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May One Church One Day, 24 Hours of Prayer

‘In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.’ James 2:17 
 
Dear Saints
 
Everyone is invited to unite in One Church One Day 24 hours of prayer, from 7pm next Friday 3rd-7pm Saturday 4th May. 
 
If you would like to book an hour’s prayer time you can either sign the board in the church building or go to  https://signup.24-7prayer.com/signup/dc4aac
 
Our Mission Focus for this month is CMS, Neema Craft, Tanzania. Ben and Katy Ray have provided the prayer requests below.
 
As always, OCOD will begin with an hour of Prayer & Praise Together 7pm Friday, where Gary will lead us in prayer for our mission focus. Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82670522846
 
Prayer is also very much needed for the Noise that weekend – 
Saturday 4th morning – litter pick on cycle track
Saturday 4th afternoon – free cream tea
Sunday 5th morning – tree planting
Monday 6th afternoon – free family fun afternoon
 
Looking forward to putting our faith in action together next weekend through prayer and Noise projects. 
 
Much love
Diane x 
 
Please could we ask for prayer for: 
  • We have rented a small place as our operations centre for now. We’ve spent the last couple of weeks moving in and doing renovations. Please pray for that new space to be blessed by God.
  • Please pray for plans to kit out a carpentry workshop which will be operated by deaf and disabled adults to go well and with no difficulties.
  • We’re then going to use the rest of the space as a training and design space so we can invite groups of PWDs for training in how to make various crafts for sale in our shop/s. The site is perfectly located for a simple cafe and crafts shop – please pray for that to go to plan.
  • Please pray for us as we begin to recruit our new team of deaf and physically disabled staff. 
  • Pray for Jema, our accountant, as she moves up to Arusha from Iringa.
  • Please pray for God’s provision with all of the resources, funds (technicians) and wisdom we need to set up our new operations centre, that all we do can be grounded in prayer and God’s word, that our new community church would begin to flourish and grow here in Usa.
  • Please pray for continued good health and strength for Ben and Katy and Zachary (10), Alessia (8) and Julia (almost 5!)
 
 
 


https://www.24-7prayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/60-Minute-Prayer-Guides.pdf  24-7 60 Minutes Prayer Guide

5 ways to pray together as a family – 24-7 Prayer International  5 ways to pray together as a family

Praying for the Persecuted Church

Each month Christians from local churches gather to pray for the persecuted church. These meetings take place at 9:30am the 3rd Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will take place on 18th August and is likely to be via Zoom. If you would like to attend this prayer meeting please call Mary Massey on 0117 9572447

Prayer Resources

At Christ Church we have really benefited from resources coming from the 24-7 prayer movement. At the beginning of 2020 we did a sermon series as a church on prayer, looking at various aspects and types of prayer, using Pete Grieg’s book “How to Pray.” You can find those sermons here or by searching for the “Learning to Live the Life” podcast on various podcast platforms.

You can also find some incredible resources for prayer, whether you are brand new to it or been praying for years, on the prayer course website here.

Prayer Life newsletter archive

This is the archive of the old PDF files of the Prayer Life newsletter. The more recent copies of the newsletter can be found in the block of links that is either at the side or towards the bottom of this page.