Pray for Co‑Mission

Please join with us in praying for Becontree Church, led by Rob Newham…

Praise God for:

• The wonderful way God has faithfully kept his people during this time of physical separation.
• The comfort that Jesus is with his people, even when we can’t see him (Matthew 14).
• His provision of two new and mature Christian families, just when we were set to lose Mike and Debbie, back in February.
• Rob and Hannah happily expecting twins... due in January 2021. Much church family excitement!
• His word challenging one of our teenagers about living a double life.

Please pray for:

• Matthew’s gospel to continue to grow our confidence in Jesus, through adversity, to be followers of him.
• Us to resume our visiting as the lockdown eases. Though usually this is a weekly activity, even short breaks from it make us feel ‘rusty’. 
• God to be preparing us, even now, and getting us ready.
• Us to employ an assistant by the end of this year, initially to work with us for the next 3–5 years, and then to lead a new church plant to the new developments being built as part of the London Riverside Opportunity Area (https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/implementing-london-plan/opportunity-areas/opportunity-areas/london-riverside)
• Our new ‘cluster’ Bible studies in gardens (born out of the lockdown) to continue to disciple people to follow Jesus in every area of life 

Please join with us in praying for Redeemer Queen’s Park, a new church plant led by Thomas West & Daniel Evans…

Praise God for:

• Him being good to us through lockdown. Our midweeks groups, equipping meetings and weekend gatherings moved online and increased our reach. God has added four incredible new launch-team members to our team during lockdown.
• Us being able to increase our community care partnerships through Care for QP, which has allowed us to serve our neighbourhood. 
• Us having just completed our first fiscal year. God has done amazing things through bringing together a team and beginning to establish a local church in north-west London.

Please pray for:

• Our hopes to distribute gospels of Mark – which we have already purchased – to every resident in the Queen’s Park area throughout the autumn. We’re trusting God that this effort would bear much fruit.
• The leadership teams we will begin establishing in September. These will provide oversight and care to the unique needs within our church community. We’re trusting God that this would grow leaders and increase our capacity to reach north-west London.
• Us to trust God for wisdom as we adhere to government advice on gathering in person. 
• A bit of rest through the summer, after a big push through the first fiscal year. We are trusting God for this too.

Please join with us in praying for St Michael’s Fulwell, led by Ed Kendall…

Give thanks to God for:

• The Lord’s provision and protection over lockdown.
• The opportunity to reach out online to many more than we ordinarily would on a Sunday (especially to family and friends of the church family).
• How small groups have been such a blessing. 

Please pray for:

• Wisdom as we (along with every other church) keep reinventing what church life should look like at each new stage of the pandemic.
• Our spiritual zeal not to diminish in this time.
• Those on the fringes of church life to be drawn back in to our church family as we begin socially distanced meetings alongside continued online services.
• Good rest for the staff team over the summer holidays.
• Wisdom as we consider the best time to start Regenerate, our building project.

Please join with us in praying for Christ Church Balham, led by Andy Palmer…

• Thank God for how he has used lockdown in surprising ways to revive his people: several members of the church have grown hugely in their walk with the Lord, and many have been finding creative ways to encourage one another and support each other.
• Thank God for the creation of a project team to work together on the practicalities of how we restart physical gatherings and for people willing to serve in this way. Please pray that the church would remain united in love as we consider all kinds of different perspectives and anxieties.
• As a church we long to have more of an impact on the lost in Balham. Please pray for us as we pray through and think about how we not only can speak the good news of Jesus to Balham, but be good news too as we let our light shine. Pray that we wouldn’t have an impact on only those already known to us and similar to us, but that God would use us to make disciples of people different from us, socially and ethnically.

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

Give thanks to God for:

• Helping us as a community to look out for one another – lots of people are actively serving one another, keeping in contact and looking out for the vulnerable.
• A number of us being given the opportunity to share our faith with others and some now reading the Bible with unbelievers. One man has recently committed his life to Christ!
• The church using their gifts to serve one another to keep our meetings going: on Sundays, mid-week and for youth.
• Parents working hard to disciple children.

Please pray for:

• Funds to be able to cover new recruitment plans – and for wisdom as we move to the final stages of recruiting an assistant pastor.
• Real patience and endurance as we feel increasingly frustrated with lockdown and the problems it brings.
• Great wisdom and a good working relationship with the school where we usually meet as we try to figure out a way to get back to meeting together there.

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

Give thanks to God for:

• Our weekly core team meetings – via Zoom – studying Ephesians, deepening relationships and doing cross-cultural training together.  
• Opportunities for hospitality to meet with individuals and family units face to face, albeit with social distancing.
• Rick being able to cut back on hospital work, now that hospitals are stabilising, and plough more energy and time into the church plant.  

Please pray for:

• The launch of our YouTube channel, other social media and a flyer campaign this month to engage our community.  
• Wisdom for the leadership as we plan for September–December and for finding a possible public venue.  
• The Lord to add to and strengthen our core team each month as we continue to recruit people.