Diocese of Grahamstown

Intercessions and Thanksgivings, August 2010

 

St Michael Nahoon

 

This month we pray for the Archdeaconries of East London East and Central. Next month’s intercessions are for the Archdeaconries of East London West and South. Please send in your intercessions by 17 August to:

Maggy Clarke
P O Box 181
Grahamstown 6140
Tel: 046 622 7803
Fax: 046622 5231
E-mail: umbuliso@diocesegrahamstown.co.za

 

Week beginning Sunday 1 August
Week beginning Sunday 8 August
Week beginning Sunday 15 August
Week beginning Sunday 22 August
Week beginning Sunday 29 August

 

Sunday 1st: 19th Sunday of the Year

Pray for the Archdeaconry of East London Central, for Penrose Mpumlwana the Archdeacon and Lungiswa his wife.

Bishop Ebenezer institutes Sebenzile Williams, Gonubie.

In our Link Diocese of Toronto, pray for St James Deanery.

Birthday: Lulama Ntshingwa

Wedding Anniversary: Sandy and Nosipho Nyakatya

Monday 2nd

Pray for St Saviour’s East London, for Cynthia Webbstock the Rector and Zamile Dlanjwa, Assistant and Pinkie his wife.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for Holy Trinity, Trinity Square.

Birthday: Gary Griffith-Smith

Tuesday 3rd: St Stephen may be kept on this day instead of 26 December

Pray for Bernard Mizeki Church, Scenery Park, for Zamile Dlanjwa and his wife Pinkie. Give thanks for the growth of this new congregation.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for Redeemer Church.

Wednesday 4th:

Pray for St Philip Gompo, for Mzikazi Mfenyana.

Remuneration Committee meeting. Give thanks for our stipendiary clergy, and pray that generous giving and good stewardship may ensure that funds are available to pay them adequately.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for San Lorenzo Ruiz.

Thursday 5th:

Pray for the congregation at Ducats, and all who minister there.

We pray for those living with HIV and AIDS, and those who minister to them. Pray for all those involved in education and research towards ending this scourge.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for St Andrew-by-the-Lake.

Friday 6th: The Transfiguration of Our Lord

Pray for Bishop Ebenezer and his wife Noncedo.

Pray for the College of the Transfiguration on their patronal festival. Pray especially for the Council as they set about finding a successor to Bill Domeris as Rector.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for St Bartholomew’s.

Birthday: Thamsanqa Magadla

Patronal Festival: College of the Transfiguration

Saturday 7th: Dominic, Religious, 1221

Pray for the congregation at Phumlani and those who minister there.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for St Paul, Bloor Street.

Birthday: George van der Merwe

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Sunday 8th: 19th Sunday of the Year

Pray for St John East London, for William Nkomo SSM the Acting Rector. Pray for a Rector to be found for this parish.

Bishop Ebenezer institutes William Fobosi at St Matthew’s Keiskammahoek.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for St Anne’s Place (LOFT).

Birthday: Colin Leslie

Monday 9th:

Pray for Good Shepherd East London, for Nkosiphendule Matshaya and his wife Zameka.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for St Peter, Carlton Street (Toronto).

Tuesday 10th: Laurence, Deacon and Martyr at Rome, 258

Pray for St Laurence Buffalo Flats, for Nkosiphendule Matshaya and his wife Zameka.

Chapter meeting.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for St Simon the Apostle, Toronto.

Ordination Anniversary: Bill Skipper

Patronal: Buffalo Flats.

Wednesday 11th:

Pray for St Francis East London, for Penrose Mpumlwana and his wife Lungiswa.

Provincial Trusts Board meeting, Cape Town.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for Trinity East (Little Trinity).

Thursday 12th:

Pray for the AWF in the Diocese of Grahamstown, for the President Kokela Siqendu and the Executive.

Provincial Trusts Board meeting, Cape Town.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for All Saints, King City.

Birthday: Themba Phillip

Ordination Anniversaries: Chris Harper, Iain l’Ange

Friday 13th:

Pray for the Archdeaconry of East London East, for the Archdeacon Louis Flint and his wife Pat.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for Christ Church, Holland Landing.

Saturday 14th:

Pray for St Paul’s Komga, for Sebenzile Williams the Rector and his wife Xoliswa, with Vuyanni Mnqathu and his wife Xoliswa.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for Christ Church Kettleby.

Wedding Anniversaries: Isaias and Ilda Chachine,  Penrose and Lungiswa Mpumlwana

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Sunday 15th: 20th Sunday of the Year

Pray for St Cyprian Komga, for Sebenzile Williams the Rector and his wife Xoliswa, with Vuyani Mnqathu and his wife Xoliswa.

Theological Education Sunday.

Bishop Ebenezer instituting Kolekile Twantwa at Holy Trinity Fort Beaufort.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for Holland Deanery.

