Diocesan Office . . .

St Augustine of Hippo, writing almost 1600 years ago, said: "First give yourself to God and then to the work God gives you to do."

As we work and pray through this first Diocesan Prayer Calendar of 2005 each day becomes an offering to God for the work of God both in the Diocese and beyond. It is an offering by those men and women who have given themselves for the work of God, with our prayers to support them in that work.

The use of the calendar transcends parish, deanery and archdeaconry boundaries to unite us all in the common purpose and vocation to proclaim Our Lord Jesus Christ in and through the work God has given us to do.

In it we move from recalling the Naming of Jesus on January 1 through Epiphany and Lent to Our Lord’s Passion, Death and Resurrection which we celebrate this year on March 27. In a matter of weeks we will live, work and pray the liturgical giving of God to us in Jesus and the Son doing the work God gave him to do. And we are called to do likewise all that we do in memory of Him.

Let us pray, then, with and for those who are seeking to do the work God has given them to do both in the Diocese and the worldwide Anglican Communion.

Rural Dean: Canon Dr Maggie Guite Epiphany 1

Asst Rural Dean: Canon Jonathan Young

Lay Chairman: Mr Martyn Saunders Church of Ireland

Mr Nick Grantham Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Give thanks for the Diocese of Lexington (Province IV, US) – Stacy Fred Sauls

Rector: Canon Jonathan Young

Curate: John Hare

Reader: Ken Maynard

Links: Rosanna Woodruff, USPG, Ghana: Daniel Niles, CMS, Uganda

Pray for our partnership with Alconbury cum Weston and Buckworth and with the other fifteen "Leightonstone Churches" in West Huntingdonshire

Barham St Giles and Woolley: Pray for these small villages, Barham population 25, small 12 Century church, Woolley, population 15, ruins of 13 Century Church.

LIBERIA - Bishop Edward W Neufville II.

As Above

Pray for wisdom in developing our church building for wider use by this community.

LICHFIELD - Bishop Keith Norman Sutton

As Above

Pray for resumption of repairs to chancel by our lay rector (Peterhouse). Thanksgiving for restoration of bells

LICHFIELD-Shrewsbury – Bishop Alan G Smith

As Above

Pray for continuing ministry to visitors to village and Grafham Water

LICHFIELD-Stafford – Bishop Christopher Hill

As Above

Pray for development of monthly children’s Eucharist and for completion of improvements to Lady Chapel.

LICHFIELD-Wolverhampton - Bishop Michael Bourke

In Interregnum

LIMERICK AND KILLALOE (Ireland) – Bishop Michael Hugh Gunton Mayes

Epiphany 2

Church of Ireland Dublin and Glendalough

Give thanks for the Diocese of Lincoln - Bishop John Saxabee

Vicar: Nick Moir (Rector – Landbeach)

NSM Curate: Pam Thorn

Readers: Ray Gambell, Trevor Thorn, Paul Cooper

Waterbeach: The PCC has been spending time revisiting its mission statement and is adopting the tree motif with an emphasis on being rooted in Christ through giving priority to spiritual formation, growing through everyone using their gifts and working together, and reaching out by being a place of hospitality and healing.

Landbeach: A big building project brewing up – loos + heat – please pray!

LINCOLN-Grantham – Bishop Alastair Redfern

Churches Together in England –

The Revd Bill Snelson, General Secretary

The Eastern Baptist Association –

The Revd Paul Hills, Regional Minister

Local Ecumenical Partnerships: Bar Hill, Cambourne

LINCOLN-Grimsby - Bishop David Rossdale

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland – Dr David Goodbourn, General Secretary.

The Methodist Church, London North East District – The Revd Ermal Kirby, District Chair; East Anglia District – the Revd Graham Thompson, District Chair; Oxford and Leicester District – the Revd Alison Tomlin, District Chair.

The continuing implementation of the Anglican-Methodist Covenant

Local Ecumenical Partnerships:

East Barnwell, Whittlesford and Pampisford

LITORAL (Ecuador) - Bishop Alfredo Morante

Conference of European Churches – The Revd Dr Keith Clements, General Secretary.

The United Reform Church, Eastern Province – The Revd Elizabeth Caswell, Moderator; East Midlands Province – The Revd Terry Oakley, Moderator.

Local Ecumenical Partnerships: Stukeley Meadows, Hampton

LIVERPOOL - Bishop James Jones

The World Council of Churches – The Revd Dr Samuel Kobia, General Secretary.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia – the Rt Revd Michael Evans, Bishop.

All those planning the mission of the Church in areas of new housing.

Local Ecumenical Partnerships: Cambridge St Luke, Toft

LIVERPOOL –Warrington - Bishop David Jennings

East of England Faiths Council. East of England Churches Network.

The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of North Elbe (Germany), Maria Jepsen,

Hans-Christian Knuth, Barbel Wartenberg-Potter, Bishops.

