Focus
for Prayer
January
2004
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Thursday 1 January 2004
The Holy Name
PRAY for another year of
Grace
ETERNAL FATHER you gave to your incarnate Son the
holy name of Jesus to be the sign of our
salvation. Plant in every heart we pray the love
of him who is the Saviour of the world our Lord
Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and
the Holy Spirit one God in glory everlasting.
Amen
ALL EXPLORING THEIR VOCATION
FOR MINISTRY
Diocesan Director of Ordinands: Ian Aveyard
Assistant DDO's:
Tom Barnfather, Karen Gorham, David Flewker,
Jasmine Roberts
Administrator: Victoria Brown
Friday 2 January 2004
PRAY for the clergy and
people of the diocese of Aba (Province II
Nigeria)
Augustine Onyeyrichukwu Iwuagwu, Bishop
Vocations Advisors:
Francis Searle, Mark Griffin, Tim Wilson
Lindsay Lllewellyn-MacDuff, David Kirkwood
Saturday 3 January 2004
Abakaliki (Province II
Nigeria) - Benson C B Onyeibor
Bishops' Selectors:
Joan Priestman, David Kemp, Ed Condry
Rupert Bristow, Gareth Jones, Paul Cox
Rosemary Walters, Paul Christian, Margi Walker
Sunday 4 January 2004
PRAY for peace justice and
democracy
Accra (West Africa) Justice
Ofei Akrofi, Bishop
Diocese of Bath and Wells
Bishop: Peter Price (Diocesan Bishop)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church
of Finland Diocese Turku
Bishop(s): Jukka Paarma (Archbishop of Finland),
Ilkka Kantola (Bishop of Turku)
Monday 5 January 2004
Adelaide (South Australia, Australia)
Ian Gordon Combe George
Senior Staff Meeting
CHURCHES TOGETHER IN KENT
Diocesan Ecumenical Officer: Jim Perryman
Canterbury Archdeaconry: Robin Blunt
Maidstone Archdeaconry: vacant
Secretary & County Ecumenical Officer:
Michael Cooke
Tuesday 6 January 2004
The Epiphany
Agra (North India) -
Samuel R Cutting
RECULVER DEANERY
Area Dean: Patrick Sales
Lay Chairman: Priscilla Cox
Synod Secretary: Pat Thomas
Treasurer: Peter Clark
Wednesday 7 January 2004
Aipo Rongo (Papua New Guinea)
Nathan Ingen; Denys Ririka
Archbishop's Council
HERNE BAY, CHRISTCHURCH
& HAMPTON
Clergy: Anthony Everett Ann Must
Thursday 8 January 2004
Akoko (Province I Nigeria)
Obijole
RECULVER w. HERNE BAY, ST
BARTHOLOMEW
Clergy: Ronald Hawkes, Barbara Nicholson
Readers: Les Collins, Lindsey Pannell
Susan Goodwin, Alan Walker
Church School:
Reculver Primary
Head: Gill Burgess
Friday 9 January 2004
Akure (Province I Nigeria) -
Michael Ipinmoye
DIOCESAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Secretary: Ian Dodd
HERNE, ST. MARTIN
Clergy: For a priest, John Baker, Jenny Hadlow
Readers: John Scott, Frances Ventham Church Schools:
Herne Infants
Head: Sylvia Wilson
Herne Junior
Head: Rick Bevis
Saturday 10 January 2004
Alabama (Province IV U.S.)
Henry Nutt Parsley, Mark H Andrus
WHISTABLE TEAM MINISTRY
Team Rector: Steve Coneys
Readers: Lizzie Hubbard, Maurice Packington
SEASALTER
Clergy: Steve Coneys, Ann Morton
Sunday 11 January 2004 1
Epiphany
The Baptism of Our Lord
PRAY for the clergy and
people of the diocese of Alaska
(Province VIII U.S.)
