton Wyville
Vacant.
Buye - (Burundi) The Rt Revd Sixbert
Macumi
th
George Selwyn, bishop, 1878
Hallaton & Allexton with Horninghold,
Tugby, & East Norton & Slawston
Revd Richard Curtis;
Hallaton & Tugby CE Primary Schools
Please pray for us as we build on our work with the two schools; for our new family service at Hallaton and at
Slawston. Sunday mornings are now dominated by other activities around here. Its good that young people are being active in sport in the morning and that we can give then an opportunity for
Spiritual exercise on a Sunday afternoon.
th
Calabar - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Rt Revd
Tunde Adeleye
Living God, whose Son, Jesus Christ, willingly suffered and died for humanity's sake; help us faithfully to share his passion, so that men and women may continue to see your mercy displayed in us, until his sorrows are fulfilled, love's work is completed and all your children give you endless praise.
Alan Gaunt
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13 th to 19 th April
Palm Sunday
Sunday 13 th April
Palm Sunday
The new Director of Education
Jerusalem - (Jerusalem & Middle East) The Rt
Revd Suheil Dawani
Monday 14 th April
Calcutta - (North India) The Rt Revd Ashok
Biswas
Tuesday 15 th April
The Harborough Team Mission Partnership
Convenor: Richard Brand
Market Harborough, The Transfiguration
Richard Brand,Kim Ford, Andrew Quigley,
James Shakespeare, George Marshall (R),
Susan Meadows (R), Susan Sharp (R), Charles
Ford (P-Evng), Eileen Bangerter (P-Ast), Jane
Heritage (P-Ast), Angela Hill (P-Ast)
All Saints' Lubenham, Market Harborough CE
Primary Schools & Gt Bowden Academy Our focus this year is ‘Growing with the Bible’.
We are offering three different local courses as well as Confirmation. We hope many will engage and grow. We are also planning for a
Children & families worker, to take forward our mission. We seek growth, in view of our many baptisms and local schools and wisdom to discern priorities, and to encourage fresh lay ministries.
Caledonia - (British Columbia & the Yukon,
Canada) The Rt Revd William John Anderson
Wednesday 16 th April
Six Saints circa Holt Stephen Bishop
Please pray for the Rector, Associate Priest
Richard Barribal, Reader Roy Cashmore,
& Rector's Secretary Janet Gillanders, the Churchwardens and all who hold office.
Six Saints Youth Clubs, Kathy Moran our
Youth Worker. Our links with Bringhurst
School and our children's work. All businesses and shops within the Parish, and for all connected with agriculture. And our
Parish Project 2014 Mary's Meals.
Calgary - (Rupert's Land, Canada) The Rt Revd
Gregory Kerr-Wilson
th
Maundy Thursday
Foxton with Gumley & Laughton
Ian Gemmell
Please pray for our rural communities as we seek to build our church fellowships and reach out to all the people of our parishes. We ask your prayers, especially, for the new leaders of our youth club,
Crossroads, and for the young people who attend.
California - The Rt Revd Marc Andrus
Northern California - The Rt Revd Barry
Beisner
th
Good Friday
Gartree Second Deanery
Area Dean: Richard Brand Lay Chair:
Gordon Arthur
Cameroon (Region Missionaire) - (West
Africa) The Rt Revd Dibo Elango
th
Easter Eve
Canberra & Goulburn - (New South Wales,
Australia) The Rt Revd Stuart Robinson
Regional Bishop in Wagga Wagga - The Rt
Revd Genieve Blackwell
Assistant Bishop of Canberra & Goulburn -
The Rt Revd Trevor Edwards
We worship you, O Christ, because for our sake you laid aside your power and glory and clothed yourself in the garment of our humanity, to live in poverty here on earth and to suffer death upon the cross.
Teach us the lesson of your humility, and empty our lives of all pride and selfishness, that we may find our joy and fulfilment in serving others in your name and for your sake.
Frank Colquhoun
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20 th to 26 th April
th
Easter Day
Easter Vigil & Confirmations at Cathedral
Jonathan Kerry, Diocesan Secretary
st
Cape Coast (Ghana) - (West Africa) The Rt
Revd Daniel Allotey
nd
Wistow Philip O'Reilly, Paul Garner (R)
Kilby St Mary's & Fleckney CE Primary Schools
Please pray for the development of our ministry of welcome and hospitality, our service and witness in our two church schools and for the changes that we are introducing to our midweek pattern of services that the Lord would bless our efforts in mission and evangelism.
The Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba Archbishop of Capetown and Primate of Southern Africa
Table Bay - The Rt Revd Garth Counsell
rd
The Gaulby Group
Brian Davis; Barry Mitchell (R)
Pray for our new monthly Welcome (All Age) service as we try to involve young families and other people from our four small villages in our worship, especially those who are searching for answers to life's questions.
Carlisle - (York, England) The Rt Revd James
Scobie Newcome ; Suffragan Bishop of Penrith -
The Rt Revd Robert Freeman
th
Glen Magna cum Stretton Magna, Carton
Curlieu & Burton Overy
Vacant, Angela Allen (R), Roger Flowers (R),
Carole Henson (P-Ast) (NEXT COLUMN)
St Cuthbert's CE Primary School, Great Glen
Cashel & Ossory - (Dublin, Ireland) The Rt
Revd Michael Andrew James Burrows
th
Glen Parva with South Wigston
Peter Day, Jennifer Barradell (P-Ast), Eveline
Burn (P-Ast), Carol Wood (P-Ast)
At the end of May we became a new
Benefice with the Parish of Wigston
Magna, called ‘The Wigston Benefice'. Our new Rector is Trevor Thurston-Smith and
Peter Day is now the Associate Vicar.
This is an exciting and challenging time for all involved as we seek to renew the life of the church in this area. Please pray for God’s blessing on this new venture.
Central Buganda - (Uganda) The Rt Revd
Jackson Matovu
th
Central Ecuador - (IX, The Episcopal Church)
The Rt Revd Victor Scantlebury
We are an Easter people, and alleluia is our song!
Living God,
In the resurrection of Jesus Christ you revealed the power of your love to bring hope out of despair and live out of death; help us to live in this faith believing that nothing can separate us from your love, not even death, and that you will give us all the strength we need for daily living and loving; so may we be channels of your love to one another and all those in need, for Jesus' sake
BD
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27 th April to 3 rd May
2 nd Sunday of Easter
th
Nick Quinn, General Manager, St Martin's
House
The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem & The
Middle East The Most Revd Dr Mouneer
Hanna Anis President Bishop, Jerusalem & the Middle East & Bishop in Egypt with North
Africa and the Horn of Africa
th
George, Martyr, Patron of England, c304
Archbishops and Diocesan Bishops Meeting
Central Florida - The Rt Revd Gregory
Brewer
th
Mark the Evangelist
The Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby
Archbishop of Canterbury
Dover - The Rt Revd Trevor Willmott;
Ebbsfleet - The Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall
Richborough - The Rt Revd Norman Banks
th
Bishop’s Senior Staff meeting
Kibworth with Smeeton Westerby &
Saddington
Ludger Fremmer, Sarah Collins (P-Evng),
Anne Flower (R), Eunice Hayes (P-Evng),
Alison Iliffe (R), Theresa Laurent (P-Ast), Ann
Perry (P-Ast), Hazel Taylor (P-Ast)
Kibworth CE Academy
Pray that Kibworth fulfils its mission, ‘… a beacon of Christ’s light and love’, for labourers to be sent, the Kingdom of God to grow in & through us, the presence of the Lord be manifest, our corporate prayers to grow more passionate, that we equip and releases disciples, that we won’t labour in our own strength but in
God’s
.
Central Gulf Coast - (IV, The Episcopal
Church) The Rt Revd Philip Duncan
st
Philip & James, Apostles
Oadby Team Ministry
Michael Rusk, Steve Bailey, Bonnie Evans-
Hills, Colin Chettle (R), Hugh James (R),
Margaret Winters (P-Ast)
St Paul’s: Please pray for a continued increase in families attending, for a greater cultural diversity in the life of the church to reflect the local community and for our work in the local schools.
Give thanks for
Lou, our Youth Worker, and the Open
Youth Group. Pray for our outreach events that we reach a good variety of people through them.
St Peter’ s: for developing our children’s and youth work. For the redevelopment of the former Rectory as a home for vulnerable adults; for the appointments of a new Director of Music and Secretary. For our Christian nurture programmes and our engagement with other faith communities.
