Focus for Prayer

July 2003

Tuesday 1 July 2003
El Salvador (Central America)
MAIDSTONE DEANERY
Area Dean: Eric Delve
Lay Chairman: Lionel Marchant
Synod Secretary: Clive Sandberg
Treasurer: Jim Perryman

Wednesday 2 July 2003
Guatemala (Central America
Board of Education meeting
ALLINGTON with MAIDSTONE, ST PETER
Clergy: Jim Perryman
Readers: Mary Garrett, Dianne White

Thursday 3 July 2003
Nicaragua (Central America)
Those preparing for the OLM Selection Conference T
Training workshop for PCC Secretaries
LOOSE
Clergy: Lee Townend
Reader: David Parry

Friday 4 July 2003
GIVE THANKS and PRAY for those who stand watch to guard, protect and rescue us: fire brigades, police officers, ambulance and emergency medical personnel
MAIDSTONE, ALL SAINTS with  ST PHILIP and ST STEPHEN, TOVIL
Clergy: Christopher Morgan-Jones, Priscilla Doe
Church Army: Elizabeth Bussmann
Church Schools:
All Saints Primary Head: Marion Brooks
St Stephen's Infant Acting Head: Sue Allen

Saturday 5 July 2003
Panama (Central America)
DIOCESAN SYNOD
STUDY DAY: Spirituality and Wholeness in Family Life
MAIDSTONE, ST ANDREW Clergy: Brian Reed
Reader: John Sweetman

Sunday 6 July 2003
4 Pentecost
GIVE THANKS for the Church of North India
The Church of Norway (Porvoo) Diocese of Agder (Kristiansand)
Diocese of Liverpool
People and clergy of THANET deanery

Monday 7 July 2003
Agra; Amritsar; Andaman and Car Nicobar Islands; Barrackpore (North India)
Senior Staff meeting
MAIDSTONE, ST FAITH
Clergy: Ian Crofts
Readers: Anne McVittie, Raymond Pinder

Tuesday 8 July 2003
Bhopal; Calcutta; Chandigarh; Chotanagpur (North India)
MAIDSTONE, ST LUKE
Clergy: Eric Delve, Brian Field, Robin Williamson
Reader: Chris Meigh

Wednesday 9 July 2003
Cuttack; Delhi; Durgapur; Eastern Himalayas; Gujarat (North India)
MAIDSTONE, ST MARTIN
Clergy: Clive Tomkins, Sara Bimson
Church Army: Aidan Greenwood
LLW: Hannah Seal
Reader: Marion Sidwell

Thursday 10 July 2003
Jabalpur; Kolhapur; Lucknow; Marathwada; Mumbai (formerly Bombay) (North India)
Training workshop for PCC Treasurers
PARKWOOD, CHRIST CHURCH
Church Army: Michael McLaughlin
Reader: Linda Thatcher

Friday 11 July 2003
St Benedict
Nagpur; Nasik; North East India; Patna (North India)
General Synod (York) Representatives:
Clergy: Brian Chalmers Karen Gorham Mark Roberts
Laity: David Bowen Naomi Lumutenga Caroline Spencer Margaret Tilley
Diocesan Advisory Committee
MAIDSTONE, ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS Clergy: Paul Gibbons
Reader: Eleanor Relle
Church Schools:
St Michael's Infant Acting Head: Maddy Grout
St Michael's Junior Head: Jacqueline Pike

Saturday 12 July 2003
Phulbani; Pune; Rajasthan; Sambalpur (North India)
General Synod
Training workshop for Churchwardens

Sunday 13 July 2003
5 Pentecost
GIVE THANKS for the Church of Bangladesh
The Church of Norway (Porvoo) Diocese of Borg (Fredrikstad)
Diocese of Winchester
People and clergy of WEST BRIDGE deanery

Monday 14 July 2003
Dhaka (Bangladesh)
General Synod
MAIDSTONE, ST PAUL Clergy: Karen Gorham, Tim Wood Reader: Maureen Thomas

Tuesday 15 July 2003
Kushtia (Bangladesh)
General Synod
STEWARDSHIP & GIFT AID SERVICES Adviser: David Noakes
Assistant Adviser: Jenny Hunt
Stewardship Assistant: Margaret Arnold
Gift Aid Secretary: Jo Jones

Wednesday 16 July 2003
GIVE thanks for the gift of friendship
Kaleidoscope Courses & those involved with ministry to young people
OLDER PEOPLE'S OFFICER: Dot Hooker

Thursday 17 July 2003
PRAY for church hospitals for their staffs and for those they serve
For all who work as hospital chaplains or as part of chaplaincy teams within the diocese
Archbishop's Council

Friday 18 July 2003
PRAY for those in prisons, and those who minister to them CANTERBURY, HM PRISON Chaplain: Cathy Green
HMP STANDFORD HILL Chaplains: Clinton Davies, Barbara Durkan
HMP ELMLEY Chaplain: Trevor Jacquet
HMP SWALESIDE Chaplain: Julian Waite

