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

Week of May 17: Pray for the district’s Program and Arrangements Committee as it works on plans for this year’s district conference, and for the denominational Young Adult Conference taking place May 22-24 at Pennsylvania’s Camp Blue Diamond.

Week of May 24: Pray for the work and witness of all the historic cemeteries maintained in various locations by our congregations, such as Coal Creek near Canton and the Emmert Cemetery of the former Franklin Grove church, as they continue to provide places for remembering and reflection. Pray this week for all those who have lost people close to them, that their memories might be a blessing.

Week of May 31: Pray for the Martin Creek congregation near Fairfield, and for the “FaithX” service trips that will take youth and others to a locations around the country and in Northern Ireland to serve this summer.

Week of June 7: Pray for Camp Emmanuel near Astoria and another season of camping by the lake. Pray for all the children and youth coming there this summer for residential and day camps, and for managers Don and Kelly Davis (Woodland).

Week of June 14: Pray for the Cerro Gordo congregation, and for the work of the Church of the Brethren Ministry Office as it equips and supports pastors across the denomination.