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 April 12: Pray for the York Center congregation in Lombard and for the work of the denomination’s Intercultural Ministries as it helps us grow with new languages and new understandings.

Week of April 19: Pray for the Milledgeville (Dutchtown) congregation. Pray also for the worldwide ministry of Heifer International, as well as for SERRV, and other organizations birthed by the Church of the Brethren.

Week of April 26: Pray for the Ministry Leadership Development Team of the district, and for the clergy gathering being held near Rockford this week, as well as for all the clergy—active and retired—in our district.

Week of May 3: Pray for the denominational L.E.A.D. conference wrapping up in Ephrata, Pa., and for all those seeking innovative and creative ways to move our church forward.

Week of May 10: Pray for the Oakley Brick congregation this week, and for all the work of our denomination’s Youth/Young Adult Ministries office and all the ways it equips the younger members of our church.