Prayers for Bungoma Diocese: Please note that the prayer requests from parishes in our link Diocese of Bungoma were received before the recent political unrest in Kenya. The circumstances of some parishes may have changed as a result. Please continue to pray for the country during this difficult time.

Sunday 29 June
Peter and Paul, Apostles
Almighty God, whose blessed apostles Peter and Paul glorified you in their death as in their life: grant that your Church, inspired by their teaching and example, and made one by your Spirit, may ever stand firm upon the one foundation, Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
The Church of North India (United) Archbishop Joel Mal
The Porvoo Churches - Diocese of Hereford, England; The Lusitanian Church, Portugal

Monday 30 June
Wellingborough St Andrew
Vicar: Clem Upton (Sheila)
Reader: Jonathan Aldwinkle
We pray for Jackie as she starts to explore her calling to lay ministry. We also pray that God blesses our Mission Day in May and that we can talk to the people who attend about the love of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Bishop’s staff meeting
Durgapur (North India) Bishop P K Dutta

Tuesday 1 July
Henry, John and Henry Venn the younger, Priests, Evangelical Divines 1797, 1813 and 1873
Wellingborough St Barnabas
Vicar: Jan Leader
Pastoral Assistants: Sarah Atkinson, Shirley Kennedy
St Barnabas CEVC School
Head: Ian Pinnock
Freeman’s Endowed CEVC Jnr School
Head: Simon Smith
Durham (York, England) Bishop Thomas Wright

Wednesday 2 July
Wellingborough St Mark
Vicar: Amanda Cuthbertson (Douglas)
Reader: Margaret Williams
Pastoral Assistants: Joy Cain, Joyce Gibbins
Parish Nurse: Lesley Johnson
We give thanks for our Reader and two Parish Evangelists in training, also for the arrival of our new curate, Gary Alderson and his wife and family this month: we pray for them as Gary begins his curacy with us. We give thanks and pray for our churchwardens Richard Cain and Kelvin Bailey. So as we begin a new chapter in the life of St Mark's, we pray for our continuing ministry to children and young people, especially for their Sunday Church and for the 'Seasonal' Activity Mornings; for our outreach and worshipping life together. We pray too, for our link with St Stephen's Church in Kabula, Bungoma.
Dutse (Province of Kaduna, Nigeria) Bishop Yesufu Ibrahim Lumu

Thursday 3 July
Thomas the Apostle
Wellingborough St Mary the Virgin
Vicar: Robert Farmer
Pray for our parish community in its life of worship, service, mission and ministry; also for Keith, Bishop of Richborough, in his role as our Provincial Episcopal Visitor.
Board of Education meeting
East Ankole (Uganda) Bishop Elisha Kyamugambi

Friday 4 July
Bozeat St Mary the Virgin
Easton Maudit St Peter and St Paul
Wollaston w Strixton St Mary and St Romwald
Vicar: Adrian Morton (Louise)
Readers: Louise Morton, Chris Painter
Pastoral Assistants: Linda Brett, Anne Hickling
Parish Evangelist: Chris Brett
Youth Worker: Dan Herbert
Lord, may your kingdom come, your will be done within these parishes.
4-8 July, General Synod
East Carolina (Province IV, USA) Bishop Clifton Daniel

Saturday 5 July
Ordination of Priests
Please pray for those to be ordained Priest at Peterborough Cathedral today:
Sylvia Coles, Clive Deverell, Raymond Hemingray, Andrew Knowles, Geoffrey Moore, Robert Mulford, Terry Richards and Stephen Webster.
East Kerala (South India) Bishop Dr Kunnumpurathu Joseph Samuel

Sunday 6 July
Ordination of Deacons
Please pray for those to be ordained Deacon at Peterborough Cathedral today:
Gary Alderson, Paul Armstead, Sarah Brown, Hildred Crowther, Paul Frost, Rachel Hetherington, Robert Miles, Michael Moore, Peter Morrell, Carolyn Oley, Lulu Pelly, Susan Rolfe, Colin Simpson, Janet Tebby, Geoff Waters, Andrea Watkins.
The Church of Pakistan (United) Bishop Alexander Malik
The Porvoo Churches - The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland; The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church

Monday 7 July
Barton Seagrave St Botolph
Warkton St Edmund
Rector: Martin Perris (Lorna)
Assistant Curate: Stephen McKenzie (Gillian)
Youth Minister: Mark Paxton (Sarah)
Readers: Derek Wade, Sue Wells, Ian Wilson
Pastoral Assistants: Kate Curnock, Ron Eyre
Please pray for the continued growth of the church after Stephen McKenzie’s departure; that others may come forward to fill vacancies.
7-10 July, Methodist Conference
East Tennessee (Province IV, USA) Bishop Charles von Rosenberg