All parish links with Germany

LLANDAFF (Wales) - Bishop Barry C Morgan

Rural Dean: Canon Hugh McCurdy Epiphany 3 Septuagesima

Lay Chairman: Mr Adrian Wright Scottish Episcopal Church Brechin

Mrs Priscilla Barlow, County Ecumenical Officer.

The leaders of Christian World Communions; among them Pope John Paul II, the Patriarchs of the Orthodox Churches and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

All those engaged in mission in an ecumenical context.

Pray for the Unity of the Church throughout the world.

Give thanks for the Diocese of Lokoja (Province I, Nigeria) - Bishop George Bako

Churches Together Groups in the Diocese

The Society of Friends (Quakers)

The Salvation Army

Cambridge Work Relations Group (Chaplaincy to People at Work) The Revd Virginia Weston, Chaplain

LONDON - Bishop Richard Chartres

25 End of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Pentecostal, Free and Evangelical Churches present in the Diocese.

Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches.

The Diocesan Ecumenical Office – The Revd Will Adam.

Local Ecumenical Partnerships: Cambridge St Clement, Orton Goldhay

LONDON-Edmonton – Bishop Peter Wheatley

Vicar: James Alexander

Reader: Bob Barnes

Link: Harvest Christian Centre, Kinone, Uganda

Thanks for unity in the church and anointing on the ministry. Please pray for our projected new church hall – we’ve never had one.

LONDON-Fulham - Bishop John Broadhurst.

P.I.C.: Malcolm Raby

Associate Vicar: Sue Wyatt

Reader: Roger Hetherington

Link: Kakira Church, Uganda

What are the implications of "Mission Shaped Church" for small parishes like Over? What "fresh expressions" of church will be effective in our community? We need wisdom as we grapple with such issues in today’s culture.

LONDON-Kensington - Bishop Michael Colclough

Rector: David Chamberlin

NSM: Anne Aldridge

Readers: Laurence Wickens; Kathleen English; Donald Wallis

LONDON-Stepney – Bishop Stephen Oliver

Rector: Dr Geoffrey Turner

Reader: Pauline Wayman

Willingham: Successful Outreach Evening in October. Growth in the Family Service. Launch of fortnightly Thursday Praise. Pray for our finances. Changes to our PCC meetings to give them a more spiritual focus.

Rampton: Thanksgiving for the popularity of the Harvest Supper and the money raised there for Christian Aid. Pray for a growth in the congregations. Encouragement for our hard working core.

LONDON-Willesden – Bishop Peter Broadbent

Rural Dean: Revd Peter Baxandall Epiphany 4 Sexagesima

Lay Chairman: Mr Stephen Tooke Church of Ireland

Limerick, Ardfert, Afhadoe, Killaloe,

Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh and Emly

Give thanks for the Diocese of Long Island (Province II, USA) - Bishop Orris G Walker

Vicar: James Thomson

Associate Vicar: Wendy Thomson

Readers: David Fletcher; Ian Williams

LOS ANGELES (USA) - Bishop Joseph J Bruno

Rector: Glenn Coggins

Reader: Mike Jones

Links: Vellore

Prayers for local community hospital as some departments face an uncertain future. Thanksgiving for Alpha course underway and for work to build a new church at Benwick. Pray for desire and vision to reach out towards the many people moving into the village.

LOUISIANA (USA) – Bishop Charles Edward Jenkins

WESTERN LOUISIANA (USA) - Bishop David B MacPherson

Rector: Glenn Coggins

Reader: Mike Jones

Links: Vellore

Thanksgiving for faithful congregation and growing choir and lively ‘friends’ group. Pray for desire and vision to reach out towards the many people moving into the village and for a deepening love of prayer and worship and each other.

LUCKNOW (N India) - Bishop Anil R Stephen

Team Rector: Nigel Whitehouse

Curate: Gill Stevens

LUI (Sudan) - Bishop Bullen Dolli

Team Rector: Nigel Whitehouse

Curate: Gill Stevens

LUSAKA (Zambia) - Bishop Leonard Mwenda

Team Rector: Nigel Whitehouse

Curate: Gill Stevens

LUWERO (Uganda) - Bishop Evans Mukasa Kisekka

Rural Dean: Canon David Kightley Sunday next before Lent Quinquagesima

Lay Chairman: Lady Rose Hare Church of Ireland Meath and Kildare

P.I.C.: David Pomery

Asst Priest: Canon Allan Viller

Reader: Pippa Blackall

Thanks: the effort made to raise the money to restore the windows. Work began last month. For the children attending the recent Activity Day. Pray for the mission and outreach to the parish. Continued growth of the group choir.

MACHAKOS (Kenya) - Bishop Joseph M Kanuku

P.I.C.: David Pomery

Asst Priest: Canon Allan Viller

Reader: Pippa Blackall

Thanksgiving: for two new families in the village joining the church; for the newly installed organ. Pray for the growth of the church.

