Last Updated: 19th April 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:

- Please pray for Stan, as he is confirmed at the service at 4pm this afternoon at Thorley.

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

- Pray for all who grieve.

Pray for our community

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

- those who are facing long waits to access specialist help for physical or mental ill health

- those who are struggling with rising prices, particularly fuel costs

- local businesses affected by the reduction in disposable income in our community

Pray for our outreach, our service and our churches

This week we ask you to include in your prayers:

- our new PCC members and officers, and that more will step forward to help in our benefice

- our outreach work, and especially that helpers will come forward for cafe

- the recruitment process as it continues, and the person God is preparing to lead us

Pray for our mission partners

In our cycle of prayers for our mission partners, this week we ask you to remember the work of Stephen and Catherine McGoldrick. Catherine and Stephen are working for church growth in Burundi and Central Africa.

More information about all our mission partners can be found on our website.

Catherine and Stephen, at present in Southern Africa, are asking for prayer for the people of Bujumbura in Burundi where they lived for a considerable time. The town has been hit by a series of explosions at an army munitions base near to their house. They ask for prayer for:

- families who have lost loved ones

- those whose homes have been destroyed

- those who can’t get to hospital because of the fuel crisis

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]).