Hereford DiocesanPrayer Diary

April, May and June2018

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God who in Jesus calls us - open hearts and minds to your invitation.God of the pilgrim way - be our companion day by day.

God of the still, small voice - teach us to pray.Grant that in our calling, our following, our pilgrimage,

we may see your kingdom of truth and peace -and delight to bring others to your love.

We make this prayer through Jesus, the Lord.

(The “Follow” Prayer)

The Prayer Diary - April to June 2018

The main part of this Prayer Diary covers the quarter from Sunday 1st April to Saturday 30th June, week by week. The following entries are used:

The Wider View Biddings relating in the main to our World Church links, includingour links with the Kirchenkreis Nürnberg in Germany, and with theTanzanian Dioceses of Tanga, Dar es Salaam, Masasi and Newala;

Anglican Taken from the Anglican Cycle of Prayer (adapted and updated), so that we are praying with the Anglican Church round the world;

Hereford Deaneries, parishes and diocesan organisations and officers;

Today Meetings, events and prayer prompts;

Porvoo Pairing the Lutheran churches of the Nordic and Baltic areas and the Anglican churches of the British Isles and of Spain and Portugal, which have signed the Porvoo Declaration recognising each others’ ministries. Also included is the Latvian Church, which has not yet taken a decision on signing the Declaration, and the Church of Denmark, which has not signed but wishes to develop links with the churches which have signed.

Please send entries for the next edition which covers the quarter July-September 2018 to: wkrowell@btinternet.com - clearly marked in the subject area as Prayer Diary. The more I know about events and activities, the more accurate and focused our prayer biddings can be. Please also let me know if you spot any mistakes or omissions - they do happen, alas, but I hope to ensure this Diary is as accurate as possible.

You may find the following explanation of the initials used helpful:MAP – Mission Action PlanLMC – Ludlow Mascall Centre (formerly BMC) CMD – Continuing Ministerial Development LDO – Lay Development Officer IMD – Initial Ministerial Development DAC – Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of ChurchesDDVO – Diocesan Director of Vocations and Ordinands PAT – Post Admission Training for Readers

SUNDAY 1st April: EASTER DAYThe Wider View

Pray for all our links with the wider Church as together we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord. Give thanks for every opportunity to share, to learn, to receive, to give, but most of all that we can be joyful together in the Lord.

Anglican Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!who did once upon the cross, Alleluia!

suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!Hereford Pray for the discernment and encouragement of vocation in our Diocese, and

for training for ministry and service, both ordained and lay. Pray for those to be ordained as deacon or priest at the end of this quarter.

Today Give thanks for the faith we share, and that light is stronger than darkness, love is stronger than hate, and life is stronger than death! Pray that as Easter people we may be eager to share our joyful faith with others.

Porvoo Church of Ireland: Diocese of Armagh, Archbishop Richard Clarke; Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Funen, Bishop Tine Lindhardt.

Monday 2nd April: Monday of Easter WeekAnglican Butare (Rwanda) - The Rt Revd Nathan Gasatura.Hereford The Parish Church: Pray today for those responsible for music in our churches

- for church choirs, music groups, organists and other musicians.Today The Gesualdo Six are singing today in Hay-on-Wye and tomorrow in Clodock

as part of a tour: give thanks for the wealth of music in the choral tradition. Today is also International Children’s Book Day: pray for all that encourages reading, and that school and public libraries may be properly resourced.

Tuesday 3rd April: Tuesday of Easter WeekAnglican Butere (Kenya) - The Rt Revd Timothy Wambunya.Hereford The Parish Church: Pray today for those who clean and prepare our churches

for worship; for vergers, flower arrangers, sacristans and servers.Today Intergenerational Missioners have begun working in areas around the diocese,

and are already having an impact in their local communities - pray for their work (names and locations of the seven missioners are listed at back of diary).

Wednesday 4th April: Wednesday of Easter WeekAnglican Buye (Burundi) - The Rt Revd Sixbert Macumi.Hereford The Parish Church: Pray today for tower captains and bell ringers, and that

every tower may ring out in this year of the centenary of the ending of the First World War.

Today Orchid Male Cancer Awareness Week this week aims to raise awareness of male specific cancers, and to encourage earlier testing and treatment.

Thursday 5th April: Thursday of Easter WeekAnglican Byumba (Rwanda) - The Rt Revd Emmanuel Ngendahayo.Hereford The Parish Church: Pray for all who work with children, young people and

families in our churches; pray also for those who act as sidespeople, stewards or welcomers, and in particular that each church may be a place of welcome, refuge and celebration for those who come to us for “life events”.

Today Pray for all who teach or assist in our schools, many of which are small and rural and perhaps vulnerable: pray for communities and schools where change is planned or expected, and for all members of school governing bodies.

Friday 6th April: Friday of Easter WeekAnglican Calabar (Niger Delta, Nigeria) - The Rt Revd Tunde Adeleye.

Hereford The Parish Church: Pray for churchwardens, and officers and members of parochial church councils, particularly at this season of APCM’s; pray too for all who help in practical ways to maintain our church buildings and churchyards.

Today Today is national Walk to Work Day: pray for greater awareness of the simple steps we can take to improve personal fitness and reduce our carbon footprint.

Saturday 7th April: Saturday of Easter WeekAnglican Calcutta (North India) - The Rt Revd Ashok Biswas.Hereford The Parish Church: Pray that the worship we offer may be joyful, attractive

and relevant, and for all who as part of ministry teams or in other ways help to plan, enable and lead worship; pray too for leaders of prayer or discussion groups, and for all who are engaged in outreach, mission and pastoral work.

Today Today is World Health Day, with the simple but challenging theme that all people should have access to healthcare, without the prospect of financial hardship. Pray for those in our world who lack good access to healthcare.

Prayer Look upon me, O Lord,and let all the darkness of my soulvanish before the beams of your brightness.Fill me with holy love,and open to me the treasures of your wisdom.All my desire is known to you,so perfect in me what you have begun,and grant me all that your Spirit prompts me to ask in prayer.I seek your face, Lord: turn your face to meand show me your glory.Then shall my longing be satisfied,and my peace be made perfect.

(after Augustine of Hippo)

SUNDAY 8th April: 2nd of EasterThe Wider View

Two visitors have been selected from St Augustine’s Hospital, Muheza to spend a month at Hereford County Hospital this summer. Pray that they will get visas to enter the UK and that their time of study here will be beneficial to them and to their patients in Tanzania.

Anglican The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean: The Most Revd James Richard Wong Yin Song, Archbishop and Bishop of the Seychelles.

Hereford The Ledbury Deanery: Rural Dean – Robert Ward; Lay Co-Chair – Sheila Mullaney; Sub-Warden of Readers – vacant. Continue to pray for the emerging Group Ministry, replacing the former Ledbury Team Ministry.

Today The week ahead is National Parkinson’s Awareness Week: pray for all who live with this disease, for treatment and therapy, and for all that is being done to

improve response and to find a cure.Porvoo Church of Sweden: Diocese of Uppsala, Archbishop Antje Jackelén, Bishop

Ragnar Persenius; Church in Wales: Diocese of Llandaff, Bishop June Osborne, Bishop David Wilbourne.

Monday 9th April: Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary [Transferred from 25th March]Anglican Caledonia (British Columbia & the Yukon, Canada) - The Revd David Lehmann;

Calgary (Rupert's Land, Canada) - The Most Revd Gregory Kerr-Wilson.Hereford Ledbury with Eastnor – Keith Hilton-Turvey, William Simmonds, Tony Hodder;

Local Ministry Team – Keith Hilton-Turvey, Tony Goodall, Tony Hodder, Tim Keyes, Heather Lucas, Christabel Panter, Williams Simmonds, Peter Veasey; John Masefield High School; Ledbury Primary School; Eastnor Parochial CE Primary School; Ledbury Community Health and Care Centre.

Today National Work Zone Awareness Week focuses on the safety of those who work on our roads; pray for careful and considerate road use, especially where maintenance or repairs are in progress. Pray too that every church may reflect the humility and servant spirit of Mary, and her joy in the Lord.

Tuesday 10th April: William Law, priest and spiritual writer; William of Ockham, friarAnglican California (VIII, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd Marc Andrus.Hereford The Hop Churches – Ashperton, Bosbury, Canon Frome, Munsley, Stoke Edith,

Stretton Grandison, Tarrington and Yarkhill: Mandy Williams, John Watkins SSM, Nicky Seabright SSM, David Good (rtd – PTO); Linde Melhuish, Lay Reader; Bosbury CE Primary School; Ashperton Primary Academy.