MADHYA KERALA (India) - Bishop Sam Mathew

P.I.C.: David Pomery

Asst Priest: Canon Allan Viller

Reader: Pippa Blackall

Thanksgiving for the production of our welcome pack and pray that it may encourage new residents to come to the church. Pray for the small, faithful congregation.

MADI AND WEST NILE (Uganda) - Bishop Enock Lee Drati

P.I.C.: David Pomery

Asst Priest: Canon Allan Viller

Reader: Pippa Blackall

Thanksgiving: for the support of the parish in our fundraising efforts; for the growing numbers at the Pram Service. Pray for ongoing discussions and planning for a new heating system; preparation of a welcome pack for new residents.

MADURAIJ-RAMNAD (S India) - Bishop Thavaraj D Eames

Rector: James Mather

Thanksgiving for our life as parishes and as a Benefice and for those who do so much. For the communities of which we are part, with the challenges that come with three highly contrasting parishes of a rapidly growing large town and two very small villages. For a more effective ministry to the whole community, especially families (with thanksgiving for the guidance of Gill Ambrose). And particularly for an increase in the ministerial team - especially clergy able to offer assistance.

MAHAJANGA - Bishop Jean Claude Andrianjafimanana.

Rector: James Mather

Thanksgiving for our life as parishes and as a Benefice and for those who do so much. For the communities of which we are part, with the challenges that come with three highly contrasting parishes of a rapidly growing large town and two very small villages. For a more effective ministry to the whole community, especially families (with thanksgiving for the guidance of Gill Ambrose). And particularly for an increase in the ministerial team - especially clergy able to offer assistance.

MAIDUGURI (Nigeria) - Bishop Emmanuel K Mani.

Rural Dean: Revd Cheryl Collins Lent 1

Lay Chairman: Ms Julia Jones Church of Sweden Vaxjo

Give thanks for the Diocese of Maine (Province I, USA) - Bishop Chilton A R Knudsen

Team Rector: Jeremy Pemberton

Team Vicars: Alastair McCollum, Fiona Windsor

Curate: Pauline Scott

Readers: Ann Scott, Paul Gildersleve

Link: Congo Church Association, Tearfund

Praise God for lively commitment and good village participation. God give us a hunger to go deeper spirituality.

MAKAMBA (Burundi) – Bishop Martin B Nyaboho

As Above

Elsworth: big church reroofing proceeding; renewal in worship

Knapwell: joy in the small fellowship; joy in reaching out.

MAKURDI (Nigeria) - Bishop Nathan N Inyom.

As Above

Links: Pray for the Team as we consider where best to link with Mission organisations: for building up our links with Tear Fund, Scripture Union in Schools and West Cambridge Christian Youth Ministry (WCCYM)

Give thanks for the sense of movement and growth in these parishes, for working together to provide special Services through the year, to offer Bible Study, Homegroups and Alpha courses. Pray for continued faithfulness, especially in smaller parishes where it is hard to build support and enthusiasm for Church life.

MALAITA (Melanesia) - Bishop Terry M Brown

As Above

Links: Pray for the Team as we consider where best to link with Mission organisations: for building up our links with Tear Fund, Scripture Union in Schools and West Cambridge Christian Youth Ministry (WCCYM)

Give thanks for those who continue to support the worshipping and community life of these parishes, pray for building restoration projects in both parishes.

MALAKAL (Sudan) - Bishop Kedhekia B Mabior.

As Above

Give thanks for the steady growth numerically; to pray for a continuing spiritual growth and for more opportunities to reach the communities we serve with Christ’s love, forgiveness and healing.

MANCHESTER - Bishop Nigel McCulloch

P.I.C.: Kevin Browning

We thank God for the steady growth in both parishes for the opportunities of sharing the gospel through Alpha Courses, a monthly men’s breakfast, for inroads into the community through school work and social events and for discipleship through homegroups and for strong ecumenical links.

MANCHESTER-Bolton – Bishop David Gillett

Rural Dean: Revd Fiona Brampton Lent 2

Lay Chairman: Mr Robert Skelton Church of Norway Stavanger

Give thanks for the Diocese of Manchester-Hulme – Bishop Stephen Lowe

Vicar: Rosemary Maskell

Curate: Teresa Dixon

Readers: David Blackmore, Carol Swain, Jane Harris

Link: Schnaitheim in South Germany

Please pray for a vision of the way forward to working with the young people of the village; and for all who will be moving into the new houses. Thanks for ecumenical links locally.

MANCHESTER-Middleton – Michael A O Lewis

P.I.C.: Mike Hughes

Reader: Scott Eversman

Rdr in Trng: Paul Quant

Pastoral Assts: Kath Parr, Alan Martin, Bridget Ward, Gina Mead

Link: SAMS

Thanksgiving for an effective united Music Group with the Methodist Church which continues to enhance our worship. Intercession: for imaginative ideas for outreach in the village; the need to complete our appeal to pay off loans for a reordered, warm and welcoming building; the transition of pastoral oversight to the Ely Team from April.

