Sunday Date

Liturgical day

Prayer Concerns for:

December 2

1st Advent

Episcopal Church in Almaden:  San Jose (12/4)

December 9

2^nd Advent

Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (12/12): San José

December 16

3^rd Advent

St. Thomas (12/21): Sunnyvale

December 23

4^th Advent

St. Stephen (12/26): Gilroy, San Jose and San Luis Obispo
St. John (12/27): Morgan Hill and St. John’s Chapel, Del Monte

December 30

The Holy Name

Jesus del Valle (1/1): Gonzales
Deanery Visioning Meeting (1/5), Saliinas

January 6

 Epiphany

January 13

1 Epiphany

St. Peter (Confession of Peter 1/18): Morro Bay
Deanery Visioning Meeting (1/19), Paso Robles

January 20

2 Epiphany

St. Paul and San Pablo (Conversion of Paul 1/25): Salinas

January 27

3 Epiphany

St. Timothy’s (1/26); Mountain View 
Foundation Academy (2/1-2), Pacific Grove

February 3

Last Sunday after Epiphany

Holy Child (Presentation in the temple 2/2); San Jose
Day of Discovery (2/9), Salinas

February 6

Ash Wednesday

February 10

1 Lent

For all who engage in mission: our Department of Intercultural Evangelism and Mission; the Canon Missioner to Silicon Valley, Sheldon Hutchison.

February 17

2 Lent

That we may forgive our neighbors as ourselves. For the Commission on Restorative Justice, the Victim Offender Reconciliation Project; and prison, military, and hospital chaplaincies.
Missions and Small Congregations Meeting (2/23)

February 24

3 Lent

   March 2

4 Lent

Our missionaries in Panama, The Rev. Michael and Mona Dresbach
House of Bishops Meeting (3/7-12), Camp Allen, Navasota, Texas

    March 9

5 Lent

March 16

Palm Sunday

St. Joseph (3/19): Milpitas

For all who work for social justice; Our Daily Bread/Sunnyvale; Loaves and Fishes/Paso Robles; The Food Closet/Palo Alto; Tending Our Flock/Santa Clara; Santa Maria Urban Mission/San Jose; Peninsula Interfaith Action; I-HELP/Monterey County; COPA/Pacific Grove; Christian Social Concerns/Pacific Grove; the Commission on Peace and Justice.

March 23

Easter

For the entire diocesan community; that we may walk the Way of the Cross faithfully with one another and serve the Risen Christ in every aspect of our living.

March 30

       2 Easter

For altar guilds, acolytes, lectors, ushers, greeters and others who support our liturgies.

April 6

       3 Easter

For those in prayer and healing ministries (World Health Day 4/7): the Order of St. Luke, Stephen Ministers, Lay Eucharistic Ministers, priests, deacons, and monastics and their associates.

National Cursillo (4/12), San Jose

April 13

4 Easter

Good Shepherd, Corral de Tierra
ECW Women’s Day (4/19), Salinas

April  20

5 Easter

St. George (4/23): Salinas

St. Mark (4/25): King City and Santa Clara

Clergy Conference (4/21-23), San Juan Bautista
All who work toward the goal of ensuring environmental stability (Earth Day, 4/22)

April 27

6 Easter

May 1

Ascension

May 4

7 Easter

Sunday after Ascension

May 11

Pentecost

For Christian Education: Education For Ministry, Bethel Bible Study; for those who lead and those who attend educational Conferences and who participate in Christian education in our congregations.

Magnetic Church Conference (5/16-17)

May 18

Trinity

Trinity Cathedral: San Jose

School for Deacons Graduation (5/18), Berkeley

May 27

2 Pentecost

For those who graduate: for students of our schools and colleges, for those who minister to them, for the Commission on Higher Education; for children and young people everywhere that they may find support and appreciation wherever they may be.

