2021-01-January-Diocesan-Prayer-Cycle

Adelaide Diocesan Cycle of Prayer

January 2021
1 Aba The Church of Nigeria Bp Christian Chiodoadighi Ugwuzor [A] AnglicareSA Director of Mission and Anglican
Community Engagement: Peter Burke [W] Bishop: John Stead (Jan); Assistant Bishop & Vicar General: Chris McLeod
(Susan); Chancellor: Nicholas Iles (Jenny); Bishop’s Chaplain: Anne Ford (Michael); Dean of the Cathedral Church of SS
Peter and Paul: Dean-elect: Mark Hughes (Fiona); Cathedral Chapter; Archdeacons: Eyre - Heather Kirwan, Wakefield
- Andrew Lang [TM] Bishop: Keith Dalby (Alice) [N] The Primate: Geoffrey Smith (Lynn); General Synod: Anne Hywood
(Peter); Assistant to the Primate: David Bassett (Susan)
2 Aba Ngwa North The Church of Nigeria Bp Nathan C O Kanu [A] AnglicareSA Staff Support Chaplains: Prue
O’Donovan (Bart), Paula Bullock (Rob), Carol Cornwall (John) [W] Rural Deans: Yorke - Anne Ford (Michael), Flinders John Fowler, Eyre - Brian Bascombe, Upper Spencer Gulf - Glen McDonald (Beth) [TM] The Diocesan Council [N]
Adelaide: Geoffrey Smith (Lynn)
3 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria Primate Abp Mouneer Hanna Anis [A] AnglicareSA Residential Aged
Care Chaplains: Samson Asirvatham (Gethzi), Carol Cornwall (John), Piers Davey (Helen), Marian Giles, Graham Head
[W] Church Office staff: Gavin Tyndale (Lily), Debbie Smart (Lynton), Ashley Roberts (Sarah), Jane Burnett (Lawrie),
Sunny Chao (Haixing), Bonny Hill (Nicholas) [TM] The Chancellor: Dr Robert Tong [N] Armidale: Rick Lewers
(Janine)
4 Abakaliki The Church of Nigeria Bp Monday Chukwuma Nkwoagu [A] St Barnabas College: principal Cathy
Thomson (Ian) [W] Archdeacon for Ministry Development Formation and Support: Gael Johannsen (George); Ministry
Development program; Ministry Teams; Certificate in Ministry program; all Licensed Lay Ministers [TM] Vicar General:
David Price (Lesley) [N] Ballarat: Garry Weatherill
5 Aberdeen & Orkney Scottish Episcopal Church Bp Anne Dyer[A] St Barnabas College: Staff and Students [W] Burra:
Jane Lee-Barker [TM] The Hills (Mt Barker): Thomas Karamakuzhiyil, Daniel Irvine (Jasamine) [N] Bathurst: Mark
Calder (Susan)
6 Abuja The Church of Nigeria Abp Henry C Ndukuba [A] Pedare College: principal James Tamblyn, chaplain John
Morton [W] Ceduna (Penong, Ceduna, Smoky Bay): Susan Doughty, Ministry in the Gawler Ranges vacant [TM] The
Hills (Onkaparinga Valley): vacant [N] Bendigo: Matt Brain (Rachael)
7 Abyei The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan Bp Michael Deng K Bol [A] Pulteney Grammar School:
principal Cameron Bacholer, chaplain Tracey Gracey [W] Coober Pedy: vacant [TM] The Hills (Strathalbyn): Thomas
Karamakuzhiyil, Deacon Margaret Holt [N] Brisbane: Phillip Aspinall (Christa)
8 Accra The Church of the Province of West Africa Bp Daniel Sylvanus Mensah Torto[A] St Andrew’s School: principal

