Last Updated: 27th April 2025

Here we suggest focus areas for prayer, but please continue to pray for the work of our churches and missionary partners around the world (at www.achurchnearyou.com/church/7825/page/77358/view).

Church family news:

- Pray for Emily, Dean, Lewis, Harvey, Sue, Kevin and Michelle, who are preparing for their confirmation in a couple of weeks.

- Please continue to pray for Hayley and her family.

- Please pray for those who are grieving, especially the family and friends of Suzanne Dow.

- Those for whom we have been praying recently are still in need of our prayers. Please don’t forget them just because their names are no longer listed.

- Each week, there are people we know who are unwell but who prefer not to be named here. God knows who they are; please pray for them all.

Pray for our community

In our cycle of prayers, this weekend we ask you to include in your prayers:

- those with chronic illnesses and disabilities, and all who care for them, whether family members or professional carers

- our health professionals and social services

- those who serve on public bodies, including our own parish councils

Pray for our outreach, our service and our churches

This week we ask you to include in your prayers:

- all of the almost 200 people who attended last week’s Easter service, praising God that they came

- our pastoral team and our home groups as they share the gospel

- those who help and support others in informal ways, such as offering lifts, welcoming and befriending visitors

- those whom God is calling to serve on our PCCs

Pray for our mission partners

In our cycle of prayers for our mission partners, this week we ask you to remember the work of John & Gillian Robinson at the Place of Grace in Bangkok, Thailand. More information about our partners can be found on our website.

The earthquake in Myanmar near Mandalay, was felt 600 miles away at the Place of Grace. The quake was large and shallow which was why it reached Bangkok and caused a tower block and other buildings to collapse.

Please pray for:

- Magnolia from Mandalay, a staff member at the Place of Grace, whose family home was flattened; she cannot return to Myanmar because the Tatmadaw would conscript her

- Mary, the house mum at My Father’s House, who is also from Myanmar but further from the epicentre

- the construction workers in Bangkok who are usually poorly paid labourers from Myanmar & Cambodia

- the people who have lost members of their families

- those who live in condos in Bangkok who now have cracks in their buildings

If you are aware of anyone who would like our prayers, or who would like the church family to share in some news, good or bad, please let Caroline know.