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 Aug. 10: Pray for the Freeport congregation as it marks its 105th anniversary this year, and for the faculty, staff, and students of Bethany Theological Seminary.

Week of Aug. 17: Pray for the Peoria First congregation, for its “Mountain Mission” outreach in Kentucky, and for all the ways that our congregations and others are seeking to be “Jesus in the Neighborhood” by connecting with their communities.

Week of Aug. 24: Pray for the Virden congregation, and for all the work being done through the Church of the Brethren Global Food Initiative.

Week of Aug. 31: Pray for the Church of the Brethren National Older Adult Conference (NOAC) as it meets Sept. 1-5 at Lake Junaluska in western North Carolina, and for NOAC coordinator Christy Waltersdorff (York Center) and the NOAC planning team (including Leonard Matheny, Peoria First).

Week of Sept. 7: Pray for the Oak Grove congregation in Lowpoint, and for the Church of the Brethren in Haiti (Eglise des Freres) as it deals with violence and uncertainty.

Week of Sept. 14: Pray for the Girard congregation this week, and for the low-income housing ministry of Girard Area Homes.