P.I.C.: Malcolm Cooper

Link: St Mark’s Church, Seremtan, West Malaysia

We give thanks for all the blessings we receive and especially for the successful Parish Outing to Seremtan, Malaysia by 19 people last year. Continue to pray with us for our mission within the Community to increase the number of those who acknowledge God in their lives.

MANDALAY (Myanmar) - Bishop Andrew Hla Aung.

Vicar: Fiona Brampton

Reader: Jill Stimpson

Link: Vellore

Give thanks for our organists and the quality and variety of music that enhances our worship. Give thanks also for the ministry team, sharing in the vision of the parish. Please pray for us as we try to match vision to giving by holding a series of meals to encourage congregation in their stewardship and commitment. Pray also for our work with children and the development of our pre-school service. This year sees fundraising for the reordering of Wilburton church including the much needed toilet – prayers please.

MANICALAND (Zimbabwe) - Bishop Dr Sebastian Bakare

P.I.C.: Anna Hult

Link: Ljungby, Sweden

Thanksgiving for the support of members with church events. We give thanks for our Priest and those taking our services. Prayers for our Sunday School, Rackham Church of England School and our Village College, We pray for growth in membership and commitment.

MARA (Tanzania) - Bishop Hilkiah Omindo Deya

Rector: Mark Amey

Curate: Matthew Bradbury

Asst Priest: Peter Parker

Reader: Jane Logan

Pray for the appointment of a new Head Teacher at Mepal and Witcham CE Primary School and for a deeper commitment to mission, outreach and every member ministry.

MARATHWANDA (India) – Bishop to be selected

Rector: Mark Amey

Curate: Matthew Bradbury

Asst Priest: Peter Parker

Reader: Jane Logan

Please pray for the appointment of a new Director of Music and for a continuation in the signs of growth we are witnessing; that we may be an ever-present symbol of Christ’s love in our community.

MARIDI (Sudan) - Bishop Justin Badi Arama

Rural Dean: Revd Richard Longfoot Lent 3

Lay Chairman: Mr Paul Russell Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia

Give thanks for the Diocese of Maryland (Province III, USA) – Bishop Robert W Ihloff

Team Vicar: Malcolm Ingham

MASASI (Tanzania) - Bishop Patrick Mwachiko

Team Vicar: Malcolm Ingham

MASENO NORTH (Kenya) - Bishop Simon M Oketch

In Interregnum

Please pray for the Churchwardens and PCC as they explore their options for the future together with everyone's hope of being able to find a parish priest in the future. The primary school of St Botolph's (VC) CofE is within the parishes of St Mary and Holy Trinity. The Foundation Governors, together with everyone involved in the running of the school, look to the support of the Lord reflected in prayer. Your prayers are also sought for all those helping to sustain the church's liturgy.

MASENO SOUTH (Kenya) - Bishop Francis Mwayi Abiero.

Team Vicar: Richard Hamilton

Reader: Lynessa Austen

Pray please for spiritual growth, vigour and energy within the parishioners entrusted with steering the community – and for the staff, governors and pupils of St Botolph’s (VC) C of E School

MASENO WEST (Kenya) - Bishop Joseph O Wasonga

4 ORTON GOLDHAY CHRIST CHURCH

Minister: Ian Pullinger

Assistant Minister: Sandra Griffith

Matters for Thanksgiving and Intercession:

We give thanks for Mal Breeze’s contribution to the local community over the last ten years and pray for Mal as he moves to Mold. We give thanks for our young people’s work and pray that this continues to grow.

MASSACHUSETTS (USA) - Bishop M Thomas Shaw

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS (USA) -Bishop Gordon Scruton

Rector: Sunil De Silva

Church Army: Captain Barry Amis

We thank God for the faithfulness of our small prayer group that meets every Wednesday of the year.

MASVINGO – Bishop Godfrey Taonezvi

Rural Dean: Revd Wim Zwalf Lent 4

Lay Chairman: Dr Sandy Greer Church of Sweden Lund

Give thanks for the Diocese of Matabeleland (Central Africa) - Bishop Wilson Sitshebo

P.I.C.: Roy Flindall

Reader: Philip Williams

For the continuing spiritual, liturgical and music revival in this pilgrimage church. For its partnership with the parish of Newborough. Thanks be to God. We ask for people to dedicate themselves to work with the young.

Rector: Allan Landall

Reader: Alex Henderson

MATANA (Burundi) - Bishop Bernard Ntahoturi

Vicar: Richard Bending

Reader: Barbara Pearman

Rdr in trng: Stevie Brooks

Thanks for committed and able lay leadership. Please pray for the churches as they prepare for an interregnum beginning in April, and for guidance about future pastoral arrangements and the choice of a new minister.

