IN OUR PRAYERS

A district prayer calendar has been created for your use in praying for our district and related programs through the years. We invite you to include the following in your prayers in the coming weeks:

• Week of Sept. 12: Pray for the Girard congregation this week, and for their ministry in and around their community southwest of Springfield.
  
  
• Week of Sept. 19: Pray for the Mount Morris congregation this week, and for their ministry in their community and around Ogle County. 
  
  
• Week of Sept. 26: Pray for the work and the staff of the Pinecrest Retirement Community in Mount Morris, as they provide important services and ministry to older adults.
  
  
• Week of Oct. 3: Pray for the Polo congregation this week, and for their ministry in their community and around Ogle County.
  
  
• Week of Oct. 10: Pray for our denominational staff who work at the Church of the Brethren offices in Elgin and elsewhere around the country. Be in prayer for general secretary Dave Steele and Brethren Benefit Trust president Nevin Dulabaum, and pray for the Mission & Ministry Board and BBT board members who help set goals and make decisions to guide the staff’s work.