Mark Lawrence MacDonald
Diocese: Birmingham
Bishop(s): John Sentamu (Diocesan Bishop),
John Austin (Bishop of Aston)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church
of Iceland
Diocese: Iceland
Bishop(s): Karl Sigurbjörnsson (Diocesan Bishop),
Sigurdur Sigurdarson (Bishop of Skaholt),
Jón Baldvinsson, (Bishop of Hølar)
People and clergy of ELHAM
deanery
Monday 12 January 2004
Albany (Province II U. S.) -
Daniel William Herzog; David John Bena
House of Bishops residential
WHITSTABLE, ALL SAINTS
Clergy: Patrick Sales
Church School:
Whitstable & Seasalter
Junior
Head: Enid Burrows
WHITSTABLE, ST. ALPHEGE
Clergy: Joyce Outen
Church School:
St. Alphege Infant
Head: Susan Evans
Tuesday 13 January 2004
Algoma (Ontario, Canada) -
Ronald C Ferris
House of Bishops
WHITSTABLE, ST. ANDREW Clergy:
Alex Bienfait
WHITSTABLE, ST.PETER Clergy:
Alex Bienfait
Wednesday 14 January 2004
Amritsar (North India)
Pradeep Kumar Samantaroy
House of Bishops
SWALECLIFFE, ST. JOHN
Clergy: Amanda Evans
Thursday 15 January 2004
Andaman and Car Nicobar
Islands (North India)
Edmond Matthew
House of Bishops
SANDWICH DEANERY
Area Dean: Mark Roberts
Lay Chairman: Donald Eldridge
Synod Secretary: Mike Quinton
Treasurer: Jean Winn
Friday 16 January 2004
Angola (Southern Africa)
PRAY for the clergy and
people of the Missionary Diocese.
Bishop to be selected
DEAL, ST. ANDREW
Clergy: Christopher Lindlar (Priest-in-Charge
Designate)
Saturday 17 January 2004
Antsiranana, Madagascar (Indian
Ocean)
PRAY for the clergy and
people
Roger Chung Po Chuen bishop elect
DEAL, ST. GEORGE
Clergy: Chris Spencer, Shiela Porter
Reader: Peter Ryder
Sunday 18 January 2004 Week
of Prayer for Christian Unity, 18 - 25 January
PRAY for the World Council
of Churches and all institutions and
organizations promoting Christian unity and for
the healing of all schisms within the One Holy
Catholic and Apostolic Church
Diocese: Worcester
Bishop(s): Peter Selby (Diocesan Bishop), David
Walker (Bishop of Dudley)
The Church of Ireland: Province
of Dublin
Diocese: Dublin and Glendalough
Bishop: John Neill (Archbishop and Diocesan)
Local services for Christian Unity
Monday 19 January 2004
The Confession of Saint Peter (Trans)
PRAY for all churches in
dialogue with the churches of the Anglican
Communion Aotearoa (Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia)
- Whakahuihui Vercoe
Senior Staff Meeting
DEAL, ST. LEONARD w ST.