Today Bishop’s Staff meets today. On National Siblings Day, give thanks for families, and pray that churches may be places in which family life is nurtured and supported, and also lived, as together we call God “Our Father”.

Wednesday 11th April: George Selwyn, bishopAnglican Cameroon (West Africa) - The Rt Revd Dibo Elango.Hereford The Cider Churches – Aylton, Putley, Pixley, Wellington Heath, Little Marcle,

Much Marcle and Yatton: Howard Mayell, Elizabeth Reed, John Rhodes; Reader – Hilary Underwood, Jonathan Andrew, Vince Taylor; Local Ministry Team – Anne Blandford, Howard Mayell, John Rhodes, Jackie Sampson, Hilary Underwood; Much Marcle CE Primary School.

Today George Selwyn was the first Bishop of New Zealand, and later Bishop of our neighbouring Diocese of Lichfield. Pray for the Church in Aotearoa-New Zealand, and in Melanesia where he was also active.

Thursday 12th AprilAnglican Canberra & Goulburn (New South Wales, Australia) - vacant, as the Rt Revd

Stuart Robinson retired at the end of March; The Rt Revd Trevor Edwards, assistant bishop and Vicar General; The Rt Revd Stephen Pickard, assistant.

Hereford Colwall with Upper Colwall & Coddington: Melanie Horton, Anne Lanyon-Hogg; Readers: Andrew Richardson; Retired Ministers: Barrie Hinksman, Bernard Ingram, Ken Withington, Tim Wright; Local Ministry Team – Melanie Horton, Anne Lanyon-Hogg, Barbara Ashton, Bill Clukas, Stuart Hands, Marian

Paulson; Colwall CE Primary School; The Elms School; The Downs School.Today Pray for today’s Safer Recruitment training, and for Mothers’ Union midday

prayers in the Cathedral.Friday 13th AprilAnglican Canterbury (England) - The Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby; The Rt Revd

Trevor Willmott, Bishop of Dover.Pray also for the Bishops of Ebbsfleet, Maidstone and Richborough, who hold provincial responsibility - respectively The Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall, The Rt Revd Roderick Thomas and The Rt Revd Norman Banks.

Hereford Cradley, Mathon & Storridge: Robert Ward; Local Ministry Group – Kevin Brewer, Robert Ward, Liz Lamb, Sue Ronan; Cradley CE Primary School; Retired ministers: Mike Vockins, Nicholas Menon.

Today Pray for all who will visit our Cathedral to see the “Weeping Window”, there through most of this month. Pray for all that encourages reflection on the loss of life in war; give thanks for the role of art in expressing human emotion.

Saturday 14th AprilAnglican Cape Coast (Ghana, West Africa) - The Rt Revd Victor Atta-Baffoe.Hereford Support Ministry: Anne Lanyon-Hogg and Janet Edwards, as Self-Supporting

Ministers (SSM) Advisers, coordinating the network of SSMs.Today Pray for all who will attend “Discerning Listening” at the Ludlow Eco Park - a

short experiential course to develop the way in which we listen to people, so that they can better recognise God in their lives.

Prayer Lord, let your will be doneeven if it means that my will is not done.(Anon)

SUNDAY 15th April: 3rd of EasterThe Wider View

Pray for the development of our links with the Lutheran Church in Nuremberg, following the discussions between our Bishops; give thanks for the opportunities for exchange visits, and pray for existing and potential deanery links, for link committees and for all who are keen to begin new things.

Anglican The Church of Ireland: The Most Revd Richard Lionel Clarke, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland.

Hereford Pray for all that is done to develop and resource the ministry offered in our Diocese, including CMD, the School for Ministry, the resource centre at the Ludlow Mascall Centre, and all that helps share good practice, expand horizons and develop collaborative ministry.

Today Pray for all who hold office in our churches, at this time of Annual Meetings; for those standing down this year, and for those newly elected; give thanks for the time, enthusiasm and skill offered by those who volunteer to serve.

Porvoo Church of England: Diocese of Derby, Bishop Alastair Redfern, Bishop Jan McFarlane; Church of Ireland: Diocese of Clogher, Bishop John McDowell; Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Aalborg, Bishop Henning

Toft Bro.Monday 16th April: Isabella Gilmore, deaconessAnglican Carlisle (York, England) - The Rt Revd James Scobie Newcome; the suffragan see

of Penrith is currently vacant.Hereford Education: Philip Sell, Director of Education, Allyson Taylor, Assistant Director

(Development & Effectiveness), and Sian Lines, Assistant Director (Business & Premises).

Today World Voice Day today aims to improve awareness of the role of the human voice in all areas of life: pray especially for voice coaches, singers, public speakers, teachers and lecturers, and also those with vocal problems.

Tuesday 17th AprilAnglican Cashel, Ferns & Ossory (Dublin, Ireland) - The Rt Revd Michael Burrows.Hereford Education: Hannah Coleman, Support Officer, Jenny Sykes, Admin Assistant, and

all members of the Diocesan Board of Education.Today On World Haemophilia Day, pray for all who live with this disease: today

focuses on the importance of sharing knowledge.Wednesday 18th AprilAnglican Central Buganda (Uganda) - The Rt Revd Michael Lubowa.Hereford Education: The Diocese of Hereford Educational Trust, and the Bishop Anthony

Educational Trust.Today The Diocesan Advisory Committee meets today: pray for their work, and for the

maintenance, conservation and creative use of our church buildings, as a resource not only in worship but for the wider community.

Thursday 19th April: Alphege, archbishop and martyrAnglican Cape Town (Southern Africa) -The Most Revd Thabo Makgoba; Suffragan - The

Rt Revd Garth Counsell (Table Bay).Hereford Education: Pray for all our church schools, for governors, head teachers and

staff, and for church-school links.Today The ministry of Alphege as Archbishop of Canterbury was characterised by

courage, simplicity of life and generosity: may today’s Church be similarly gifted.

Friday 20th AprilAnglican Central Busoga (Uganda) - The Rt Revd Patrick Wakula.Hereford Education: Pray for all that is involved in the regular inspection of church

schools, and for the team of SIAMS inspectors in our Diocese, co-ordinated by Allyson Taylor.

Today Pray for all who visit our Cathedral, and the historically and architecturally significant churches of our Diocese, and that we may tell our story well through our buildings. Give thanks for all who volunteer to greet and welcome our visitors, and to interpret our sacred buildings and their history.

Saturday 21st April: Anselm, archbishop and teacher of the faithAnglican Central Ecuador (XI, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd Victor Scantlebury.Hereford Education: Pray for those schools or groups of schools that are facing challenge and

change at this time, for staff and governors and for children and parents where schools face closure or amalgamation, or as new arrangements are settled into.

Today Today is International Astronomy Day: as we grow in awareness and understanding of the vastness and complexity of the universe, so may we also grow in wonder. Anselm is particularly remembered as a scholar and a teacher: give thanks for all who have a particular call and skill in teaching the faith and who are able to inspire understanding and wonder in others.

Prayer Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart,which no unworthy affection may drag downwards;give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out;give us an upright heart, which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside.Bestow upon us also, O Lord our God,understanding to know you,diligence to seek you,wisdom to find you,and a faithfulness that may finally embrace you;through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(Thomas Aquinas)

SUNDAY 22nd April: 4th of EasterThe Wider View

Pray for Bishop Maimbo Mndolwa of our link Diocese of Tanga as he prepares for his enthronement next month as Archbishop of the Church of Tanzania, in succession to Archbishop Jacob Erasto Chimeledya.

Anglican Nippon Sei Ko Kai (The Anglican Communion in Japan): The Most Revd Nathaniel Makoto Uematsu, Primate, and Bishop of Hokkaido.

Hereford Leominster Deanery: Rural Dean – Mike Kneen; Lay Co-Chair – Lydia Davies; Sub-Warden of Readers – Mike Kneen.

Today On Vocations Sunday, pray for all that is being done to encourage and awaken a sense of vocation, both to the priesthood of the Church and to other forms of ministry; pray too for all who sense that God is calling them and are perhaps wondering how to respond, and what their next step should be. Pray also for all who are running the London Marathon today, many to support charity.

Porvoo Church of England: Diocese of Blackburn, Bishop Julian Henderson, Bishop Philip North; Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Brechin, Bishop Nigel Peyton;The Lutheran Church in Great Britain: Bishop Martin Lind.

Monday 23rd April: George, martyr and patron of EnglandAnglican Central Florida (IV, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd Gregory Brewer;

Central Gulf Coast (IV, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd Russell Kendrick.Hereford Kingsland with Eardisland, Aymestrey & Leinthall Earles: Julie Read; Michael

Denny; Nick Read, Associate Agricultural Chaplain; Reader in Training - Katie Smith; Kingsland Primary School.