Saturday 19 July 2003
PRAY for refugees, especially for those in the diocese and for all who seek to work with them:
Dover Immigration Removal Centre
DOVER ASYLUM SEEKERS DROP IN
Migrant Helpline -Dover Induction Centre
Dover One-Stop Shop

Sunday 20 July 2003
6 Pentecost
GIVE THANKS for the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
The Church of Norway (Porvoo)
Diocese of Hamar
Diocese of London
People and clergy of ASHFORD deanery
THOSE TO BE ADMITTED AS READER

Monday 21 July 2003
Province I
Akoko; Akure; Benin; Egba; Ekiti; Ekiti West; Ibadan; Ibadan North; Ibadan South; Ife; Igbomina (Nigeria)
Senior Staff meeting
PRISON SERVICE GOUDHURST, BLANTYRE HOUSE Chaplain: vacant
HMP MAIDSTONE Chaplain: Geoff Long
EAST SUTTON PARK HM YCC & PRISON
Chaplain: Nigel Fry

Tuesday 22 July 2003
St Mary Magdalene
Province I Ijebu; Ikale-Ilaje; Ilesa; Kabba; Kwara; Lagos; Lagos West; Lokoja; Offa; Oke-Osun; Ondo; Osun; Owo; Remo; Sabongidda-Ora; Ughelli; Warri; Yewa (Egbado) (Nigeria)
NORTH DOWNS DEANERY
Area Dean: Robin Gill
Lay Chairman: Bruce Rylands
Synod Secretary: Zana Dixon
Treasurer: Bernard Mee

Wednesday 23 July 2003
Province II
Aba; Abakaliki; Asaba; Awka; Calabar; Egbu; Enugu; Esan; Ideato; Ikka; Mbaise; The Niger Delta; Niger Delta North; Niger Delta West (Nigeria)
BEARSTED WITH THURNHAM
Clergy: John Corbyn, Craig Ryall
Readers: Jim Gibson, Richard Glanville, David Kemp
Church School:
Thurnham Infant Head: Freda Denyer

Thursday 24 July 2003
Province II
Nnewi; Nsukka; Oji River; Okigwe North; Okigwe South; Oleh; On the Niger; Orlu; Owerri; Ukwa; Umuahia; Uyo (Nigeria)
BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA
Clergy: Geoff Davis, Yvonne Salmon
LLW: Mike King
Reader: Lesley Ludlow

Friday 25 July 2003
St James the Apostle           Province III
Abuja; Bauchi; Bida; Damaturu; Dutse; Gombe; Gusau; Gwagwalada; Jalingo; Jos; Kaduna; Kafanchan (Nigeria)
LEN VALLEY BENEFICE: BOUGHTON MALHERBE, HARRIETSHAM, LENHAM & ULCOMBE
Clergy: Don Irvine, Ann Sadler, Nigel Fry
Readers: Marion Bond, David Essex, Robert Hilton    Church Schools:
Harrietsham Primary Acting Head: Gerry Benson
Ulcombe Primary Head: Vacancy

Saturday 26 July 2003          Province III
Kano; Katsina; Kebbi; Lafia; Maiduguri; Makurdi; Minna; Oturkpo; Sokoto; Wusasa; Yola (Nigeria)
KENT INDUSTRIAL MISSION
Rural Officer: John Mason
East Kent: Robin Blount
Medway City: Noel Beattie
Dartford: Malcolm Cooper
KIM Administrator: Joyce Barber

Sunday 27 July 2003
7 Pentecost
GIVE THANKS for the Church of the Southern Cone (Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur de America)
The Church of Norway (Porvoo)
Diocese of More (Molde)
Diocese of Manchester
People and clergy of CRANBROOK deanery

Monday 28 July 2003
Argentina; Northern Argentina (Southern Cone)
HOSPITAL / HEALTH CARE CHAPLAINCY
Bishop's Advisor: Paul Kirby
BOXLEY with DETLING
Clergy: Ron Gamble
Elizabeth Attaway
Church School:
Detling Primary Head: Paul Driscoll

Tuesday 29 July 2003
Bolivia (Southern Cone)
William Harvey Hospital, Ashford Chaplain: Tricia Hill
SUTTON VALENCE w EAST SUTTON, CHART SUTTON
Clergy: David Barker
Readers: Margaret Davison

Wednesday 30 July 2003
Chile (Southern Cone)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, Margate Chaplain: Norman Setchell
GROVE GREEN
Clergy: David Mouncer
Church School:
St John's Primary Head: Tim Harrington

Thursday 31 July 2003
Paraguay (Southern Cone)
Kent & Canterbury Hospital Chaplain: Keith Fazzani
HOLLINGBOURNE & HUCKING w LEEDS & BROOMFIELD
Clergy: David Brookes
Reader: Norman Dabbs
Church School:
Leeds and Broomfield Primary Head: Janet Emmott