Pray for Co‑Mission

Join us in praying for the Co-Mission Strengthening team...

• The creativity and faithfulness of Co-Mission churches as they have responded to the challenges of Coronavirus
• The establishment of monthly Online Prayer Meetings and discussion Forums to support and encourage Senior Pastors and Planters
• The many Clusters that have come into their own during lockdown and provided local support and encouragement between Co-Mission congregations.
• A superb Revive Sunday online that managed to convey so much of the encouragement Revive does in normal circumstances all packed into 1 hour!

• Rest and refreshment for all church staff teams over the summer after an exhausting season of gospel ministry
• Contagious camps not able to meet this summer but trying to maintain links with campers via Zoom activities
• For those who have really struggled through lockdown and continue to do so, that they would receive the help and healing they need
• For planning for the Autumn term with still great uncertainty about what might be possible
• For the Staff Focus in November that, God willing, it might be able to go ahead safely and not have be online

Please join us in praying for the Co-Mission Planting team..

• Give thanks for the launch of the LCPA, especially fro the cohort that God gave us in Church Planter training guys from in different contexts, from different backgrounds involved in different ministries and yet all sold out for the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. 
• Give thanks for the successful formation of 3 church planting teams in Beckenham, Queens' Park and Clayhall and Barkingside. And pray that they'll be able to launch in due course. 
• Give thanks for the pipeline of potential plants that we have. They're at different stages of development. They all have work to do. But pray that the Lord brings them to fruition in the coming year. 
• Pray that the Lord would raise up men and women of all ages to form church planting teams driven by a desire to see Christ's name honoured and people brought to saving faith through the gospel. Ask especially for the Lord to provide us with church planting leaders who can love, serve, train and release teams in gospel partnership.

Please join with us in praying for Grace Church Muswell Hill, led by Philip Sudell…

Give thanks to God for:

• His grace in enabling us to function as a ‘scattered’ church during these difficult days; for members’ engagement in different ways of being together; and for those not normally part of the congregation, including from overseas, who have accessed our services.
• The continued involvement of children and young people in their Zoom groups and for the engaging material produced for them.
• The way members have supported each other and those in the community needing help.
• The way the crisis has encouraged us to look at new patterns for Sunday worship as we move back into the church building.

Please pray for:

• People not to lose heart as an increasing weariness sets in, especially for those working from home and caring for children at the same time.
• The relationship between St Peter’s (in whose building we meet) and Grace Church – Philip Sudell leads both – as we look at increasing dialogue between the two church councils, and sensitive decisions to be taken.
• Those going on holiday to have a restorative break, with time to ‘just be’ with God; those not able to get away to have time to meet up, albeit socially distanced, and encourage one another face to face (Hebrews 3:13).
• Our children and young people over the summer break, and their uncertainties or anxieties about the new term.