MAURITIUS - Bishop Gerald J Ernest

Vicar: Richard Bending

Reader: Barbara Pearman

Rdr in trng: Stevie Brooks

Thanks for committed and able lay leadership. Please pray for the churches as they prepare for an interregnum beginning in April, and for guidance about future pastoral arrangements and the choice of a new minister.

MBAISE (Nigeria) - Bishop Bright Joseph E Ogu

Vicar: Robert Slipper

Thanksgiving: Holiday Club and Children’s outreach; "Simply Christianity" and "Understanding the Bible" Courses; New Church members. Please pray for: more new people!; developing overseas links; God to bring new life to the people of this village.

MBALE (Uganda) - Bishop Samwiri Namakhetsa Khaemba Wabulakha

Rector: Andrew Davey

MBEERE – Bishop Gideon G Ireri

Rector: Sandra Gardner

Reader: Ryk Parkinson

Newton in the Isle: Thanksgiving for the appointment of Sandra Gardner as Rector and Ryk Parkinson, training for ministry within the North Nene Group of Parishes.

MEATH & KILDARE (Ireland) - Bishop Richard L Clarke.

Rural Dean: Canon Christine Sindall Lent 5

Lay Chairman: Mrs Gillian White Church of England Continental Europe

Give thanks for the Diocese of Medak (S India) - Bishop B P Sugandhar

Rector: David Cockerell

Give thanks for the continuing success of our monthly All Age Service, and for all those who help to keep this lovely village Church so well looked after. Give thanks too for our bell-ringing team and all who support it.

MELBOURNE - Archbishop Peter R Watson

Rector: David Cockerell

Give thanks for those who loyally support and maintain this fine village church, and for our developing relationships with the local C of E primary School. But numbers at our Sunday Services are dwindling and a few more worshippers wouldn’t go amiss!

MELBOURNE-Eastern Region – Bishop Stephen Hale

Rector: David Cockerell

Give thanks for some very successful Church/Village Social events, and for the hard work of those who organised them. Pray for the continuing flourishing of our All Age Services.

MELBOURNE-Northern Region – Bishop Andrew Curnow

Rector: David Cockerell

Rdr Emeritus: Gill Avern

Pray for the continuing success of our work with children. Give thanks for a most successful ‘Open Weekend’ and for an who organise and supported it. Pray for us as we contemplate extensive (and expensive) repairs to parts of the Church building. Pray for our many visitors who sign our Visitors Book, often leaving moving messages.

MELBOURNE-Southern Region – Bishop John Wilson

Rector: David Cockerell

Pray for those of us who will have visited the Diocese of Vellore in January; for a small but very faithful congregation facing an unknown future; for our monthly Family Service and those who support it.

MELBOURNE-Western Region – Bishop Paul White

Rector: David Cockerell

Give thanks for a small but vibrant congregation in a very small village, in various ways helping to keep alive the life and mission of our Church. Pray for us as we consider a new heating system for our Church, and for the continuing development of our work with children and young families.

MERU (Kenya) – Bishop Henry Paltridge

Palm Sunday is quite different from other Sundays for this day, over Christian rejoicing, there looms the reality of Christian grief - "Ride on, ride on in majesty, thy last and fiercest strife is nigh." Give thanks today for those whose faith enables them to rejoice, even in utmost adversity; but remember also before God those who do not have, or have no longer, that gift of faith. To pray for such as these may often simply be to "look from afar" with love. During this week, words from St John's Gospel: and prayer for those in conflict, for whom the "Way of the Cross" is no abstraction, that they may find the "Joy of Easter" no abstraction either.

MEXICO - Bishop Sergio Carranza-Gomez

A kaleidoscope of nationalities, tribes, cultures, races and languages under subjection of the Roman power, a Roman peace and a Roman law the influence of which is still felt today, but the ultimate Roman sanction was always the use of force. The Cross and its multi-lingual title symbolic of so much, let it here be a reminder of the exercise, frustrations and failures of force to solve the friction of peoples. Remember before God those who are in conflict by race, colour, religion, language, culture or whatever else divides peoples; pray for the fulfilment of the Christian vision that "In Christ" there shall be a new Creation where conflict shall be no more.

MICHIGAN - Bishop Wendell Nathaniel Gibbs

WESTERN MICHIGAN (USA) - Bishop Robert R Gepert

Greatest loyalties and ecstasies, failures and betrayals are often found within family relationships. There are times, when the claims of Christ seem to override all else, but most of the time loyalty to Christ and to family are properly parallel vocations, not easy ones at that as many a clergy family will testify. Remember before God not just those where great swords of division bring conflict, but also those who suffer the unremitting pinpricks of heedlessness.