Deb Dalwood, chaplain Rachel Chapman (Aaron) [W] The Community of SS Barnabas and Cecilia in its Ministry of
Encouragement: (Nabas Community House, Gladstone) the Rev’d Sister Sandra, (Dispersed Community Members)
Sisters Sue, Riccarda, Bev, Pauline, Cheryl, Katherine, Susan (Chaplain) Simon Bailey (Jane), the Friends of the
Community [TM] Lower Limestone Coast (Millicent & Penola): Lyndon Sulzberger (Rachele) [N] Bunbury: Ian Coutts
(Anne)
9 Adelaide The Anglican Church of Australia Abp Geoffrey Smith [A] St Columba College: principal Leanne Carr,
chaplain Jo Smith (David) [W] Eastern Eyre Peninsula (Cleve, Cowell, Kimba): vacant, Deacon Hellena Thom [TM]
Lower Limestone Coast (Mt Gambier): Neil Fernando (Nalini) [N] Canberra and Goulburn: Mark Short (Monica)
10 The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia Primates Abp Philip Richardson, Abp Don
Tamihere, Abp Fereimi Cama [A] St John’s Grammar School: principal Richard Anderson, chaplain Wendy Morecroft
(Andrew) [W] Ministry District of Eyre (Colton, Cummins, Elliston, Minnipa, Sheringa, Tumby Bay, Wudinna): Brian
Bascombe [TM] Upper Limestone Coast (Kingston - Robe): David Patterson [N] Bishop to the Armed Forces: Grant
Dibden (Jeanette)
11 Afikpo The Church of Nigeria Bp Paul A Udogu [A] St Peter’s College: Headmaster Tim Browning, chaplains Theo
McCall (Alison), Ben Bleby (Rebekah) [W] The Copper Coast (Kadina, Moonta, Wallaroo): Ali Wurm, Trevor Briggs
(Anne) [TM] Upper Limestone Coast (Naracoorte): Wayne Corker [N] Gippsland: Richard Treloar (Leanne)


12 North Africa The Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria Abp Mouneer Hanna Anis [A] St Peter’s Girls School:
principal Julia Shea, chaplain Thomas Bassett [W] Leigh Creek (Blinman, Hawker, Leigh Creek, the North East): Trevor
Briggs (Anne), Arthur Tanner (Jane) [TM] Upper Limestone Coast (Tatiara): vacant [N] Grafton: Murray Harvey
(Leanne)
13 Horn of Africa The Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria Abp Mouneer Hanna Anis [A] St Peter’s Woodlands
Grammar School: principal Helen Finlay, chaplain Michele Yuen [W] Ministry District of Yorke Peninsula (Ardrossan,
Maitland, Port Victoria, Point Pearce): Andrew Lang (Louise), David Amery (Coralie), Christine Smith (Don), deacon
Louise Lang (Andrew) [TM] Murraylands: David Price (Lesley), Scott Mudd (Melissa), Ian Jansse (Eva), Des Ackland
(Raelene), Bruce Hicks (Melita) [N] NATSIAC
14 Agra The (united) Church of North India Bp Prem Prakash Habil [A] Trinity College: principal Nick Hately, chaplains
Dave MacGillivray (Beth), David McDougall (Andrea) [W] Ministry District of Yorke Peninsula (Minlaton, Mt Rat,
Stansbury, Curramulka, Port Vincent): Andrew Lang (Louise), Anne Ford (Michael), deacon Louise Lang (Andrew) [TM]