Chichester - (Canterbury, England) The Rt
Revd Martin Warne; Horsham - The Rt Revd
Mark Sowerby; Lewes - Vacant
nd
Athanasius, bishop, teacher of the faith, 373
The Cornerstone Team: Thurnby,
Stoughton & Houghton on the Hill
Jon Barrett, Rob Miles, Eleanor Jeans; Helen
Bence; John Feehally
Houghton on the Hill CE Primary School;
St Luke's CE Primary School, Thurnby
Please pray for our forthcoming CY course
(evangelistic course for teenagers) and planning for our Easter Holiday Club
(Thurnby) and for the newly launched
“Messy Church” (Houghton). Pray for effective outreach from all 3 churches.
Central N ew York - (II, The Episcopal
Church) The Rt Revd Gladstone Adams
rd
Central Newfoundland - (Canada) The Rt
Revd Frederick David Torraville
Western Newfoundland - The Rt Revd Percy
David Coffin
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4 th to 10 th May
3 rd Sunday of Easter
th
th
Mike Harrison, Director of Mission & Ministry
The Anglican Church of Kenya The Most
Revd Dr Eliud Wabukala Primate and
Archbishop of All Kenya
th
Central Pennsylvania - (III, The Episcopal
Church) The Rt Revd Nathan Baxter
th
Wigston Magna Trevor Thurston-Smith,
Julie Chaplin (R), Christine Seaton (P-Ast)
All Saints CE Primary School, Wigston
Magna Pray for this parish as it comes to the end of a long vacancy, for the new
Priest Trevor Thurston-Smith, and for the
Church Warden, Patrick Thacker.
Central Philippines - (Philippines) The Rt
Revd Dixie Copanut Taclobao
th
Growth Fund meeting
Goscote Deanery Area Dean: Rob
Gladstone Lay Chair: Reg Morgan
Rothley, Sileby, Cossington & Seagrave
Mission Partnership
Convenor: Rob Gladstone
Rothley Rob Gladstone, Tom Rout ,
Valerie Joyce (R), David Wilson (R), Wendy
Ferguson (P-Ast), Andrea Hardie (P-Ast)
Rothley CE Primary School
Please pray that as we study Ephesians on Sundays and in home groups, God's word shapes the church to live out the glorious riches of what we are called to be, a fellowship in Christ that is deeply attractive to our wider community. Please pray that we may share God's heart for the lost as up to 1,000 new homes are built in the parish.
Central Solomons - (Melanesia) The Rt Revd
Ben Seka
Julian of Norwich, spiritual writer, c1417
Sileby, Cossington & Seagrave
Richard Hopkins, David Lower, John Dean (R-
PTO), John Harrison (R), Heather Sewell (R)
Cossington CE Primary School
Please give thanks for those who have recently come to trust in Christ and pray for them to grow in their relationship with him. For forthcoming holiday clubs for those of primary school aged and for 11-
14s, for the children and young people who come and for deepening relationships between the church and those families.
Central Tanganyika - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd
Godfrey Mdimi Mhogolo
th
The Fosse Team: A Mission Partnership
Convenor: David White
The Fosse Team David White, Lorna Brabin-
Smith, Christine Coldicott, Ian Hill, Jackie
Bullen, Geoff Dixon (R), Stephen Gamble
(R), John Hewer (R), Sheila Langley (R), Sue
Essex (P-Ast), Brian Middleton (P-Ast)
Schools of St Michael & All Angels, Rearsby,
Queniborough, SS Peter & Paul, Syston,
Thrussington, & Church Hill, Thurmaston
Please pray for all of the churches of the team as we work to appoint a new team vicar; that the Holy Spirit may guide both us and the person called to minister in this place
Central Tanganyika - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd
Godfrey Mdimi Mhogolo
th
Mission shaped Ministry course
Two Rivers Mission Partnership weekend
Central Zimbabwe - (Central Africa) The Rt
Revd Ishmael Mukuwanda
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11 th to 17 th May
4th Sunday of Easter
th
Liz Hudson, Communications Officer
The Anglican Church of Korea The Most
Revd Paul Kim Primate of the Anglican
Church of Korea and Bishop of Seoul
th
Chandigarh - (North India) The Rt Revd Joel
Mal
th
Diocesan Leadership Programme 9 – return day, Launde
Two Rivers Mission Partnership
Convenor: Lorna Brabin-Smith
Chelmsford - (Canterbury, England) The Rt
Revd Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell
Chelmsford - Barking - The Rt Revd David
Hawkins Chelmsford - Bradwell - The Rt
Revd John Wraw Colchester - The Rt Revd
Christopher Heudebourck Morgan
th
Matthias the Apostle
Loughborough Archdeaconry Mission
Committee
Birstall & Wanlip
Vincent Jupp, Peter Chester (R), Bert Tegg
(R-PTO), Lesley Walton (R), Gill Pope (P-
Ast), Sandra Robinson (P-Ast), Marion Tegg
(P-Ast), Doreen Wilson (P-Ast)
Pray for us as we work towards a Fresh
Expression on the Hallam Fields Estate with plans for the employment of a
Community Support Worker. For our discernment process and planning, that
God will send the right person to us and that he will call existing members to lead the mission work.