Today On St George’s Day, pray for the churches and people of England, and for a

deeper awareness of both identity and call, of what we have and what we can give. Today is also English Language Day - give thanks for the wealth of literature which is one of our gifts to the world.

Tuesday 24th April: Mellitus, martyr; Seven martyrs of the Melanesian BrotherhoodAnglican Central Newfoundland (Canada, Canada) - The Rt Revd John Watton.Hereford Canon Pyon with Kings Pyon, Birley & Wellington: vacant; Clergy with PTO -

John Thewlis, Jimmy Morrison; Canon Pyon CE Academy; Wellington Primary School.

Today Today begins MS Awareness Week; pray for all who live with this disease, and for better understanding, improvements in treatment, and community support.

Wednesday 25th April: Mark, evangelistAnglican Central Philippines (Philippines) - The Rt Revd Dixie Copanut Taclobao.Hereford Leominster Team Ministry: Michael Kneen, Matthew Burns, Kirsty Clarke,

Bruce Thomson, Celia Rees, Paul Smith, Ethan Scott, Team Intern (under the Discover Scheme); Readers – Chris St Clair, Rob Walker, Sheila Bradford; PTO – Michael Denny, Pat Harvey, John Lewis, Simon Richards, Richard Spencer, Jeanne Summers, Michael Walker, John Theaker, Pauline Rees, James Forrester, John Thewlis, John Benson. Non-Parochial members of the Deanery Chapter: Nick Read (Bulmer Foundation) and Neil Patterson (DDVO).

Today Allergy Awareness Week begins today: pray for all who live with allergies, often debilitating and sometimes life-threatening. The growth of allergies may be linked to pollution - pray we may reduce the amount of pollutants released. Today is also World Malaria Day - pray for all that is being done to counter this endemic and destructive disease.

Thursday 26th AprilAnglican Central New York (II, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd DeDe Duncan-

Probe.Hereford Leominster Priory Local Ministry Team – Michael Kneen, Helen Bricknell, Paul

Scott, Elizabeth Brown, Christine Hurdidge, Sarah Chedgzoy, Roger Pitblado, Kirsty Clarke, Ethan Scott.

Today Pray for those taking part in Safeguarding training today, and also for today’s meeting of the Revenue Advisory Panel of our Diocese.

Friday 27th April: Christina Rossetti, poetAnglican Central Solomons (Melanesia) - The Rt Revd Ben Seka.Hereford Leominster Team Ministry – Pudleston-cum-Whyle, Hatfield, Docklow, Stoke

Prior & Ford, Humber; Hope-under-Dinmore. Local Ministry Team – Celia Rees, Robin Wilson, Carol Morgan, Andrew James, Francis Tandy, Molly Firth, Mary Marsden, Mike Kimbery, Jane Morris, Joan Lloyd, Elaine Tandy, Violet Legge; Rob Walker – care of parishes of Pudleston and Hatfield..

Today Pray for today’s “Thrive” session at Brimfield Village Hall; pray also for the Investment Advisory Group, meeting today.

Saturday 28th April: Peter Chanel, missionary and martyr

Anglican Central Tanganyika (Tanzania) - The Rt Revd Dickson Chilongani.Hereford Leominster Team Ministry – Eyton, Ivington, Monkland, Dilwyn & Stretford; Eye, Croft

with Yarpole & Lucton.Today Pray for today’s “Thrive” session. This week we are also asked to focus on

immunisation worldwide: pray for immunisation schemes aimed at eliminating particular diseases, and for their support, resourcing and success.

Prayer God be in my hands and in my making;God be in my senses and in my creating;God be in my heart and in my loving;God be at my desk and in my trading;God be in my pain and in my enduring;God be in my plans and in my deciding;God be in my mind and in my growing;God be in my limbs and in my leisure.(Found in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral)

SUNDAY 29th April: 5th of EasterThe Wider View

Pray for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking children (UASC), arriving in our Diocese. Sadly some have been very unhappy, and have moved to cities where they hope to find better opportunities for education. Pray for them and for those who have stayed here but are still finding it hard to get the education they would like. One of these UASCs is a Coptic Christian who would like to visit his own church in Birmingham each week but can’t afford the train fare; pray that he may find a way to worship God with other Christians.

Anglican The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem & The Middle East: The Most Revd Suheil Dawani, Archbishop in Jerusalem.

Hereford Pray for the specialist support provided for ministry and mission by the support officers of our Diocese, enabling best practice and compliance, and supporting ministers and teams in addressing issues in parish ministry, mission and development, and identifying and accessing the resources needed.

Today Dystonia is a condition where neurological issues cause mobility problems and abnormal posture, and affects some 70,000 people in the UK. In Dystonia Awareness Week, pray for better understanding and effective support.

Porvoo Church of Sweden: Diocese of Gothenburg, Bishop Susanne Rappmann;Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway, Bishop Gregor Duncan.

Monday 30th April: Pandita Mary Ramabai, translatorAnglican Central Zambia (Central Africa) - The Rt Revd Derek Gary Kamukwamba

Central Zimbabwe (Central Africa) - The Rt Revd Ishmael Mukuwanda.Hereford Leominster Team Ministry – Kimbolton with Hamnish, Middleton-on-the-Hill,

Leysters, Bockleton, Orleton and Brimfield; and the Local Ministry Team: Bruce Thomson, Chris St Clair, Des Hall.

Today Pray for the Bishop’s Staff residential, and for Mothers’ Union Trustees meeting today. Today also begins National Gardening Week - pray for gardeners, and

give thanks especially for gardens as places of re-creation and refuge.Tuesday 1st May: Philip and James, apostlesAnglican Chandigarh (North India) - The Rt Revd Younas Massey.Hereford Leominster Team Ministry - Leominster Community Hospital; Dilwyn CE Primary

School; Ivington CE Primary School; St James CE Primary School; Kimbolton; Leominster County Primary School; Earl Mortimer College; Luston Primary School; Orleton CE Primary School; Westfield School, Leominster; Stoke Prior Primary School; Lucton School.

Today In the month of May, we are asked to focus on skin cancer, a serious health issue that is often overlooked. The first day of May is also by tradition a day to reflect on the world of work. Today is also World Asthma Day.

Wednesday 2nd May: Athanasius, bishop and teacher of the faithAnglican Central Pennsylvania (III, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd Audrey

Scanlan.Hereford Wigmore Abbey – Brampton Bryan, Downton, Burrington, Aston, Elton,

Leintwardine, Adforton, Wigmore, Leinthall Starkes: Michael Catling; Readers – Alastair Gloag, Carole Gloag, Culain Morris; Wigmore High School; Wigmore Primary School; Leintwardine Endowed Primary School.

Today Pray for members of the Benefice Buildings Committee, meeting today. Pray we may maintain high standards in the housing provided for clergy and their families, providing good living and work space.

Thursday 3rd MayAnglican Chelmsford (Canterbury, England) - The Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell; Area

Bishops - The Rt Revd Peter Hill (Barking); The Rt Revd Roger Morris (Colchester); the area see of Bradwell is currently vacant.

Hereford Support Ministry: Pray for the Ludlow Mascall Centre as a resource for both church and community, and for the staff there.

Today Pray for all churchwardens, particularly those newly elected to office; pray too for parishes that face difficulty in finding candidates for this office.

Friday 4th May: English saints and martyrs of the Reformation eraAnglican Chester (York, England) - The Rt Revd Peter Robert Forster; Suffragans - The

Rt Revd Keith Sinclair (Birkenhead), The Rt Revd Libby Lane (Stockport).Hereford Support Ministry: Pray for John Daniels as Diocesan Warden of Readers, for

Sun-Wardens and for the Hereford Diocesan Readers’ Association.Today Pray for outreach by our churches to children and families: in the creative use

of life events, family worship, social activity, Messy Church, “Open the Book” and in many other ways, and for effective sharing of stories and good practice.

Saturday 5th MayAnglican Chhattisgarh (North India) - The Rt Revd Purna Sagar Nag.Hereford Support Ministry: Pray for work to encourage and enrich prayer life and

spirituality in our Diocese: for Nick Helm and all who work with him.Today Pray for “Discerning Listening” today at Ludlow. On the International Day of the

Midwife, pray for all who are engaged in this demanding work, giving thanks for their skill and dedication, and praying for safe births and for all new families.