Murraylands (Mannum - Mt Pleasant): David Price (Lesley), Scott Mudd (Melissa) [N] National Aboriginal Bishop:
Chris McLeod (Susan)
15 Aguata The Church of Nigeria Bp Samuel C. Ezeofor [A] Walford School: principal Rebecca Clarke, chaplain
Stephen Bloor (Deborah) [W] Ministry District of Yorke Peninsula (Edithburgh, Yorketown, Corny Point, Warooka):
Andrew Lang (Louise), deacon Louise Lang (Andrew) [TM] Murraylands (The Murray Mallee): Bruce Hicks (Melita) [N]
Melbourne: Philip Freier (Joy)
16 Ahoada The Church of Nigeria Bp Clement N. Ekpeye [A] St Mark’s College: master Don Markwell, chaplain Grant
Moore (Olwen) [W] Mission to Seafarers: Port Pirie Lay Chaplain Ian Pole (Lynette), Port Lincoln vacant, Seafarers’
Centre Wallaroo Chaplain vacant, Pt Giles Lay Chaplain June Harrison (Geoff), Thevenard ships visitors [TM]
Riverland: Paul Devenport (Helen) [N] Newcastle: Peter Stuart (Nicki)
17 The Anglican Church of Australia Primate Abp Geoffrey Smith [A] Bush Church Aid Society: John Warner [W] Port
Augusta - Quorn: Heather Kirwan, Darren Hewitt (Rachel), Deacon Margaret Fiegert [TM] South Coast (Pt Elliot &
Goolwa): Chris Talbot (Kathy) [N] North Queensland: Keith Joseph
18 Aipo Rongo The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea Bp Nathan Ingen [A] Church Missionary Society: Mark
Peterson (Alison) [W] Port Lincoln (Coulta, Lake Wangary, Poonindie, Port Lincoln): Stephen Weickhardt (Vanessa),
Brian Bascombe; Missionaries on Active Service, Frances Cook (Chile) [TM] South Coast (Victor Harbor): Paul Monash
[N] North-West Australia: Gary Nelson (Christine)
19 Ajayi Crowther The Church of Nigeria Bp Olugbenga O. Oduntan [A] Archbishop: Geoffrey Smith (Lynn) [W] The
Parish of Flinders Plain (Port Broughton, Crystal Brook and the Cathedral Parish of SS Peter and Paul Port Pirie): Parish
Priest-elect Mark Hawkes (Fiona), Sandra Bryson, Lettie Allen [TM] Southern Suburbs: Cliff Greaves, Andrew Forder
(Debra), Richard Burr (Rhiannon), Deacon Carol Cornwall (John), Deacon Jonathan Jackson (Rebecca) [N] Perth: Kay
Goldsworthy (Benjamin)
20 Akobo The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan Bp John Jok Chol [A] Assistant Bishops: Denise
Ferguson (Mark), Tim Harris (Fiona), Chris McLeod (Sue) [W] Roxby Downs (Roxby Downs, Andamooka, Woomera):
Glen McDonald (Beth) [TM] Western Fleurieu (Southern Vales): Simon Waters (Susie), Brenton Dick (Lyn), Deacon
Peter Chapman (Heather) [N] Riverina: Donald Kirk (Camryn)
21 Akoko The Church of Nigeria Abp Gabriel A Akinbiyi [A] Diocesan Secretary of Synod and Registrar: Joe Thorp [W]
Ministry District of Southern Flinders (Melrose, Orroroo, Peterborough, Terowie, Wilmington, Wirrabara): John
Fowler [TM] Western Fleurieu (Yankalilla and Delamere) Simon Waters (Susie), Brenton Dick (Lyn), Deacon Peter
Chapman (Heather) [N] Rockhampton: Bp-elect Peter Grice (Virginia)

22 Akoko Edo The Church of Nigeria Bp Jolly E. Oyekpen [A] Bishop’s and Synod Office Staff [W] Ministry District of
Southern Flinders (Georgetown, Gladstone, Jamestown, Laura, Spalding, the North East Mission): John Fowler,
Wendy Cooper (Tim), Sr Sandra, Deacon Sarah Wiles (Steve) [TM] Increase in vocations to ordained and licensed
ministry [N] Sydney: Glenn Davies (Dianne)
23 Akot The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan Bp Isaac Dhieu Ater [A] Retired Clergy and clergy
widows/widowers [W] Streaky Bay (Haslam/Chilpanunda, Mt Cooper, Poochera, Streaky Bay): Gavin Scantlebury
(Heather) [TM] For the continuing formation, education and training for ordained ministry: Brenton Dick, Daniel


