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Page 1: Diary Pray without ceasing

1

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dd

on

De

an

ery

at

the

Bis

ho

p’s

Da

y o

f P

ray

er

in N

orw

ich

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ure

on a

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day

in

a fu

ture

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ry, p

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you

or

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eone

you

kno

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ould

like

one

.

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usti

ce

roll

dow

n li

ke

wat

ers,

and

ri

ghte

ousn

ess

like

an

ever

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owin

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mos

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4

Page 2: Diary Pray without ceasing

19

An

na

Ch

ap

lain

cy

Whe

n he

r mot

her w

as in

car

e, G

aye

Hai

lsto

ne k

new

th

at h

er sp

iritu

al n

eeds

wer

e si

mpl

y no

t bei

ng m

et. I

t sh

arpe

ned

Gay

e’s se

nse

“of t

he im

port

ance

of i

nclu

ding

th

ose

in c

are

hom

es a

s a v

ital p

art o

f our

chu

rch

fam

ily.”

With

her

Rec

tor’s

enc

oura

gem

ent,

she

now

lead

s a te

am

who

regu

larly

take

shor

t, si

mpl

e ac

ts o

f wor

ship

into

th

e fo

ur c

are

hom

es o

f the

vill

ages

of t

he Y

are

Valle

y Ch

urch

es –

or,

durin

g Co

vid,

out

side

them

, as p

ictu

red.

Th

e co

ngre

gatio

ns –

gro

win

g in

eac

h ho

me

– ar

e en

gage

d, re

spon

sive

and

dee

ply

appr

ecia

tive.

So, w

hat’s

nex

t? R

ecog

nitio

n of

and

supp

ort f

or th

is

min

istr

y is

pla

nned

thro

ugh

a fo

rmal

con

nect

ion

(to

be sh

ared

, it’s

hop

ed, b

y ot

her c

hurc

hes a

cros

s our

di

oces

e) w

ith th

e na

tiona

l net

wor

k of

Ann

a Ch

apla

ins.

Nam

ed a

fter

the

84-y

ear-

old

who

wai

ted

upon

God

with

fa

ithfu

lnes

s and

insi

ght (

Luke

2. 3

6-38

), th

eirs

is a

vis

ion

of “a

pio

neer

ing,

targ

eted

min

istr

y am

ong

peop

le in

thei

r la

ter y

ears

”.

SU

N 2

8

AD

VE

NT

Whe

n ju

st a

bab

y, L

ord

Jesu

s, y

our i

dent

ity w

as

gras

ped

by th

e pr

ophe

t Ann

a, lo

ng o

f life

and

fu

ll of

faith

: be

with

all

who

sup

port

our

old

er

peop

le th

at, a

live

to th

e sp

iritu

al n

eeds

of t

hose

in

thei

r car

e, th

ey m

ay a

lso

be o

pen

to th

e gi

ft

of th

eir i

nsig

hts.

MO

N 2

9

HU

NS

TA

NT

ON

AN

D S

AX

ON

SH

OR

E

Bran

cast

er, B

urnh

am D

eepd

ale,

Hol

me-

next

-th

e-Se

a, H

unst

anto

n, H

unst

anto

n St

Mar

y,

Ring

stea

d, T

horn

ham

, Titc

hwel

l with

Cho

sele

y.

Cler

gy: R

acha

el D

ines

, Kirs

ty A

llan,

Jam

es M

onro

. Br

anca

ster

Cof

E VA

Prim

ary

Scho

ol.

Dio

cese

of

Ido

an

i (N

ige

ria

).

TU

E 3

0

SN

ET

TIS

HA

M

Snet

tisha

m. C

lerg

y: P

eter

Coo

k, R

ache

l Ale

xand

er.

Dio

cese

s o

f If

e a

nd

Ife

Ea

st (

Nig

eri

a).

WE

D 1

A

LE

RT

IN

OU

R W

AIT

ING

God

of n

ew b

egin

ning

s, sh

arpe

n ou

r ins

ight

in

this

seas

on o

f wai

ting

that

, ins

pire

d by

the

patie

nt

wat

chfu

lnes

s of A

nna,

we

may

be

aler

t to

your

co

min

g am

ong

us a

nd re

cogn

ise

you

with

joy.

TH

U 2

D

EA

NE

RY

OF

HO

LT

Rura

l Dea

n: R

icha

rd L

awry

. Lay

Cha

ir: T

ricia

Te

mpl

e-Cr

owe.

D

ioce

ses

of

Ifo

an

d I

gb

om

ina

(N

ige

ria

).

FR

I 3

B

RIN

ING

HA

M

Brin

ingh

am, B

rinto

n, H

unw

orth

, Sto

dy, S

wan

ton

Nov

ers,

Thor

nage

. The

Chu

rchw

arde

ns a

nd P

CC

durin

g th

e va

canc

y.

Dio

cese

s o

f Ih

iala

an

d I

jeb

u (

Nig

eri

a).

SA

T 4

B

RIS

TO

N

Bris

ton,

Bur

gh P

arva

, Hin

dolv

esto

n, M

elto

n Co

nsta

ble.

The

Chu

rchw

arde

ns a

nd P

CC d

urin

g th

e va

canc

y. L

LM: C

arol

yn S

exto

n.

Me

tho

dis

t C

hu

rch

: E

ast

An

gli

an

Dis

tric

t C

ha

ir,

Juli

an

Pu

rse

ho

use

.

Prayerful

AC

hl

i

Pfl

Prayerful

Sund

ay 2

8 N

ovem

ber –

Sat

urda

y 4

Dec

embe

r

2My

hope

is th

at th

is n

ew v

ersi

on w

ill

insp

ire a

nd e

ncou

rage

our

per

sona

l an

d co

llect

ive

rhyt

hm o

f pra

yer t

o be

com

e as

nat

ural

as

brea

thin

g.

You’

ll se

e th

at it

incl

udes

sto

ries

from

ar

ound

our

dio

cese

and

bey

ond

to

show

the

pow

er o

f pra

yer a

t wor

k in

the

life

of th

ese

com

mun

ities

. It

also

wea

ves

thro

ugho

ut o

ur V

isio

n of

bei

ng tr

ansf

orm

ed b

y Ch

rist:

Pray

erfu

l, Pa

stor

al, P

roph

etic

.

For t

hose

who

find

it d

ifficu

lt to

ge

t out

and

abo

ut, i

t is

a lif

elin

e of

co

nnec

tivity

, an

oppo

rtun

ity to

be

one

with

the

pray

ing

Chur

ch a

roun

d th

em w

ithou

t bei

ng p

hysi

cally

pres

ent.

For t

hose

con

stan

tly o

n th

e go

, the

onl

ine

avai

labi

lity

of th

is

pray

er c

alen

dar m

eans

that

acc

ess

is

easy

alm

ost a

nyw

here

, via

Dof

N.o

rg/

pray

er o

r on

Twitt

er o

r Fac

eboo

k.

Aft

er th

e in

cred

ibly

diffi

cult

last

18

mon

ths

of b

eing

phy

sica

lly a

part

th

roug

h th

e CO

VID

-19

pand

emic

I h

ope

this

sm

all p

ublic

atio

n w

ill

incr

ease

our

cap

acity

for e

ncou

ragi

ng

us to

be

a Ch

urch

whi

ch re

ache

s ou

t be

yond

itse

lf in

pra

yer a

nd is

thus

kni

t to

geth

er m

ore

stro

ngly

and

lovi

ngly

.

Fore

wor

d fr

om

Bis

ho

p G

rah

am

Wel

com

e to

the

very

firs

t edi

tion

of o

ur n

ew p

raye

r dia

ry.

It b

uild

s up

on th

e gr

eat t

radi

tion

of t

he m

onth

ly li

stin

gs

we’

ve h

ad fo

r man

y ye

ars

by g

uidi

ng u

s in

dai

ly p

raye

r fro

m

the

loca

l to

the

glob

al.

Ple

ase

no

te t

ha

t th

e c

on

ten

t is

co

mp

ile

d s

om

e w

ee

ks

in a

dv

an

ce o

f p

rod

uc

tio

n,

so a

lth

ou

gh

all

fa

cts

are

co

rre

ct

at

tim

e o

f p

ress

, th

ey

ma

y n

ot

be

by

th

e e

nd

of

the

qu

art

er.

Th

an

ks

for

yo

ur

un

de

rsta

nd

ing

.

Page 3: Diary Pray without ceasing

3

Sund

ay 5

– S

atur

day

11 S

epte

mbe

r

Ba

ck

to

sc

ho

ol

Paul

Dun

ning

is p

assi

onat

e ab

out e

duca

tion

desp

ite le

avin

g sc

hool

at 1

6 to

pur

sue

a ca

reer

in h

is th

en p

assi

on, a

gric

ultu

re.

As D

ioce

san

Dire

ctor

of E

duca

tion,

Pau

l has

stra

tegi

c ov

ersi

ght

of o

ur 1

10 sc

hool

s fro

m la

rge

acad

emie

s to

smal

l rur

al sc

hool

s. “G

od h

as a

sens

e of

hum

our.

I cou

ld n

ever

imag

ine

the

rout

e th

at b

roug

ht m

e th

roug

h vo

catio

nal e

duca

tion

into

wor

king

w

ith sc

hool

s. Bu

t loo

king

bac

k I c

an se

e hi

s han

d on

eve

ry st

ep

and

deci

sion

pre

parin

g m

e fo

r thi

s rol

e in

his

chu

rch.

“Our

sta

ff an

d pu

pils

hav

e fa

ced

an u

npre

cede

nted

sea

son

of d

isru

ptio

n an

d di

fficu

lty d

urin

g th

e pa

ndem

ic b

ut

have

per

seve

red,

inno

vate

d an

d su

ppor

ted

one

anot

her

mag

nific

ently

.” As

they

beg

in a

new

aca

dem

ic y

ear,

the

past

oral

car

e fo

r pup

ils a

s th

ey e

mer

ge in

to a

“new

nor

mal

” –

cem

entin

g th

e go

od th

ings

lear

ned

durin

g th

at ti

me,

and

pe

rhap

s gr

ievi

ng s

ome

of th

e ba

d –

is a

t the

fore

fron

t of t

heir

min

ds. I

t’s E

duca

tion

Sund

ay o

n 12

Sep

tem

ber.