Chennai (Form. Madras) - (South India) The
Rt Revd Dr Vedanayagam Devasahayam
th
The Deanery of Akeley East
Area Dean: Tony Edmonds Lay Chair: Pam
Knowlest
Chester - The Rt Revd Dr Peter Robert Forster
Birkenhead - The Rt Revd Keith Sinclair
Stockport - The Rt Revd Robert Atwell
th
Barrow on Soar with Walton le Wolds
Robert Paddison, Simon Richardson, Pamela
Knowles (P-Ast), Alison White (P-Ast)
Barrow on Soar CE Primary School
For our 'Children's and Families Lay
Ministry' as Alison White works in this evolving role. That the Ministry team (as above plus Pat Wood) should continue to work and learn together. For the Pastoral
Ministry that the approach of the shared role of Priest and Lay people will develop further.
Chhattisgarh - (North India) Vacant
th
Diocesan Synod
Chicago -The Rt Revd Jeffrey Lee
Assisting Bishop of Chicago -The Rt Revd
John Buchanan
Living God, whose Son Jesus Christ became our shepherd leading us from death to life; help us to follow him into the future, unafraid; though the way be rough and the struggle hard, keep us close to him through life and death, until he brings us to you perfect and complete and we join with creation in never-ending praise.
Alan Gaunt
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18 th to 24 th May
5 th Sunday of Easter
th
Sheila Yates, International Group Chair
The Anglican Church of Melanesia The Most
Revd David Vunagi Archbishop of Melanesia and Bishop of Central Melanesia
th
Dunstan, archbishop, monastic reformer, 988
House of Bishops meeting (and tomorrow)
The Most Revd Hector Zavala Muñoz
Presiding Bishop of the Southern Cone &
Bishop of Chile ; Suffragan Bishop of Chile -
The Rt Revd Abelino Manuel Apeleo
th
Seasons of invitation training events across the Diocese
Northern Lights Mission Partnership
Convenor: Andrew Micklethwaite
Castle Donington and Lockington cum
Hemington Andrew Micklethwaite, Marian
Bennett, Janet Laing (R), Brenda Foster (P-
Ast) St Edward's CE Primary School, Castle
Donington
Give thanks with St Edward’s for our
Confirmations. Please pray unity and purpose for us as a Missional Church, to finish our disabled access and address our financial shortfall. At St Nicholas’ we give thanks for new PCC members. Please pray for nurturing worship, links with the school, events to reach into the community and a toilet to make our building more welcoming.
Chotanagpur - (North India) The Rt Revd B
Baskey
Goodness is stronger than evil,
Love is stronger than hate
Light is stronger than darkness,
Life is stronger than death
Victory is ours through God who loves us.
Desmond Tutu
st
Bishop’s Senior Staff meeting
Kegworth, Hathern, Long Whatton,
Diseworth, Belton & Osgathorpe
Tony Edmonds, Gillian Turner-Callis, Lesley
Butler, Timothy Aldsworth (R), Cecilia Harris
(R-PTO), Nadine Hawkins (R), Linda Pascoe
(P-Ast) Belton, Diseworth, Hathern & Long
Whatton CE Primary Schools
Please pray for the connections we are making and the discipling we are attempting, with young families in
Osgathorpe Messy Church; Belton Cafe
Church; & Diseworth Toddler Church (Little
Angels).