Monday 16th: St Mary the Virgin

Pray for St Martin-by-the-Sea, Gonubie, for Sebenzile Williams the Rector and his wife Xoliswa, with Lulama Ntshingwa and his wife Nomhle, and Reg James and his wife Hazel.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for Christ Church, Roche’s Point.

Tuesday 17th:

Pray for St Peter Kei Mouth, for the Rector Sebenzile Williams and his wife Xoliswa, and Lulama Ntshingwa and his wife Nomhle. Pray for the Wardens Helen Mitchley and Jeff Warren-Smith, and the Lay Ministers Joan Hill and Jeff Warren-Smith.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for St Alban, Nobleton.

Wednesday 18th:

Pray for the congregation at Mzamomhle in the Gonubie parish,  for Sebenzile Williams the Rector and his wife Xoliswa, and the staff. Give thanks for the recent handing over of the pre-school built by the church, to the Department of Education, and for the devoted work of Jesse and Janet Sage among many others, which made this project possible.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for St George, Sibbald Point. 

Thursday 19th:

Pray for the congregations at Mooiplaas, Haga and Cwili in the Gonubie parish, for Sebenzile Williams the Rector, his wife Xoliswa, and the staff. Pray especially for the people at Cwili, whose congregation leader, Patricia Mbexeshi, has been unwell and had to go for treatment in Cape Town.

Clergy retreat.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for St James, Sutton West.

Friday 20th: Bernard of Clairvaux, Religious, 1153

Pray for the congregations at Cintsa and Gwaba in the Gonubie parish, for Sebenzile Williams the Rector, his wife Xoliswa, and the staff.

Clergy retreat.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for St James the Apostle, Sharon.

Birthday: Simphiwe Magxwalisa

Wedding Anniversary: Wilton and Nontsasa Mtyobo

Saturday 21st:

Pray for the Eastern Cape Provincial Council of Churches.

Clergy retreat ends.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for St Mary Magdalene, Schomberg.

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Sunday 22nd: 21st Sunday of the Year

Pray for St Luke Nxarhuni, for the Rector Louis Flint and his wife Pat.

Bishop Ebenezer at St Bartholomew’s Grahamstown (150th Anniversary celebrations).

In Toronto Diocese, pray for the Mental Health and Justice Initiative (LOFT).

Birthday: James Rusch

Monday 23rd:

Pray for students at Fort Hare East London campus, and for those who minister to them.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for St Paul, Jersey (Keswick).

Birthday: Thanduxolo Bada

Tuesday 24th: St Bartholomew

Pray for St Nicholas Beacon Bay, for Philip Howarth the Minister and his wife Deidre, with Dennis de Lange Assistant Minister. Give thanks for this interdenominational congregation.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for St Paul, Newmarket.

Patronal Festivals: Grahamstown, Alice

Wednesday 25th:

Pray for St Michael Nahoon, for Colin Leslie the Rector and Gill his wife. Pray for the Churchwardens, Ant Fielding and Brenda Haddad. Ask God’s special blessing on the efforts to establish a children’s ministry at St Michael’s, building on a good group of young children and a few teenagers presently worshipping there.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for Trinity Church, Aurora.

Thursday 26th:

Pray for the Mothers’ Union in the Diocese of Grahamstown, for Noncedo Ntlali the President and the Executive.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for St Peter-on-the-Rock, Stoney Lake.

Friday 27th:

Pray for widowed clergy spouses in the East London Central and East Archdeaconries: Molly Orpen, Nomakwezi Mabuto, Vivien Cooper, Florence Qobo, Daphne Dreyer, Nolusindiso Doda, Mrs Qangule, Thandiwe Mosothoane, Lyn Schultz and Edith Staple.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for the National Coalition on Housing and Homelessness (partners).

Saturday 28th: St Augustine of Hippo, 430

Pray for the Bernard Mizeki Guild in the Diocese, for Mluleki Mize the President, and the Executive.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for the Church Army in Canada.

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Sunday 29th: 22nd Sunday of the Year

Pray for the Diocesan Family Day, for an outpouring of generosity in thankfulness to God for all his blessings.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for Victoria and Halburton Deanery.

Wedding Anniversary: Chris and Noluntu Dano

Monday 30th:

Pray for retired clergy in the East London East and Central Archdeaconries, and their spouses: Christopher and Sally Cook, Graeme and Carol Deas, Phakamile and Nolwandle Masola, Ed Smith, Jesse and Janet Sage, Philip and Ncediwe Makalima, George and Bronwen Hill. Give thanks for the life of Gloria Smith, who died in June.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for Christ Church, Bobcaygeon.

Tuesday 31st:

Pray for Capraway Development Agency, for Lulama Ntshingwa the Director and his wife Nomhle, and for the staff and programmes.

In Toronto Diocese, pray for Christ Church, Coboconk.

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