Tuesday 8 July
Kettering Deanery
Rural Dean: Brian Withington
Lay Chair: Michael Truman
Come Holy Spirit and breathe your life into the communities and churches that make up this deanery. Help us who hear your call to respond with passion to the challenge of building your Kingdom here. Restore in us love, faith and mutual support for one another.
Inspire us to sing a new song, to dance with joy, and to reflect your glory. Strengthen us where we are weak and tired. Transform us individually and collectively and fill us with fresh zeal to serve the One who calls, our Risen Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen
Eastern Himalayas (North India) Bishop Naresh Ambala

Wednesday 9 July
Broughton St Andrew
Loddington St Leonard
Cransley St Andrew (with Mawsley)
Thorpe Malsor All Saints
Priest in Charge: Brian Withington (Jacky)
Asst Curate (SSM): Andrew Dutton (Sue)
Assistant Curate: Paul Seaton Burn (Helen)
Reader: Molly Shortt
Pastoral Assistants: Pat Lake, Jacky Withington
Loddington CEVC Primary School
Head: Susan Walters
Pray for Catherine Dobson, Sarah Wyeth and Graeme Lloyd-Roberts in training for ministry: Give thanks for all who gave their time to our recent renewal programme Fan the Flame. Pray that needs will have been ministered to, seeds sown nurtured and all will be opened to the Spirit’s equipping for the next stage of the journey. Lord, fan into flame the gifts that you have set within us as individuals, churches and communities. May we grow in confidence, love and commitment and become the people you call us to be, to the glory of your name. Amen.
Clergy Leadership Re-call day
Eastern Michigan (Province V, USA) Bishops Edwin Leidel and Todd Ousley

Thursday 10 July
Burton Latimer St Mary the Virgin
Rector: Quentin Chandler (Jeanette)
Reader: Ann Burridge
Pastoral Assistant: Diane Batey
St Mary’s CEVC Primary School
Head: Tony Collins
Bishop’s Council meeting
Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador (Canada, Canada) Bishop Cyrus Pitman

Friday 11 July
Benedict of Nursia, Father of Western Monasticism, c. 550
Bishop Stopford School
Head: Margaret Holman
Chaplain: Andrew Dutton
Assistant Lay Chaplain: Joy Widdows
11-15 July Lambeth Hospitality Initiative
Eastern Oregon (Province VIII, USA) Bishop William Gregg

Saturday 12 July
Bungoma Diocese: Butonge Parish
Vicar in Charge: Ven Julius Wanyonyi
Pray for the clinic and for unity amongst Christians.
Licensed Lay Ministers’ training day
Eastern Zambia (Central Africa) Bishop William Muchombo

Sunday 13 July
Almighty Lord and everlasting God, we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of your laws and the works of your commandments; that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ , who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
Confirmation at St Giles, Desborough
Sea Sunday
Papua New Guinea, Archbishop James Simon Ayong
The Porvoo Churches - Diocese of Chichester, England; Diocese of Mikkeli, Finland

Monday 14 July
John Keble, Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866
Cranford St John the Baptist
Grafton Underwood St James the Apostle
Twywell St Nicholas
Slipton St John the Baptist
Rector/Priest in Charge: Daniel Foot (Katina)
Reader: Colin McCall
Cranford CEVC Primary School
Head: Lynne Schneidereit
Easton (Province III, USA) Bishop James Shand, Assisting Bishop of Easton Charles L Longest

Tuesday 15 July
Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c. 862
Desborough St Giles
Brampton Ash St Mary the Virgin
Dingley All Saints
Braybrooke All Saints
Vicar / Rector: Vacant
Asst Priest (SSM): Neil Clarke (Pauline)
Assistant Curate: Janice Leaver (Bob)
Reader: Michael Jeffs
Eau Claire (Province V, USA) Bishop Keith Whitmore

Wednesday 16 July
Kettering General Hospital
Chaplain: Lesley McCormack
Assistant Chaplain: Roger Brown
Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust
Senior Chaplain:  Lesley McCormack
Asst Chaplains: Roger Brown, David Maudlin, John Conig, Sheila Hunt.
Loving Father, we give thanks for your healing love experienced through the dedication, commitment and compassion of all who work here. Bless and guide those who bear the responsibility of leading this hospital and grant them wisdom and courage to respond justly and with sensitivity to the unlimited demands made upon limited resources. Into the tenderness of your care, we entrust all those people who, for a while, are patients in this place, and their loved ones; uphold them with your strength, enfold them with your love and fill them with your peace. 
16 July - 4 August Lambeth Conference
The Lambeth Conference - The Archbishop of Canterbury
Edinburgh (Scotland) Bishop Brian Arthur Smith