June 1

3 Pentecost

For church musicians, singers and choirs

June 8

4 Pentecost

St. Barnabas (6/11): Arroyo Grande

For all in positions of leadership in our diocese: delegates and alternates to Convention; members of vestries, bishop’s committees, and search committees; deputies to General Convention
Faith Formation Event (6/14), Monterey Deanery

June 15

5 Pentecost

All engaged in ministry to infants, children and youth

June 22

6 Pentecost

St. John the Baptist (6/24): Capitola

June 29

7 Pentecost

St. Paul: Cambria

San Pablo: Seaside

That we may all live our lives in courageous evangelism:  Via Media, Alpha, and all who work for the growth of the church.

1^st Diocesan Mission Trip for Youth to Nevada (6/29-7/5)

July 6

8 Pentecost

July 13

9 Pentecost

For those who promote the dignity of women (Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman 7/20): ECW, Daughters of the King and other women’s groups

2^nd Diocesan Mission Trip for Youth to Nevada (7/14-19)

Lambeth Conference (7/16-8/8), London

July 20

10 Pentecost

St. James (7/25): Monterey

July 27

11 Pentecost

For those who serve as diocesan staff: for Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves, Susan Altig, James Booth, JoAnn McClain, and Brian Nordwick.

August 3

12 Pentecost

For those in leadership in this diocese that they may serve with “wisdom, patience and a reconciling temper”: for the members of our Diocesan Board of Trustees, for the Chancellor, Treasurer and Secretary of the diocese.

August 6

Transfiguration of our Lord

For renewal of faith (Transfiguration 8/6). For Spanish and English speaking Cursillos; for the renewal of our faith by the many means God provides: spiritual directors, Vocare, Happening, New Beginnings, Kairos, Emmaus, Marriage Encounter; for those who lead and those who attend Spiritual Retreats.  May the renewal of our faith always engage intellect and emotion, mind body and soul.

August 10

13 Pentecost

St. Mary (8/15): Pacific Grove and Santa Maria Virgen: Milpitas

August 17

14 Pentecost

August 24

15 Pentecost

For educators and other ministers of knowledge: Directors of Religious Education, church libraries and librarians, our Diocesan Resource Center; daycare centers and preschools; bus-drivers, janitors, teachers, principals, teacher’s aides; students.

August 31

16 Pentecost

For all who labor (Labor Day): that all shall earn a living wage and be treated with honor and respect.

September 7

17 Pentecost

For all who serve in Outreach ministries to the wider community
For Busting Barriers meeting (9/13)

September 14

18 Pentecost

Calvary (Holy Cross 9/14): Santa Cruz

House of Bishops Meeting (9/19-25)

September 21

19 Pentecost

St. Matthew (9/21): San Ardo

For faithful stewardship: that we may use our wealth wisely and recognize our true riches; for the diocesan Commission on Stewardship; for our Finance and Budget Committees; for the El Camino Real Foundation; for the diocesan Treasurer; for all congregational commissions on stewardship; for all congregations’ treasurers and finance committees; the diocesan Commission on Strategic Planning.

September 28

20 Pentecost

St. Francis of Assisi (10/4): San José

Faith Formation Event (10/4), San Luis Obispo

October 5

21 Pentecost

St. Edward the Confessor (10/13): San José

October 12

22 Pentecost

St. Luke the Evangelist (10/16): Atascadero, Hollister, Jolon, Los Gatos

October 19

23 Pentecost

St. James of Jerusalem (10/23): Paso Robles

October 26

24 Pentecost

St. Jude the Apostle (10/28): Cupertino

For the unsung apostles:  Clergy spouses and partners, and their families, in thanksgiving for their love and support.

November 1

All Saints

November 2

25 Pentecost

All Saints: Carmel, Palo Alto

Diocesan Convention (11/7-8)

November 9

26 Pentecost

For all who engage in mission (Charles Simeon, promoter of Missionary Work (11/12): our Department of Missions; The Canon Missioner to Silicon Valley, Sheldon Hutchison.

For those who serve: ECW, Daughters of the King and other women’s groups

November 16

    27 Pentecost

For all in positions of leadership in our diocese: for the El Camino Clergy Organization; for members of our diocesan Ecclesiastical Court and the Diocesan Review Committee

November 23

     Last Sunday after Pentecost

Christ the King

St. Andrew (11/30):  Ben Lomond and Saratoga

Cristo Rey: Watsonville

Brotherhoods of St. Andrew and other men’s groups.