Prayer You tell us, Lord, that you will require much of those to whom much is given:grant that we whose lot is cast in so goodly a heritagemay strive together with prayerful fervour and commitmentto extend to others what we so richly enjoy.And as we have entered into the fruits of the labours of others,may we so labour that others in their turn may enter into ours,to the fulfillment of your holy will, and to the good of all.

SUNDAY 6th May: 6th of Easter - Rogation SundayThe Wider View

Give thanks for the safe arrival and smooth integration into the community of Syrian refugees; pray too for asylum seeking families due to be billeted here - traumatised people arriving without status or benefits, that they find welcome and be treated with justice.

Anglican The Anglican Church of Kenya: The Most Revd Jackson Ole Sapit, Primate.Hereford Ludlow Deanery: Rural Dean – Ashley Buck; Lay Co-Chair – Henry Chance;

Sub-Warden of Readers – John Beesley.Today Pray for agricultural and rural chaplaincy, and for all who farm or work within

the agricultural and horticultural industry within our Diocese; pray too that we may serve our Creator well in our use and conservation of the land.

Porvoo Church of England: Diocese of Southwark, Bishop Christopher Chessun, Bishop Richard Cheetham, Bishop Jonathan Clark, Bishop Karowei Dorgu; Church of Norway: Diocese of Björgvin, Bishop Halvor Nordhaug.

Monday 7th May: Rogation DayAnglican Chicago (V, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd Jeffrey Lee.Hereford Tenbury Team Ministry - Burford, Clee Hill, Coreley with The Knowle, Greete,

Hope Bagot, Little Hereford, Nash & Boraston, Tenbury St Mary’s, Tenbury St Michael’s & Whitton: Mark Inglis, Sian Harris, Sue Foster; Church Army Evangelists: Sr Kathleen Boyland, Capt Norris Boyland; Reader - Kevin Bryant.

Today On Dawn Chorus Day, give thanks for the beauty of birdsong, and, more widely, that we are able to find pleasure and inspiration in the sights, sounds and rhythms of the natural world around us.

Tuesday 8th May: Rogation Day;Julian of Norwich, anchoress and spiritual writerAnglican Chichester (Canterbury, England) - The Rt Revd Martin Warner; Suffragans -

The Rt Revd Mark Sowerby (Horsham), The Revd Richard Jackson (Lewes).Hereford Tenbury Local Ministry Development Group – Clergy, Gordon Bailey, Kathleen

Bills, Michael Holmes, Jenny Metcalfe, Sue Perry, Peter Sandall; Tenbury CE Primary School; Burford CE Primary School; Clee Hill Community Academy; Tenbury High Ormiston Academy; Saint Michael’s College; Tenbury District Hospital: Chaplaincy Team.

Today Give thanks for the particular witness and inspiration of Julian of Norwich, and for the ways in which her vision continues to inspire Christians today.

Wednesday 9th May: Rogation Day

Anglican Chile (South America) - The Rt Revd Hector Zavala; Auxiliary Bishops - The Rt Revd Abelino Apeleo Puel, The Rt Revd Alfred Cooper, The Rt Revd Nelson Ojeda.

Hereford Ludlow (Ludlow St Laurence & Ludlow St John): Kelvin Price; Associate Minister (rtd) - Ann Barge; Readers - Stephen Ashford, Roger Hall, Geoffrey Adams; Lay Missioner - Wayne Davies; Reader Emeritus - John Robson. Ludlow Community Hospital; Ludlow CE Secondary School, St Laurence CE Primary School, Ludlow Infants School, Ludlow Junior School, Ludlow College.

Today Europe Day today is an annual celebration of peace and unity in Europe; as we continue the journey of disengagement from the European Union, pray that in our existing and potential links and friendships across the continent, we may continue to build bridges of peace and find mutual support.

Thursday 10th May: ASCENSION DAYAnglican A hymn of glory let us sing,

New songs throughout the world shall ring:Christ, by a road before untrod,Ascendeth to the throne of God. Alleluia!

Hereford Bromfield Group: Bitterley with Middleton; Stoke St Milborough & The Heath; Clee St Margaret & Cold Weston; Onibury; Bromfield; Stanton Lacy: Justin Parker. Bitterley CE Primary School, Onny CE Primary School.

Today Pray for members of the DAC, meeting today. Pray also for our participation in “Thy Kingdom Come” in which our Archbishop invites us to pray for others to come to know Christ between Ascension and Pentecost.

Friday 11th MayAnglican Chotanagpur (North India) - The Rt Revd Basil Baliya Baskey.Hereford Ashfords Group: Ludford, Ashford Carbonell, Ashford Bowdler, Caynham,

Knowbury, Richards Castle:Lin Money; Reader - Stephen Treasure; Lay leaders - Madelyn Carlyon, Rob Downes, Susannah Hall. Bishop Hooper CE Primary School.

Today Pray for young people preparing to take GCSE, A Level and other vital examinations over the coming weeks.

Saturday 12th May: Gregory Dix, priest, monk and scholarAnglican Christ the King (Southern Africa) - The Rt Revd William Mostert.Hereford Ludlow Clergy with Permission to Officiate: Andrew Body, Juergen Bridstrup,

John Burley, Christine Brewster, Keith Crouch, Brian Dickson, John Haslam, Philip Jepps, Tom Leary, Neil MacGregor, John Perry, David Roberts, John Williams.

Today Today is World Fairtrade Day - pray that those who grow and produce the things we need may be fairly rewarded for what they do. Today is also a day to remember all who work in the nursing profession.

Prayer Almighty God, your ascended Son has sent us into the worldto preach the good news of your kingdom:inspire us with your Spirit, and fill our hearts with the fire of your love,

that all who hear your Word may be drawn to you,through Jesus Christ our Lord.(Prayer for “Thy Kingdom Come”)

SUNDAY 13th May: 7th of Easter, Sunday after Ascension DayThe Wider View

Connecting Classrooms is a grant scheme operated by the British Council that supports school links with other countries, including Tanzania. Following past problems, pray that as the situation is reviewed, visits by Tanzanian teachers which have been so successful in the past will be re-instated, to make the links that we have more meaningful and enjoyable for both partners.

Anglican Pray for the work of the Anglican Centre in Rome.Christchurch (Aotearoa NZ & Polynesia) - The Rt Revd Victoria Matthews.

Hereford Give thanks for the variety of ecumenical, interfaith and international links that are part of what defines and locates us as a diocese; pray for a sense of connection to a wider vision of faith, call and service in every local church, especially in this Christian Aid Week.

Today National Children's Day today directs our thoughts to the importance of a healthy childhood and the need to protect the rights and freedoms of children. Christian Aid Week begins today. Aid agencies have had a bad press in recent months - pray that the good work they do will not be tarnished by the behaviour of a few, and that people will still have a heart to support international aid.

Porvoo Church of England: Diocese of Gloucester, Bishop Rachel Treweek, Bishop Robert Springett; Church of Sweden: Diocese of Västerås, Bishop Mikael Mogren.

Monday 14th May: Matthias, apostleAnglican Chubu (Japan) - The Rt Revd Peter Ichiro Shibusawa.Hereford Cleobury Mortimer with Hopton Wafers, Neen Sollars & Milson, Neen Savage

with Kinlet; Doddington: Ashley Buck, Mark Daborn, Sue Barrett, David Eve; Reader - Charles Houston; Lacon Childe School; Cleobury Mortimer Primary School; Kinlet CE Primary School; St Mary’s Youth Project: Mark Greaves.

Today Pray for the work and witness of the Mothers’ Union here and across the world, and for today’s MU Meet & Share Day at Kimbolton. Pray for churches and communities collecting for Christian Aid this week, for special services and events, and a greater awareness of our neighbours’ need.

Tuesday 15th MayAnglican Clogher (Armagh, Ireland) - The Rt Revd John McDowell.Hereford Corvedale Group: Culmington, Diddlebury, Munslow with Broadstone,

Holdgate, Tugford, Abdon: John Beesley; Corvedale CE Primary School.Today Pray for all who will attend today’s Safeguarding session, and for the CMD two

day session on “Teaching People to Pray”, led by Nick Helm. The DBF Executive Committee also meets today. Today is also the International Day of Families, a chance to focus on all that strengthens and sustains family life.

Wednesday 16th May: Caroline Chisholm, social reformerAnglican Cochin (South India) - The Rt Revd Baker Ninan Fenn;

Coimbatore (South India) - The Rt Revd Timothy Ravinder.Hereford Support Ministry: David Roberts, Interfaith Officer, furthering links with and

encouraging awareness of other faiths and cultures.Today Chrissie Pepler, Church & Society Link Officer, is today attending the National

Clewer Initiative Network Day at Lambeth Palace: this is a three-year project to develop strategies in each Diocese to work for the eradication of modern day forms of slavery and human trafficking.