Visi

t ww

w.

Do

fN.o

rg/e

du

ca

tio

nsu

nd

ay

or w

ww

.pra

yfo

rsc

ho

ols

.org

to

find

reso

urce

s to

hel

p yo

u pr

ay fo

r you

r loc

al s

choo

l.

SU

N 5

O

UR

SC

HO

OL

S

As

they

retu

rn, m

ay o

ur s

tude

nts

know

they

are

lo

ved,

val

ued,

and

incl

uded

. May

our

sta

ff be

lieve

in

thei

r pow

er to

tran

sfor

m a

nd in

spire

. Dra

w

them

toge

ther

in h

ope.

Reb

uild

our

sch

ools

upo

n yo

ur c

orne

rsto

ne, m

end

any

disc

onne

ctio

ns w

ith

your

infin

ite lo

ve, a

nd re

new

our

com

mun

ities

to

shin

e on

ce a

gain

.

MO

N 6

D

EA

NE

RY

OF

BL

OF

IEL

D

Rura

l Dea

n: M

artin

Gre

enla

nd. L

ay C

hair:

Kei

th

Ger

rard

. Dio

cese

of

Em

bu

(K

en

ya

).

TU

E 7

A

CL

E A

ND

BU

RE

TO

YA

RE

Acle

, Bei

ghto

n w

ith M

oulto

n, F

reet

horp

e,

Hal

verg

ate

w T

unst

all,

Lim

penh

oe, S

outh

woo

d an

d Ca

ntle

y, R

eedh

am, W

ickh

ampt

on. C

lerg

y:

Mar

tin G

reen

land

. LLM

s: N

icho

las

Cow

en, V

ic

Task

er-W

alsh

am. A

cle

CofE

VC

Prim

ary

Scho

ol.

Dio

cese

s o

f E

nu

gu

an

d E

nu

gu

No

rth

(N

ige

ria

).

WE

D 8

S

CH

OO

L C

OM

MU

NIT

IES

God

of n

ew b

egin

ning

s, bl

ess w

ith y

our

pres

ence

our

man

y sc

hool

com

mun

ities

– st

aff

and

gove

rnor

s, pu

pils

and

par

ents

– th

at,

stre

ngth

ened

by

mut

ual c

are

and

supp

ort,

they

m

ay lo

ok w

ith fr

esh

confi

denc

e to

the

futu

re.

TH

U 9

B

LO

FIE

LD

Blofi

eld,

Bur

lingh

am S

aint

And

rew

w S

aint

Pet

er,

Hem

blin

gton

. Cle

rgy:

Kev

in B

illso

n. L

LM: S

ue

Shill

am. D

ioce

se o

f E

san

(N

ige

ria

).

FR

I 1

0

BR

OA

DS

IDE

Ranw

orth

with

Pan

xwor

th, S

outh

Wal

sham

, Upt

on

& Fi

shle

y, W

oodb

astw

ick.

Cle

rgy:

Kev

in B

illso

n,

Dar

leen

Pla

ttin

. LLM

s: M

arga

ret M

alle

tt. F

airh

aven

Co

fE V

A P

rimar

y Sc

hool

(Sou

th W

alsh

am).

Dio

cese

s o

f E

tch

e a

nd

Ets

ak

o N

ige

ria

).

SA

T 1

1

PL

UM

ST

EA

DS

, R

AC

KH

EA

TH

WIT

H

SA

LH

OU

SE

AN

D W

ITT

ON

Gre

at a

nd L

ittle

Plu

mst

ead

and

Witt

on,

Rack

heat

h, S

alho

use.

Cle

rgy:

Dar

leen

Pla

ttin

. LL

Ms:

Hel

en G

rogu

tt, L

inda

Sto

ne. S

alho

use

CofE

VC

Prim

ary

Scho

ol. B

ish

op

s G

rah

am

(N

orw

ich

),

Ala

n (

Th

etf

ord

) a

nd

Ja

ne

(L

yn

n).

Pastoral

Pastoral

18Cre

ati

on

ca

re: e

co c

hu

rch

St M

ary’

s, Ke

lling

Hea

th, a

chie

ved

an e

co c

hurc

h Br

onze

aw

ard.

“The

surv

ey h

elpe

d us

dis

cuss

wha

t w

e do

, exa

min

e w

hy, a

nd im

agin

e fu

ture

act

ion.

It’s

chal

leng

ing,

enc

oura

ging

and

it h

elps

us ‘

conn

ect

the

dots

’.” Ble

ssed

with

a la

rge

chur

chya

rd fu

ll of

wild

life

and

wild

flow

ers,

this

sprin

g ha

rbou

ring

a he

n ph

easa

nt w

ith h

er c

hick

s, th

ey st

arte

d M

usic

and

Med

itatio

n du

ring

Covi

d re

stric

tions

in o

rder

to sh

are

the

peac

e of

this

pla

ce w

ith a

wid

er c

ongr

egat

ion.

Thei

r Clim

ate

Sund

ay se

rvic

e w

as a

sung

Mat

ins,

with

a c

anto

r and

smal

l cho

ir. A

nei

ghbo

ur re

mar

ked,

“It

was

love

ly –

I kn

ow a

bout

the

fore

st (r

efer

enci

ng th

e ex

cerp

t fro

m W

ende

ll Be

rry’

s Nat

ive

Hill

) – I

alw

ays

feel

it w

hen

I wal

k up

ont

o th

e he

ath

in th

e ev

enin

gs.” A

mot

her f

rom

thei

r Jul

ian

Gro

up m

essa

ged

“…

love

and

pra

yers

alw

ays,

and

a hu

ge th

ank

you

too

from

Elli

e (s

ix m

onth

s) a

nd a

ll fu

ture

gen

erat

ions

.”

SU

N 2

1

CH

ER

ISH

ING

CR

EA

TIO

N

We

pray

for g

race

and

the

pow

er o

f the

Hol

y Sp

irit f

or a

n au

then

tic e

xpre

ssio

n of

who

we

real

ly a

re a

s w

e se

ek n

ew w

ays

to c

are

for n

atur

e an

d fin

d so

lutio

ns to

the

prob

lem

s th

at w

e ha

ve

caus

ed. A

nd, l

ike

Jesu

s, to

che

rish

crea

tion

with

po

wer

, lov

e an

d a

soun

d m

ind.

MO

N 2

2

DE

AN

ER

Y O

F H

EA

CH

AM

& R

ISIN

G

Rura

l Dea

n: P

eter

Coo

k.

Dio

cese

s o

f Ib

ad

an

, Ib

ad

an

No

rth

an

d

Iba

da

n S

ou

th (

Nig

eri

a).

TU

E 2

3

CA

ST

LE

RIS

ING

, H

ILL

ING

TO

N &

SA

ND

RIN

GH

AM

Cast

le R

isin

g, F

litch

am, H

illin

gton

, San

drin

gham

, W

olfe

rton

. Cle

rgy:

Jona

than

Riv

iere

. LLM

s: P

aul

Ring

woo

d, S

ally

Sta

nton

. Flit

cham

Cof

E Pr

imar

y Ac

adem

y, S

andr

ingh

am &

Wes

t New

ton

CofE

VA

Pr

imar

y Sc

hool

. D

ioce

se o

f Ib

ba

(S

ou

th S

ud

an

).

WE

D 2

4

IN

TU

NE

WIT

H C

RE

AT

ION

God

of n

ew b

egin

ning

s, in

spire

eve

ry c

hurc

h ac

ross

this

dio

cese

to re

spon

d w

ith u

rgen

cy to

the

need

s of t

he g

loba

l hom

e yo

u ha

ve g

iven

us.

Reve

renc

e fo

r it r

e-fo

und,

may

we

lear

n to

sing

in

tune

with

the

who

le c

reat

ed o

rder

.

TH

U 2

5

DE

RS

ING

HA

M,

AN

ME

R,

IN

GO

LD

IST

HO

RP

E &

SH

ER

NB

OR

NE

Anm

er, D

ersi

ngha

m, I

ngol

dist

horp

e, S

hern

born

e.

Cler

gy: M

ark

Capr

on, A

dria

n Au

brey

-Jon

es, D

ave

Coss

ey. L

LMs:

Nei

l Ada

ms,

Kath

leen

Terr

y, A

lan

Craw

shaw

. Der

sing

ham

Cof

E VA

Prim

ary

Scho

ol &

N

urse

ry, I

ngol

dist

horp

e Co

fE V

A P

rimar

y Sc

hool

. D

ioce

ses

of

Ida

h a

nd

Id

ea

to (

Nig

eri

a).

FR

I 2

6

DO

CK

ING

, TH

E B

IRC

HA

MS

, F

RIN

G,

ST

AN

HO

E &

SE

DG

EF

OR

D

Doc

king

, Frin

g, S

edge

ford

, Sta

nhoe

with

Bar

wic

k,

The

Birc

ham

s an

d Ba

gtho

pe. C

lerg

y: P

eter

Coo

k,

Rich

ard

Colli

er. L

LM: G

eorg

e Ev

e. D

ocki

ng C

ofE

(Fou

ndat

ion)

Prim

ary

Scho

ol.

Dio

cese

of

Ida

ho

(U

SA

).

SA

T 2

7

HE

AC

HA

M

Hea

cham

. Cle

rgy:

Ver

onic

a W

ilson

, Sim

on

Wils

on. L

LMs:

Pip

Law

renc

e, P

enel

ope

Sutt

on.

Th

e D

ea

n a

nd

Ch

ap

ter

of

No

rwic

h C

ath

ed

ral.

Sund

ay 2

1 –

Satu

rday

27

Nov

embe

r Prop

hetic

Prop

hetic

ber

Page 4: Diary Pray without ceasing

17

Tw

o’s

Co

mp

an

yTh

is is

a n

ew te

leph

one

befri

endi

ng se

rvic

e to

whi

ch

five

chur

ches

from

the

Gre

at Y

arm

outh

are

a si

gned

up

last

sprin

g. A

nna

Hey

don,

Dev

elop

men

t Wor

ker f

or

‘Imag

ine

Nor

folk

Toge

ther

’, ove

rsee

s the

pro

ject

and

re

ceiv

es th

e re

ferr

als.

