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 1 June
Lord, you have taught us that all our doings without love are nothing worth; send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love, the true bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whoever lives is counted dead before you. Grant this for your only Son Jesus Christ’s sake, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
Church Urban Fund Sunday
The Province of Melanesia Archbishop Ellison Leslie Pogo
The Porvoo Churches – Diocese of Southwark, England; Diocese of Bjørgvin (Bergen), Norway

Monday 2 June
The Church Urban Fund
We pray for those working and living in the poorest communities and ask for resilience and safety as well as adequate resources.
We pray for the 3.8 million children living in poverty in Britain; let us not forget them.
We pray for just laws and policy that help to lift people out of poverty.
We pray for those who today feel isolated, with no one to turn to for help. Show us how we can be part of your answer.
Help us not to forget those who are marginalised in our communities, those we often choose to overlook or ignore. Open our eyes Lord.
We pray for a compassionate society where we all remember and consider each other. Amen
Bishop’s Staff meeting
Passion for God: God and the Poets
Cuttack (North India) Bishop Samson Das

Tuesday 3 June
Welford St Mary the Virgin
Sibbertoft St Helen
Marston Trussell St Nicholas
Priest in Charge: Ian Gemmell (Linda)
Readers: Kairen Ball, Diane Parton
Welford, Sibbertoft & Sulby Endowed School
Head: Michelle Pye
Child Protection meeting
Archdeacon’s Visitation at Ketton
Cyangugu (Rwanda) Bishop Geoffrey Rwubusisi

Wednesday 4 June
Today’s meetings
Pray for vision, understanding and wisdom for those attending meetings today.
Schools’ Standing Committee
Education Budget Committee
Oakham Pastoral Committee
Back to Church Sunday training meeting
Archdeacon’s Visitation at Brackley
Cyprus and the Gulf (Middle East) Bishop George Clive Handford

Thursday 5 June
Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Bishop, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754
Back to Church Sunday (28 September)
Pray for those churches in the diocese who are planning a Back to Church Sunday in September, especially as they attend training sessions offered this month.
Daejeon (Korea) Bishop Andrew Shin

Friday 6 June
School appointments
Pray for those schools in our diocese who have recently appointed new head teachers to begin in September. Pray for those appointed and for the governing bodies, staff and pupils at this time of change.
Dallas (Province VII, USA) Bishop James Monte Stanton

Saturday 7 June
Bungoma Diocese: Murembe Parish
Vicar in Charge: Ven Joseph Makokha
Pray for the development of the new school and construction of a better church.
Myers-Briggs training day
Damaturu (Province of Jos, Nigeria) Bishop Abiodun Ogunyemi

Sunday 8 June
Almighty God, you have broken the tyranny of sin and have sent the Spirit of your Son into our hearts whereby we call you Father: give us grace to dedicate our freedom to your service, that we and all creation may be brought to the glorious liberty of the children of God; 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
Environment Sunday
The Anglican Church of Mexico, Archbishop Carlos Touche-Porter
The Porvoo Churches - Diocese of Gloucester, England; Diocese of Västerås, Sweden

Monday 9 June
Colomba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597
Wellingborough Deanery
rural Dean: Tony Lynett
Lay Chair: tim Allebone
You, the one from whom on different paths all of us have come. To whom on different paths all of us are going. Make strong in our hearts what unites us. Build bridges across all that divides us; united make us rejoice in our diversity. At one in our witness to your peace,
A rainbow of your glory. Amen. (Br David Steindl-Rast, OSB)
Passion for God: God and the Poets
Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) Bishop Valentino Mokiwa

Tuesday 10 June
Earls Barton All Saints
Vicar: Michael Webber (Felicity)
Assistant Curate: Beatrice Brandon (Stephen)
Reader: Simon Elvin             
Pastoral Assistants: Sue Suter, Carol  Coleman, Gillian Metcalfe
Pray for our programme of spiritual growth and fellowship, called Growing Together, including the development of discussion groups and outreach involving Start courses. Pray also for the four members of the congregation training to be a Reader or Pastoral Assistant and for all the different members of the Leadership Team.
Confirmation at All Saints Kings Cliffe
Back to Church Sunday training meeting
REACH group meeting
Delawere (Province III, USA) Bishop Wayne Parker Wright