Thursday 17th MayAnglican Colombia (XI, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd Francisco Duque-Gomez.Hereford Support Ministry: Pray for the work of Caroline Pascoe, Parish Development

Officer, and of Nick Helm in ministry development and as Curate Training Officer. Pray for all who support this work, and also for curates in training and their training incumbents.

Today Today is World Hypertension Day: hypertension, or high blood pressure, is sometimes referred to as the “silent killer”, and this day, with its theme of “Know your Numbers” aims to raise awareness and improve personal health care.

Friday 18th MayAnglican Connor (Armagh, Ireland) - The Rt Revd Alan Abernethy.Hereford Support Ministry: Kathy Bland, Assistant to the Children and Families Support

Officer, and Regional “Messy Church” Coordinator.Today On International Museums Day, give thanks for the museums, great and small,

that help to teach, inform and enthuse us; pray especially for local museums, often under threat as budgets and squeezed and sources of funding dry up.

Saturday 19th May: Dunstan, archbishop and monastic reformerAnglican Cork, Cloyne & Ross (Dublin, Ireland) - The Rt Revd Paul Colton.Hereford Support Ministry: David Morris, Programme Manager based at Hereford, and

helping to design and deliver strategic projects to support the achievement of the Diocesan Strategy.

Today Today is kept as Spinal Cord Injuries Day: pray for all who live with paralysis caused by spinal cord injury, and for greater understanding and support. Pray for all to be married at this time, as the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle is celebrated.

Prayer Father God, we wait as did those first disciplesfor the fire of your Spirit to be kindled afresh in our hearts:pour your grace and power upon us, Lord,and may your blessed Spirit burn within us, not for our sake alone,but so we may have the vision, the courage, the authority, the loveto proclaim you to the world with joyful hearts and with unhesitant voice;for Jesus Christ our Saviour’s sake, who is alive and reigns with youin the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

SUNDAY 20th May: PENTECOST (Whit Sunday)The Wider View

Pray for the Anglican Church of Tanzania as its new Archbishop takes office: for a renewed sense of unity and common purpose, leaving behind past

tensions and moving forward with confidence.Anglican Colorado (VI, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd Robert O'Neill, whose

retirement was announced late last year.Hereford Pontesbury Deanery: Rural Dean – Giles Tulk; Lay Co-Chair – Jill Jones;

Sub-Warden of Readers – Nancy Cleaton.Today Give thanks for the “Thy Kingdom Come” process of prayer over the days

since Ascension Day, and pray for all who will come to the Cathedral - many as walking pilgrims from various points - to celebrate and worship together this afternoon. Pray for Maimbo Mndolwa, Bishop of Tanga, enthroned today as Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Church of Tanzania.

Porvoo Church of England: Diocese of Guildford, Bishop Andrew Watson, Bishop Jo Wells; Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Viborg, Bishop Henrik Stubkjær.

Monday 21st May: Helena, protector of the holy places; Ordinary Time resumesAnglican Costa Rica (Central America) - The Rt Revd Hector Monterroso Gonzalez.Hereford Chirbury, Marton-in-Chirbury, Trelystan with Leighton, Middleton-in-Chirbury

(including The Marsh): vacant; Clergy with PTO - Bill Rowell, Eric Brazier; Chirbury VC School; Leighton CP School.

Today The House of Bishops meets at Bishopthorpe, York. This day also begins Dementia Awareness Week and Children’s Hospice Week - two important focuses for our prayer and support.

Tuesday 22nd MayAnglican Coventry (Canterbury, England) - The Rt Revd Christopher Cocksworth;

Suffragan - The Rt Revd John Stroyan (Warwick).Hereford Ford; Alberbury with Cardeston & Wattlesborough; Great Wollaston, including

Middletown: Val Tait, Maxine Neal; Reader – Susan Gaulton; Local Ministry Development Group – Val Tait, Maxine Neal, Sue Hill, Jane Weston, Helen Lowrie-Herz, Sue Roberts, Alison Lewis, Elvire Mortimer, Jane Shaw. Trinity CE Primary School, Ford; Brynhafren County Primary School, Crew Green.

Today British Tomato Week, beginning today, may serve to focus our prayers on all who work in the fruit-growing industry within our Diocese.

Wednesday 23rd MayAnglican Connecticut (I, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd Ian Douglas; Suffragan -

The Rt Revd Laura Ahrens.Hereford Great Hanwood, Longden & Annscroft with Pulverbatch: Graham Phillips; SSM

Curate David Moss; OLM - Sheila Dawson-Campbell, Averil Taylor, PTO: Emma Phillips, Retired Clergy: Colin Hurford, Ian Ross, Graham Earney; Reader Emeritus - Liba Taconis, Paul Charlesworth; Local Ministry Development Group in Hanwood – Margaret Nichols, Fran Burgess, Margaret Hill, Ros Packer, David Moss, Keith Packer.

Today Prayer for today’s Safeguarding Training session; also, on World Turtle Day, pray for all that is being done to reverse the impact of pollution and plastics on our ocean fauna, and for greater awareness of the damage already done.

Thursday 24th May: John and Charles Wesley, evangelists and founders of MethodismAnglican Cueibet (Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan) - The Rt Revd Elijah Matueny Awet.Hereford Youthchurch Fresh Expression of Church for 11 to 18’s; Longden CE School,

St Thomas and St Anne’s CE School, Hanwood.Today Pray for the Methodist churches within our communities, giving thanks for the

distinctive contribution of John and Charles Wesley in prayer, song and word.Friday 25th May: The Venerable Bede, scholar and historian; Aldhelm, bishopAnglican Cuernavaca (Mexico) - The Rt Revd Enrique Treviño Cruz.Hereford Minsterley & Snailbeach, Habberley & Hope with Shelve: Giles Tulk; SSM

Pamela Bickley; Retired Clergy – Christine Withers, Christopher Cooke; Schools - Long Mountain School, Minsterley School, Stiperstones School.

Today Pray for historians, and for all who analyse and interpret past and current events, and that we may learn the lessons we need to from our forebears.

Saturday 26th May: Augustine, archbishop; John Calvin, reformer; Philip Neri, spiritual guideAnglican Curitiba (Brazil) - The Rt Revd Naudal Alves Gomes.Hereford Pontesbury: Margaret Jones, Assistant Curate Max Lambourne; Retired Clergy

– Shirley Small, Christopher Cooke, Charmian Beech; Children and Families Worker – Mark Hackney; Local Ministry Development Group – Margaret Jones, Mary McCall, Heather Ryder, Paul Garrett, Mary Worrall, Sue Picken, David Ryder, Max Lambourne, Mark Hackney; Pontesbury CE Primary School, Mary Webb School and Science College.

Today As we celebrate its first Archbishop, pray for the See of Canterbury, and for the Anglican Community worldwide; pray for Archbishop Justin and for all who support his ministry. Pray too for all taking part in the Ludlow Palmers’ Pilgrimage Weekend over this bank holiday weekend.

Prayer Glory be to the Father, who by his almighty power and love created me,so that I am made in his own image and likeness;glory be to the Son, who by his precious blood has saved me from death,by his own dying and his rising again;glory be to the Holy Spirit, who sanctifies me in the waters of baptism,and by his gracious power burning in my heart;glory be to God, Father, Son and Spirit,glory be to God, Maker, Lover, Inspirer,now and forever.

SUNDAY 27th May: TRINITY SUNDAYThe Wider View

Give thanks for progress in the development of school links with the Diocese of Nuremberg, and pray for new links and new opportunities for exchanges, contacts and dialogue involving young people.

Anglican The Anglican Church of Korea: The Most Revd Onesimus Dongsin Park, Primate of the Anglican Church of Korea & Bishop of Busan.

Hereford Pray for all involved in communications, and that both as a Diocese and at every level of church life we may excellent at communicating, within and beyond our own community.

Today Pray for theologians and Biblical scholars, and for all whose prayerful and thoughtful study and writing helps inform our sense of God’s presence and provision and call.

Porvoo Church of England: Diocese of Exeter, Bishop Robert Atwell, Bishop Nicholas McKinnel, Bishop Sarah Mullally; Church of Norway: Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland, Bishop Olav Øygard.

Monday 28th May: Lanfranc, archbishop and scholarAnglican Cuttack (North India) - The Rt Revd Surendra Kumar Nanda.Hereford Westbury, Yockleton & Worthen: vacant; Retired Clergy: Clive Devonish;

Readers - Christine Jones, Ian Williams, Ruth Leigh; The Long Mountain School.