Then

lone

ly, i

sola

ted

peop

le a

re

linke

d up

with

vol

unte

ers w

ho o

ffer s

ocia

l con

nect

ion

by ri

ngin

g w

eekl

y fo

r a c

hat.

Now

that

rest

rictio

ns

have

eas

ed, f

ace-

to-fa

ce c

onta

ct m

ay g

ently

star

t to

repl

ace

the

tele

phon

e an

d in

vita

tions

be

offer

ed to

a

rang

e of

eve

nts w

ithin

the

wid

er fa

ith c

omm

unity

.

Alth

ough

lock

dow

n ha

s hi

ghlig

hted

lone

lines

s, it

did

not,

in m

ost c

ases

, cau

se it

. Lon

elin

ess

was

alre

ady

a pr

eval

ent s

ickn

ess

and

not j

ust a

mon

g th

e el

derly

one

of th

ose

bene

fittin

g fr

om T

wo’

s Co

mpa

ny is

a

youn

g m

um a

lone

with

chi

ldre

n. H

er lo

nelin

ess

won

’t en

d w

ith th

e pa

ndem

ic, b

ut A

nna’s

pra

yer i

s th

at s

he

and

all t

hose

bef

riend

ed w

ill, i

n th

eir c

onta

ct w

ith th

e be

frie

nder

s, gl

imps

e so

met

hing

of G

od’s

love

.

SU

N 1

4

FR

IEN

DS

HIP

Chris

t our

bef

riend

er, w

e th

ank

you

for ‘

Two’

s Co

mpa

ny’ a

nd fo

r tho

se w

ho m

irror

you

r in

clus

ivity

and

com

pass

ion

by re

achi

ng o

ut to

th

e lo

nely

. Ble

ss, w

e pr

ay, e

ach

new

con

vers

atio

n an

d ev

ery

frie

ndsh

ip fo

rged

in y

our n

ame,

that

co

nfide

nce

be b

uilt,

hop

e gr

own,

and

the

dept

h of

you

r lov

e gl

imps

ed.

MO

N 1

5

FL

EG

G G

RO

UP

(O

RM

ES

BY

)

Orm

esby

St M

arga

ret,

Orm

esby

St M

icha

el,

Rolle

sby.

The

Chu

rchw

arde

ns a

nd P

CC d

urin

g th

e va

canc

y. L

LM: M

arga

ret P

aris

h.

Dio

cese

of

Ho

nd

ura

s (U

SA

),

Dio

cese

of

Ho

ng

Ko

ng

(H

on

g K

on

g).

TU

E 1

6

GO

RL

ES

TO

N S

T A

ND

RE

W,

CL

IFF

PA

RK

CO

MM

UN

ITY

CH

UR

CH

Gor

lest

on S

t And

rew

. Cle

rgy:

Bria

n H

all.

LLM

s: M

elvy

n Re

id, W

endy

Lou

ise

Birc

ham

, Tr

acy

May

ne.

Dio

cese

of

Hp

a-a

n (

My

an

ma

r).

WE

D 1

7

TR

EA

SU

RIN

G F

RIE

ND

SH

IP

God

of n

ew b

egin

ning

s, th

e pa

ndem

ic h

as

reve

aled

our

dee

p co

nnec

tedn

ess

to o

ther

hu

man

bei

ngs

near

and

far.

Giv

e us

the

grac

e, w

e pr

ay, t

o co

ntin

ue to

trea

sure

eac

h ot

her,

that

the

futu

re m

ay b

ring

frie

ndsh

ip a

nd fl

ouris

hing

to a

ll.

TH

U 1

8

GO

RL

ES

TO

N S

T M

AR

Y M

AG

DA

LE

NE

Gor

lest

on S

t Mar

y. C

lerg

y: M

atth

ew P

rice.

LL

M: M

ary

Ives

. Pet

erho

use

CofE

Prim

ary

Acad

emy

(Gor

lest

on).

Dio

cese

of

Hu

ron

(C

an

ad

a).

FR

I 1

9

GR

EA

T Y

AR

MO

UT

H T

EA

M M

INIS

TR

Y

Gre

at Y

arm

outh

. Cle

rgy:

Sim

on W

ard,

Hel

en

Lync

h, Je

mm

a Sa

nder

-Hey

s, Fr

ank

Cliff

. LLM

s: P

at

Strin

ger,

Caro

lyn

Cliff

. St N

icho

las

Prio

ry C

ofE

VA

Prim

ary

Scho

ol (G

reat

Yar

mou

th).

Dio

cese

of

Hy

de

rab

ad

(P

ak

ista

n).

SA

T 2

0

TH

E S

OU

TH

TR

INIT

Y B

RO

AD

S

The

Sout

h Tr

inity

Bro

ads.

Cle

rgy:

Sus

an H

emsl

ey

Hal

ls. L

LM: J

udy

Pritc

hard

. Fle

ggbu

rgh

CofE

VC

Prim

ary

Scho

ol.

Th

e D

ea

ne

ry o

f L

ule

å i

n L

ule

å (

ou

r li

nk

dio

cese

in S

we

de

n)

an

d i

ts R

ura

l D

ea

n,

Ha

ns

Joh

an

sso

n.

Sund

ay 1

4 –

Satu

rday

20

Nov

embe

rPastoral

Pastoral

4

Ce

leb

rati

on

of

Lic

en

sed

La

y M

inis

try

In o

ur d

ioce

se w

e ha

ve o

ver 2

00 L

icen

sed

Lay

Min

iste

rs (L

LMs,

som

etim

es k

now

n as

Rea

ders

) act

ivel

y m

inis

terin

g in

thei

r be

nefic

es e

ach

wee

k, a

s te

ache

rs o

f the

faith

, ena

bler

s of

mis

sion

, an

d le

ader

s in

chu

rch

and

com

mun

ity.

War

den

of R

eade

rs, A

rchd

eaco

n Ka

ren,

say

s “Li

cens

ed L

ay M

inis

ters

ar

e pe

ople

who

se v

ocat

ion

to s

erve

God

in a

var

iety

of w

ays

has

been

reco

gnis

ed a

nd s

uppo

rted

with

goo

d tr

aini

ng, a

nd w

hose

m

inis

try

is li

cens

ed b

y th

e Bi

shop

. The

y le

ad h

ome

grou

ps a

nd

confi

rmat

ion

clas

ses;

they

are

invo

lved

in b

aptis

m p

repa

ratio

n an

d fo

llow

-up;

they

vis

it an

d ta

ke th

e sa

cram

ents

to th

e si

ck, e

lder

ly

and

hous

e-bo

und;

they

lead

sch

ool a

ssem

blie

s an

d w

ork

with

yo

uth

grou

ps a

nd m

usic

gro

ups;

and

man

y ar

e al

so tr

aine

d to

co

nduc

t fun

eral

s.”

This

com

ing

Satu

rday

our

new

LLM

s w

ill b

e lic

ense

d in

Nor

wic

h Ca

thed

ral a

nd c

urre

nt L

LMs

will

rene

w th

eir p

rom

ises

. Mig

ht

God

be

calli

ng y

ou to

con

side

r lay

min

istr

y? F

ind

out m

ore

at:

ww

w.d

ioce

seo

fno

rwic

h.o

rg/c

hu

rch

es/

lice

nse

d-l

ay

-min

iste

rs/

be

com

ing

or t

alk

to y

our v

icar

.

SU

N 1

2

LIC

EN

SE

D L

AY

MIN

IST

ER

S

Jesu

s our

shep

herd

, we

than

k yo

u fo

r all

thos

e w

ho se

rve

acro

ss o

ur d

ioce

se in

this

form

of

min

istr

y. E

ncou

rage

eac

h on

e of

them

in th

eir

wal

k w

ith y

ou a

nd in

thei

r ser

vice

to th

e ch

urch

an

d th

e lo

cal c

omm

unity

.

MO

N 1

3

LIN

GW

OO

D

Burli

ngha

m, H

assi

ngha

m, L

ingw

ood,

Str

umps

haw

. Cl

ergy

: Dav

id W

akefi

eld.

LLM

: Lor

na C

lark

. D

ioce

se i

n E

uro

pe

.

TU

E 1

4

YA

RE

VA

LL

EY

CH

UR

CH

ES

Brun

dall,

Bra

ydes

ton

and

Post

wic

k. C

lerg

y: P

eter

Le

ech,

Mat

thew

Lus

com

be. L

LM: K

eith

Ger

rard

. D

ioce

se o

f E

vo

(N

ige

ria

).

WE

D 1

5

CA

LL

ING

God

of n

ew b

egin

ning

s, in

man

y an

d va

ried

way

s yo

u ca

ll ea

ch o

ne o

f us,

no m

atte

r who

we

are

or w

here

we

are

on li

fe’s

jour

ney.

May

we

liste

n ex

pect

antly

, our

hea

rts

open

to w

hate

ver y

ou

may

be

calli

ng u

s ne

xt.

TH

U 1

6

DE

AN

ER

Y O

F B

RE

CK

LA

ND

Rura

l Dea

n: S

teph

en T

horp

.

D

ioce

se o

f E

xe

ter

(En

gla

nd

).

FR

I 1

7

AS

HIL

L

Ash

ill, C

arbr

ooke

, Ovi

ngto

n, S

aham

Tone

y.

Cler

gy: J

ane

Atk

ins.

LLM

s: Je

an R

ocke

tt, A

nne

Leig

hton

. Ash

ill C

ofE

VC P

rimar

y Sc

hool

, Par

ker’s

Co

fE V

C Pr

imar

y Sc

hool

(Sah

am To

ney)

, St P

eter

&

St P

aul C

arbr

ooke

Cof

E Pr

imar

y Ac

adem

y.

Dio

cese

of

Ezo

(S

ou

th S

ud

an

).

SA

T 1

8

HIL

BO

RO

UG

H G

RO

UP

Cock

ley

Cley

, Fou

lden

, Goo

ders

tone

, Gre

at

Cres

sing

ham

, Hilb

orou

gh. C

lerg

y: L

inda

Lub

be.

