Last Updated: 13th September 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:

- John has contacted us to say: Dear friends, it is getting on for a year since we left the benefice. We wanted to write simply to say that you are not forgotten, deeply missed and in our hearts and prayers. With much love, John and Basma

- Please continue to pray for those of our church family who are unwell, undergoing treatment, waiting for tests or procedures or grieving.

- Pray particularly for the family of Deryl Harden, whose funeral was on Friday.

Pray for our community

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

- all who have visited local churches this weekend through taking part in the annual Bike and Hike

- walkers and cyclists who visit or simply pass our churches as they walk or cycle

- the community choir and others who use our buildings, regularly or occasionally

Pray for our outreach, our service and our churches

This week we ask you to include in your prayers:

- our cleaning teams; the Standon teams will meet on Friday; Little Munden needs more volunteers

- those who are carrying extra responsibility while we wait for our new Rector

- the person God is even now calling to join us as our Rector, in his good time

Pray for our mission partners

This week we ask you to remember the work of all our mission partners, spreading the good news of Jesus across the world. More information about all our mission partners can be found on our website.

Please pray for:

- Catherine and Stephen McGoldrick, working for church growth in Central Africa

- Andrew and Samara Ellis, part of a church leadership team in Harare, Zimbabwe

- David and Marlene Fry, working with media in Austria reaching out to unreached peoples

- John and Gillian Robinson, working with the poorest in Bangkok, Thailand

- Kisiizi Hospital in Uganda, working for health and Christian outreach

- The Holy Land Institute for the Deaf in Jordan, working with deaf children throughout the country.

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]).