Wednesday 11 June
Barnabas the Apostle
Ecton St Mary Magdalene
Great Doddington St Nicholas
Wilby St Mary the Virgin
Priest in Charge: Chris Pearson (Jo)
Reader: Tony Green
Lay Worker: Sheila Addison
Parish Evangelists: John Miles, Bhyll Stephenson
Wilby CEVA Primary School
Acting Head: Lisa Pearce
Confirmation at All Saints, Oakham Confirmation at St Mary’s, Ashley
Church Security morning
Archdeacon’s Visitation at Peterborough
Delhi (North India) Bishop Karam Masih

Thursday 12 June
Wellingborough Prison
Chaplain: Rachel Creighton
Pray for the governors, officers and staff in this very demanding environment, that they may help deliver a decent regime that can enable men to move beyond crime. Pray for the prisoners, that they may find faith in God and new life, and for the Chaplains as they serve the pastoral, spiritual and religious needs of the whole prison community.
Faith in Maintenance day at Barnwell
Derby (Canterbury, England) Bishops Alastair Redfern and Humphrey Southern

Friday 13 June
East of England Show
Pray for those acting as roving chaplains at the Show, that the Holy Spirit my guide their footsteps and their conversations.
13 - 15 June, East of England Show
Derry & Raphoe (Armagh, Ireland) Bishop Kenneth Good

Saturday 14 June
Bungoma Diocese: Sirende Secondary School
Principal: Mr Edward Situma Bikala
Pray for completion of the laboratory and construction of more classrooms.
Pastoral Assistants’ Day
Bishop Michael S Baroi Moderator, Church of Bangladesh & Bishop of Dhaka

Sunday 15 June
O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that with you as our ruler and guide we may so pass through things temporal that we lose not our hold on things eternal; grant this, heavenly Father, for our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
Confirmation at Christ the King, Kettering
Pilgrimage to Launde Abbey
15-21 June, Refugee Week
The Church of the Province of Myanmar Archbishop Samuel San Si Htay Archbishop of Myanmar and Bishop of Yangon
The Porvoo Churches - Diocese of Guildford, England; The Church of Denmark

Monday 16 June
Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253
Cynthia Spencer Hospice
Chaplain: vacant
Ask God’s continued blessing on the work of the hospice. Give thanks for the privilege of caring for patients and their families and also for all who support the work of the hospice so faithfully. Pray for the staff, that they may be strengthened and upheld in their work.
Prayer and Worship with young people training at Peterborough
Passion for God: God and the Poets
Diocese in Europe (Canterbury, England) Bishops Geoffrey Rowell and David Hamid

Tuesday 17 June
Great Harrowden All Saints
Little Harrowden St Mary the Virgin
Orlingbury St Mary; Isham St Peter
Pytchley All Saints
Rector: Simon Dommett (Heather)
Readers: Carolynne Adam, Denise Bontoft, Caroline Walker
We give thanks for the success of the Alpha course last autumn and look forward to its follow up in September. We pray for Great Harrowden PCC as they try to raise the funds needed to replace the stolen lead from the roof. We give thanks for the large Sunday school at Isham and the start of a monthly family service there. We pray for Orlingbury as they consider how the church building can be improved and be more welcoming.
Isham CEVA Primary School
Head: Kirsten White
Pytchley Endowed CEVA Primary School
Head: Julia Havlickova
Schools’ Curriculum Committee
Eastern Kowloon (Hong Kong) Bishop Louis Tsui

Wednesday 18 June
Bungoma Diocese: Lungai Parish
Curate: Revd Samson Wanjala
Confirmation at St Mark’s, Wellingborough
Trust and Development Committee
Back to Church Sunday training meeting
Hong Kong Island (Hong Kong) Archbishop Paul Kwong

Thursday 19 June
Hardwick St Leonard
Mears Ashby All Saints
Sywell w Overstone St Peter and St Paul w St Nicholas
Priest in Charge: Duncan Beet (Rebecca)
Reader: Christine Burnett
Parish Evangelist: Debbie Grant
Mears Ashby CEVA Endowed School
Head: Amanda Molcher
Sywell CEVA Primary School
Head: Judy Watson
All Staff Day for diocesan staff
Diocese of the Free State (formerly Bloemfontein) (South Africa) Bishop E Patrick Glover