Irvine, Bruce Hicks, Ian Jansse, Des Ackland, Richard Burr, Margaret Holt, Scott Mudd, Carol Cornwell, Peter
Chapman, Jonathan Jackson [N] Tasmania: Richard Condie (Helen)
24 The Church of Bangladesh Moderator Abp Samuel Sunil Mankhin [A] Archdeaconry of The City of Adelaide and
The Port: David Bassett (Susan) [W] Ministry District of Wakefield (Auburn, Balaklava, Belvidere, Bungaree, Riverton,
Snowtown, Watervale, Yacka): David Thompson (Jenny); EcoSpirituality ministry: David and Jenny Thompson [TM]
Investigator College: principal John Robinson [N] The Murray: Keith Dalby (Alice)
25 Akure The Church of Nigeria Bp Simeon O Borokini [A] Archdeaconry of Sturt: Ruth Mathieson [W] Ministry
District of Wakefield (Hamley Bridge, Penwortham): David Thompson (Jenny), Jenny Thompson (David), Darren
Hewitt (Rachel), the Sacred Space for Healing and Quiet (Healing) Garden, St Peter’s Mintaro, Joe and Jean Johns
[TM] Woodcroft College: head of college Shannon Warren [N] The Northern Territory: Greg Anderson (Annette)
26 Alabama The Episcopal Church Bp John McKee Sloan [A] Archdeaconry of The Para: Sam Goodes (Kate) [W]
Anglicare-Willochra, the Committee; Mission Agencies of our Church inc. ABM, BCA, CMS [TM] ac.care [N]
Wangaratta: Clarence Bester (Michelle)
27 Alaska The Episcopal Church Bp Mark Lattime [A] Archdeaconry of Torrens: Andrew Mintern (Jo) [W] Whyalla
(Iron Knob, Whyalla): Ruth Wilkinson, Heather Kirwan, Anglicare Outreach Centre in Whyalla, TACL (Training
Aboriginal Christian Leaders) working with Indigenous People at Port Augusta, Ceduna and the Pitjantjatjara Lands
[TM] Mothers’ Union: Diocesan President Jocelyn Williamson [N] Willochra: John Stead (Jan)
28 Saint Albans TheChurch of England Bp Alan Smith [A] Archdeacon for Multi-cultural Ministry: Mee Ping Lau
(Persis) [W] Retired clergy and clergy widows/widowers [TM] Registrar: Donna Jones, Office Staff: Jasamine Irvine; [N]
Anglicare Australia: Kasy Chambers
29 Albany The Episcopal Church Bp William Love [A] Area Deanery of Adelaide: Jenny Wilson (Nicholas) [W]

Willochra Home for the Aged at Crystal Brook: General Manager Pam Charnock, Board, Staff and Residents; Camp
Willochra, Melrose: Jerrell and Jayne Alexander [TM] Retired clergy and widows [N] Theological Colleges and
Religious Communities
30 Algoma The Anglican Church of Canada Abp Anne Germond [A] Area Deanery of Eastern Suburbs: Paul Harris [W]
MU in the Diocese: President Lynette Pole, Secretary Jane Tanner, Treasurer Elizabeth Harris, Chaplain Wendy Cooper,
members of the committee [TM] Parish ‘Mission Action Planning’ [N] Anglican Board of Mission Australia: John
Deane
31 Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil Primate Abp Naudal Alves Gomes [A] Area Deanery of Gawler: Joseph Chung
(Virginia) [W] All our clergy [TM] The Diocese as it reflects on the future shape and direction of life in the service of
the Good News [N] National Council of Churches: Phillip Huggins (Elizabeth)
Please pray every Friday for Abp Ruben Akurdit Ngong (Rachel Nyaluak) and the people and clergy of our companion
diocese of Bor South Sudan.
Legend: The first entry for each day is from the world-wide Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer ( E-P = ExtraProvincial) (more detail for this is available at which is now
presented in a new format not including the names of Archbishops and Bishops - this information has been sourced
from the Anglican Communion Member Churches page followed by [A] Adelaide; [W] Willochra; [TM] The Murray; [N] the Australian National Anglican Cycle
of Prayer. (TEC is The Episcopal Church in the United States of America; first bishop listed is Diocesan). N.B. A new
departure to match up with Observances is the font for each day’s date: SUNDAYS; HOLY DAYS; LESSER FESTIVALS;
Saints Days; Ordinary (Feria) Days

Observances in January
1ST THE NAMING AND CIRCUMCISION OF JESUS
2nd Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus
Eliza Hassal
6TH THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD
Crafers (Church of the Epiphany)


10th William Laud
13th Hilary of Poitiers
Morphett Vale

14th Sava
17th Antony of Egypt
18th Confession of Peter
21st Agnes
Grange
22nd Vincent
24th Companions of Paul, including Timothy, Titus and Silas
Wudinna (St Timothy); Crystal Brook (St Silas)
25th Conversion of Paul the Apostle
26TH AUSTRALIA DAY
27th John Chrysostom
28th Thomas Aquinas
30th Charles
Padthaway (Charles the Martyr)