Pray for Co‑Mission

Please join with us in praying for St John’s Chelsea, led by Andy Mason…

Give thanks to God for:

• Some real opportunities to do ministry and outreach in new ways.
• New contacts and people to follow up through our food deliveries.
• Much higher engagement in Bible studies and services.
• St John’s online holiday club, which happened during the May half-term.
• New opportunities to connect through Facebook.

Please pray for:

• Blessing on our little daily podcasts, which are going out to feed the congregation.
• New ideas for how to do outreach and engage with the local community, and new ideas for how to do church.
• Development of an online evangelistic Bible study.
• Strength for weary believers and a vision for what we might be able to do to encourage them.
• Discipleship of young believers.

Please join with us in praying for Christ Church Earlsfield, led by Andy O’Brien…

Give thanks to God for:

• Our church family’s commitment to one another, which has been particularly evident during the lockdown. It has been especially good to see so many tuning in online for services, for home groups and for prayer meetings.
• Encouraging attempts to support our local community during lockdown and the generosity of the church family that has made various gifts of love possible.
• The big picture truths we are learning on Sundays through Genesis 4–12, and the encouragements to keep going on mission as we continue to study Acts in home groups.
• A (very) small but blessed Christianity Explored course currently happening on Sunday nights on Zoom.

Please pray for:

• Those who’ve reconnected with us during lockdown – that they would stick with us afterwards and really become part of the church family. Pray too for those who’ve slightly drifted off to reconnect.
• Individuals on Christianity Explored to come to faith.
• Great wisdom for the elders as they consider our future vision as a church. Give thanks for the consultation process that the church participated in and pray we’d make the right decision for the church and for the gospel in the next few months.
• Our YouTube services to reach people in our local community who we wouldn’t otherwise reach.

Please join with us in praying for Dundonald Church, led by Richard Coekin…

Give thanks to God for:

• Our contractor being able to continue with the steel frame and concrete floors for our new church building, despite the prospect of significant delay to our Building for the Future project.
• The recent online Lockdown Evangelism Training, which was attended by many; pray it would bear lots of gospel fruit.
• Lots of guests tuning in to our Sunday online services – pray for new life!
• The opportunity for families to consider the wonder of prayer in our new family devotions series. May our families be encouraged to respond to God’s word in their prayer life.

Please pray for:

• Staff taking furlough to be able to serve us even more ably after their time away from work tasks.
• Church family to be able to stay in touch and keep caring for each other.

Please join with us in praying for Bridge Church Peckham, led by Richard Perkins and Adrian Yeboah …

Give thanks to God for:

• The continued fellowship commitment to one another that we’ve enjoyed through Zoom despite the current circumstances.
• The protection that we have enjoyed from the Covid-19 virus. We have had no confirmed cases among us.
• The great opportunities that have arisen to share the gospel with non-Christians and to strengthen struggling believers through our Zoom version of mid-week CONNECT Bible study groups and Sunday GATHER meetings, and through Facebook/YouTube.
• The opportunities to equip members in ways that we may not have been able to prior to the pandemic.

Please pray for:

• Us to have new opportunities to serve our local community, and to offer an explanation for the hope that we have in Jesus.
• Our new Christianity Explored to be well attended by non-Christian friends, family and locals via Zoom, and that the Lord would use it to turn hearts to Jesus.
• Those in our church who, with the lockdown, may be vulnerable due to health issues or loneliness. Pray that all the church would be able to support one another in the best way possible, and that God would continue to keep us safe.
• Wise godly leadership as we navigate our way through the current circumstances.

Please join with us in praying for Mosaic Multicultural Church, led by Alex Brito…

Give thanks to God for:

• All the necessary funding raised to apply for our new visas.
• The people in our church willing to get baptised after the quarantine.
• The discipleship course we have just finished.

Please pray for:

• Those among us who have lost their jobs.
• Aluanna Brito, whose surgery has been postponed due to the lockdown.
• The Christianity Explored course we are about to start.

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

Give thanks to God for:

• Our launch-team members, particularly my wife, Hanna; our music leader, Konstantine; and our youth worker, Anastasiya.
• Zoom meetings happening every Sunday, not only with church members but also with new friends who’ve joined us since the lockdown began.
• Zoom Sunday school for kids and activities for young ones, run by Anastasiya.
• Zoom Bible meetings for new Christians, starting now on Fridays.
• Online teaching ESOL in Newham College and Community Centre, and deeper friendships with Russian-speaking students.

Please pray for:

• Virgil and Anya’s family.
• Our disciples – Artyom, Marina, Anna, Irina, Igor, Roman, Luda and Virgil – to grow in obedience to Jesus Christ.
• Wisdom and courage for our launch team in sharing the Good News with people and friends.
• Wisdom for sharing the Gospel with people through Internet resources.