Christ the King - (Southern Africa) The Rt
Revd Peter Lee
nd
East Akeley South Mission Partnership
Convenor: Vacant
Christchurch - (Aotearoa NZ & Polynesia) The
Rt Revd Victoria Matthews
rd
Loughborough All Saints with Holy Trinity
Jane Micklethwaite, Martyn Davison (R)
Please pray for a speedy appointment of a new rector. Pray for the church during the interregnum especially the work with children on a Sunday a nd the children’s choir and for the Mission Innovation team as it seeks to help the church work with our local community centre for the well being of the local community .
Chubu - (Japan) The Rt Revd Peter Ichiro
Shibusawa
th
John & Charles Wesley, evangelists, hymn writers,
1791 & 1788
Colombia - (IX, The Episcopal Church) The Rt
Revd Francisco Duque
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25th May to 31st May
6 th Sunday of Easter
th
Stuart Burns, Head of School of Ministry
The work of the Anglican Centre in Rome
th
Rogation Day Augustine, archbishop, 605
Colorado - The Rt Revd Robert O'Neill
Connecticut - The Rt Revd Dr Ian Douglas
& Suffragans: The Rt Revd James Curry
& The Rt Revd Laura Ahrens
th
Rogation Day
Loughborough Anglican Mission
Partnership Convenor: Michael Broadley
Emmanuel, Loughborough & St Mary in
Charnwood Michael Broadley, Sue Field,
Jennie Drew, Andy Humm,Natalie Andrews,
Stephen Barney (R), Richard Harries (R),
Richard Meredith (R-PTO), Bob Smith (R),
Jancis Barlow (P-Ast),Ros Barney (P-Ast)
Isabel Smith (P-Ast)
Loughborough CE Primary School
Over the next few months we at
Emmanuel will be seeking greater engagement with our wider community through various projects. We also hope to continue to partner with the congregations in the Loughborough
Churches Partnership in new as well as existing activities and events which highlight the mission and ministry of the church in Loughborough.
After a fairly major reordering and refurbishment project, St. M ary’s is now asking “where do we go from here?” In
Advent we ran a Community Flags project involving groups in the community of
Nanpantan creating a flag depicting what
Advent meant for them. We now seek
God’s guidance as to how we develop those links further within the community.
Connor - (Armagh, Ireland) The Rt Revd Alan
Francis Abernethy
th
Rogation Day
Cork, Cloyne & Ross - (Dublin, Ireland) The Rt
Revd William Paul Colton
th
Ascension Day
The Good Shepherd, Loughborough
Eric Whitley, Rosemary Whitley
With our new Children and Family worker
Rachel Coupe we are seeking to develop a strategy which will bring both children and their parents to faith in Christ and into the family of the church. For the first time we have a small teenage group who help us with the Saturday Kidz Club but who are themselves now doing a basic Christianity
Course. Rosie Whitley (associate minister) has a huge task with pastoral care among the older people together with chaplaincy work at Air Training
Corp and the local Tesco Store.
Costa Rica - (Central America) The Rt Revd
Hector Monterroso Gonzalez
th
Joan of Arc, visionary, 1431
Mountsorrel Christ Church & St Peter
Vacant, Christine Butcher (P-Evng), Helen
Hodson (R), Edmund Stacey
(R-PTO) Christ Church & St Peter's CE
Primary School, Mountsorrel
Coventry - The Rt Revd Christopher
Cocksworth; Warwick - The Rt Revd John
Stroyan
st
Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth
Cueibet - (Sudan) The Rt Revd Elijah Mutaney
Awate
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1 st to 7 th June
7 th Sunday of Easter/Sunday after Ascension Day
st
Chairs of Diocesan Links: Richard Meredith
(Tanzania) & Alison Booker (Trichy)
nd
Cuernavaca - (Mexico) The Rt Revd Enrique
Treviño Cruz
rd
Martyrs of Uganda, 1885-7, 1977
State opening of Parliament
Quorn David Bowler
St Bartholomew's CE Primary School, Quorn
Rawlins College, Quorn (Academy)
Our main challenge is to replace our nave roof, which, through corrosion, resembles a pepperpot. We need to be relevant to all sections of our community, and so are investigating how this can be progressed.
We are grateful to God that a number of new people have begun worshipping with us and joining in with our social activities.
Curitiba - (Brazil) The Rt Revd Naudal Alves
Gomes
th
Shepshed & Oaks in Charnwood
Cynthia Hebden, John Bird, Jackie
Beckhelling (R), Adrienne Sanders (P-Ast)
St Botolph's CE Primary School, Shepshed
Parish Funding Programme this Spring.
