Pray for Co‑Mission

Please join with us in praying for The Globe Church, led by Jonty Allcock…

Give thanks to God for:

• His kindness to us during lockdown. Despite being physically apart, the church has experienced many blessings through online midweek Bible studies and live-streamed services.
• The small group leaders’ commitment to keep meeting and encouraging their group members so that they grow in maturity during these trying times.

Please pray for:

• Our Globe Connect evangelistic course. We’ve already run this online last month and it was a great encouragement. Pray for the next couple of sessions, for church members to invite their friends to it and for the Spirit to be working in people’s hearts.
• Our church members who have been affected by the financial strain of Covid-19 and the lockdown, and for those who are grieving the loss of loved ones for various causes. Pray for wisdom for the church family in how to care for them both practically and emotionally.
• Our church members who travelled back to their home country or family home during the pandemic. For those whose families aren’t Christian, pray for the opportunity to witness to them.

Please join with us in praying for The Bridge Battersea, led by Jason Roach…

Give thanks to God for:

• The Lord continuing to sustain us, and how we’ve generally seen the church draw together as a family rather than drift apart during lockdown.
• Members of the congregation giving up lots of time and effort to serve in new ways, like overseeing the weekly streamed service.
• The encouragement of a recent sermon series on heaven. Pray also that this would shape us as a church – helping us to be joyful in hope and patient in affliction, and to seek first his kingdom and his righteousness.
• The good cross-cultural relationships we enjoy as a multi-ethnic church family.

Please pray for:

• Gospel comfort in light of the recent tensions and unrest following the George Floyd tragedy, which has given many of us painful reminders and frustration at injustice.
• Us as a church to celebrate our diverse ethnic backgrounds and our togetherness as one in Christ, and be blessed by leaning into and enjoying each other’s cultures. Pray also we’d be salt and light as we witness to the estates around us.
• The conversions of those in frequent Bible contact with members of church.
• Those in our youth groups from non-church going families to be drawn to Christ, despite youth groups not being able to run as normal.
• Continued sustaining of those for whom lockdown is particularly hard.

Please join with us in praying for Hope Church Vauxhall, led by Sam Gibb…

Give thanks to God for:

• Sustaining us as we struggle with preaching to a camera (which really isn’t fun), pastoring on WhatsApp and meeting for fellowship via Zoom.
• The people attending Know Hope, our version of Christianity Explored run via Zoom, and joining our Facebook services.
• Our Marvellous Explorers holiday club that kicked off in half-term.
• The kids’ group leaders, who are adjusting to the changes and continuing to love the children.
• The massively sacrificial generosity of the church family despite limited incomes, and those who are choosing to live in London despite the cost. God continues to provide!

Please pray for:

• A growing love for our church family and help as we battle frustration.
• ‘L and L’, ‘H and D’, ‘J’ and ‘H’ to meet with Jesus as they engage with the gospel online.
• Many who are being hit hard during these months: those who have lost jobs, family members and homes, and those depending on the food bank.
• Our Know Hope course, where we meet Jesus in Mark.
• Parents, particularly new Christians and single parents, who are trying to teach their kids about Jesus. 
• Sam and his wife, Charlie, trying to raise funds and investment to buy or move onto the estate.

Please join with us in praying for New Life Church Catford, led by Zim Okoli and Remi Adedire…

Give thanks to God for:

• God graciously keeping our church family safe from coronavirus. A few people have been taken ill with symptoms but have recovered.
• The good response in the spring term to our 2020 Vision (‘A Renewed Hunger to Ask and to be Sent’). We are particularly encouraged by some new commitments to meeting with someone regularly to pray.
• The good attitude of church family in engaging with online church provisions during the lockdown.
• For guests tuning in to watch online content, particularly Easter Sunday and Spotlight evangelistic events.
• People persevering with personal opportunities to witness to their friends and neighbours during the lockdown, although that makes it slower and trickier.

Please pray for:

• The church family not to grow weary due to the awkwardness of meeting online, but to patiently remain committed to being regular, on time and emotionally present for our virtual gatherings.
• Our sermon series in 1 Peter to build us up to live for Christ as God’s elect exiles, amidst the trials we face.
• A few in our church facing some insecurity around their income / job. Please pray that we’d be wise in supporting them practically through this time, and that they’d be successful in getting access to any government support they also apply for.
• The gospel message to be having an impact amongst non-Christians through our personal conversations and our online material.
• A ‘Jesus the Game Changer’ outreach course we plan to run online later in June. Pray for the organisation of it, that church family would be praying for and inviting people to it, and that we might see one or two non-Christians stick with investigating Christ further off the back of it.
• Us in the long term: that God would grow our work in Catford whenever we begin to meet physically again as we come out of lockdown.

Please join with us in praying for The Boathouse Church, Putney, led by Ben Shaw…

Give thanks to God for:

• Our online church services via Zoom, which are very well attended each Sunday, and also our fellowship afterwards during virtual coffee and tea.
• Our midweek house groups, which are functioning well online and providing an important time to study God’s Word and pray for each other.
• God’s everlasting love for us, showed through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Please pray for:

• People who joined our church before lockdown to feel welcome and part of our church family.
• Us to be able to support as best we can those in church who are currently worried and anxious for various reasons. Pray that they will be very aware of God’s presence in their lives.
• The doctors, nurses and teachers in our church.

Finally, some specific prayers for Ben, who has started treatment for a tumour. Please pray that:

• The Lord, in his mercy, would fully heal Ben, the radiotherapy will work and there will be no sign of cancer cells after his treatment.
• The Lord would bring Ben relief from the agony of the tumour’s position and the treatment.
• Ben’s nausea would be controlled.
• Through all Ben’s pain and suffering, we would bring glory to our Lord, and that this will bring others closer to him.

Please join with us in praying for Streatham Central Church, led by Alex Lyell…

Give thanks to God for:

• Several people formally joining our church family.
• Zoom allowing people from all over the world to join our church service, which is amazing.
• All the members of SCC being healthy and well.
• A new member of our staff team, Penny, who has been great at organising, managing people and facilitating meetings.

Please pray for:

• Our Facebook ad to reach local people in Streatham who are searching spiritually. We are praying God uses this to save more souls.
• Wisdom for the people responding to those who click on the ad and want to know more.
• All those who visit us online and wisdom for how we can minister to and reach out to them.