MILWAUKEE - Bishop Roger J White

I received from the Lord what I delivered also to you (1 Cor.11:23) "To betray" and "to deliver" translate the same Greek root. On this day Christians celebrate Sacramental unity with their Lord, yet about the Eucharist have been expressed the most bitter of Christian conflicts, it is as if "glory" and "shame" are become mirror images. Remember before God those with whom, even within the household of faith, there is variance, that conflict at the least might be restrained, and at the best enfolded by hands of peace, and offered on the self-same palms of prayer that receive the Lord.

An end to suffering; the completion of God’s purpose. Both of these are encapsulated in that cry. To suffer, in body, mind or spirit, is a part of life but it is not given to all to find, in their troubles, either the purposes of God or the grace to bend their pains to His purposes. Remember before God those for whom suffering seems to have no end, has no point or meaning, or is part of the corruption of evil, and entering into the mystery of suffering be ready to be silent, even dumb.

Anyone bereaved will have known the "time of no time when time stands still" between death and burial. Sometimes blankness, otherwise remembrances of joy and pain, guilt and love crowd in; tears come easy to the eyes for no apparent reason. Conflicts within need to find resolution, to be laid to rest as much as is a body. Remember before God those whose bereavements have still to find their rest, that they may find a garden, and He who they may not recognise to be the Gardener of their soul’s welfare.

Rural Dean: Revd Stephen Earl Easter Day

Lay Chairman: Mr John Abbott Church of Ireland Clogher

Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns;

Take up thine eyes which feed on earth;

Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns;

Thy Saviour comes, and with him mirth;

Awake, awake!

And with a thankful heart His comforts take;

But thou dost still lament, and pine, and cry,

And feel his death, but not his victory.

Arise, sad heart, if thou dost not withstand,

Christ’s resurrection thine may be:

Do not by hanging down break from the hand

Which, as it riseth, raiseth thee:

Arise, arise!

And with his burial linen dry thine eyes.

Christ left his grave-clothes, that we might, when grief

Draws tears or blood, not want a handkerchief.

P.I.C.: David Lewis

NSM: David Kettle

YOLA (Nigeria) - Bishop Christian O Efobi

P.I.C.: David Lewis

NSM: David Kettle

Lode: Pray for the development of its Family Service and outreach through the Alpha Course.

Quy: Pray for the development of its Family Service and outreach through the Alpha Course.

MINNESOTA (USA) - Bishop James L Jelinek.

P.I.C.: David Lewis

NSM: David Kettle

Pray for the development of its Junior Church and outreach through the Alpha Course.

MISSISSIPPI – Bishop Alfred C Marble

P.I.C.: David Lewis

NSM: David Kettle

Pray for the development of its Family Service and outreach through the Alpha Course.

MISSOURI – Bishop George Wayne Smith

WEST MISSOURI (USA) - Bishop Barry R Howe

Vicar: Stephen Earl

NSM: David Bush

Reader: John Hooper

Links: CMS – Alison and Peter Roots. Bansin (Germany) – Lutheran Church; Sarospatak (Hungary) – Reformed Church

Celebration and Thanksgiving for the past year with all the exciting changes which have taken place, and prayers for the Annual Parish Meeting on April 6. Prayers and Thanksgiving for the completion by Gill Smith of three years training with EAMTC and her Deaconing on June 25.

MITYANA (Uganda) - Bishop Wilson Mutebi

Vicar: Stephen Earl

NSM: David Bush

Reader: John Hooper

Links: CMS – Alison and Peter Roots.

Thanksgiving for the closer work and worship with St Mary’s Burwell.

MOMBASA (Kenya) - Bishop Julius Kalu Katoi

Rural Dean: Canon Roger Arguile Easter 2

Lay Chairman: Mrs Janet Perrett Church of Wales Banger

Give thanks for the Diocese of Monmouth - Bishop Dominic Walker

In Interregnum

Reader: Paul Cracknell

Link: USPG – Zambia

Thanksgiving: formation of the Friends of St Margaret’s; ministry of Canon Bruce Curry. Intercession: the spiritual life of the parish during the present interregnum; appointment of the right person as priest for the benefice.

MONTANA (USA) - Bishop to be selected

In Interregnum

Reader: Paul Cracknell

MONTREAL (Canada) - Bishop Andrew Hutchison.

In Interregnum

Reader: Paul Cracknell

MOOSONEE (Canada) - Bishop Caleb J Lawrence

In Interregnum

Reader: John Coutts

We are thankful for the way we have worked together in the interregnum. We would ask for prayers for the right person to come to us as our priest in charge and for our churchwardens, John Coutts and Chris Thorne and our PCC.

MORAY, ROSS AND CAITHNESS - Bishop John Crook

Vicar: Margaret Smith

Reader: Ann Brittain

Link: Mission Aviation Fellowship

Offords: Prayer for growing links with the primary school and thanks for funds raised for work on vestry and tower.

Buckden: Involvement in local community, the Living Stones Appeal. Thanks for funds raised and good school and pre-school contacts.

