6th December 2021

Anchor Church Lymington and Pennington

• Carol singing in the streets: we drop a flier through people’s doors, with carol words, the night before. Then we turn up the next day, sing carols in their road. It was great last year – this year we’ll be able to give things out too: Christmas tracts, fliers about Anchor Church. We’re aiming for about 6 outings, Fridays and Sundays through December. Pray we go to the right streets.
• An evangelistic video we are going to make: to go on our website, share on Facebook, that people we sing carols to would also look us up and watch it.
• Carol service 19th December 10am: pray for guests. We don’t meet in a traditional setting, but we’ll try to make this special – with a small choir / good refreshments.
• Christmas morning 10am: we’ll be meeting in a different venue, but it’s the same one we use for our Tots & Tinies, so pray some of them might come. Will be a ‘turn up and join in’ Nativity.

Becontree Church

• Praise God for His prompt of a teacher to get in touch. Pray for the three year 4 classes coming to us for Bethlehem Experience on the morning of Friday 10th.
• Pray for our Christmas Quiz night (17th) to bring back our youth group families, and that Tom (ministry trainee) would proclaim the gospel clearly and compassionately.
• Pray for our traditional carols (12th) and family Christingle (19th) guest services.
• Pray for us to be bold as a church family to invite our colleagues, neighbours, and family.

Christ Church Newland

• The Christmas Quiz (Friday 10th December): that all the practical arrangements would go smoothly; that we would be bold in inviting our friends; that as the Gospel is held out, hearts would be softened ready to hear the Good News and that people would respond. Pray that God would use this event mightily so that the saving power of the Gospel would reach many unbelieving hearts.
• The Christmas services (Carol services on 12th and 19th December, Crib service 24th December and Christmas Day): that many non-Christian friends would come along; that God would bless all the musical/practical/technical preparations; and that the services would be a wonderful reminder of that first Christmas.
• The Christmas parties (Friday 17th and Saturday 18th December): that these would be a great time of fellowship as we come together to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour.

and for Christ Church Orchard Park (part of the Christ Church Network in Hull):

• Christmas Quiz – Saturday 11th Dec
• Community Carols (singalong) – 19th Dec
• Traditional Carols – 19th Dec
• Big Family Nativity – 24th Dec
• Christmas Day Meal – 25th Dec

Christ Church South Cambs

• Sunday 12th Dec – Evening outreach carol service.
• Sunday 19th Dec – Morning outreach Christmas nativity service.

Christ Church Walkley

• Wreath-making on 10th and 11th December (short talk by Gareth our Families worker).
• Flyer distribution (invite to Carols and Nativity) during week leading up to 19th, hopefully to a couple of thousand homes.
• Carol Service on 19th December at 4pm (in-person) and 8pm (in-person and livestream).
• Scratch Nativity Service, Christmas Eve at 4pm.

Christ Church Wyre Forest

• Pray for our carol services and for lots of guests: Carols by Car-light on Sunday 12th December, Carol and Christingle on Sunday 19th December.
• Pray for many to come back to our two ‘Try Church’ Guest Services in January.
• Pray church members would be struck afresh by the wonder and joy of Christmas.
• We are providing ‘Bags of Joy’ to each of the families we’ve helped through our Community Support Grants this year. Pray they would speak tangible of the love of Christ and would provide opportunities to speak further of Him.

Cornerstone Church Grays

• That God will use invitations posted through letter boxes and those given personally by the church family to prompt individuals to come to Christmas services.
• For the Holy Spirit to be at work preparing hearts to be fertile ground for gospel seeds.
• That the wonder of the gospel will dominate our church family’s Christmas instead of the Christmas fluff!

Hope Church Goldthorpe

• Sun 19th Dec, 10.30am – Family Carol Service.
• Sun 19th Dec, 6.30pm – Evening Carol Service.
• Sat 25th Dec, 10.30am – Christmas Day Service.
• Please also pray for us to live wisely this Christmas, making the most of every opportunity. Also pray for fruit following our women’s wreath-making events on 27/28 Nov.

St James’s Church Ryde

Give thanks for:

The Christmas Gingerbread House Evenings 30th Nov & 1st Dec –  both evenings were sold out!

Please pray for:

• Seniors hampers – distributed to those in need.
• Nativity – 12th.
• Community Carol Services 19th – 4:30pm & 6:30pm.

Trinity Church Scarborough

• Give thanks for our Christmas Fun Day that happened on Sunday 5th December. Please pray that those who came would want to return to events nearer Christmas, or in the new year.
• Please pray for our two carol services on 19th, especially the one publicised as having a specific focus on healthcare professionals, that many in the community (including many who work at the hospital) would come, and go away wanting to know more of Jesus.

Cornerstone Church Colchester

• Give thanks for the Gingerbread House Evening on 4th December and pray for clear gospel follow up.
• Support of Community Carols on 20th December – that good contacts would be made.
• “Love’s Pure Light” – evening of Carols and Candlelight on 24th December.
• Carol Singing in Local Pubs – for gospel opportunities.
• Christmas Day  All Age Celebration – For joy in God.

Bury church plant

As Ben prepares to move to Bury, pray for the right place to live and good contacts to begin to gather a core team.