Goo

ders

tone

Cof

E Pr

imar

y A

cade

my.

T

he

De

an

ery

of

So

dra

Va

ste

rbo

tte

n i

n L

ule

å

(ou

r li

nk

dio

ce

se i

n S

we

de

n)

an

d i

ts R

ura

l

De

an

, L

en

a F

ag

eu

s.

Sund

ay 1

2 –

Satu

rday

18

Sept

embe

rPastoral

Pastoral

Page 5: Diary Pray without ceasing

5

Bit

esi

ze

pra

ye

rsW

hen

the

pand

emic

hit,

St E

dmun

d’s

Chur

ch in

Tav

erha

m, l

ike

all a

cros

s th

e di

oces

e, h

ad to

clo

se

the

door

of i

ts a

ncie

nt b

uild

ing.

Sta

ndin

g as

a b

eaco

n of

ligh

t for

ove

r 900

yea

rs in

this

larg

e su

burb

ju

st n

orth

of N

orw

ich,

the

team

qui

ckly

re-t

houg

ht th

eir m

inis

try.

Des

pite

litt

le e

xper

ienc

e of

dig

ital

com

mun

icat

ion,

they

ada

pted

, ini

tially

sim

ply

usin

g a

smar

t pho

ne, a

nd to

ok S

unda

y se

rvic

es, t

oddl

er

tune

s, yo

uth

grou

p an

d pr

ayer

s on

line,

bro

adca

stin

g liv

e vi

a th

eir F

aceb

ook

page

.

Man

y of

thes

e co

ntin

ue to

run,

eve

n as

the

build

ing

has

reop

ened

. A d

aily

“bite

size

pra

yer”

tim

e is

re

cord

ed b

y di

ffere

nt p

eopl

e fr

om th

e ch

urch

, and

wee

kly “

mid

wee

k m

omen

ts” h

as a

Bib

le re

adin

g,

refle

ctio

n, a

nd p

raye

r. W

orsh

ip le

ader

and

fam

ilies

wor

ker R

ache

l Sea

broo

k sa

ys, “

List

enin

g to

God

and

to

eac

h ot

her i

s th

e gr

acio

us in

vita

tion

God

offe

rs u

s in

pra

yer,

lear

ning

to lo

ve G

od a

nd o

ur n

eigh

bour

in

mor

e Ch

rist-

like

way

s.”

SU

N 1

9

PR

AY

ING

IN

EV

ER

Y W

AY

We

pray

for o

ur c

hurc

h co

mm

uniti

es a

cros

s thi

s be

nefic

e Lo

rd. E

ncou

rage

and

equ

ip th

em to

brin

g yo

ur li

ght a

nd y

our l

ove

to th

eir n

eigh

bour

hood

.

MO

N 2

0

MU

ND

FO

RD

Cran

wic

h, Ic

kbur

gh, L

angf

ord,

Mun

dfor

d. C

lerg

y:

Lind

a Lu

bbe.

Mun

dfor

d Co

fE P

rimar

y Ac

adem

y.

Dio

cese

of

Fa

isa

lab

ad

(P

ak

ista

n).

TU

E 2

1

NA

R V

AL

LE

Y

Cast

leac

re, N

arbo

roug

h w

ith N

arfo

rd, N

ewto

n-by

-Cas

tleac

re, P

entn

ey, S

outh

acre

, Wes

tacr

e.

Cler

gy: S

tuar

t Nai

rn, R

icha

rd H

owel

ls. C

astle

Acr

e Co

fE P

rimar

y Ac

adem

y, N

arbo

roug

h Co

fE P

rimar

y Ac

adem

y. D

ioce

se o

f F

als

e B

ay

(S

ou

th A

fric

a).

WE

D 2

2

PR

AY

ER

FU

L

God

of n

ew b

egin

ning

s, as

a p

ost-

pand

emic

wor

ld

daw

ns, g

race

us w

ith y

our w

isdo

m to

dis

cern

the

best

way

s of c

omm

unic

atin

g th

e go

od n

ews o

f yo

ur u

ncon

ditio

nal l

ove

to th

e w

orld

aro

und

us.

TH

U 2

3

NE

CT

ON

Hol

me

Hal

e, N

ecto

n, N

orth

Pic

kenh

am,

So

uth

Pick

enha

m. C

lerg

y: S

teph

en T

horp

. LL

Ms:

Car

ole

Hic

ks, S

usan

Mar

ch. N

ecto

n Co

fE V

A

Prim

ary

Scho

ol.

Dio

cese

of

Fia

na

ran

tso

a (

Ind

ian

Oce

an

).

FR

I 2

4

OX

BO

RO

UG

H G

RO

UP

Bodn

ey, D

idlin

gton

, Litt

le C

ress

ingh

am,

Oxb

orou

gh. C

lerg

y: L

inda

Lub

be.

LL

M: G

eorg

e Ly

nne.

D

ioce

ses

of

Flo

rid

a, C

en

tra

l F

lori

da

, So

uth

ea

st

Flo

rid

a, S

ou

thw

est

Flo

rid

a (

US

A).

SA

T 2

5

SW

AF

FH

AM

AN

D S

PO

RL

E

Spor

le w

ith G

reat

and

Litt

le P

algr

ave,

Sw

affha

m.

Cler

gy: J

anet

Alla

n, To

ry V

enm

ore-

Row

land

. LLM

: Ju

lia R

icha

rdso

n, A

ndy

Mas

h. S

porle

Cof

E Pr

imar

y Ac

adem

y, S

waff

ham

Cof

E Ju

nior

Aca

dem

y,

Swaff

ham

Cof

E VC

Infa

nt S

choo

l.A

rch

de

aco

ns

Ste

ve

n B

ett

s, K

are

n H

utc

hin

son

an

d I

an

Be

ntl

ey

.

Sund

ay 1

9 –

Satu

rday

25

Sept

embe

rPrayerful

16I giv

e yo

u a

new

co

mm

andm

ent…

Ju

st a

s I h

ave

love

d yo

u, y

ou

also

sho

uld

love

on

e an

othe

r.Jo

hn 1

3:34

Wa

ters

ide

Be

ne

fice

vo

lun

tee

rs d

eli

ve

rin

g

ne

cess

itie

s d

uri

ng

th

e C

ov

id p

an

de

mic

.

Pastoral

Page 6: Diary Pray without ceasing

15

Gri

ef

an

d L

oss

I was

on

holy

gro

und

rece

ntly

mak

ing

spac

e to

talk

ab

out l

oss.

My

frie

nd c

omm

ente

d on

a n

ew e

ase

of g

rant

ing

peop

le p

erm

issi

on to

talk

abo

ut d

eath

, w

here

such

con

vers

atio

ns w

ere

less

acc

epta

ble

pre-

pand

emic

. I h

eard

of t

he g

rievi

ng o

f thr

ee lo

ved

ones

, tw

o vi

goro

us m

en in

the

prim

e of

thei

r liv

es a

nd

one

elde

rly fa

ther

. One

of t

he m

en w

as a

frie

nd fr

om

com

mut

ing

to L

ondo

n an

d th

e ot

her w

as a

kno

wn

and

love

d sc

hool

frie

nd, a

nd a

n N

HS

front

line

wor

ker.

Yes,

grie

f was

app

aren

t, qu

estio

ns a

nd s

adne

ss,

how

ever

this

sto

ry w

as m

ore

abou

t jou

rney

ing

on

with

the

wid

ows

and

fam

ilies

of t

hose

who

had

die

d.

I hea

rd o

f end

less

pra

ctic

al s

uppo

rt, s

ortin

g fin

ance

s an

d pa

ckin

g up

a h

ouse

, als

o th

e ap

pare

nt ra

ndom

cl

icki

ng o

f frie

ndsh

ips,

laug

hter

dow

n th

e ph

one,

the

surp

risin

gly

effec

tive

supp

ort t

hrou

gh te

xt m

essa

ges,

ever

ythi

ng g

rate

fully

att

ribut

ed to

the

thre

ad o

f G

od’s

Spiri

t bei

ng a

t wor

k.

SU

N 7

A

TT

UN

ED

TO

GO

D

Lovi

ng F

athe

r, pl

ease

hel

p us

be

open

to

conv

ersa

tions

and

pra

ctic

al m

atte

rs a

s w

e w

ork

toge

ther

to s

uppo

rt e

ach

othe

r in

times

of g

rief

and

loss

. May

we

be a

ttun

ed to

you

and

not

ice

the

touc

h of

you

r han

d on

our

live

s.

MO

N 8

B

ELT

ON

AN

D B

UR

GH

CA

ST

LE

Belto

n, B

urgh

Cas

tle. C

lerg

y: R

osie

Bun

n,

Viv

Ridp

ath.

Moo

rland

s Co

fE P

rimar

y

Acad

emy

(Bel

ton)

. D

ioce

se o

f S

ain

t H

ele

na

(S

ou

the

rn A

fric

a),

Dio

cese

of

He

refo

rd (

En

gla

nd

).

TU

E 9

B

RA

DW

EL

L

Brad

wel

l. Cl

ergy

: Ste

ve D

eall,

Mar

tin U

pton

, Su

e U

pton

. Hom

efiel

d Co

fE V

C Pr

imar

y Sc

hool

(B

radw

ell).

D

ioce

se o

f S

ou

the

rn H

igh

lan

ds

(Ta

nza

nia

),

Dio

cese

of

Hig

hv

eld

(S

ou

the

rn A

fric

a).

WE

D 1

0

TE

ND

ER

CA

RE

God

of n

ew b

egin

ning

s, w

e ho

ld in

you

r ten

der

care

thos

e liv

ing

with

loss

the

wor

ld o

ver a

nd

thos

e w

ho su

ppor

t the

m. I

n th

e m

idst

of d

eath

, aw

aken

eac

h on

e to

you

r life

-giv

ing

pres

ence

and

tu

rn th

e da

rkne

ss o

f the

ir di

stre

ss to

a n

ew d

awn.

TH

U 1

1

CA

IST

ER

Cais

ter-

On-

Sea.

Cle

rgy:

Dav

id W

ells

.