Today Today is kept as World Hunger Day: a time to reflect on the causes of hunger in our world - not only poverty as such, but also social inequalities, lack of education and training, and injustice. The Hunger Project has the aim of enabling, training and empowering people to end their own poverty. In the Church in Wales, today celebrates Melangell, whose shrine at Pennant Melangell, not far outside our Diocese, remains a place of pilgrimage.

Tuesday 29th MayAnglican Cyangugu (Rwanda) - The Rt Revd Nathan Amooti Rusengo;

Kigali (Rwanda) - The Rt Revd Louis Muvunyi.Hereford Finance and Giving: Stephen Herbert, Director of Finance, Kate Bayliss,

Diocesan Accountant, Lorraine Aitken and Sallyann Hales, Financial Assistants.

Today Oak Apple Day today celebrates the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. Pray for our Royal Family today.

Wednesday 30th May: Josephine Butler, social reformer; Joan of Arc, visionary; Apolo Kivebulaya, priestAnglican Cyprus and the Gulf (Jerusalem & Middle East) - The Rt Revd Michael Lewis.Hereford Finance and Giving: The Common Fund - pray that parishes will take seriously

the commitment to mutual support and sharing in mission that the Parish Offer scheme and the Common Fund require, and for faithful and thoughtful giving.

Today Josephine Butler campaigned for the fair and just treatment of women forced into prostitution. In today’s seemingly more liberal society, women are still exploited and trafficked, degraded and treated unjustly within the sex industry: pray for those who continue to campaign on these issues and to expose abuse, and to release those caught in abusive situations.

Thursday 31st May: Corpus Christi (Thanksgiving for Holy Communion)Anglican Daejeon (Korea) - The Revd Moses Nak Jun Yoo.Hereford Finance and Giving: Pray for all members of the Diocesan Board of Finance,

its Executive and advisory bodies, and for the careful and prudent guidance of our financial affairs through difficult and testing times.

Today Pray that in our sharing together in Holy Communion we might be drawn ever closer in fellowship with one another and with our Lord, as we do this in grateful remembrance of all he has done for us.

Friday 1st June: Visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth [Transferred from 31st May]Anglican Dallas (VII, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd George Sumner.Hereford Finance and Giving: Richard Jones and Val Smith, Christian Giving Advisers,

supporting parishes in growing and nurturing generosity and giving. Pray for the adoption by parishes of the new Parish Giving Scheme.

Today Pray for a Church in every place that takes to heart the message of the Magnificat, praising God with lips and heart, and striving for a just and righteous world in which all may share fully.

Saturday 2nd JuneAnglican Damaturu (Jos, Nigeria) - The Rt Revd Abiodun Ogunyemi.Hereford Finance and Giving: Pray for the adoption in all our churches of the “Giving for

Life” principles of giving 5% of income to and through the church, and a further 5% to other organizations that help to build God’s kingdom.

Today Pray that we may be both disciplined and creative in the prayer we do and offer, and that in our prayer we may open ourselves to the mind of our Lord. Pray for those taking part in today’s “Exploring Prayer” day at Bishops Castle.

Prayer Father God, we thank you that in word and sacramentyou give us your Son to be the true bread from heaven,and the food of eternal life.Strengthen us in your service,and so fill our hearts with gratitude for this gift without pricethat in all our daily living we may show our thankfulnessand work to your praise and glory;through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.

(from a Presbyterian source)

SUNDAY 3rd June: 1st after TrinityThe Wider View

Pray for the many migrants and refugees now being sent back from Europe to Turkey, where there is little provision for them. Our Lord was himself a refugee at the start of his life on earth - pray his comfort for those who find themselves stranded and neglected, and for awareness of and response to their need.

Anglican The Anglican Church of Melanesia: The Most Revd George Takeli, Archbishop of Melanesia and Bishop of Central Melanesia.

Hereford Ross and Archenfield Deanery: Rural Dean – Mark Johnson; Lay Co-Chair – vacant; Sub-Warden of Readers – Rev Chris Blanchard.

Today Today marks “Cancer Survivors’ Day” - give thanks for the advances that have led to improved survival rates, including earlier diagnosis; pray for those who have survived cancer, and for all living with cancer today.

Porvoo Church of England: Diocese of Hereford, Bishop Richard Frith, Bishop Alistair Magowan; The Lusitanian Church (Portugal): Bishop José Jorge Pina Cabral; The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad: Archbishop Lauma

Zušēvica.Monday 4th June: Petroc, abbotAnglican Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) - The Rt Revd Jackson Sosthenes.Hereford Ross with Walford and Brampton Abbotts: Sarah Jones, Simon Tarlton

Assistant Curate, Caroline Pascoe Associate Priest, Chris Blanchard Associate Priest; Martin Bamforth, Dr. Derek Glover Reader, Canon Freda Davies Reader, Colin Leggate Chaplain to Commerce, Industry and Business. Brampton Abbotts CE School; Ashfield Park Primary School; St Joseph’s RC Primary School; Walford Primary School; John Kyrle High School; Ross Community Hospital.

Today Pray for children who are abused, exploited or abandoned in our world today, and for the innocent victims of the aggression and violence of others.

Tuesday 5th June: Boniface (Wynfrith), bishop and martyrAnglican Davao (Philippines) - The Rt Revd Jonathan Labasan Casimina.Hereford Stow Caple Benefice – Sellack, Kings Caple, Bridstow, Peterstow, Foy, How

Caple, Sollershope: Crispin Pemberton; Curate (from July 1st) Tim Starling; Bridstow CE Primary School, Kings Caple Primary School.

Today On World Environment Day, pray for a better understanding of the impact on the natural environment of human activity, and that individually and together we may find ways of “leaving a lighter footprint” on the earth.

Wednesday 6th June: Ini Kopuria, founder of the Melanesian BrotherhoodAnglican Delaware (III, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd Kevin S. Brown.Hereford Ariconium – Aston Ingham, Hope Mansel, Linton, The Lea, Upton Bishop &

Weston-under-Penyard: David Howell; Readers – Davina Thomas and Tony Morgan; Weston-under-Penyard CE Primary School; The Lea CE Primary Sch.

Today Pray for members of the DAC, meeting today. Pray also for the food banks in communities across our Diocese, giving thanks for the vital help they offer in cases of emergency need. Pray also today for the Melanesian Mission, supporting the ministry of the Church in the Melanesian islands.

Thursday 7th JuneAnglican Delhi (North India) - The Rt Revd Warris K. Masih.Hereford Wye Reaches Group - Dixton & Wyesham, Whitchurch & Ganarew,

Bishopswood: Kevin Cecil, Assistant Curate Penny Powdrill; Whitchurch CE Primary School; Kymin View Primary School, Wyesham.

Today Give thanks for the ministry of Readers within our Diocese, and pray for today’s meeting of the Readers Association Committee. Pray for all who live with Tourette’s Disease, and for a better understanding of this condition.

Friday 8th June: Thomas Ken, bishop, non-juror and hymnistAnglican Derby (Canterbury, England) - The Rt Revd Alastair Redfern; Suffragan - The

Rt Revd Janet McFarlane (Repton).Hereford Goodrich w Welsh Bicknor, Marstow, Llangarron, Llangrove, Welsh Newton w

Llanrothal: Ben Bentham; Associate Minister Richard Jones; Assistant Curate

Penny Powdrill; Goodrich CE Primary School; Llangrove CE Primary School; and the Benefice LMDG.

Today On World Oceans Day, pray that we may properly value and protect the oceans which are so vital to the health of our planet. Our MU Wave of Prayer week begins today: please pray for the Dioceses with which our Diocesan MU is linked: Yambio (South Sudan), Garissa (Kenya), Mbamili (Nigeria), Willochra (Australia) and Thailand.

Saturday 9th June: Columba, abbot and missionary; Ephrem, deacon and teacher of the faithAnglican Derry & Raphoe (Armagh, Ireland) - The Rt Revd Kenneth Good;

Down & Dromore (Armagh, Ireland) - The Rt Revd Harold Miller.Hereford Archenfield Group Ministry: St Weonards Benefice and Wormelow Hundred

Benefice. St Weonards Benefice: St Weonards, Orcop, Garway, Tretire w Michaelchurch & Pencoyd, Hoarwithy & Hentland: Elizabeth Cathie, Associate Minister Frances Phillips; St Weonards Primary School; Garway Primary School. Wormelow Hundred Benefice: Much Birch, Little Birch, Much Dewchurch, Llanwarne, Llandinabo, Dewsall with Callow: Mark Johnson, Reader Emeritus – Alwyn Bulbeck; Much Birch CE Primary School; Hereford Steiner Academy, Much Dewchurch.

