Last Updated: 17th November 2024
Here we suggest focus points for prayer, but please continue to pray for the work of our churches and missionary partners around the world (at www.achurchnearyou.com/church/7825/page/77358/view)
Church family news:
- Next Sunday, baby Harriet will be baptised. Please pray for her, for Lisa and Niall and for her God- parents as they prepare for this important step in Harriet’s life.
- Ken thanks us for our prayers. Praise God, there has been some improvement in his vision. Pray that this improvement will continue.
- Lee (in Buntingford) had his abdominal surgery this week and is now recovering at home. Please continue to pray for Lee and Lisa as his treatment progresses.
- Hayley, one of the café Mums, has been diagnosed for a second me with cancer. More information and a chance to support her practically are to be found on her GoFundMe page, https://gofund.me/9f54403c. Please pray for Hayley and her son.
- Pray for those (including some more of our church family) who have contracted any of the various bugs that are circulating at the moment, that they will feel beer very soon.
- Those for whom we have been praying recently are still in need of our prayers. Please don’t forget them just because their names are no longer listed.
- Each week, there are people we know who are unwell but who prefer not to be named here. God knows who they are; please pray for them all.
Pray for our community
In our cycle of prayers, this week we ask you to include in your prayers:
- on this Safeguarding Sunday, all who are or have been abused, and those who support them
- all who are drawn to unkind acts and worse, that they will find help to resist their inclinaons
Pray for our outreach, our service and our churches
This week we ask you to include in your prayers:
- our own safeguarding officer, Lizzy, and all who work to make our churches safe spaces
- our pastoral team and all of us as we reach out in God’s love to our community here
Pray for our mission partners
In our cycle of prayers for our mission partners, this week we ask you to remember the work of Andrew and Samara Ellis in Zimbabwe. More information about our partners can be found on our website.
Andrew leads the River of Life church in Harare.
As mentioned in the October 27th news sheet, Samara’s father has recently died, and she and Andrew are hoping to travel from Zimbabwe to the UK for his memorial service on the 23rd November. As yet Samara hasn’t received her visa.
Please pray:
- that this will arrive in time
- that the Lord will provide ample funds for the journey and their stay here
- that they will be able to come to visit the benefice while they are here
- that the whole family will be blessed with comfort and strength at this difficult time
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.