LLM

: Mar

y Ta

ylor

. D

ioce

se o

f E

ast

ern

Him

ala

ya

s (N

ort

h I

nd

ia).

FR

I 1

2

FL

EG

G G

RO

UP

(C

OA

ST

AL

)

Hem

sby,

Hor

sey,

Wes

t Som

erto

n, W

inte

rton

. Cl

ergy

: Joh

n Bl

oom

field

. D

ioce

se o

f H

o (

We

st A

fric

a),

Dio

cese

of

Ho

kk

aid

o (

Jap

an

).

SA

T 1

3

FL

EG

G G

RO

UP

(M

AR

TH

AM

)

Clip

pesb

y, M

arth

am, R

epps

, Thu

rne.

Cle

rgy:

St

even

Siv

yer.

LLM

s: P

enny

Dan

iels

, Alis

on

McT

agga

rt, E

mm

a Si

vyer

. B

ish

op

s G

rah

am

(N

orw

ich

), A

lan

(T

he

tfo

rd)

an

d J

an

e (

Ly

nn

).

Sund

ay 7

– S

atur

day

13 N

ovem

ber

Prayerful

Gi

fd

LL

Prayerful

6

Kin

g’s

Ly

nn

Win

ter

Nig

ht

Sh

elt

er

Esta

blis

hed

in 2

017

by K

ing’

s Ly

nn C

hurc

hes T

oget

her,

the

Win

ter N

ight

She

lter h

as ri

sen

brill

iant

ly to

the

chal

leng

es

brou

ght b

y Co

vid.

Aft

er a

sum

mer

of f

undr

aisi

ng a

nd

mai

nten

ance

, the

doo

rs o

f St J

ohn’

s H

ouse

will

onc

e ag

ain

open

in O

ctob

er to

thos

e w

ho, f

or a

mul

titud

e of

oft

en

com

plex

reas

ons,

hav

e no

whe

re to

cal

l hom

e –

othe

r tha

n a

door

way

, a p

ark

benc

h, a

sod

den

tent

in th

e w

oods

.

This

spa

ciou

s fo

rmer

vic

arag

e m

akes

soc

ial d

ista

nce

poss

ible

and

ens

ures

that

gue

sts

can

be o

ffere

d th

eir o

wn

room

s. N

ine

will

be

avai

labl

e th

is w

inte

r but

so

too

will

lo

ving

doo

rste

p co

unse

l and

sig

npos

ting

for t

hose

who

ca

nnot

be

acco

mm

odat

ed.

Each

des

pera

te, v

ulne

rabl

e pe

rson

arr

ivin

g he

re is

rece

ived

‘a

s Ch

rist’.

She

lter C

o-or

dina

tor,

Lucy

McK

itter

ick,

invi

tes

us

to p

ray

that

the

nigh

t she

lter w

ill w

itnes

s to

the

valu

e of

ev

ery

hum

an li

fe a

nd th

at e

ach

gues

t will

beg

in to

kno

w

them

selv

es b

elov

ed o

f God

. ww

w.k

lwn

s.o

rg.u

k

SU

N 2

6

KIN

G’S

LY

NN

WIN

TE

R N

IGH

TS

HE

LTE

R

Shel

terin

g G

od, w

e pr

ay fo

r you

r ble

ssin

g on

St

John

’s H

ouse

this

win

ter:

may

thos

e w

ho k

nock

at

its d

oor b

e tr

ansf

orm

ed b

y w

elco

me

and,

thro

ugh

the

tend

erne

ss o

f Luc

y an

d he

r tea

m, m

ay e

ach

new

gue

st k

now

them

selv

es o

f infi

nite

val

ue,

enfo

lded

in y

our e

mbr

ace.

MO

N 2

7

TH

E F

OU

NT

AIN

OF

LIF

E

Foun

tain

of L

ife. C

lerg

y: P

aul W

ilkin

son,

Adam

Poo

le.

D

ioce

se o

f F

on

d d

u L

ac

(US

A).

TU

E 2

8

TH

RE

XT

ON

Thre

xton

. The

Chu

rchw

arde

ns a

nd P

CC d

urin

g th

e va

canc

y.

D

ioce

se o

f F

red

eri

cto

n (

Ca

na

da

).

WE

D 2

9

VIS

ION

TO

SE

E

God

of n

ew b

egin

ning

s, w

hen

our n

eigh

bour

ha

s no

whe

re to

cal

l hom

e, g

race

us

with

the

visi

on to

see

you

r fac

e in

thei

rs, s

triv

ing

for t

heir

belo

ngin

g an

d a

futu

re o

f fre

sh p

ossi

bilit

y.

TH

U 3

0

WA

TT

ON

Wat

ton.

Cle

rgy:

Kyl

a So

rens

en. L

LMs:

Jack

ie C

ook,

El

aine

Rod

gers

. D

ioce

se o

f F

ree

Sta

te (

So

uth

ern

Afr

ica

).

FR

I 1

W

AY

LA

ND

GR

OU

P

Brec

kles

, Cas

ton,

Gre

at H

ockh

am, G

risto

n,

Mer

ton,

Sto

w B

edon

, Stu

rsto

n, T

hom

pson

, To

ttin

gton

. The

Chu

rchw

arde

ns a

nd P

CC d

urin

g th

e va

canc

y. C

asto

n Co

fE V

A P

rimar

y Sc

hool

. D

ioce

se o

f F

ree

tow

n (

We

st A

fric

a).

SA

T 2

D

EA

NE

RY

OF

BU

RN

HA

M A

ND

WA

LS

ING

HA

M

Rura

l Dea

n: C

live

Wyl

ie. L

ay C

hair:

Ann

e Pr

entis

.S

alv

ati

on

Arm

y:

Div

isio

na

l C

om

ma

nd

er,

Ma

jor

Ho

wa

rd R

uss

ell

.

Prop

hetic

ii

ih

hl

Prop

hetic

Sund

ay 2

6 Se

ptem

ber –

Sat

urda

y 2

Oct

ober

Page 7: Diary Pray without ceasing

Prayerful

7

Dev

ote

your

selv

es

to p

raye

r,

keep

ing

aler

t in

it

wit

h th

anks

givi

ng.

Colo

ssia

ns 4

:2

A p

ray

er

sta

tio

n a

t a

24

/7 p

ray

er

we

ek

in

Ta

s V

all

ey

.14C

om

mit

tin

g t

o c

lim

ate

ch

an

ge

The

UK

is h

ostin

g th

e 26

th U

N C

limat

e Ch

ange

Con

fere

nce

(CO

P26)

in G

lasg

ow fr

om 1

– 1

2 N

ovem

ber.

The

COP2

6 su

mm

it br

ings

par

ties

toge

ther

to a

ccel

erat

e ac

tion

tow

ards

the

goal

s of

the

Paris

Ag

reem

ent a

nd th

e U

N F

ram

ewor

k Co

nven

tion

on C

limat

e Ch

ange

.

The

Paris

Agr

eem

ent’s

long

-ter

m g

oal i

s to

keep

glo

bal t

empe

ratu

re ri

se b

elow

2°C

from

pre

-indu

stria

l le

vels

, with

the

hope

to k

eep

it as

clo

se to

1.5

°C a

s pos

sibl

e. B

ut a

t the

mom

ent,

the

wor

ld is

on

cour

se

to m

iss t

his t

arge

t. Th

at’s

why

man

y pa

rtie

s hop

e th

at C

OP2

6 w

ill b

e an

opp

ortu

nity

for c

ount

ries t

o st

reng

then

thei

r com

mitm

ent t

o ta

king

act

ion

to re

duce

clim

ate

chan

ge.

Cong

rega

tions

are

enc

oura

ged

to m

ake

a co

mm

itmen

t to

grea

ter a

ctio

n to

add

ress

clim

ate

chan

ge

in th

eir o

wn

plac

e of

wor

ship

and

com

mun

ity. C

ongr

egat

ions

and

indi

vidu

als

are

also

enc

oura

ged

to

rais

e th

eir v

oice

to u

rge

bold

er a

ctio

ns fr

om g

over

nmen

ts. w

ww

.Do

fN.o

rg/e

nv

iro

nm

en

t

SU

N 3

1

CL

IMA

TE

CH

AN

GE

Crea

tor G

od, w

e pr

ay fo

r tho

se m

eetin

g at

CO

P26

this

wee

k. G

ive

thes

e le

ader

s wis

dom

as t

hey

seek

to

find

agr

eem

ent a

nd c

omm

itmen

t to

take

act

ion

to p

reve

nt fu

rthe

r dam

age

to y

our c

reat

ion.

MO

N 1

E

AS

TO

N

Baw

burg

h, C

olto

n, E

asto

n, M

arlin

gfor

d. C

lerg

y:

Laur

a M

ontg

omer

y, P

enel

ope

Goo

dman

. LLM

: Pe

ter P

ease

. St P

eter

’s Co

fE P

rimar

y A

cade

my

(Eas

ton)

. D

ioce

se o

f G

wa

gw

ala

da

(N

ige

ria

).

TU

E 2

H

ON

ING

HA

M

Hon

ingh

am. T

he C

hurc

hwar

dens

and

PCC

du

ring

the

vaca

ncy.

D

ioce

ses

of

Ha

iti

an

d H

aw

aii

(U

SA

).

WE

D 3

B

RIN

G U

S T

O O

UR

SE

NS

ES

God

of n

ew b

egin

ning

s, hu

mbl

e ou

r lea

ders

to

liste

n to

the

cry

of th

e ea

rth

and

embo

lden

them

to

mak

e th

e ch

ange

s you

r cre

atio

n ne

eds.

May

yo

ur S

pirit

star

tle th

em a

nd u

s, br

ingi

ng u

s all

to

our s

ense

s.

TH

U 4

L

AU

ND

ITC

H &

TH

E U

PP

ER

NA

R T

EA

M M

INIS

TR

Y

Bees

ton-

next

-Mile

ham

, Bitt

erin

g Pa

rva,

Ea

st L

exha

m, G

reat

Dun

ham

, Gre

at &

Litt

le

Fran

sham

, Gre

ssen

hall,

Litc

ham

w K

emps

ton,

Li

ttle

Dun

ham

, Lon

gham

, Mile

ham

, Rou

gham

, St

anfie

ld, T

ittle

shal

l w G

odw

ick,

Wea

senh

am ,

Wel

lingh

am, W

endl

ing,

Wes

t Lex

ham

. Cle

rgy:

M

iriam

Fife

, Sha

wn

Tom

linso

n, K

evin

Blo

gg. L

LMs:

Pe

ter B

row

n, Ja

n Se

xton

, Tom

But

ler-

Ston

ey.

