Focus for Prayer

Focus for Prayer

Calendar of Intercession

· Monday 1 December
St Andrew (Trans)

· Bondo; Bungoma; Butere; Eldoret; Embu. (Kenya)

· SENIOR STAFF MEETING

· FOLKESTONE, St MARY & St EANSWYTHE Clergy: David Adlington Brian Williams
Church Schools:
St Mary's Primary
Head: John Bird
St Eanswythe's Primary
Head: Jane Garrett

Tuesday 2 December

· Kajiado; Katakwa; Kirinyaga; Kitale; Kitui (Kenya)

· FOLKESTONE, St PETER
Clergy: John Paddock
Church School:
St Peter's Primary
Head: Ann Blunt

Wednesday 3 December

· Machakos; Maseno North; Maseno South; Maseno West (Kenya)

· FOLKESTONE, St SAVIOUR
Clergy: Brian Llewellyn
Reader: Heather Tapsell

Thursday 4 December

· Mbeere; Meru; Mombasa; Mount Kenya Central; Mount Kenya South (Kenya)

· MINISTRY AND TRAINING MEETING

· FOLKESTONE WEST w. SANDGATE
Clergy: John Tapper, Simon Richardson, Charles Hill, Derek Hadfield, Jo Robertson
Readers: Rupert Bristow, Kate McNeice, Paul Needham, Graham Truss
Church School:
Christ Church Primary
Head: Jim Kreiselmeier

Friday 5 December

· Mount Kenya West; Nairobi; Nakuru; Nambale (Kenya)

· HYTHE
Clergy: Brian Barnes, Tricia Hill
Church School:
St Leonard's Junior
Head: Brenda McHard

Saturday 6 December
St Nicholas.

· Nyahururu; Taita-Taveta; Thika. (Kenya)

· LYMINGE w. PADDLESWORTH & STANFORD w. POSTLING
Clergy: Peter Ashman, Vanessa Ashman
Readers: Diana Baldwin, Roger Davenport, Gerald Mack
Church School:
Lyminge Primary
Head: Michele Rowlands

Sunday 7 December
Advent 2

· GIVE THANKS for the Episcopal Church in the Philippines
(Iglesia Episkopal sa Philipinas)

· Diocese of Winchester

· People and clergy of MAIDSTONE deanery

Monday 8 December
Conception of Mary

· Central Philippines (The Philippines)

· REDUNDANT CHURCHES USES COMMITTEE

· SALTWOOD
Clergy: Roger Martin
Reader: Pip Passmore
Church School:

· Saltwood Primary
Head: Liz Pettersen

Tuesday 9 December

· North Central Philippines (The Philippines)

· FINANCE COMMITTEE

· OSPRINGE DEANERY Area Dean: Anthony Oehring
Lay Chairman: Diana Davies
Synod Secretary: Hilary Harlow
Treasurer: Gilbert Shepherd

Wednesday 10 December

· Northern Luzon (The Philippines)

· DOWNSFOOT CHURCHES
SELLING, THROWLEY, SHELDWICH, BADLESMERE & LEAVELAND
Clergy: John Mason, Michael Johnson, Arthur Skinner
Church School:

· Selling Primary
Head: Ian Fidge

Thursday11 December

· Northern Philippines (The Philippines)

· PASTORAL GROUP MEETING

· BOUGHTON-UNDER-BLEAN w. DUNKIRK & HERNHILL Clergy: William Mowll
Reader: Nick Tomaszewsk
i Church School:

· Hernhill Primary
Head: Brenda Windsor

Friday 12 December

· Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Americas)

· Southern Philippines (The Philippines)

· MEETING OF DAC

· THE BRENTS & DAVINGTON w. OARE & LUDDENHAM Clergy: John Hess

Saturday 13 December
St Lucy

· Santiago (The Philippines)

· PRAY for evangelism for the increase of the family of Christian faith; that we may each be a willing and bold ambassador of God.

· DODDINGTON, NEWNHAM & WYCHLING, LYNSTED & NORTON
Clergy: for a priest
Reader: Diana Davies

Sunday 14 December
Advent 3

· GIVE THANKS for the Church of the Province of Southern Africa.

· Diocese of Worcester

· People and clergy of NORTH DOWNS deanery

Monday 15 December

· Angola; Bloemfontein; Cape Town; Christ the King (Southern Africa)

· SENIOR STAFF MEETING

· EASTLING w. OSPRINGE & STALISFIELD w. OTTERDEN Clergy: Penny Fenton, Pat Pollard
Readers: Hugh Perks, Norman Fowler Church School:

· Ospringe Primary
Head: John Truman

Tuesday 16 December

· George; Grahamstown; Highveld; Johannesburg (Southern Africa)

· PRESTON-NEXT-FAVERSHAM Clergy: Stephen Wilson
Readers: Lorna Mace, Margaret Tilley

Wednesday 17 December

· Kimberley and Kuruman; Klerksdorp; Lebombo; Lesotho (Southern Africa)

· FAVERSHAM & GRAVENEY
Clergy: Anthony Oehring Bill Hornsby
Church School:
St Mary of Charity Primary
Head: Sue Shardlow

Thursday 18 December

· Namibia; Natal; Niassa; Port Elizabeth (Southern Africa)

· TEYNHAM
Clergy: Michael Gooch
Reader: Robert Kinnear
Church School:
Teynham Primary
Head: Christine Ford

Friday 19 December

· Pretoria; St Helena; St John's; St Mark the Evangelist (Southern Africa)

· For children and all who care for them in playgroups,

· Sunday schools and youth clubs

Saturday 20 December

· Swaziland; Umzimvubu; Zululand (Southern Africa)

· For all who will attend services this Christmas that they might glimpse the truth of the Gospel

Sunday 21 December
Advent 4

· PRAY for the Church of God throughout the world

· Diocese of Blackburn

· People and clergy of CANTERBURY deanery

Monday 22 December
St Thomas (Trans)

· PRAY for those who seek Christ and a deeper knowledge of him.

· For the Light of Christ to shine through all Christians

Tuesday 23 December

· PRAY for those who believe themselves hopeless; that they may find hope in Him who gives hope and peace to hearts

· For those who will be sleeping rough and those who care for the friendless and homeless

Wednesday 24 December
Christmas Eve

· PRAY that our hearts may always be open to the joy and wonder of God's mighty works.

Thursday 25 December
The Nativity of Our Lord Christmas Day.

· O GOD, you make us glad by the yearly festival of the birth of your only son Jesus Christ Grant that we, who joyfully receive him as our Redeemer, may with sure confidence behold him when he comes to be our Judge; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen

Friday 26 December
St Stephen.

· PRAY for all who suffer, are persecuted or threatened for the Christian faith.

Saturday 27 December
St John the Evangelist

· PRAY for missionaries

Sunday 28 December
Christmas 1
Holy Family

· GIVE THANKS for the Church of Ceylon

· Diocese of Carlisle

· People and clergy of DOVER deanery

· Children’s Society Christingle Service in the Cathedral

Monday 29 December
Holy Innocents (Trans)

· PRAY for children everywhere, that they may never face danger anywhere

· DEMELZA HOUSE, Children's Hospice at Bobbing, Sittingbourne
Chaplain: Tony Powell