Today Columba’s day prompts prayer for the Iona Community as a resource for prayer, hymnody and worship, and Iona as a place of pilgrimage and retreat.

Prayer Thank you, as I dwell upon the goodness in my life.Thank you, as I cherish in my heart your gifts to me.Thank you that you bless me with, breath, joy and love. Thank you, Lord.

SUNDAY 10th June: 2nd after TrinityThe Wider View

Pray for poor communities around our world hugely challenged by environmental change. In Madagascar, USPG is giving support to communities facing drought or flooding resulting from climate change. In South America SAMS (South American Mission Society) is highlighting massive environmental challenges facing the indigenous and rural poor there. Pray for the work of our mission agencies, and that it may find committed support from churches here.

Anglican La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico: The Most Revd Francisco Moreno, Presiding Bishop and Bishop of Northern Mexico.

Hereford Pray for the highest standards of safeguarding across our churches, in work with children, with the elderly or vulnerable adults, and in selection and the making of appointments, and for Mandy McPhee and those with whom she works.

Today Pray for younger people within our congregations, especially for those who as churchgoers may feel isolated within small rural communities. Pray for better outreach to young people and families, and for openness to change.

Porvoo Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland: Bishop Agnes Sigurdardottir, Bishop Kristjan Valur Ingolfsson, Bishop Solveig Lara Gudmundsdottir; The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church: Bishop Carlos Lopez Lozano.

Monday 11th June: Barnabas, apostle

Anglican Diocese on the Coast formerly (Ikale-Ilaje) (Ondo, Nigeria) - The Rt Revd Joshua Ogunele.

Hereford Church governance: Pray for members of Parochial Church Councils, and for all who hold office in each local church, and for the training and resourcing of wardens, secretaries, treasurers and others.

Today Pray for today’s meeting of the MU Council. As we remember the apostle called “Son of Encouragement”, pray that we may be better at encouraging one another and valuing what each person has to offer.

Tuesday 12th JuneAnglican Diocese in Europe (Canterbury, England) - The Rt Revd Robert Innes;

Suffragan - The Rt Revd David Hamid.Hereford Church governance: Pray for all who staff and make use of the diocesan

offices in Hereford and Ludlow.Today Pray for today’s Bishop’s Staff meeting. Pray for NILS (No Interest Loan

Scheme), providing loans of up to £400 without interest to people in acute financial need in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire, to pay for essential items purchased from local businesses, and for similar schemes elsewhere. Pray for all who find themselves in dire financial need.

Wednesday 13th JuneAnglican Eastern Kowloon (Hong Kong) - The Rt Revd Timothy Kwok.Hereford Church governance: Pray for all involved with the conservation and care of our

church buildings, and for their development to meet changing needs and uses. Pray for DAC members, church architects, skilled craftspeople, and for all who offer advice and direction.

Today In this Diabetes Awareness Week, pray for all who live with this disease, whose impact is growing: for treatment, understanding and support. Pray especially for children with the disease, and for their parents and families.

Thursday 14th June: Richard Baxter, puritan divineAnglican Diocese of The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands (West Indies) -

The Rt Revd Laish Boyd.Hereford Church governance: Pray for all members of Deanery Synods, for Rural

Deans and Lay Co-Chairs, and for Deanery Treasurers and Secretaries.Today MU Midday prayers take place in the Cathedral. Today is Blood Donor Day -

give thanks for all who give blood, and pray that blood supplies may always be sufficient to meet medical need.

Friday 15th June: Evelyn Underhill, spiritual writerAnglican Diocese of the Free State (formerly Bloemfontein) (Southern Africa) - The Rt

Revd Dintoe Letloenyane.Hereford Church governance: Pray for the members and officers of Diocesan Synod

and Bishop’s Council.Today Evelyn Underhill, remembered today, was highly regarded as a retreat

conductor and spiritual director: pray for all who offer these services within the

Church today.Saturday 16th June: Richard of Chichester, bishop; Joseph Butler, bishop and philosopherAnglican Western Kowloon (Hong Kong) - The Rt Revd Andrew Chan.Hereford Church governance: Pray for those who represent this Diocese on General

Synod and other provincial or national bodies.Today Pray for today’s “Discerning Listening” session. The simplicity and service of

Bishop Richard de Wych, remembered today, was regarded as a model for all; as bishop, he was available to all who needed his care. His famous prayer is included below.

Prayer Thanks be to thee, my Lord Jesus Christ,for all the benefits thou hast given me,for all the pains and insults thou hast borne for me.O most merciful redeemer, friend and brother,may I know thee more clearly,love thee more dearly,and follow thee more nearly, day by day.(Richard of Chichester)

SUNDAY 17th June: 3rd after TrinityThe Wider View

Pray for the countries of the Middle East, where conflict, tension and political uncertainty continue. Pray especially for the many children in conflict situations in Syria and elsewhere, for their safety and that peace come to this and all troubled parts of our world.

Anglican The Church of the Province of Myanmar (Burma): The Most Revd Stephen Than Myint Oo, Archbishop of Myanmar and Bishop of Yangon.

Hereford Telford Severn Gorge Deanery: Rural Dean – Ian Naylor; Lay Co-Chair – Jean Witham; Sub-Warden of Readers – Garry Ward.

Today On Father’s Day, pray for fathers and families; this is also a day to focus on the issue of desertification in our world - pray for communities in the Sahel and elsewhere, where land is degraded and climate change is making agriculture impossible.

Porvoo Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, Bishop Kevin Pearson; Church of Ireland: Diocese of Connor, Bishop Alan Abernethy; Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Lolland-Falster, Bishop Marianne Gaarden.

Monday 18th June: Bernard Mizeki, martyrAnglican Dogura (Papua New Guinea) - The Rt Revd Tennyson Bogar.Hereford Broseley with Benthall, Jackfield, Linley with Willey & Barrow: Revd.

Christopher Penn; Readers – Rebecca Wood; Local Ministry Development Group: Ann Wall, Sheila Whittles, Mary Kendal, Rebecca Wood, Brian Allaway, Margaret Taylor; Barrow 1618 Free School; Broseley CE Primary School; John Wilkinson Primary School.

Today On Autistic Pride Day, pray for all who live with autism and for their families:

and for a wider awareness and appreciation of abilities as well as disabilities, when considering those described as being “on the autistic spectrum”.

Tuesday 19th June: Sundar Singh, evangelist and teacher of the faithAnglican Dominican Republic (XI, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd Moisés

Quezada.Hereford Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge & Little Wenlock: Revd. Ian Naylor, Revd. Samuel

Mann (Curate) Revd. Janet Edwards, Revd. Pam Jordan; Readers – Carilyn Simkin; Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CE Primary School.

Today Pray for those who will attend today’s CMD session on “Biblical Perspectives on Leadership in Ministry”, led by Ian Paul. Pray today also for all who live with rheumatoid arthritis, for their care, support and treatment.

Wednesday 20th JuneAnglican Doko (Lokoja, Nigeria) - The Rt Revd Uriah Kolo.Hereford Madeley: St Michael’s Madeley – Revd. Alan Walden, Revd. Dawn Taffinder,

Revd. Rosemary Freeman; Reader – Jan Holt.Today On World Refugee Day, pray for all in our world who are landless and

stateless, driven from their homes by oppression, war, climate change or natural disaster. Many if not most refugee communities are located in host countries and regions that are themselves poor and troubled, and hardly able to provide adequate support for their own people.

Thursday 21st JuneAnglican Dornakal (South India) - The Rt Revd Vadapalli Prasada Rao.Hereford Sutton Hill and Woodside – Linda Cronin; Reader – Steve Cronin.Today Pray for today’s meeting of Bishop’s Council. Today is kept as Clean Air Day:

pray for all affected by airborne pollution, reaching danger level in many cities around our world but a fact of life wherever we live.

Friday 22nd June: Alban, first martyr of BritainAnglican Dublin & Glendalough (Dublin, Ireland) - The Most Revd Michael Jackson.Hereford John Fletcher of Madeley Primary School; William Reynolds Primary School;

Sir Alexander Fleming Primary School; Haughton Special Primary School; John Randall Primary School; St Mary’s RC Primary School; Woodlands Primary School; Abraham Darby Academy; Madeley Academy.

Today Pray for the city and diocese of St Albans; pray too for a spirit of service and sacrifice, and a love of our Lord above all things, to be the mark of our Church.