Friday 20 June
Refugee Week
Lord Jesus, you knew what it was to be a refugee when your parents fled from Herod.
You knew what it was to be homeless, no where to lay your head.
You knew what it was to be friendless; those you loved betrayed you.
You knew what it was to be utterly derelict; you cried from the cross.
What ever we suffer, you have been there first.
Forgive us for doubting you and give us the strength to go on. Amen (www.methodist.org.uk)
Schools’ Support Committee
Western Kowloon (Hong Kong) Bishop Thomas Yee-po Soo

Saturday 21 June
Wellingborough School
Chaplain: Martin Walker (Pamela)
Church Sound Systems training day
Diocese on the Coast formerly (Ikale-IIaje) (Province of Lagos, Nigeria) Bishop Joshua Ebunoluwa Ogunele

Sunday 22 June
Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified: hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people, that in their vocation and ministry they may serve you in holiness and truth to the glory of your name; 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 John’s, Abthorpe
Confirmation at All Saints, Brixworth
The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Archbishop Peter Akinola
The Porvoo Churches - Diocese of Exeter, England; Diocese of North-Hålogaland (Tromsø), Norway

Monday 23 June
Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c. 678
Wellingborough All Hallows
Vicar: Anthony Reader-Moore (Janet)
Dogura (Papua New Guinea) Bishop Tevita Talanoa

Tuesday 24 June
The Birth of John the Baptist
Daylight Centre
Pray for the work of the Daylight Centre in offering help and encouragement to vulnerable adults. Pray for its staff as they encounter fresh challenges day by day. May it be a haven of God's love and peace, where all who use it find the space and time that enables them to see a source of hope and help in their lives. Give patience and wisdom to staff and helpers. Provide, we pray, the resources that are needed, the willing hands and hearts to show God cares; the insight to guide its future direction and development of premises according to his will.
Dominican Republic (Province IX, USA) Bishop Julio Cesar Holguin Khoury

Wednesday 25 June
Ember Day
Gleneagles Conventional District
Priest in Charge: Melvyn Pereira (June)
Pastoral Assistant: Lisa Holland
Our Vision for 2008 is for the “Spiritual Growth of the individual”. Please pray for the things we have in place to help people to grow towards maturity in Christ: our preaching programme, Confirmation courses for adults and young people, training courses and home groups. Pray that everyone may be encouraged to engage personally with God to enhance our corporate worship. Please pray that we will all grow as Christians so that we can be a strong foundation for God to build on.
Houses Executive Sub-Committee
Diocesan Advisory Committee
Board of Finance
Back to Church Sunday training meeting
Dornakal (South India) Bishop Dr B Satyanandam Devamani

Thursday 26 June
Wellingborough All Saints
Vicar: Tony Lynett (Helen)
Readers: Gillian Creaser, Michael Moore
Pastoral Assistants: Jenny Attewell, Sue Moore, Fred Raitt, David Scott
Parish Evangelist: Helen Jennings
All Saints CEVC Primary School
Head: Lindsay Hall
Pray for us as we look to seize every opportunity of engaging with the wider community in Wellingborough and look to using our wonderful Church building to full effect for all who live here and for the building up of the Kingdom. Please pray for the plans to ensure there is a Christian presence on Stanton Cross, the proposed new development on the east of Wellingborough. Pray for all the Ministry Team at All Saints.
Finance and Administration Committee
Glebe and Trust Committee
Down & Dromore (Armagh, Ireland) Bishop Harold Miller

Friday 27 June
Ember Day
St Peter’s Day Festival at the Cathedral
Pray for the services and events happening at Peterborough Cathedral this weekend, celebrating the life of St Peter and welcoming visitors from the diocese and the wider community.
Dublin & Glendalough (Dublin, Ireland) Archbishop John Neill

Saturday 28 June
Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher of the Faith, c. 200
Ember Day
Bungoma Diocese: ACK Holy Trinity Parish, Sikata
Vicar in Charge: Revd Godwin W Sialo
Pray for completion of the main church and Chemuche Church. Also pray for the Primary school and the opening of a secondary section.
Dunedin (New Zealand) Bishop George Connor