Pray for Midweek in Mayfair

Please join with us in praying for Midweek in Mayfair, run by Jimmy Bell …

Praise and thank God for:

• Who he is – his holiness, mercy, kindness – and how he exercises his sovereignty.
• The growth in prayer for local Christians in secular employment over the last eighteen months.
• God’s sustaining power to keep Christians persevering and witnessing.
• How MiM has adapted post Covid.
• The non-Christian guests who accepted invitations to attend Midweek in Mayfair (MiM) talks over the past year.
• The steady numbers of men attending the Thursday morning Partnership Bible study.
• How God has grown his kingdom over the past twelve months.
• The commitment, partnership, endurance and support from staff at Christ Church Mayfair.
• Philip Baxter, who has now retired as a Trustee but plans to set up a MiM-type initiative in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he has moved with his family.
• Our two new MiM Trustees.
• The long-term financial support from some MiM Partners.

Pray for:

• Wisdom to:
  • discern how to support MiM Partners in a way that is helpful to most.
  • recognise what could be done better.
  • decide whether or not to press on with the development of a new MiM website, which has been on hold for about three years due to limited resources.
  • decide whether or not to rekindle evangelism prayer teams.
• MiM’s Wednesday and Thursday ministries to be effective.
• Financial support from new donors to enable MiM’s work to continue.
• My (Jimmy’s) two 1:1 meetings, looking at the Bible with individuals.
• More administrative support to give me the time to do more 1:1s.
• The tech specialist voluntarily helping MiM with streamlining and efficiencies.
• MiM Partners considering attending City Summer School in July 2024.

Pray with All Nations Church Barkingside and Clayhall

25 October 2023

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

 Praise God for:

• Our two-year thanksgiving service and dinner, where we celebrated God’s goodness in planting, growing and sustaining us.
• Our Autumn Bible School sessions on mental health, which were fruitful for many.
• Increasing numbers at Hot Spot, our community drop-in hub, and coming to church on Sundays.
• The launch of our Cross-Cultural Ministry Trainee Programme, with Josh and Sarah settling in well.
• The launch of our All Nations Preaching Group with a few young men.
• An encouraging time at our recent All Nations Away Day.
• Growing numbers in our fortnightly FAB (Fun and Bible) Club and Sunday school.

Please pray for:

• The relaunch of our new mid-week house groups and for fruitfulness from the small group leaders’ and members’ training sessions taking place this term.
• Wisdom, care and grace in a number of pastoral situations at the moment.
• The process of recruiting and appointing a part-time administrator due to our growing admin needs.
• The two gentlemen attending Hope Explored to be given new birth and spiritual life in the coming months.
• Wisdom as we look to grow our embryonic youth group through school work.
• One of our elders who will be stepping down at the end of this year to go back into full-time pastoral ministry and for the Lord to be raising up a new elder in due course.
• Personally for me, Rick, and Esther, my wife, be get some much needed rest over half-term after a very busy start to ministry.

Pray for King’s Church Walton

Please join with us in praying for King’s Church Walton, led by Simon Martin…

Thank God for:
• An opportunity to commission and send mission partners for work in Georgia.
• The sweetness of a loving community that loves Jesus.
• The recovery of a number of our people from major surgeries.

Please ask for:
• Help as we negotiate with a possible new venue – sticking points are storage and enough rooms for Sunday School.
• God to use us as we proclaim Jesus through our Light Heroes Trail on 29 October – we have a good number of guests signed up.
• God to grow us in love for Him as we work our way through Malachi this term.

Pray for Hounslow Town Church

Please join with us in praying for a new church plant in Hounslow, led by Barry Schutter…

Give thanks for:

• The recent baptism of a new believer who comes from a non-Christian background and the upcoming baptisms of another new believer and four teens who have grown up in Christian homes.
• An open door into the asylum and refugee communities. We are meeting so many who are new to London, and God has opened doors for us to share the love of Christ.

Pray for:

• Us to grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ. We are establishing discipleship pathways that we pray the Lord would use to grow us in maturity.
• The Lord to raise up servant leaders who give themselves sacrificially for Christ and his church.

Pray for Shaftesbury Christian Centre

7 September 2023

Please join with us in praying for a new church graft from The Bridge Battersea into Shaftesbury Christian Centre on the Doddington Estate.

Give thanks for:

• Gospel partnership across Co-Mission! The Bridge Battersea is in no way a ‘planting church’ if this was a solo project. But through collaboration across Co-Mission, this revitalisation and gospel opportunity has become viable.
• The opportunity to publicise this new initiative at Revive. Without this, finding people interested to join the church graft was quite piecemeal. However, off the back of the pitch at Revive, a good handful got in contact and have come to vision evenings. Praise God for godly and zealous believers wanting to be workers for the harvest fields.
• Lewis Brunt, a passionate young guy from St Michael’s, who has been employed to kickstart this ministry and mission.

Pray for:

• Relationships with the existing church. They have been warm and supportive so far, but church and ministry will look very different to what they’re used to from 24 September (our relaunch date). Some have already expressed wariness of a number of theological differences. Therefore pray for us to have courage to hold to our convictions; wisdom on navigating change and the speed of it; and humility to learn where we can. Please pray too for there to be real unity and love among the existing congregation and those incoming (especially within the leadership).
• Those joining from other Co-Mission churches to be excited in joining this cross-cultural mission opportunity. Pray too for Christ’s love to compel the sacrifices of those giving up Sunday mornings or leaving existing churches, friendships etc for this new church experience. We would also appreciate prayer for a few more of those interested in being around to commit to the graft as their own church, so that this might be sustained and viable longer term.
• Us to ultimately reach for Christ the 5000+ people on the two local estates. Pray for workers for the harvest field to reach them, and a working of the Spirit through the preaching of the gospel to save hell-bound sinners into a redeemed, multi-cultural family.

Pray for St Augustine’s Wembley Park

7 September 2023

Please join with us in praying for a new church revitalisation project at St Augustine’s Wembley Park, led by Scott Furey...

Our church grafting team

• Praise God that 23 adults are definitely committed to joining us, but please pray the Lord would provide 30 adults by the launch of our new 4 p.m. service on 24 September.
• Give thanks for the way the team is bonding as we approach this launch date. Pray for the strengthening of relationships and that we would feel increasingly like a church family.
• Pray for those stepping into new roles and feeling exposed in a small team. Pray we would be relying on God’s strength and serving joyfully. Pray also for patience and grace with one another.

The Wembley Park area

• Pray that those living on the new development would have a spiritual hunger.
• Pray that we would connect with the 2000+ students who live in student accommodation on Wembley Park.
• Please pray too for us to connect with the diversity of cultures around us, and to have boldness and wisdom in reaching across those cultural barriers.

Scott Furey and his family

• Praise God that Scott and his wife, Sharon, are enjoying doing more ministry together! Please pray that they’d establish good patterns of prayer as a couple and for the church.
• Scott is already feeling the extra responsibility of this new ministry, especially in terms of the admin involved in running the building etc. Pray that he would have the right priorities (prayer and God’s word!) and possibly some extra ops support.
• Give thanks that Scott and Sharon’s boys have settled well and are enjoying getting to know people at St Augustine’s. Please pray that there would soon be some other families and friends their age. Give thanks too for confirmed school places for the boys and pray that would be a great way to make connections.