Saturday 23rd June: Etheldreda, abbessAnglican Duk (Upper Nile, South Sudan) - The Rt Revd Daniel Deng Abot; Duk - Ayod

Mission Area - The Rt Revd Thomas Tut.Hereford Pray for all who exercise a ministry of praying for others, and who by this

service underpin the life and activity of our churches.Today Pray for all involved in today’s Reader Selection Day at Ludlow, for those

considering a call to this ministry, for the training of Readers and for support and recognition for their distinctive ministry. Pray too for the network of

Subwardens of Readers (see the list at the back of this Diary), and for John Daniels as Diocesan Warden of Readers.

Prayer Jesus, my feet are dirty.Come even as a slave to me,pour water into your bowl,come and wash my feet.In asking such a thing I know I am over-bold,but I dread what was threatened when you said to me,“If I do not wash your feet, I have no fellowship with you.”Wash my feet then, because I long for your companionship.

(Origen)

SUNDAY 24th June: The Birth of John the Baptist [or 4th Sunday after Trinity]The Wider View

As we look forward to next weekend’s ordinations in our Diocese, pray for those we sponsor for ordination training in Tanzania as part of our companion link, and for continued and generous support for this important work.

Anglican The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion): The Most Revd Nicholas Okoh, Metropolitan & Primate of all Nigeria, and Bishop of Abuja.

Hereford Pray that at every level of church life in our Diocese we may welcome and affirm the rights, abilities and participation of all, regardless of age, gender or background; pray for all that encourages and enables a gender inclusive ministry.

Today The traditional “Midsummer’s Day” prompts reflection on those within our communities who identify as pagans, but also on all that in our own faith, and perhaps especially in the Celtic tradition, senses the presence and power of God within the cycles and rhythms of his creation.

Porvoo Church of England: Diocese in Europe, Bishop Robert Innes, Bishop David Hamid; Church of Sweden: Diocese of Visby, Thomas Petersson (consecrated bishop on 3rd June); Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Copenhagen, Bishop Peter Skov-Jakobsen.

Monday 25th June: The Birth of John the Baptist if Sunday is kept as the 4th after TrinityAnglican Dunedin (Aotearoa NZ & Polynesia) - The Rt Revd Steven Benford.Hereford Outreach and mission: Pray for those who are “on the fringe” of our churches,

and for our reaching out into the wider community beyond our congregations.Today Today is kept as the Day of the Seafarer - give thanks for those whose work in

the maritime professions maintains world trade; pray for those who are poorly rewarded or who find themselves in danger; pray too for the work of the Mission to Seafarers worldwide.

Tuesday 26th JuneAnglican Dunkwa-on-Offin (Ghana, West Africa) - The Rt Revd Edmund Ahmoah.Hereford Outreach and mission: Pray for our support of the World Church via mission

and aid associations, or direct church to church or church to community links.

Today Pray for all involved in “Year 6 Celebration Days” today and tomorrow and on Monday 2nd July.

Wednesday 27th June: Cyril, bishop and teacher of the faith; Ember DayAnglican Durgapur (North India) - The Rt Revd Probal Dutta.Hereford Outreach and mission: Pray for all new members of our congregations, and for

all who are considering new steps in their journey of faith and response.Today Pray for today’s Year 6 Celebration Day. Pray too for all who face addictions of

various kinds, and for places and programmes which seek to tackle addiction and enable people to find release and remain free.

Thursday 28th June: Irenaeus, bishop and teacher of the faithAnglican Durham (York, England) - The Rt Revd Paul Butler; Suffragan - The Rt Revd

Mark Bryant (Jarrow).Hereford Support Ministry: Christine Pepler, Church and Society Link Officer, and all

that encourages and supports social responsibility and action within our Diocese.

Today Pray for Rural Deans, meeting today in Hereford, and also for today’s annual joint meeting of the Diocesan Mission and Pastoral Committee. The Ordination Retreat begins today - pray for those to be ordained (priests listed below (Saturday), deacons on back pages), for the Retreat Conductor, Revd Canon Rowena Pailing, for Bishop Richard and Kay as they host the Retreat at the Palace, and for Neil Patterson, DDVO.

Friday 29th June: Peter, apostle or Peter & Paul, apostles; Ember DayAnglican Dutse (Kaduna, Nigeria) - The Rt Revd Yesufu Lumu.Hereford Support Ministry: David Gwatkin, Nick Read, and all who work within the

Borderlands Rural Chaplaincy.Today Give thanks for the foundation of our faith in the teaching of the apostles, and

their joyful witness to their crucified and risen Lord.Saturday 30th June: Ember DayAnglican East Carolina (IV, The Episcopal Church) - The Rt Revd Robert Skirving.Hereford Pray for all who are training for any sphere of ministry, including curates in

training, and for those who teach, train, encourage and supervise.Today Pray for today’s Ordination of Priests: those to be ordained are Matthew

Cashmore, Sam Mann, Clive Munday and Rachel Robertshaw: pray for them, their families, and the places in which they are serving. Today is also Armed Forces Day: pray for all who serve and represent our nation in this way.

Prayer Bless, Lord, all whom you call to minister in your Church.May we humble ourselves before you,to be guided by your Holy Spirit in all we say and do.May we be changed more and more into the image of Jesus,as we offer ourselves to him, as we dare to speak his word,and as we seek to follow his command, to love as he has loved us.Protect us from all that might tempt us

to turn aside from the way that you have set.Build us up in the unity of the Spirit, and in constancy of prayer,and provide us with all that is necessary to work and witness for you,for you promise to accompany all who go out in your name.So guard us and guide us, keep us and lead us:use us as you see fit,in Jesus’ name.

Those to be ordained Deacon on Sunday 1st July, and training incumbents:

Sue Jelleyman - Ape Dale (Nancy Cleaton)David Poyner - Severn Valley [Highley etc] (Mike Harris)Tim Starling - Stow Caple (Crispin Pemberton)Elliot Swattridge - St Peter & St James, Hereford (Andy Morgan)Alison Walker - Wenlock Team (Matthew Stafford)

Curates in Training:

Anna Branston (year 3 - Hereford South Wye)Kirsty Clarke (year 3 - Leominster Deanery)Max Lambourne (year 3 - Pontesbury)David Moss (year 3 - Hanwood, Longden, Annscroft & Pulverbatch)Paul Roberts (year 3 - Lugwardine & Bartestree) Dawn Taffinder (year 2 - Madeley)Richard Allaway (year 2 - Frome Valley)Simon Tarlton (year 2 - Ross & Walford)Kina Robertshaw (year 2 - Bromyard)Rob Oram (year 2 - Holmer with Huntington)Matthew Cashmore (year 1 - West Hereford)Sam Mann (year 1 - Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge & Little Wenlock)Clive Munday (year 1 - Bridgnorth & Morville)Rachel Robertson (year 1 - Tupsley with Hampton Bishop)

Ordinands in Training:

Lois Beynon - College of the Resurrection, MirfieldJo Burden - Cranmer Hall, DurhamLawrence Gittins - WEMTC, LudlowIain McIntyre - Cranmer Hall, DurhamJoe Simons - WEMTC, LudlowDavid Wyatt - Ripon College Cuddesdon

Intergenerational Missioners:

Kate King, working in Bridgnorth Geri Miller - BromyardWayne Davies - Ludlow Christine Cattanach - RossDavid Bland and Jo Child - South Wye Beckie Dotson - Sutton Hill & Woodside

Warden and Sub-Wardens of Readers:

Warden: Rev Preb Dr John Daniels

Sub-Wardens:Vacant AbbeydoreClive Evans BromyardMalcolm Robertson Hereford Henry Verwey Kington & WeobleyVacant LedburyMichael Kneen LeominsterChristopher Blanchard Ross & ArchenfieldGarry Ward Bridgnorth Jonathan Kemp Clun ForestNancy Cleaton CondoverJohn Beesley LudlowNancy Cleaton PontesburyGarry Ward Telford Severn Gorge

Readers in Training:

Jane Peeler Bridgnorth Team Katie Smith KingslandDiana Bates Ewyas HaroldJeremy Lowe Acton BurnellGillian Taylor Church StrettonMichael Weaver Holy Trinity, Hereford Alex Daborn StottesdonChristopher Evans Greater Whitbourne

First Year after Licensing:

Catherine Owen Bishop’s Castle Simon Hare Wenlock Team Stephen Treasure Ashford Carbonell

Hereford Archdeaconry Ludlow ArchdeaconryThe Deaneries A Abbeydore I BridgnorthB Bromyard J Clun ForestC & D Hereford K CondoverE Kington & Weobley L LudlowF Ledbury M PontesburyG Leominster N Telford Severn GorgeH Ross & Archenfield

N Telford Severn Gorge