Pray for Co‑Mission

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

Give thanks to God:

• For the provision of more helpers for our International Cafe.
• For a couple of guests who recently attended our International Cafe.
• That people who have been coming recently have found the church welcoming and the preaching Christ-centred.

Please pray for:

• Attendees of our International Cafe to be getting the help they need with English.
• Gospel opportunities to arise through our International Cafe.
• Us as a church to be growing in compassion for the weak and marginalised in Catford.
• Fruit from our street evangelism labours. Pray that, through the gospel, many in Catford may be delivered from spiritual oppression and addiction. 
• Wisdom and discernment about whether to go ahead with a postponed Family Fun Day we had planned to engage with and evangelise locals in Catford.

Please join with us in praying for St Andrew’s Chelsea, led by Paul Dawson…

Thank God for:

• Growing our faith through Hebrews 11, which we have been looking at in sermons and Bible study groups.
• A number of church members learning how to teach the Bible to children in Sunday Club.
• The provision of musicians and singers willing to serve Christ week by week and the opportunity to sing outside!
• The ‘Helping Hands’ team making and delivering simple home-cooked meals to those in all kinds of need.

Pray with us for:

• Appraisals taking place in July for the ministry team, including feedback from the congregation, to be fruitful for the gospel.
• A number in the church family who have significant health and relationships issues to be sustained and strengthened.
• Us to make the most of opportunities for reconnecting with the local community post-Covid, including a street party in September.
• Wisdom rethinking how our ministry team best serves gospel needs in the new season.

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

Praise God:

• That we can still meet in our school on Sundays.
• For the newcomers to church.

Please pray for:

• Carl, a member of our church, who was in a bicycle accident on 5 June. Thankfully he is okay, but he is in hospital at the moment and it will be a long recovery. Pray for us as a church family to know how we could best support Carl and his family.
• Us following the cancellation of our weekend away in July. Please pray for wisdom to know when to move it to and where to hold it.
• Opportunities to reach the young people in Streatham.

Please join with us in praying for Christ Church at All Saints Wandsworth, led by Andy O’Brien…

• Continue to give thanks for the provision of our church building, which has enabled us to keep meeting during the past few months. 
• Thank God for an encouraging start to our smALL Saints playgroup. Please pray for wisdom in running it as restrictions change, and that people would be reached for Christ through it.
• Thank God too for our initial plans to begin a seniors’ coffee morning, and for the opportunity to work together with a local church. Pray for the Lord’s blessing on the trial run we are planning on 1 July, and that restrictions would be lifted so people can attend.
• Give thanks for the chance to hold a welcome tea for newcomers on 4 July. Please pray that those who have visited or have started coming to our church in recent months would come along and that it would be a really helpful way for them to engage with the life of the church.
• We plan to have a reflection and thanksgiving service on 18 July. Pray that it would be an encouraging service that would glorify our Lord and draw many to Him. Pray too that many from Wandsworth would come.
• Give many thanks for our musicians, who have worked hard over the past few months. Please pray that restrictions would change to safely allow indoor congregational singing.

Please join with us in praying for the Slavic Christian Fellowship, led by Sergey Chernov…

We praise God for:

• Regular Sunday Zoom meetings with our church members and friends, as well as to run Sunday school for children.
• Our first church picnic this year, which took place on 21 May in a local park. There were five unsaved friends who joined in conversations with other believers and had a great opportunity to hear about God’s love as well as personal testimonials.
• Us finishing online Bible school in the middle of May. Seven learners received their certificates.
• The NHS workers who saved our daughter, Elza, in April. She had a serious asthma-like attack and couldn’t breathe on her own. 
• A positive outcome of our application to extend our visa for another three years of ministry. 
• Our launch team members, particularly my wife, Hanna; our youth worker, Anastasiya; Liudmila; Virgil; and Insur.
• Vladlen, who came to faith recently.
• Us receiving financial support from Co-Mission for the next two years of our mission.

Please partner with us in prayer for:

• Wisdom in how to reach lost people through internet resources.
• Insur’s wife, Elena, who’s been unwell for more than half a year. 
• Our disciples Vladlen, Fanil, Kristina, Viktoria, Artyom, Roman, Anna, Irina, Igor, Liudmila and Virgil to grow in obedience to Jesus Christ.
• Our unsaved friends Roman, Yulia, Yurii, Renata, Devis, Liana, Mariya and Irina.
• Doors of evangelism to open up and God’s guidance in the next stages of the post-pandemic world. 

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

We would love to give thanks to God for:

• All the newcomers who have come to The Globe Church. Pray that we would serve them well and that they would feel welcome.

We would be grateful for prayers for:

• Our continued search for a building. Thank God for the team who have come together to help in the search!
• Mike Sohn and his family as they join The Globe Church. Please pray for a smooth transition.