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Prayers – week beginning 25th June 2017

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Join us in praying for Scripture Union ministries – for those sharing the good news and for the children and young people they share it with

Sunday 25
Lifepath on The Isle of Man runs Monday–Wednesday this week. About 150 volunteers will help 700 Year 5 children to explore Christian faith through the story of the monks who lived on the Island. Pray for great conversations about personal faith.

Monday 26
Malvern Lifepath ran last week. Give thanks for the new leaders Rosamund Ponting and Jenny Bull and praise God for all the work previous leaders Mary and John Barr have put in.

Tuesday 27
Lifepath Brinkburn in Northumberland takes place this week, looking at the life of St Cuthbert and the importance of God’s Word. Pray that the volunteers will relate well to the children, communicating the love of Jesus, especially tomorrow when lots more children than usual are expected.

Wednesday 28
Scripture Union Uganda ask us to pray for the two-week mission in primary and secondary schools in the Northern Region which starts today. The aim is to reach more than one hundred and fi fty thousand students in over one hundred and forty schools.

Thursday 29
Local Mission Partner, Lighthouse, Crawley, are planning a fun day to celebrate their 20th birthday. Pray that it would be an opportunity to bring school communities together and that in the middle of all the fun, families would see Jesus.

Friday 30
The North West Region are coordinating a team of local church youth leaders providing two retreat days in St Margaret’s School, Liverpool. The first was last week and the second today. Please pray that pupils will feel able to ask questions about faith and will leave the retreat feeling challenged and encouraged.

Saturday 1
Local Mission Partner, The Youth Net, worked with St Mary’s Church, Stafford last week on their Open Doors project where primary schools learn more about Christianity through different activities around the church. Pray that the children will have been prompted to think about Jesus.

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Purpose:
  • Personal

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