Pray for Co‑Mission

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

Give thanks to God for:

• The joy for many of being able to meet in person for church again, with others joining in via livestream.
• A good number in ZIP (Zoom and in-person) fellowship groups, which are meeting weekly to study Matthew’s gospel.
• Our new ministry trainee, Ali McGhee, who is engaging especially with how to disciple children through lockdown limitations.

Please pray for:

• A number in the church family who are sick or unable to meet in person because of Covid risks.
• Those who completed Christianity Explored online in the summer to be willing now to engage with church.
• Many in the church family who are weary and struggling to keep going spiritually amidst all the uncertainties. Pray that they would keep turning to Christ day by day.
• Wisdom for the best way of reaching the local community at Christmas!

Please join with us in praying for Cornerstone Church Kingston, led by Pete Woodcock…

Give thanks to God for:

• The outdoor service on 6 September where 270 of our church family – everyone who wanted to – gathered together to sing heartily, hear the Word taught and enjoy fellowship. We are so thankful to God for enabling this to happen, for perfect weather, for the generosity of the owner of the field and the access to it, and for the wonderful spirit of reunion it engendered to encourage us after six months apart. Please pray that we would be able to repeat this in the coming months.
• Our building, ‘The Hub’. We have always been immensely thankful to God for the gift of the Hub but never more so than now as it enables us to meet for four live services each week. We thank God that this means that everyone who wishes to can come along. We’re thankful for our children’s and youth workers being willing to adapt teaching in order that the young people can meet again. We have been especially encouraged that, right from the first week, we have had a good handful of visitors each Sunday and people returning. Please pray that, despite the distractions that organising each meeting has, everyone would listen wholeheartedly and expectantly to the Word and be built up in their faith.

Please pray for:

• The students attending the university in Kingston. Pray that they would be willing and interested in hearing about the Lord Jesus. Tom Sweatman plus Saffron and Tom Smith are starting a ‘Refuel’ meeting for students from 1 October at the Hub. Pray that this would be popular and lead to lively debate and conversations around gospel truths. Please pray too that this would in turn lead to people coming to Christ for the first time, or a deepening of faith for those who already profess to be Christians.

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

Give thanks to God for the:

• Spiritual growth we experienced during lockdown, despite all the hardships faced by us.
• Commitment of five guests who are taking our Christianity Explored online course.
• Opportunity to meet again physically from October.

Please pray for:

• Wisdom as we try to help some people in our church who are facing mental health issues and fighting addictions.
• God to send us a greater number of mature Christians willing to help disciple twelve exciting new believers.
• God to help us lead the two families who are leaving Mosaic in December (to join local churches closer to their homes in West Drayton and Grays) to healthy and biblical church families.

Please join with us in praying for Roehampton Student Church,

Pray for:

• Students coming to Roehampton to feel welcome and supported by the church. Pray that we can welcome those who are attending university online and form good relationships with them.
• Training days to be constructive for learning and building relationships within the leadership team.
• Us to trust in God and seek his wisdom in the uncertainty of the year ahead.
• A smooth transition as we welcome a new contact pastor into Roehampton Student Church.

Give thanks to God for:

• Good attendance to midweek Bible studies, which have strengthened us as a church.
• Leaders and church members being able to invite one other household to watch church together.
• Online services reaching Christians and non-Christians throughout lockdown.
• Those who are overseas being an active part of our church community.

Join us in praying for the Co-Mission Strengthening team...

• The creativity and faithfulness of Co-Mission churches as they have responded to the challenges of Coronavirus
• The establishment of monthly Online Prayer Meetings and discussion Forums to support and encourage Senior Pastors and Planters
• The many Clusters that have come into their own during lockdown and provided local support and encouragement between Co-Mission congregations.
• A superb Revive Sunday online that managed to convey so much of the encouragement Revive does in normal circumstances all packed into 1 hour!

• Rest and refreshment for all church staff teams over the summer after an exhausting season of gospel ministry
• Contagious camps not able to meet this summer but trying to maintain links with campers via Zoom activities
• For those who have really struggled through lockdown and continue to do so, that they would receive the help and healing they need
• For planning for the Autumn term with still great uncertainty about what might be possible
• For the Staff Focus in November that, God willing, it might be able to go ahead safely and not have be online