Last Updated: 7th June 2026

Here we suggest focus areas for prayer, but please continue to pray for the work of our churches and missionary partners around the world (details on our website).

Church family news:

- Most people will have heard the sad news that Ann Smith died late last Saturday evening. Please pray for Arthur, Fiona, Richard and Claire, and for all Ann’s family and friends.

- Please continue to pray for Sally, in Herts & Essex Rehabilitation Unit. If you plan to visit, please liaise with Peter 01920 830614.

- Juliet’s Mum, Elizabeth’s funeral will be held on 19th June at 10.00am, at The Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph’ church, Hertford, and then 12.00pm Harwood Park Crematorium, followed by refreshments at Brockholds. Juliet would appreciate support from any of the church family who knew her Mum and would like to be there.

- Some of our church family members are undergoing treatment, or waiting for tests or procedures. They don’t always choose to be listed here, but please pray for them; God knows who they are.

- Please pray for all who are unwell or in pain of any kind, or who are grieving.

Pray for our community

In our cycle of prayers, this weekend we ask you to include in your prayers:

- our local shops, cafés and pubs

- local businesses and those working from home in our community

- those who provide our bus and taxi services

Pray for our outreach, our service and our churches

This week we ask you to include in your prayers:

- our interactions with those who will visit Standon for FOSM’s Open Gardens event on Saturday

- our café team as it struggles with a shortage of volunteers

- the recruitment process, as we reach the closing date for applications this week

Pray for our mission partners

In our cycle of prayers for our mission partners, this week we ask you to pray for the Place of Grace. The Place of Grace Foundation is run by John and Gillian Robinson in the slums of Bangkok. More information about our partners can be found on our website.

Praise God:

- they have created school clubs for children and teenagers followed by discipleship groups

- they run a foodbank for the hungry

- the Place of Grace Learning Centre encourages children to stay in education

- the school is a joy-filled refuge where their minds are stretched and they encounter Jesus

- a Christian curriculum is used and the students learn how to walk and talk with Jesus

- please pray for this couple as they work with all these children in the slums

If you are aware of anyone who would like our prayers, or who would like the church family to share in some news, good or bad, please let Caroline know ([email protected]).