IN OUR PRAYERS

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

Week of May 15: Pray for the Oakley Brick congregation this week, and for the “New and Renew” church planting and renewal conference occurring in Elgin, Ill., May 17-19.

Week of May 22: Pray for the Rockford Community fellowship as it adapts to a new way of being together, and pray for the “Part-Time Pastor, Full-Time Church” program as it works to support and encourage small congregations and their pastors.

Week of May 29: Pray for the Cerro Gordo congregation, and for the “FaithX” workcamp trips that will take youth and others to a variety of locations to serve this summer.

Week of June 5: Pray for Camp Emmanuel in Astoria as it marks its 75th anniversary of outdoor ministry this year. Be in prayer for all the children and youth coming there this summer, and for managers Don and Kelly Davis.

Week of June 12: Pray for the Woodland congregation, and be in prayer for the National Junior High Conference being held June 16-18 at Juniata College in Pennsylvania—and for all the youth of our district.