MOROGORO (Tanzania) - Bishop Dudley Mageni

P.I.C.: Nicky Morgan

Readers: Peter Dunn, Barbara Evans

Link: St John’s Mission, Zimbabwe – its Priest Revd Jacob Tschiajwana

MOUNT KENYA CENTRAL - Bishop Dr Julius Gatambo Gachuche

Rural Dean: Revd Shamus Williams Easter 3

Lay Chairman: Mr Geoffrey Wells Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland

Give thanks for the Diocese of Mount Kenya South - Bishop Peter Njenga

P.I.C. designate: Colin McFadyen

Readers: Stephen Booker; Jeff Hacon; Mike Warner

Links: Romanian Youth Support Trust; John Adamu, a Christian MP in Plateau State, Nigeria

Thanks: for numerical growth in the Sunday morning congregations during the interregnum and for the spiritual growth among the people. Intercession: for the Christian (Fish) after School Club in the primary school; for the youth housegroup; for more families to get involved; for the installation of a toilet in the church building.

MOUNT KENYA WEST - Bishop Alfred Chipman

Vicar: Andrew O’Brien

Readers: Marion Long, Pat Smith, Barbara MacKellar

Link: Muranga, Diocese of Mount Kenya, Central

We give thanks and pray for Mary Price who will be ordained deacon in June and is serving her title in the parishes of Melbourn and Meldreth

MOUNT KILIMANJARO (Tanzania) - Bishop Simon Makundi

Rector: Christopher Strong

Link: Toybox Charity – Street Children in Guatemala

Give thanks for the friendliness and faithfulness of the congregation and for the musical life at the church which includes a Choir, a Singing Group and a teenage band. Give thanks for the Friends of St Mary’s and pray for the completion of the disabled toilet project. Pray for our outreach especially to young families and for the monthly Family Service.

MPWAPWA (Tanzania) - Bishop Simon Chiwanga

Rector: Christopher Strong

Reader: Pam Barnes

Give thanks for our work with children and young people. Give thanks for a closer working together with the Methodist Church. Give thanks for the redecorating of the Chancel and pray for the provision of improved facilities within the church. Pray for our outreach to the community.

MUHABURA (Uganda) - Bishop Ernest Shalita

Rector: Christopher Strong

Link: Leprosy Mission at St Luke’s Hospital in Tanzania

Give thanks for the close links with the church school. Give thanks for our monthly Family Service. Give thanks for the appointment of Sonia Falaschi-Ray to serve her title as Curate in the benefice from September 2005 and based in Thriplow. Pray for our outreach especially to young families.

MUKONO (Uganda) - Bishop Michael Senyimba

Rector: Christopher Strong

Reader: Mary Price

Give thanks for signs of encouragement in the life of this small church. Pray for Mary Price as she prepares for her Ordination on June 25 and as her ministry in this benefice comes to an end. Pray for the project to provide a disabled toilet. Pray for our outreach especially to young people.

MULTAN (Pakistan) - Bishop John Victor Mall

Rural Dean: Revd David Reindorp Easter 4

Lay Chairman: Dr Arvan Pritchard Church of Norway Bergen

Give thanks for the Diocese of Mumbai (India) – Bishop Baiju Fulji Gavit

Vicar: David Reindorp

NSM: Peter Heslam; Angela Tilby; David Theaker

Rdr Emeritus: Beryl Johnson

Links: Sudan; South Africa

Congregation, love, laughter all up! Volunteers for all parish jobs down! Prayers for how we address this imbalance, and for follow up to out two Beta Courses.

MUMIAS - Bishop Beneas Salalah Okume

P.I.C.: Sam Wells

Hon. Asst Priest: Marguerite Roberts

Readers: Dennis Howie, Michael Ingham

We are thankful for our thriving toddler group and growing choir, and for the vibrancy and cosmopolitanism of life in Cambridge. We pray that St Mark’s may continue to grow as a church where healthy diversity enriches faithful discipleship.

MUNDRI (Sudan) - Bishop Eluzai G Munda

YIROL - Bishop Benjamin Mangar Mamur.

Vicar: Andrew Greany

NSM: Mark Bishop

Links: Dan and Pam Caldwell (Peru); St Nicholas AIDS Orphanage, Makeni, Zambia

Thanksgiving: continued development of Junior Choir. Intercession: our course ‘Exploring the Christian Faith’; our Choir and Parish Tour to Rome in July.

MYTIKYINA (Myanmar) – Bishop David Than Lwin

Vicar: Michael Beckett

NSM Curate: Chris Rose

Readers: Bob Golding, John Skillbeck, Rodney Hawkins, Simon Brooks

Link: Church Community Project, Harare, Zimbabwe

Thursday Link Club for mentally vulnerable. Link with Palestian church.

