Pray for Co‑Mission

Please join us in praying for All Nations Church Barkingside & Clayhall, led by Rick Raja

Give thanks to God for:

• Our recent preaching series in Ecclesiastes and Philippians.
• An encouraging “Day Away” with Becontree Church.
• Opportunities for the launch team to meet mid-week in groups of 6 over this last term.
• Marriage prep with a young couple in our church who are getting married this August.
• Some new enquiries we’ve had in the last 2 months.
• An Oak Hill student and his family starting with us this September.
• Provision of a central venue on the High Street from September for
• Sundays and mid-week ministry.
• Those on our team who have recovered from Covid-19.
• The adoption of our first mission partners, church planting in Athens, Greece from August 2021.

Please Pray for:

• The Raja’s serving on summer camp at the end of July.
• Preparation for our official launch and induction on 26 September 2021.
• Wisdom as we plan to launch a creche and Sunday school from September.
• The launch of mid-week kids club and youth nights to engage families from the local community.
• The launch team as they transition to becoming members of All Nations Church.
• Equip track from September preparing members for works of service.
• Mission plan to engage the diversity of people in our region.
• Growth of “NE London A Passion 4 Life Churches initiative” as it gains momentum.
• Rest for the planting team this summer.

Please join us in praying for Dundonald Church, Raynes Park, led by Richard Coekin...

Give thanks to God for:

• Praise God that we can meet back altogether this week and sing! Please help us to be kind, loving and patient with each other as we navigate our way through these next few months out of the pandemic.
• Give thanks for the new church building which is due to be handed over to us by the builders in August in time for the September opening week events
• Give thanks for the opportunity for rest and refreshment over the summer
• Give thanks for many new people arriving at church during the last few months

Please Pray for: 

• Please pray for our opening week to be able to go ahead and for the many events including to draw in many from the community and give opportunities to hear the good news of Jesus:
  • Thanksgiving Service 12th September
  • Evangelistic events – Tim Vine comedy night, Fiddle Paradiddle ceilidh, London Gospel Community choir, youth take over night etc..
• Pray that the new building would provide many opportunities for people to hear clearly from God’s word the wonderful news of salvation.
• Pray for our leaders to get a good rest over the summer after a wearying 18 months
• Pray for those new to church (both believers and non-believers) who have started coming since the pandemic to settle in well, grow in their love of the Lord Jesus and serve him well
• Please pray for the kids and youth to have a fun time at camp and to come back spiritually re-energised and re-awakened.
• Please pray for David Tubbs and his wife Zoe and their three boys as he joins us in September as our new Worship Ministry Lead to settle in quickly.

The Boathouse Church Putney is led by David Lee…

Please join us in thanking God for:

• The ongoing blessing of The Boathouse Church’s recent merger with Roehampton Student Church. Thank God for bringing us together; for using one another to encourage us to keep going in the faith; and for the new energy the merger has brought to us as a church family.
• Our recent guest service on 11 July, which looked at how our desires for freedom are ultimately met in Christ. Thank God for the guests who came and want to know more about the Christian faith off the back of the service; for church family who invited guests, even if they didn’t come; and for Jack, our guest speaker from another Co-Mission church.
• Those who serve as volunteers running our Sunday school, music team, tech team, home groups and many other things beside! Lots of our ministry is done by church family alongside busy working lives and we’re thankful for the servant hearts and sustaining grace God gives them.

Please join us in praying for:

• New ministry opportunities that we’re exploring among students at Roehampton University and local schools, as well as the possibility of starting some English conversation classes for internationals. Pray for wisdom in knowing what to pursue and for gospel fruit to be produced from these new endeavours.
• Our summer series in the Psalms: that it would encourage us to draw near to God both in times of joy and in times of sorrow, as well as everything in between!
• Deepening Christian friendships among members of our church family where we can help one another live out the Christian life, spurring one another on to love and good deeds.

Please join with us in praying for Christ Church Mayfair, led by Matt Fuller…

Give thanks to God for:

• What he has been teaching us from his word in our sermon series – we’ve been hearing him speak in 2 Timothy in the morning and Revelation in the evening. 
• His financial provision in the last year. 
• Many guests hearing the gospel at our Roots of Jazz event. Please pray for follow-up conversations and that people would sign up for Christianity Explored in the autumn. 
• Anna Wilson continuing as an intern for a second year! Praise God for her gifts, particularly in children’s work. Pray that she would keep growing in love and knowledge of God.

Please pray for:

• Our church family as we come out of lockdown. Pray that God would lift our eyes to be outward looking and intentional about sharing our faith. Pray for Uncover – a small group of non-Christians meeting on Tuesday evenings to read the Bible – and for people to be converted as they hear the gospel.

Those of us who are mourning the death of loved ones. Pray for the service of mourning on 22 July to be a help to those who have lost loved ones while funerals were so restricted, allowing them to grieve properly and find comfort.

Please join with us in praying for Grace Church Beckenham, led by Matt Dew-Jones, as they continue to partner with Christ Church Bromley and build towards a full launch (God willing) in September 2021.

Praise God for: 

• A great, godly, growing launch team.
• Support from Co-Mission – in prayer, financially and with advice. Thank God too for the three people who have more recently joined the church having moved to the area from other Co-Mission churches.
• A great weekend away under canvas at Otford Manor and the chance this gave to meet for the first time in a way not significantly hindered by Covid restrictions.

Please pray for:

• Our full launch mid-September and especially for a family fun day and an evangelistic service planned on 18 and 19 September.
• Many lost to be saved and for God’s people to be fed and grow in Beckenham.
• Provision of a venue. Sadly, while one central Beckenham venue seems an option in the short term, it doesn’t seem the council will accept our proposal to base ourselves there in the long term.
• Rest over the summer while not resting from being Christian!

Please join with us in praying for Grace Church Worcester Park, led by Sam Williamson…

Praise God that we can move back towards ‘normal’ church services from 25 July. Pray for wisdom for the staff team and elders in supporting and encouraging those people who are super keen, others who are still very nervous and all those in between. Pray that we get the balance right so everyone can feel comfortable being together as a church family. 

Praise God for the appointment of Anna Lane as our new Children’s and Youth Worker. Please pray for her and her husband, Tom, as they seek to move to Worcester Park and settle into the church from September. 

Pray for new people joining the church over the next few months. We are aware of several families and individuals who hope to join us. Pray they will be welcomed and feel settled quickly. 

Give thanks for the bereavement support course that has proved so helpful to people in the church over the past few months. We are now a registered provider of this course, so pray this opens up opportunities to serve the wider community.