Wea

senh

am C

ofE

Prim

ary

Acad

emy.

D

ioce

se o

f H

an

ua

to’o

(M

ela

ne

sia

).

FR

I 5

M

AT

TIS

HA

LL

& T

UD

D V

AL

LE

Y

East

Tud

denh

am, H

ocke

ring,

Mat

tisha

ll, N

orth

Tu

dden

ham

, Wel

born

e, Y

axha

m. C

lerg

y: M

ark

McC

aghr

ey, S

ally

Thu

rgill

, And

rea

Woo

ds.

LLM

s: A

nne

Clar

ke, J

oyce

Tur

ner,

Jack

ie C

lay,

Ala

n Co

ssey

, Jac

kie

Cris

p, M

el S

teve

nson

. Hoc

kerin

g Co

fE P

rimar

y Ac

adem

y, Y

axha

m C

ofE

VA P

rimar

y Sc

hool

. Dio

cese

of

Ha

rare

(C

en

tra

l A

fric

a).

SA

T 6

D

EA

NE

RY

OF

GR

EA

T Y

AR

MO

UT

H

Rura

l Dea

n: S

imon

War

d.

No

rfo

lk a

nd

Wa

ve

ne

y C

hu

rch

es

To

ge

the

r a

nd

all

lo

ca

l e

cu

me

nic

al

gro

up

s.

Prop

hetic

Sund

ay 3

1 O

ctob

er –

Sat

urda

y 6

Nov

embe

r

Page 8: Diary Pray without ceasing

13

Sp

ort

s F

ac

tory

This

is a

team

of q

ualifi

ed c

oach

es w

ho lo

ve s

port

and

love

Jesu

s. W

hen

I firs

t con

tact

ed T

im H

ener

y he

was

abo

ut to

lead

a s

port

ing

sess

ion

in s

choo

l, so

the

conv

ersa

tion

was

brie

f; ho

wev

er, i

t was

en

cour

agin

g to

kno

w th

at d

espi

te w

eekl

y ev

ents

can

celle

d th

roug

h Co

vid

rest

rictio

ns, s

choo

l co

nnec

tions

con

tinue

d, in

deed

they

pro

sper

ed.

He

asks

us

to p

ray

for o

ne v

ery

big

area

– th

e la

unch

in o

f the

Spo

rts

Fact

ory

Activ

e RE

pro

gram

me

whi

ch te

ache

s ab

out C

hris

tiani

ty in

sch

ools

. The

y w

ill te

ll st

orie

s fr

om th

e Bi

ble

and

expl

ain

Chris

tian

belie

fs in

a fu

n an

d ac

tive

way

. Fro

m S

epte

mbe

r it w

ill b

e de

liver

ed in

a n

umbe

r of s

choo

ls a

cros

s th

e di

oces

e. P

ray

that

it w

ould

be

wel

l rec

eive

d by

sch

ools

and

chi

ldre

n an

d th

at th

e te

am w

ould

sha

re th

e go

spel

with

thou

sand

s of

you

ng p

eopl

e.

SU

N 2

4

AC

TIV

E F

AIT

H

Alm

ight

y G

od w

e th

ank

you

for e

nric

hing

and

en

cour

agin

g th

e Sp

orts

Fac

tory

team

in e

very

way

, in

all

thei

r spe

akin

g an

d al

l the

ir sp

ortin

g ab

ilitie

s. W

e as

k fo

r you

r Hol

y Sp

irit t

o po

wer

fully

go

befo

re

them

so

that

the

Lord

Jesu

s m

ay b

e w

ell r

ecei

ved

by

scho

ols

and

youn

g pe

ople

.

MO

N 2

5

TA

S V

AL

LE

Y T

EA

M M

INIS

TR

Y

New

ton

Flot

man

, Sax

lingh

am N

ethe

rgat

e, S

hote

sham

, Sw

ains

thor

pe, T

as V

alle

y Ce

lls (B

ishop

’s M

issio

n O

rder

), Ta

sbur

gh, T

hars

ton.

Cle

rgy:

Daw

n D

avid

son,

Cor

yn

Stan

fort

h, A

ustin

Uzo

igw

e. L

LMs:

Dav

id L

anca

ster

, Le

sley

Cox,

Ann

ette

Uzo

igw

e-Jo

nker

. New

ton

Flot

man

, Pr

esto

n (T

asbu

rgh)

and

Sax

lingh

am N

ethe

rgat

e Pr

imar

y Sc

hool

s. D

ioce

se o

f G

ua

tem

ala

(Ce

ntr

al A

me

rica

).

TU

E 2

6

TH

E L

ON

G S

TR

AT

TO

N &

PIL

GR

IM

TE

AM

MIN

IST

RY

Asla

cton

, Bun

wel

l, Ca

rleto

n Ro

de, G

reat

Mou

lton

with

Litt

le M

oulto

n, S

trat

ton

St M

ary,

Str

atto

n St

M

icha

el a

nd S

t Pet

er, T

iben

ham

, Wac

ton

Mag

na w

ith

Wac

ton

Parv

a. C

lerg

y: H

eath

er W

ilcox

, Joh

n M

adin

da,

Gill

Osb

orne

. LLM

s: M

arga

ret T

horb

urn,

Ste

ve

Adco

ck, A

ngel

a Ba

ldw

in, M

arga

ret S

mith

. Car

leto

n Ro

de P

rimar

y, S

t Mar

y’s J

unio

r (Lo

ng S

trat

ton)

. D

ioce

se o

f G

uin

ea

(W

est

Afr

ica

),

Dio

cese

of

Gu

jara

t (N

ort

h I

nd

ia).

WE

D 2

7

IM

AG

ININ

G A

ND

CR

EA

TIN

G

God

of n

ew b

egin

ning

s, m

ay y

our H

oly

Spiri

t fire

our

im

agin

atio

ns a

nd k

indl

e th

e cr

eativ

ity o

f Chr

istia

ns

ever

ywhe

re, t

hat f

resh

, inv

iting

way

s be

foun

d of

sh

arin

g yo

ur lo

ve w

ith o

ther

s.

TH

U 2

8

DE

AN

ER

Y O

F D

ER

EH

AM

IN

MIT

FO

RD

Rura

l Dea

n: M

ark

McC

aghr

ey. L

ay C

hair:

She

ila

Han

mer

. Dio

cese

of

Ce

ntr

al

Gu

lf C

oa

st (

US

A).

FR

I 2

9

BA

RN

HA

M B

RO

OM

& U

PP

ER

YA

RE

Barfo

rd, B

arnh

am B

room

with

Bic

kers

ton,

Bra

ndon

Pa

rva,

Car

leto

n Fo

reho

e, C

ranw

orth

with

Let

ton

and

Sout

hbur

gh, G

arve

ston

e, H

ardi

ngha

m, K

imbe

rley,

Re

ymer

ston

, Run

hall

with

Cos

ton,

Thu

xton

, W

hinb

urgh

with

Wes

tfiel

d, W

ram

plin

gham

. Cle

rgy:

Tim

W

eath

erst

one,

Lou

isa P

ittm

an. L

LM: R

oger

Wal

pole

. Ba

rnha

m B

room

Prim

ary.

Dio

cese

of

Gu

sau

(N

ige

ria

).

SA

T 3

0

DE

RE

HA

M &

DIS

TR

ICT

TE

AM

MIN

IST

RY

Beet

ley

with

Eas

t Biln

ey, E

ast B

rade

nham

with

W

est B

rade

nham

, Eas

t Der

eham

, Hoe

, Sca

rnin

g,

Ship

dham

, Sw

anto

n M

orle

y. C

lerg

y: P

aul C

ubitt

, Ja

mes

Ros

ie, J

ane

Nur

sey.

LLM

: Hel

en Je

ckel

ls, E

vely

n Sp

eed,

Lyd

ia C

rick,

Tom

Cro

ss. D

ereh

am Ju

nior

, D

ereh

am In

fant

Sch

ool &

Nur

sery

, Sw

anto

n M

orle

y Pr

imar

y, T

hom

as B

ullo

ck P

rimar

y (S

hipd

ham

). B

ap

tist

Ch

urc

h: R

eg

ion

al

Min

iste

r, B

eth

Po

wn

ey

.

Sund

ay 2

4 –

Satu

rday

30

Oct

ober

Pastoral

Pastoral

8

En

gli

sh +

This

cha

rity

supp

orts

thos

e ne

w to

Nor

wic

h –

ofte

n re

fuge

es a

nd a

sylu

m s

eeke

rs –

thro

ugh

Engl

ish

clas

ses

in c

ity c

hurc

hes,

but t

he ‘+

’ in it

s tit

le re

fers

to e

very

thin

g el

se o

n off

er to

hel

p pe

ople

inte

grat

e w

ell a

nd fo

rm

frie

ndsh

ips.

Such

thin

gs a

s dr

ivin

g an

d co

okin

g le

sson

s, on

e-to

-one

sup

port

and

trip

s in

to th

e co

untr

y en

ded

with

the

first

lock

dow

n. A

ll cl

asse

s w

ent o

nlin

e, th

e de

liver

y of

food

and

med

ical

sup

plie

s be

cam

e vi

tal a

nd

spec

ial e

ffort

s w

ere

mad

e to

sup

port

the

isol

ated

.

This

aut

umn,

with

a n

ew b

lend

of o

nsite

and

onl

ine

serv

ices

, the

mak

ing

of fr

iend

ship

s an

d th

e re

build

ing

of c

omm

unity

is th

e ch

ief t

ask.

Fea

r of t

he v

irus

has

deep

ened

the

isol

atio

n of

lone

ly n

ewco

mer

s w

ith li

ttle

En

glis

h an

d th

ose

who

se a

lread

y pr

ecar

ious

jobs

end

ed

with

lock

dow

n st

ill fi

nd it

diffi

cult

to fe

ed th

eir c

hild

ren.