NAGPUR (N. India) - Bishop PremKumar Moshe Dhotekar

Vicar: Stewart Taylor

NSM Curate: Richard Higginson

Readers: Michael Priestley, Roy Bradfield

Links: Wycliffe Translators – Switzerland with John & Jane Maire; CMS in Korea with Peter & Andrea Farley-Moore; Latin Link in Bolivia with Andrew & Carol Smith; SAMS in Paraguay with Andy & Jo Persson; Emmanuel International Jamaican Links/also other countries.

Local Links: Romsey Mill Youth & Community Centre – Trustees and Helpers : St Philip’s Primary School : for Head: Siobhan Rouse – Governors

Mission – New Development Projects in discussion to utilise our two sites/finance required! 1. "Play Heaven" a family fun & faith development centre. 2. Opening up the front onto Mill Road/creating more space/ modernising worship area; our 15th Alpha: Another encouraging Autumn Course. Looking to build on this: Luncheon Club; Shoppers Coffee Morning; Toddlers; Children’s Groups; JAM. Inter Church – Romsey Town Churches; Links with other churches in Cambridge. We are looking for Christians to share with us in these mission opportunities as above. Please pray and encourage others with a mission heart of Jesus to call us, get involved.

NAIROBI (Kenya) - Bishop Peter Njoka

Vicar: Nicholas Ladd

Curate: Colin Brookes

Reader: Richard Rhodes James

Thanks for God guiding us in His vision for St Barnabas and for His provision. Prayer for continued seeking of God’s way forward, for every member ministry to become established and for us to grow in maturity as individuals and a church.

NAKURKU (Kenya) - Bishop Stephen Njihia Mwangi

Rural Dean: Canon Dr Maggie Guite Easter 5

Asst Rural Dean: Canon Jonathan Young

Lay Chairman: Mr Martyn Saunders & Mr Nick Grantham Church of Norway Borg

Give thanks for the Diocese of Nambale (Kenya) - Bishop Josiah M Were.

Vicar: Peter Moger

Curate: Ally Barrett

Hon. Asst Priests: Jeremy Craddock, John Morgan

Reader: Pat Saunders

Link: Mashambanzou Care Trust – Zimbabwe

Give thanks for growth in lay ministry – especially the formation of a lay pastoral team. Pray for guidance in the matter of provision of new meeting, kitchen and toilet facilities.

NAMIBIA (Southern Africa) – Bishop Shihala Nehemiah Hamupembe

Vicar: Canon Dr Maggie Guite

Hon Asst : Dr Malcolm Guite

Reader: Harvey Marshall

Links both Parishes: CMS with Michael Green, a children’s nurse at the Holy Land Institute for the Deaf in Jordan : Hilton jointly with Methodist sponsoring Rose Woodruff on Experience Exchange in Cape Coast, Ghana

Prayer for development of a ministry team. Also for people following Emmaus Courses

Fenstanton: Thanksgiving for completed restoration of Great East Window. Prayer for guidance as we seek what else to do with our special building fund (Re-ordering? Toilet? New Heating?) Thanks for gifted ministry of Sam Brazier, a Ridley Hall Ordinand.

NAMIREMBE (Uganda) - Bishop Samuel Balagadde Ssekkadde

Vicar: Ron Frost

Hon. Asst Priest: Ron Lancaster

We give thanks for the ongoing and varied life of our parishes. Please pray for our mission within the two communities, mindful of a Society which gives little priority to the Christian Faith.

NANDYAL (S India) - Bishop Abraham Theodore Gondi

P.I.C.: Dr Stuart Mews

Rdr in Trng: Jan Downey

Pray for all who travel on the A14 which divides our parishes.

Bythorn: we give thanks for the well attended social functions which build bridges with our neighbours such as the Dog Show, Gourmet Supper and Slide Show on the Wild Animals of Zimbabwe. We rejoice in the small increase in regular attendees at Worship.

Keyston: worship has improved by the use of Cantoris CDs

NASIK (N India) - Bishop Kamble Lamuel Pradip

P.I.C.: Dr Stuart Mews

Rdr in Trng: Jan Downey

Catworth: Thanks for the major repairs to our building (re-roofing the chancel, strengthening the tower and re-building the wall alongside Church Road). For the money-raising and grant applications. For the determination of our monthly Evensong choir to carry on after the retirement of our organist George White. Pray for a new choirleader.

Tilbrook: We rejoice in the new hymnbooks which have enriched our worship. We have been encouraged by the good attendance at the All Souls service for the departed. Thanks for the success of the Family Service.

NASSAU AND THE BAHAMAS - Bishop Gilbert A Thompson

P.I.C.: Dr Stuart Mews

Rdr in Trng: Jan Downey

Link: Christmas Carol Service Collection goes to a Children’s home in Zimbabwe

Thanks for strong community support for the Country Walk for Macmillan Nurses which binds us together and helps a good cause. We rejoice in the quiet confidence of our small congregation and thank God for the loyalty of our organist Kathy Henson.

NATAL (S Africa) – Bishop Rubin Phillip