RICHARD & SHOLDEN
Clergy: David Kendrew Gordon Small
Peggy Fishlock Ann Gillibrand
Readers: David Clippingdale, Nicholas Gillibrand,
Janice Kendrew
Church Schools:
Parochial Primary
Head: Graham Chisnell
Sholden Primary
Head: Shelagh McPhee
Tuesday 20 January 2004
PRAY for the Orthodox
churches in communion with the Patriarch of
Constantinople
Aotearoa (East Coast Region)
(New Zealand and Polynesia)
William Brown Turei
DEAL, THE CARPENTERS ARMS
Clergy: For a priest
Reader: Beverley Newman
Wednesday 21 January 2004
PRAY for all churches in
communion with the Bishop of Rome Aotearoa
(Northern Region) (New Zealand and Polynesia) Te
Kitohi Pikaahu
EASTRY w TILMANSTONE
Clergy: For a Priest David Willis
Readers: Tony Johnstone, Jennifer Pilcher, George
Timpson
Church School:
Eastry Primary
Head: Terry James
Thursday 22 January 2004
PRAY for the Coptic Oriental
Orthodox and other autonomous and independent
churches Aotearoa (South Island) (New Zealand and
Polynesia) John Robert Kuru Gray
BEACON MINISTRIES
GREAT MONGEHAM, NORTHBOURNE w BETTESHANGER RIPPLE
& SUTTON BY DOVER
Clergy: Martin Cleeve, Peter Hambrook,
Church School:
Northbourne Primary
Head: Jayne True
Friday 23 January 2004
PRAY for churches whose
roots are in the protestant reformation Aotearoa
(Wellington/Taranaki) (New Zealand and Polynesia)
Muru Walters
GOUDHURST w KILNDOWN
Clergy: Peter MacKenzie
Reader: Jane Mayhew
Church School:
Goudhurst and Kilndown
Primary
Head: Paul Dorrington
Saturday 24 January 2004
PRAY for churches in
communion with the Churches of the Anglican
Communion Arabian Gulf (Pakistan)
Azad Marshall
RINGWOULD w KINGSDOWN
Clergy: Adrian Fallows John Winn
Reader: Norman Gilliland
Church School:
Kingsdown and Ringwould
Primary
Head: Janet Murray
Sunday 25 January 2004 The
Archbishop of Canterbury
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God
from whom cometh every good and perfect gift Send
down upon the Archbishop of Canterbury the
healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that he may
continually please thee pour upon him the
continual dew of thy blessing Grant this O Lord
for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator Jesus
Christ Amen
PRAY for the work ministry
and witness of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
Rowan Douglas Williams and for his wife Jane and
family.
Diocese: Blackburn
Bishop(s):
Nicholas Reade (Diocesan Bishop)
John Goddard (Bishop of Burnley)
Stephen Pedley (Bishop of Lancaster)
The Church of Ireland: Province
of Armagh
Diocese: Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
Bishop: Ken Clarke
The work of Churches
Together in Kent and local ecumenical initiatives
Monday 26 January 2004
The Conversion of Saint Paul (Trans)
PRAY for the Anglican
Primate, the chief bishop of every Church in the
Communion
SANDWICH, ST. CLEMENT &
CARPENTERS ARMS
Clergy: Mark Roberts, Jasmine Roberts
Reader: Maureen Collins
Tuesday 27 January 2004
The Arctic (Rupert's Land, Canada)
Andrew P Atagotaaluk; Larry D Robertson; Paul O
Idlout
WALMER, ST. MARY w ST.
SAVIOUR
Clergy: Bruce Hawkins, Audrey Gallon, Simon Lee
Reader: Sonia Berry
Church School:
The Downs Primary
Head: Catherine Karunaratna
Wednesday 28 January 2004
Argentina (Southern Cone) -
David Leake
WOODNESBOROUGH
Clergy: Nigel Genders
Reader: Donald Baldwin
Thursday 29 January 2004
Argyll and The Isles (Scotland)
- Douglas Maclean
WORTH, ST. PETER & ST.
PAUL
Clergy: Mark Roberts
STAPLE, ST. JAMES
Clergy: Nigel Genders
Friday 30 January 2004
Arizona (Province VIII U.S.)
- Robert Reed Shahan
Youth and Childrens
Workers in the diocese
Diocesan Youth Officer: Tony
Washington
Childrens Ministry
Advisor: Ted Hurst
Secretary: Sarah Lucas
Saturday 31 January 2004
Arkansas (Province VII U.S.)
- Larry Earl Maze
BOARD OF MISSION
Chairman: Bishop of Maidstone
Secretary: Andrew Sewell
Madagascar Link Officer: Colin Preece
Poverty & Hope Appeal Director: John Tipping
European Links Officer: Robin Blount
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