D

irect

or R

osie

Sex

ton

asks

us

to p

ray

that

her

team

find

s th

ose

who

nee

d th

em m

ost.

SU

N 3

E

NG

LIS

H +

Lord

Jesu

s, bo

rn in

to p

over

ty a

nd v

iole

nce,

a c

hild

re

fuge

e in

Egy

pt, y

ou st

and

besi

de th

ose

who

se

jour

ney

here

beg

an in

trau

ma

and

loss

: lea

d Ro

sie

and

her t

eam

, we

pray

, to

thos

e w

ho n

eed

them

mos

t, th

at, t

hrou

gh th

em, y

our l

ove

may

be

shar

ed w

ith th

e lo

nely

and

the

lost

.

MO

N 4

B

AR

NE

Y,

HIN

DR

ING

HA

M,

T

HU

RS

FO

RD

, G

RE

AT

SN

OR

ING

, L

ITT

LE

SN

OR

ING

, K

ET

TL

ES

TO

NE

& P

EN

ST

HO

RP

E

Barn

ey, G

reat

Sno

ring,

Hin

drin

gham

, Ke

ttle

ston

e an

d Pe

nsth

orpe

, Litt

le S

norin

g,

Thur

sfor

d. C

lerg

y: J

ames

Mug

glet

on.

Hin

drin

gham

Cof

E VC

Prim

ary

Scho

ol.

Dio

cese

s o

f G

ah

ini a

nd

Ga

sab

o (

Rw

an

da

).

TU

E 5

C

OX

FO

RD

GR

OU

P

East

Ray

nham

, Eas

t Rud

ham

, Hel

houg

hton

, H

ough

ton

next

Har

pley

, Sou

th R

aynh

am,

Tatt

erfo

rd, T

atte

rset

t. Cl

ergy

: Edw

ard

Bund

ock.

LL

M: R

hona

McE

une.

Rud

ham

Cof

E Pr

imar

y Ac

adem

y, W

est R

aynh

am C

ofE

Prim

ary

Acad

emy.

D

ioce

se o

f G

am

bia

(W

est

Afr

ica

).

WE

D 6

P

RA

YE

RF

UL

God

of n

ew b

egin

ning

s, as

we

than

k yo

u fo

r th

e w

elco

min

g m

inis

try

of so

man

y gr

oups

in

our r

egio

n, w

e pr

ay th

at w

e to

o m

ay se

ek o

ut

the

lone

ly a

nd th

e lo

st a

nd p

lay

our p

art i

n tr

ansf

orm

ing

host

ility

into

hos

pita

lity.

TH

U 7

C

RE

AK

ES

Nor

th C

reak

e, S

culth

orpe

, Sou

th C

reak

e,

Syde

rsto

ne. C

lerg

y: C

live

Wyl

ie. L

LM: P

eter

Gra

y.

Scul

thor

pe C

ofE

Prim

ary

Acad

emy.

Dio

cese

of

Ga

riss

a (

Ke

ny

a).

FR

I 8

F

AK

EN

HA

M

Fake

nham

. The

Chu

rchw

arde

ns a

nd P

CC d

urin

g th

e Va

canc

y. L

LMs:

Ela

ine

Burb

idge

, Lin

da F

rost

, A

man

da S

ands

.

Dio

cese

of

Gb

ok

o (

Nig

eri

a).

SA

T 9

F

UL

MO

DE

ST

ON

WIT

H C

RO

XT

ON

Fulm

odes

ton

with

Cro

xton

. The

Chu

rchw

arde

ns

and

PCC

durin

g th

e va

canc

y.

Bis

ho

ps

Gra

ha

m (

No

rwic

h),

Ala

n (

Th

etf

ord

)

an

d J

an

e (

Ly

nn

).

Sund

ay 3

– S

atur

day

9 O

ctob

erPastoral

Pastoral

Page 9: Diary Pray without ceasing

9

Zo

om

ro

om

pra

ye

rIn

tern

et te

chno

logy

has

bro

ught

us t

he b

less

ing

of

gath

erin

g in

pra

yer o

nlin

e, e

nabl

ing

peop

le to

resp

ond

in th

e fe

llow

ship

of o

ther

s, w

hate

ver o

ur c

ircum

stan

ces.

At th

e he

ight

of t

he se

cond

wav

e of

the

pand

emic

, he

alth

care

cha

plai

n H

elen

Gar

rard

org

anis

ed w

eekl

y ‘P

raye

r for

Car

e’ vi

gils,

lift

ing

our N

HS

acut

e an

d co

mm

unity

serv

ices

and

surr

ound

ing

them

in p

raye

r. It

was

a p

ower

ful e

xper

ienc

e w

hich

bor

e w

itnes

s to

the

situ

atio

n at

that

tim

e. E

ach

hour

was

mar

ked

by a

psa

lm

and

pray

er a

nd th

e tim

e in

bet

wee

n fil

led

with

sile

nt a

nd

som

etim

es sp

oken

wor

ds o

f dev

otio

n.

Thro

ugho

ut th

e pa

ndem

ic a

nd b

eyon

d, fi

rst o

ne a

nd

then

two

30-m

inut

e m

idw

eek

zoom

pra

yer r

oom

s ha

ve o

pene

d at

Hol

y Tr

inity

, Nor

wic

h, o

ne e

arly

m

orni

ng (7

:15a

m) a

nd o

ne m

id-m

orni

ng (1

0am

). A

gain

, a p

salm

or o

ther

ver

ses

are

used

as

a fo

cus

and

the

grou

ps g

athe

r in

fello

wsh

ip, i

nter

cedi

ng fo

r the

ch

urch

and

the

wor

ld.

SU

N 1

0

PR

AY

CO

NT

INU

AL

LY

Oh

Lord

, our

rock

, and

our

rede

emer

, tha

nk y

ou fo

r on

line

tech

nolo

gy w

hich

has

ena

bled

you

r peo

ple

to g

athe

r in

fello

wsh

ip, i

n yo

ur p

rese

nce,

with

out

the

need

to tr

avel

. Ple

ase

insp

ire u

s to

cont

inue

to

seek

you

r fac

e co

llect

ivel

y or

indi

vidu

ally

usi

ng th

e gi

fts y

ou h

ave

give

n us

.

MO

N 1

1

HE

MP

TO

N

Hem

pton

. The

Chu

rchw

arde

ns a

nd P

CC d

urin

g th

e va

canc

y.

Dio

cese

of

Ge

org

e (

So

uth

ern

Afr

ica

),

Dio

cese

of

Ge

org

ia (

US

A).

TU

E 1

2

HO

LK

HA

M

Hol

kham

, War

ham

, Wel

ls-n

ext-

the-

Sea,

Wig

hton

. Cl

ergy

: Bre

nda

Stew

art.

Dio

cese

of

Gip

psl

an

d (

Au

stra

lia

).

WE

D 1

3

PR

AY

CO

NT

INU

AL

LY

God

of n

ew b

egin

ning

s, w

e pr

ay th

at o

ur

outp

ourin

g of

pan

dem

ic p

raye

r be

sust

aine

d an

d de

epen

ed a

s w

e jo

urne

y on

. May

we

cont

inua

lly

wea

ve o

ur p

raye

rs w

ith th

e Sp

irit’s

ow

n, c

ondu

its

of y

our l

ongi

ng fo

r the

hea

ling

of th

e na

tions

.

TH

U 1

4

TH

E B

UR

NH

AM

S

Burn

ham

Mar

ket,

Burn

ham

Ove

ry, B

urnh

am

Sutt

on c

um U

lph,

Bur

nham

Tho

rpe.

Cle

rgy:

St

even

Woo

d. D

ioce

se o

f G

ite

ga

(B

uru

nd

i).

FR

I 1

5

TH

E S

HR

INE

OF

OU

R L

AD

Y

OF

WA

LS

ING

HA

M

Cler

gy: K

evin

Sm

ith, B

en B

rads

haw

. D

ioce

se o

f G

lasg

ow

an

d G

all

ow

ay

(S

cotl

an

d),

Dio

cese

of

Glo

uce

ste

r (E

ng

lan

d).

SA

T 1

6

TO

FT

RE

ES

Toft

rees

. Cle

rgy:

Edw

ard

Bund

ock.

Th

e D

ea

ne

ry o

f N

orr

a N

orr

bo

tte

n i

n L

ule

å

(ou

r li

nk

dio

ce

se i

n S

we

de

n)

an

d i

ts R

ura

l

De

an

, Ju

ha

Ra

uh

ala

.

Sund

ay 1

0 –

Satu

rday

16

Oct

ober

Prayerful

ZPfl

Prayerful

12

Ra

cia

l In

just

ice

We

ackn

owle

dge

raci

al in

just

ice

exis

ts a

nd a

bhor

this

in

just

ice.

How

ever

, it i

s te

mpt

ing

to fe

el e

xem

pt a

nd

avoi

d pr

ayin

g w

ith in

tegr

ity a

roun

d th

e su

bjec

t. Pi

ctur

e a

conv

ersa

tion

(in a

gar

den,

war

m w

ith s

unsh

ine)

whe

re

the

ques

tion

was

pos

ed, “

How

sho

uld

the

dioc

ese

pray

?”

Ther

e w

as a

cha

nge

in m

ood,

a c

hill,

and

a s

adne

ss.

The

inte

llige

nt y

oung

wom

an, a

juni

or d

octo

r, fir

st

gene

ratio

n U

K, re

spon

ded

with

sen

sitiv

ity a

nd re

stra

int,

as s

he d

escr

ibed

the

impa

ct o

f ove

rt a

nd c

over

t co

mm

ents

rega

rdin

g th

e co

lour

of h

er s

kin,

her

race

, w

hich

eve

ntua

lly b

egan

to d

amag

e he

r sel

f-es

teem

.

