This Week’s Prayers and Praise

Last updated 24/05/2025

A slightly different format this week to mark our APCM – We Give Thanks to the Lord our God for:

Our musicians and worship leaders – for their gifts and dedication in preparing and leading our Sung Worship throughout the year, bless, guide and strengthen them. Thank you, Lord, – your love endures forever
His provision of our financial needs, both individually and to us as a church family. Thank you, Lord, – your love endures forever
Our Connect Groups and their leaders who give so much time and energy to “shepherd” and care for the whole Church Family. Thank you, Lord, – your love endures forever
For all of our Community Events, held to celebrate the richness of the Church Year and which has opened the door for our local community to gain a glimpse of heaven, we pray that many have sensed the Love of God that is present in all that we have done this past year. Thank you, Lord, – your love endures forever
The work of the Under 18’s Ministry – so much of this happens away from our Sunday morning gatherings and so not really seen, but we give thanks for the gifts and dedication of the leaders and helpers in preparing and leading our Under 18’s throughout the year, bless, guide and strengthen them. Thank you, Lord, – your love endures forever
We especially lift up before you our connections into our 2 local schools and the Glenvale Care Home for all the opportunities that have been created to meet a wide cross section of our Community both young and old to be able to share the love of God. Thank you, Lord, – your love endures forever

Please pray for:

The Tuesday Teaching Evenings currently taken up by the Alpha Course – but as we move into a new Church Year create for us new areas of deeper study of your Spirit and your Word.
Our Annual Parochial Church Meeting – we lift up the PCC and the Clergy as they start a new year together, we pray for your Holy Spirit to descend into each of their meetings and inspire their discussions as they discern the way we operate.
The process to advertise for a Youth and Children’s Worker. We ask the Holy Spirit to go ahead for us, to start stirring someone’s heart to have a burning desire to come to Wellingborough to work with Children and Young People.
We especially lift up the Young People formerly meeting as Ignite Youth as their provision is changing. Lord, we ask that the work of Ignite Youth, Sunday Youth and Connect Youth deepens and strengthens and each of those from these groups feel the love and support they get from the leaders and each other and that they will be inspired in their walk with Christ.

Please pray especially for:

Please pray especially for: Ruth; Dawn: Peter; Gina; Lynne; Pauline; Kerry & Ali; Colin; Matthew. May God bless them.

Some wisdom from Scripture

Acts 16:9
During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

Point to Ponder from The Quiet Revival – Bible Society report

“Having a Christian faith is again being normalised and is arguably even culturally attractive”
Overall, church going Christians now make up 12% of the population, up from 8% in 2018. In numerical terms, that’s growth from 3.7m in 2018 to 5.8m in 2024 – an increase of 56%