Thursday 17 July
Geddington St Mary Magdalene
Weekley St Mary the Virgin
Priest in Charge: Giles Godber (Barbara)
Geddington CEVC Primary School
Head: Sue Spooner
We thank God for retired priests Michael Baker and Brian Lee, who give so much in ministry here. As part of Hope 2008 we have collected suggestions for serving our community. Please pray for loving faithfulness as we carry them out.
The Lambeth Conference - Primates of The Anglican Communion
Edmonton (Rupert’s Land, Canada) Bishop Jane Alexander

Friday 18 July
Ecumenical Officers, Giles Godber and Teresa Brown (Shire and Soke)
May God bless the many informal expressions of unity in local churches, and help us to enable more working together in new areas.
The Lambeth Conference - Our Communion of Churches
Egba (Province of Owerri, Nigeria) Bishop Matthew Owadayo

Saturday 19 July
Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, Deaconness, Teachers of the Faith, c. 394 and c. 379
Bungoma Diocese: CCK Chemche Primary School
Headteacher: David W Ngoya
Pray for expansion to create a secondary school, improvements in performance, discipline amongst pupils and the commitment of staff and parents to the school development.
The Lambeth Conference - The Retreat
Egbu (Province of Owerri, Nigeria) Bishop Emmanuel Uchechukwu Iheagwam

Sunday 20 July
Almighty God, who sent your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of your Church: open hearts to the riches of your grace, that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit in love and joy and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
The Lambeth Conference - The Diocese of Canterbury
The Episcopal Church in the Philippines Archbishop Ignacio Capuyan Soliba
The Porvoo Churches - Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, Scotland; Diocese of Connor, Ireland; Diocese of South-Hålogaland (Bodø), Norway

Monday 21 July
The Healing Support Group
Pray for the work of this group and for the Ministry of Healing Advisers Elizabeth Cowley (Northampton) and Michael Rogers (Oakham).
Equal Opportunities Committee
Pray for the Lambeth Conference - Stewards and Volunteers
Archbishop Mouneer Hanna Anis President Bishop, Jerusalem & the Middle East & Bishop in Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa
Egypt (Middle East) Bishops Andrew Proud, Derek Eaton

Tuesday 22 July
Mary Magdalene
Archdeacon of Oakham, David Painter
Pray for Archdeacon David as he carries out his work in the diocese.
The Lambeth Conference - Chaplains Caregivers
Ekiti (Province of Ondo, Nigeria) Archbishop Samuel Adedaye Abe

Wednesday 23 July
Bungoma Diocese: Sinoko Parish
Vicar in Charge: Revd Nahashon Ndiema
Pray for the development of the church at the parish centre, Khulwanda clinic and the development of an academy school.
Northampton Pastoral Committee Houses Executive Steering Group
The Lambeth Conference - The Communications Work
Ekiti Oke (Province of Ondo, Nigeria) Bishop Isaac Olubowale

Thursday 24 July
Kettering All Saints
Vicar: vacant
Readers: John Stapleton, Jinny Wade
The Lambeth Conference - Spouses Programme
Ekiti West (Province of Ondo, Nigeria) Bishop Samuel Oke

Friday 25 July
James, Apostle
Kettering Christ the King
Vicar: Stephen Benoy (Alex)
Assistant Curate: Paul Frost (Karen)
Church/Community Workers (Grange Estate): Mandy Priestley, Richard Priestley
Children’s Minister: Peter Leech
Youth Minister: Steve Tennant
Minister for over 50s: Peter Simmons
Reader: Mark Donnelly
Pastoral Assistant: David Macdonald
Parish Evangelist: Peter Dunn
Praise the Lord with us that he continues to add to our number. Pray that this growth will also be accompanied by depth of discipleship and a growing in relationship across the church. Pray for those being baptised or confirmed here on 15 June, and for our new curate, Paul Frost, his wife Karen and family, who join us in July. Please pray for wisdom as we work on plans for developing our building, and for Stimpson Walton Bond, our architects. Pray for our Parish Administrator, Mandy Mitchell and Site Supervisor, Garry McPhee.
The Lambeth Conference - The Bishops
El Camino Real (Province VIII, USA) Vacant

Saturday 26 July
Anne and Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Kettering St Andrew
Priest in Charge: Nicholas Wills (Becky)
Assistant Curate (SSM): Morey Gompertz (Peter)
Readers: Val Bedwell, Margaret Hopkins, Brenda Weaver
Pastoral Assistants: Judith Fullilove, Marion Powell, Michael McIntyre
St Andrew’s CEVC Primary School
Head: Rani Singh
The Lambeth Conference - Musicians
Archbishop Martin de Jesus Barahona Primate of IARCA & Bishop of El Salvador