“Peo

ple

talk

dow

n at

you

, dis

mis

s yo

u, o

r use

thei

r po

sitio

n to

dam

age

your

inte

grity

and

pro

fess

iona

lism

, kn

owin

g th

ey w

ill s

uffer

litt

le c

onse

quen

ce, b

ecau

se y

ou

(bla

ck p

eopl

e) a

re n

ot a

s va

lued

in s

ocie

ty.” S

he a

sked

fo

r pra

yer f

or o

ur lo

cal c

omm

unity

to s

tep

out a

nd b

e op

en to

form

frie

ndsh

ips

with

thos

e w

ho a

re d

iffer

ent

from

them

selv

es.

SU

N 1

7

FR

OM

LA

ME

NT

TO

AC

TIO

N

Hea

venl

y Fa

ther

, we

pray

for h

ealin

g fo

r tho

se

suffe

ring

raci

sm a

nd w

e as

k fo

r sec

urity

in th

e kn

owle

dge

that

they

bel

ong

to C

hris

t and

thei

r id

entit

y is

in H

im. W

e as

k fo

r you

r Hol

y Sp

irit t

o br

ing

forg

iven

ess a

nd fe

llow

ship

bet

wee

n ou

r di

ffere

nt ra

ces a

nd st

reng

then

our

uni

ty.

MO

N 1

8

UP

PE

R W

EN

SU

M V

ILL

AG

E G

RO

UP

Bris

ley,

Col

kirk

with

Oxw

ick

with

Pat

tesl

ey,

Gat

eley

, Gre

at R

ybur

gh w

ith L

ittle

Ryb

urgh

and

Te

ster

ton,

Hor

ning

toft

, She

refo

rd w

ith D

unto

n,

Whi

sson

sett

. Cle

rgy:

Rob

in S

tapl

efor

d. L

LM:

Rich

ard

Hirs

t. Br

isle

y Co

fE a

nd C

olki

rk C

ofE

Prim

ary

Acad

emie

s.

Dio

cese

of

Go

gri

al

(So

uth

Su

da

n),

Dio

cese

of

Gu

ild

ford

(E

ng

lan

d).

TU

E 1

9

WA

LS

ING

HA

M

East

Bar

sham

, Hou

ghto

n, L

ittle

Wal

sing

ham

. Cl

ergy

: Har

ri W

illia

ms.

Wal

sing

ham

Cof

E VA

Pr

imar

y Sc

hool

. D

ioce

se o

f G

om

a (

Co

ng

o),

Dio

cese

of

Go

mb

e (

Nig

eri

a).

WE

D 2

0

CR

Y F

OR

JU

ST

ICE

God

of n

ew b

egin

ning

s, w

ake

us u

p to

the

unho

ly

raci

al in

equa

litie

s whi

ch b

light

you

r wor

ld. T

hen

lead

us,

we

pray

, fro

m la

men

t to

actio

n, th

at

our l

ives

may

mirr

or y

our l

ovin

g em

brac

e of

all

peop

les a

nd e

cho

your

cry

for j

ustic

e.

TH

U 2

1

DE

AN

ER

Y O

F D

EP

WA

DE

Rura

l Dea

n: H

eath

er W

ilcox

. D

ioce

se o

f G

raft

on

(A

ust

rali

a),

Dio

cese

of

Gra

ha

mst

ow

n (

So

uth

ern

Afr

ica

).

FR

I 2

2

BR

OO

KE

Broo

ke, K

irste

ad, M

undh

am w

ith S

eeth

ing,

Th

wai

te .

Cler

gy: L

ynn

Chap

man

. LLM

: Joh

n A

sh.

Broo

ke C

ofE

VC P

rimar

y Sc

hool

.

Dio

cese

of

Gu

ad

alc

an

al

(Me

lan

esi

a),

Dio

cese

of

Gu

ya

na

(W

est

In

die

s).

SA

T 2

3

HE

MP

NA

LL

TE

AM

MIN

IST

RY

Bedi

ngha

m, H

empn

all,

Mor

ning

thor

pe a

nd

Fritt

on, S

helto

n w

ith H

ardw

ick,

Top

crof

t, W

oodt

on. C

lerg

y: L

iz B

illet

t. A

rch

de

aco

ns

Ste

ve

n B

ett

s, K

are

n H

utc

hin

son

an

d I

an

Be

ntl

ey

.

Prop

hetic

il

ji

il

j

Ph

iProp

hetic

Sund

ay 1

7 –

Satu

rday

23

Oct

ober

Page 10: Diary Pray without ceasing

11

Thi

s ne

w-l

ook

Pray

er D

iary

is

the

resu

lt

of s

uch

refl

ecti

on a

nd t

he y

ear

ahea

d in

w

hich

our

dio

cese

will

foc

us o

n le

�in

g C

hris

t tr

ansf

orm

us

to

be

m

ore

pray

erfu

l, w

ill o

ffer

us

myr

iad

oppo

rtun

itie

s fo

r m

ore

refle

ctio

n, m

ore

Spir

it-gi

ven

new

ness

.

The

re a

re m

any

way

s in

whi

ch to

pra

y an

d th

e M

issi

on H

ub o

ffer

s a

rang

e of

reso

urce

s:

ww

w.D

ofN

.org

/pra

yer_

reso

urce

T

he v

isua

l ar

ts, f

or e

xam

ple,

can

sti

r ou

r so

uls

prof

ound

ly. T

he F

low

er S

elle

r (1

942)

[le�

] by

Die

go R

iver

a no

t onl

y le

ads

us in

to p

raye

r but

al

so te

ache

s us

abo

ut p

raye

r.

A M

exic

an g

irl

wit

h ne

atly

bra

ided

hai

r kn

eels

bef

ore

an e

norm

ous

bunc

h of

Cal

la

lilie

s. S

he l

eans

int

o th

e fl

ower

s, e

xten

ding

a

tend

er e

mbr

ace

arou

nd t

hem

. H

er h

ead

is

slig

htly

bow

ed. T

here

is a

dee

p st

illne

ss a

bout

he

r. S

he is

u�

erly

a�

enti

ve. I

n sh

ort,

her

bod

y is

set

in

an a

�it

ude

of a

bsor

bed

pray

er.

Her

un

shod

fee

t un

derl

ine

this

: sh

e is

on

holy

grou

nd a

nd w

e, w

itne

ssin

g th

is m

omen

t, k

now

ou

rsel

ves

to b

e on

hol

y gr

ound

too.

We

cann

ot

help

bei

ng d

raw

n in

, mes

mer

ised

by

the

qual

ity

of t

he g

irl’s

a�

enti

vene

ss.

As

Bish

op S

imon

Ph

ipps

onc

e sa

id, “

Pray

er is

abs

olut

e a�

enti

on

to w

hat i

s th

e ca

se”.

The

re’s

som

ethi

ng e

lse

abou

t the

chi

ld. I

n th

e vu

lner

abili

ty o

f he

r na

ked

feet

and

in

her

wid

ely

exte

nded

arm

s, w

e gl

imps

e so

met

hing

cr

oss-

like,

Chr

ist-

like.

Thr

ough

her

pra

ying

, sh

e ha

s, th

en, a

llow

ed th

e lif

e of

Jesu

s to

com

e al

ive

in h

er a

nd s

he s

how

s us

how

, as

we

pray

, w

e ca

n m

irro

r hi

s w

ide-

arm

ed,

self

-giv

ing

embr

ace

of th

e w

hole

wor

ld.

So

, wha

t abo

ut th

ose

flow

ers?

Wel

l, th

ey fi

ll th

e w

hole

pai

ntin

g, b

igge

r th

an t

he g

irl h

erse

lf,

thei

r sca

le o

verw

helm

ing.

Whe

n w

e se

�le

dow

n to

pra

y fo

r th

ose

arou

nd u

s or

for

the

wor

ld a

t la

rge,

the

she

er s

cale

of

need

can

ove

rwhe

lm.

Thi

s Pr

ayer

Dia

ry h

elps

by

taki

ng o

ne ‘l

ily’ a

t a

tim

e: o

ne b

enefi

ce a

day

wit

h it

s pa

rish

es a

nd

peop

le a

nd s

choo

ls; o

ne fa

cet o

f lif

e in

our

ow

n di

oces

e (t

he c

are

of t

hose

livi

ng w

ith

dem

enti

a fo

r ex

ampl

e); o

ne d

ioce

se fa

r be

yond

our

regi

on

but j

oine

d to

us

thou

gh C

hris

t.

Our

li�

le fl

ower

-sel

ler

teac

hes

us a

bout

st

illne

ss a

nd a

�en

tive

ness

in p

raye

r and

insp

ires

us

to

let

the

tran

sfor

min

g pr

esen

ce o

f Je

sus

flow

thr

ough

us

as w

e pr

ay.

But

look

how

the

ca

nvas

glo

ws!

The

gir

l ha

s de

liber

atel

y le

t th

at

pres

ence

flow

fro

m h

er in

to e

ach

of th

e flo

wer

s in

her

em

brac

e –

“hol

ding

the

m i

n T

he L

ight

” as

Qua

kers

say

. Ea

ch l

ily i

s lit

fro

m w

ithi

n,

lum

inou

s as

if w

ith

Chr

ist’s

rise

n pr

esen

ce.

W

e to

o, in

spir

ed b

y th

is p

aint

ing,

can

floo

d th

ose

for

who

m w

e pr

ay w

ith

the

tran

sfor

min

g lig

ht o

f C

hris

t, an

d w

ith

St P

aul,

trus

ting

ly

proc

laim

, “Ev

eryt

hing

old

has

pas

sed

away

; see

, ev

eryt

hing

has

bec

ome

new

!” (2

Cor

5:1

7).

How

ever

long

pra

yer

has

been

par

t of o

ur li

ves,

it’s

good

to ta

ke th

e lo

ng v

iew

fr

om ti

me

to ti

me.

Do

our

regu

lar

way

s of

pra

ying

gi

ve u

s lif

e an

d no

uris

h ou

r fa

ith?

Refl

ecti

on is

alw

ays

heal

thy,

cre

atin

g a

spac

e in

to w

hich

God

’s S

piri

t can

bl

ow a

fres

h.

Prayerful

Prayerful

10

Ma

ny

wa

ys

to p

ray

Su

san

na

Gu

nn

er

Dio

cesa

n Ad

vise

r in

Spiri

tual

ity &

Dis

cipl

eshi

p

New

beg

inni

ngs