APCMs. Our partner 'Passion' our detached youth work, now becoming a
Fresh Expression of Church under the leadership of our new Youth Worker, Emily
Sharman.
On Feb 13th we will be having a
Clergy Taster for Cursillo Wedding preparation days and a new Emmaus course.
th
Boniface (Wynfrith), bishop, martyr, 754
Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves & Swithland
Vacant, Terry Casey (R), David Clarke (P-
Evng), Gary Lee (R), Jean Curd (P-Ast),
William Leeson (P-Ast), Ruth Page (P-Ast)
St Leonard's CE Primary School, Swithland &
St Paul's
CE Primary School, Woodhouse Eaves
Cyangugu - (Rwanda) The Rt Revd Geoffrey
Rwubusisi
th
Thorpe Acre with Dishley
Keith Elliott, Rachel Alexander, Paul Chung
(R), Claire Zanker (R), Jenny Bickley (P-Ast)
With grateful thanks for our congregation and community, we pray for financial provision and inspiration to re-order our buildings for God’s Missional purposes.
Pray for our work with Mums and Toddlers, schools work with FunFish our team of puppeteers, work with the elderly and their partnership within the life of the Church family. Pray as we seek new ways to work with parents and young people.
Daejeon - (Korea) The Rt Revd Michael Kwon
Cuttack - (North India) The Rt Revd Dr
Samson Das
Cyprus and the Gulf - (Jerusalem & Middle
East) The Rt Revd Michael Augustine Owen
Lewis
th
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8 th to 14 th June
Pentecost
th
th
Johannes Arens, Cathedral Precentor
La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico The Most
Revd Francisco Moreno Presiding Bishop of
La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico & Bishop of
Northern Mexico
th
Columba, abbot, missionary, 597
Dallas - The Rt Revd James Stanton;
Suffragan Bishop of Dallas - The Rt Revd
Paul Lambert
th
Wymeswold & Prestwold with Hoton
Rob Paddison, Patricia Wood (P-Ast)
Wymeswold CE Primary School
Pray for our 'Children's and Families Lay
Ministry' as Alison White works in this evolving role. That the Ministry team: Rob
Paddison, Simon Richardson, Rex Shaw.
Pam Knowles, Alison White and Pat Wood, will continue growing as a team working and learning together. For the Pastoral
Ministry that the approach of the shared role of Priest and Lay people will develop further.
Damaturu - (Jos, Nigeria) The Rt Revd
Abiodun Ogunyemi
th
Barnabas the Apostle
Deanery of North West Leicestershire
Area Dean: Vivien Elphick Lay Chair: Alan
Philips
Dar-es-Salaam - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd
Valentino Mokiwa
Broom Leys
Andy Rhoades, Rhona Passey; Janice
Orchard (R) PTO Derek Whittaker
· “ Give thanks for our congregation. Pray for the successful formation of the ‘Living
Stones Mission Partnershi p’ with St John the Baptist, Whitwick, St Andrew’s,
Thringstone & St George’s, Swannington.
For our Young people’s leaders and the vision we have for young people’s work and schools work. For the vision and work for those who find themselves in poverty.
For the continued outreach to the elderly.
For the arrival of a new Curate, Neil
Griffiths in July.
Davao - (Philippines) Vacant
th
Coalville with Bardon Hill & Ravenstone
Martin Joss, Peter Smith (R), Russell Smith
(R), Philip Benner (P-Evng)
All Saints CE Primary School, Coalville
For the last 4 months, Martin, our vicar has been on sick leave. As he prepares to return to work please give thanks for the way in which people across the benefice have pulled together. Please also give thanks that Martin has experienced deep healing. Pray for our renewed sense of working together.
