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:

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 10: Pray for the Freeport congregation, and for all the youth and young adult ministries of our district.

Week of June 17: Pray for the Virden 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 24: Pray for the Oak Grove congregation, and for the Church of the Brethren in Haiti (Eglise des Freres).

Week of July 1: Lift up the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference as Brethren gather in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this week to do the business of the church, including consideration of a query brought by this district. Pray for all the delegates as they make decisions, for Annual Conference director Rhonda Pittman Gingrich, for moderator Madalyn Metzger and moderator-elect Dava Hensley, for Conference secretary David Shumate, and for the work of Standing Committee (and our delegate, Katie Shaw Thompson).

Week of July 8: Pray for the ministry of Camp Emmaus in Mount Morris and for all the children, youth, and others who will spend time in creation there this summer, as well as for new camp manager Randall Westfall and his family.

Week of July 15: Pray for the Girard congregation this week, and for the valued and valuable ministry of Girard Area Homes.

Week of July 22: Pray for the Mount Morris congregation this week, and for the work and publishing ministry of Brethren Press.

Week of July 29: Pray for the Canton congregation, and for the Church of the Brethren (Iglesia de los Hermanos) in the Dominican Republic.

Week of Aug. 5: Pray for the Polo congregation, and for the faculty, staff, and students of Manchester University in Indiana as they prepare for a new academic year.

Week of Aug. 12: Pray for the Walnut Grove congregation, and for all the chaplains in our district who serve in hospitals, hospice, prison ministries, and other locations.