Thursday, June 01, 2023

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 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.

Week of June 19: Pray for the Martin Creek congregation, and for the work of the Church of the Brethren’s Global Missions office as it connects and works with Brethren communities around the world.

Week of June 26: Pray for the Springfield First congregation, and for the Church of the Brethren Office of Ministry as it supports and equips pastors around the denomination.

Week of July 3: Be in prayer for the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference as the ‘big meeting’ occurs this week in Cincinnati. Pray for delegates as they make decisions for the church, for Annual Conference director Rhonda Pittman Gingrich, for moderator Tim McElwee and moderator-elect Madalyn Metzger, for Conference secretary David Shumate, and for the work of Standing Committee.

Week of July 10: Spend time in prayer for the ministry of Camp Emmaus in Mount Morris as it enters a new chapter of leadership and an ongoing story of ministry. Pray for all the children, youth, and others who pass through its gate this summer.

Week of July 17: Pray for the La Place congregation, and for the Church of the Brethren (Iglesia de los Hermanos) in the Dominican Republic.

Week of July 24: For the Charismatic Christian Center in Chicago and for The Gathering Chicago, as they provide ministry in the city and connections around the world.

Week of July 31: Pray for the Champaign congregation, and for all the ways that our congregations and others are seeking to be “Jesus in the Neighborhood” through community outreach.

Week of Aug. 7: Pray for the Freeport congregation, and for the faculty, staff, and students of Manchester University in Indiana.