Delaware - (III, The Episcopal Church) The Rt
Revd Wayne Wright
th
Delhi - (North India) The Rt Revd Sunil Singh
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15 th to 21 st June
Trinity Sunday
th
Bishop’s Council
Alison Christian, Warden of Launde Abbey
The Church of the Province of Myanmar
(Burma) The Most Revd Stephen Than Myint
Oo Archbishop of Myanmar and Bishop of
Yangon
th
Derby - The Rt Revd Alastair Redfern
Repton - The Rt Revd Humphery Southern
th
Hugglescote with Donington, Ellistown &
Snibston Olwen Woolcock; Pauline Ashby;
Christine Hall (R); Trevelyn Hodson (R)
Please pray for: The new churchwardens;
The work being done to build a new future for St Christopher's church; Our work with children and young families
Derry & Raphoe - (Armagh, Ireland) The Rt
Revd Kenneth Raymond Good
th
Ibstock with Heather
Patty Bailey, Michael Coleman (R),
St Denys CE Infant School, Ibstock
Please pray for Messy Church held in St
Denys School, with around 20+ children plus adults, we are short of regular helpers
- every month is a real act of faith. We are planning to run Tabletalk in a local pub as outreach to adults. Heather church has cracks in the tower, needing much fundraising. We're looking forward to the launch of the Sence Valley Mission
Partnership.
Diocese in Europe - The Rt Revd Dr Geoffrey
Rowell; Suffragan Bishops of the Diocese in
Europe - The Rt Revd David Hamid & The Rt
Revd Pierre Whalon
Thursday 19 th June Corpus Christi
Whitwick, Thringston & Swannington
Alan Burgess, Rob Marsh, Carol Albrighton (R),
Barry Albrighton (R), Jo Beniston (R-PTO),
Margaret Duerden (R-PTO), Jane
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Hodgman (P-Evng), Margaret Avery (P-Ast),
Jill Shreeve-Williams (P-Ast)
Swannington CE Primary School
St John the Baptist CE Primary School,
Whitwick
St John the Baptist, Whitwick is establishing Missional Communities, however there are many obstacles to progress. St Andrew’s, Thringstone has just begun taking Open the Book into the local school. St George’s, Swannington has an opportunity to help create a Messy
Church after school club at Swannington
School. Please pray for fruitfulness for all three Churches.
Eastern Kowloon - (Hong Kong) The Rt Revd
Louis Tsui
Friday 20 th June
The Woodfield Mission Partnership
Convenor: Vivien Elphick
The Woodfield Team Vivien Elphick, Lesley
Birtwistle, Sue Bradley, Linda Cox, David
Harrison (R), Debbie Kent (R), Glennys Kerr
(R-PTO), Frank Mugglestone (R-PTO), Norma
Morris-Chapman (R), Derek Tomlin (R),
Elisabeth Harrison (P-Evng , Judy Selby (P-
Ast), Joan Smith (P-Ast)
Sir John Moore CE Primary School, Appleby
Magna; Snarestone, Measham & Packington
CE Primary Schools
Following Leading Your Church Into
Growth last year, we are focusing on growth in all aspects of church life. Pray for our 8 small church communities with limited person-power, serving 14,500 people. Pray for our Open the Book team, going into 6 of our 7 primary schools, and for our Car Boot team being a church presence at the big Measham car boot"
Diocese of the Free State (formerly
Bloemfontein) - (Southern Africa) The Rt Revd
Dintoe Letloenyane
Saturday 21 st June
Western Kowloon - (Hong Kong) The Rt Revd
Andrew Chan

22 nd to 28 th June
1 st Sunday after Trinity
nd
Sue Field, Director of Ordinands
The Church of Nigeria The Most Revd
Nicholas Okoh, Metropolitan & Primate of all
Nigeria & Bishop of Abuja
rd
Diocese on the Coast formerly (Ikale-Ilaje) -
(Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Joshua Ogunele
th
Birth of John the Baptist
Bishop’s Senior Staff meeting
th
Guthlaxton Deanery
Area Dean: David Hebblewhite
Lay Chair: David Beeson
Dornakal - (South India) The Rt Revd Dr
Bachu Satyanandam Devamani
th
Ashby & Breedon Mission Partnership
Convenor: Brian Robertson
Ashby de la Zouch & Breedon on the Hill
Brian Robertson, John Dawson, Nick Gurney,
Trevor Parkerson, Tim Phillips, Sue Brown
(R), Stephen Clowes (R), Carol Eyley (R),
Jean Holt (R), Judith Lewis (R), Jeanie
Underwood (R); Ashby de la Zouch CE
Primary School; Viscount Beaumont's
School, Coleorton; St Hardulph's School,
Breedon on the Hill; Newbold CE Primary
School
The two Anglican churches in Ashby work closely with their ecumenical partners to serve our local community. Please pray for our ministries through Ashby Street
Pastors, Ashby Food Bank, Christians against Poverty, Ashby Youth for Christ, and Ashby Hospital Chaplaincy
Volunteers. Our rural parishes have no ecumenical partners to work alongside.
