South Sudan: new placement
Nicci Maxwell flies out on Sunday to go to her new placement serving as a doctor at Al Sabah Children’s Hospital, Juba, South Sudan, and at a nearby refugee camp. Pray for Nicci as she settles into a new country and role.
UK: ordinations
Give thanks that Grace Kanungha is to be ordained this Friday, 28 June. Pray for her and Festo and the children as they prepare to move to Bodmin in Cornwall, where Grace will be curate and Festo will have a role in the parish as a mission partner. Pray too for former mission partner Pat […]
Pioneering Parishes: the word is getting out
Pioneering Parishes is about redirecting congregations’ energy outward into their local communities.
India: heatwave
Please continue to pray for people in India, where the heatwave continues. High temperatures (above 40C every day, and over 50C at times in some locations), combined with humidity, hot winds, water shortages and power outages, are causing people to die of heat stroke. Pray for a cool change to come through and for strength […]
South Asia: teaching on social issues
Please pray for mission partner F as she prepares to lead a module on social issues towards the end of July. Please pray for wisdom as F plans the module and asks various colleagues to lead different sessions, and as she considers adding something on artificial intelligence and voter registration.
Uganda: visiting Potter’s Village
Mission associate Janie Robson is flying out to Uganda this Sunday for a six-week stint at Potter’s Village. Janie asks for prayer that she will be a good mentor to Julius the new physio and to Keti and Annah, the rehab team, and that she will be a support and encouragement to all at Potter’s […]
UK: upcoming ordination
Pat Blanchard, formerly a mission partner in Peru, is being ordained priest next Saturday, 29 June at Winchester Cathedral. She will be licensed to serve at St Christopher’s, Southbourne, where she has been worshipping for the past 18 months. The ordination service will be live-streamed; more details will become available nearer the time at winchester-cathedral.org.uk. Pray for […]
CMS pioneer scoops MA mission prize
CMS graduate Rachel Summers has won the 2024 Churches Together in England MA Prize in mission, evangelism and church planting.
Tanzania: upcoming visit
Please pray for Charles, an Africa mission associate, ahead of his trip to Tanzania, 27 May to 13 August. Please pray for safe travels, protection from illness and for productive time spent with colleagues there.
South East Asia: visas
Please pray for a new mission partner family preparing to move to South East Asia to share Jesus’ love with people pushed to the edges by poverty. They are still waiting for visas – please pray that these are issued ready for travel this summer. Pray also for peace for each member of the family […]
North Africa: CMS mission network meetings
Give thanks and pray for the gathering of CMS leaders and strategic partners over the past week, which is followed in the next few days by a meeting of CMS and SAMS sister organisations. Pray for lasting fruit from the discussions.
North Africa: Christians under pressure
A partner working with Christians in North Africa shares a prayer request from local Christian leaders: “Pray for local Christian believers to be encouraged. Believers here face some challenges that are unique to this environment. There is a significant groundswell of social pressure to follow Islam. Choosing to go against that tide, and follow Jesus, […]