Small though we may be, pray that we would be as salt and light in their communities.
Doko - (Lokoja, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Uriah
Kolo
th
Hexagon Benefice
Liz Bickley, Roy Oldham (R), David Palmer
(R) Arnesby & Husbands Bosworth CE
Primary Schools
We seek to make connections with our village communities through Messy
Church, through our links with schools using Open the Book and church services; and exploring ways in which to be church faithfully within the rural community, through prayer, worship and witness.
Down & Dromore - (Armagh, Ireland) The Rt
Revd Harold Creeth Miller
Dublin & Glendalough - (Dublin, Ireland) The
Most Revd Michael Geoffrey St Aubyn
Jackson
th
ORDINATION of Priests (today) and
Ordination of Deacons (tomorrow) at the
Cathedral - pray for all being ordained
Dunedin - (Aotearoa NZ & Polynesia) The Rt
Revd Dr Kelvin Peter Wright
Christ the Redeemer, Blackfordby &
Woodville Tom Vale, Peter Hillyar-Russ (R &
P-Evng), Blossom Thompson (P-Ast)
Blackfordby & Woodville CE Primary Schools
Here, in the Parish of Christ the Redeemer we would appreciate prayers in order to make possible the re-ordering of St.
Stephen's and the repairs to St. Margaret's.
Dominican Republic - (IX, The Episcopal
Church) The Rt Revd Julio Holguin
Grant, Lord, to those now called to the sacred ministry confidence in the gospel and the Word of life, compassion for the lost and needy, courage, endurance, and unfailing love.
For JesusChrist's sake.
Timothy Dudley-Smith
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I believe we need to recapture a vision of what the church could be and should be.
Otherwise we will just be completely taken up with busy-ness: service rotas, arranging funerals, attending PCCs, and raising money, as we watch our churches slowly declining.
Surely the Mission of the church is to carry forward the work of Christ :
‘he has sent me to announce good news to the poor, proclaim release for the prisoners, and recovery of sight for the blind, to let broken victims go free…’ Much of this work in the parish comes under the heading of pastoral care, as we try to share something of the love of God with those in any kind of need.
Do we really care about people, and want to help them find new life and hope? ( ‘I have come that they might have life, life in all its fullness’
). Do we really want to be channels of
God’s healing love, helping people to find wholeness and healing, of body, mind and spirit? And be prepared to offer practical help?
Each of our churches, or the churches together in a benefice, could be a kind of health centre, a community that provides loving support to one another, and others in need. But how strong are our local church communities?
‘It is in caring for one another that a healing community is born’.
(Report: Time to heal p. 127) An effective Healing Ministry needs to be supported by a properly organised system of pastoral care. Pastoral care is vital for church growth, but it needs organising or it will never happen, or it will only cater for some and not others.
We need teams of lay people: caring for one another within the church and reaching out to others in need in the local community.
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We face a very uncertain economic future.
Many in our local communities are finding the going tough. What an opportunity for the church to show the love of Christ. But are we up to it?
The role of the clergy. With fewer and fewer full time clergy (20/20) the work of pastoral care will have to be done by teams of laity. The clergy’s role is not to try and do all the pastoral work themselves, but to support, encourage and equip the laity to do it. We need to train our laity to share in the various areas of pastoral care, which will include praying for and with people.
Prayer is vital.
It is what makes our caring different. We believe as Christians that for people to find inner strength and peace, hope for living and coping with the stresses and strains of life, they need to know and experience the love of God. So above all those of us involved in pastoral care need to be men and women of prayer, ready to pray with people when it is appropriate. And when we pray for and with people we are truly involved in the wholeness & healing ministry of the church.
Prayer ministry in church. When we pray with people during or after a service, this can be seen as a focus for all our pastoral work. The hands that hold and gently touch bring together all the caring that is going on
(or should be) in our churches through the week. What could be more important, as we share in the ministry of Christ?
To the lost Christ shows his face; to the unloved he gives his embrace; to those who cry in pain or disgrace
Christ makes with his friends a touching place.
Canon Brian Davis, Bishop's Advisor for
Wholeness & Healing