Prayer Diary (Jan-Mar 2013) - PDF - Scripture Union Scotland

MARCH 2013
PRAYER UPDATE
Sunday 17 March
Pray for Regional Workers who line manage
workers from Associate Worker Trusts.
Pray that their meetings would be helpful,
encouraging and supportive and would
effectively enable Associate Workers as
they reach out to young people in their
communities with the good news of Jesus.
Pray for all committee members of Associate Worker
Trusts, thanking God for all the time and support
they give to the workers who represent the trusts.
Pray that they would have the energy and the
wisdom they need to serve God in this role.
Monday 18 March
Lendrick Muir welcomes a cluster group of
schools from Moray this week. Pray that this
would be a chance for pupils to get to know one
another and build positive relationships as they
prepare to move to secondary school together.
Pray for Alan Myles and Elizabeth Revill (Admin
Assistant, Alltnacriche) as they develop regional
work in Moray, South Highlands and the Uists
alongside School Residentials at the centre. Many
of the Moray schools who visit our centres do not
have an SU Group, or anyone registered as praying
for the school. Pray that this might change!
Tuesday 19 March
Jackie Ringan, along with the chaplaincy team
for Beeslack High School, is involved in leading
Easter assemblies each morning this week.
Give thanks for the growing relationship and
opportunities in this school and pray that the
message of Easter would be shared in a clear and
relevant way.
Pray for Aboyne Primary School as they visit
Lendrick Muir, give thanks that they have
returned to the centre for their School Residential
year on year. Pray that this week would continue
to build on existing relationships.
Wednesday 20 March
There is a meeting in Belfast today of the four
Chief Executives of the SU movements in Britain
and Ireland along with Emlyn Williams and Ian
McAvoy (treasurer). Pray for great wisdom in
discussions around how best Britain and Ireland
can work to support, as well as benefit from, SU
ministry in the Former Soviet Republics.
Many SU Scotland supporters have upheld the
work of SU India in prayer over many years; pray
for John Jacob, now in his 80s, who is experiencing
difficulty in sleeping and increased dizziness.
Thursday 21 March
Pray for Adrienne Cartwright and Johana Steel
as they lead the SU Group each week at Belmont
House Junior School in Newton Mearns. Give
thanks for the welcome in this school and for the
opportunities to serve the wider school community.
Jackie Ringan will be leading an Easter assembly
at Strathesk Primary school in Penicuik tomorrow
morning. The leadership of this school will
change at the summer with both the head
teacher and depute retiring; pray for the
appointment of their successors.
Friday 22 March
Pray for preparations for On Track, the
discipleship and leadership development
programme for young people who have grown
up in disadvantaged communities and have
come through the Motiv8 holiday programme.
Praise God for each young person now coming
into leadership!
Pray for the children who attended the Motiv8
holidays last year that they would grow in their
relationship with God and want to come back on
another Motiv8 holiday this year.
Saturday 23 March
Today there is a joint day conference for all Action
Group and Associate Trust members. Pray for a
day of encouragement, sharing ideas and training
together. Pray too for Rev Dave Richards who will
be bringing the Bible teaching.
Pray for staff today in the Holidays Department.
Give thanks for last-minute SU Holidays bookings
and for every place that has been taken. Pray for
those involved in administration, particularly any
changes necessary to travel arrangements, group
lists and suchlike. Pray for attention to detail!
Sunday 24 March
Pray for a good response to the 2013
International Fundraising Project supporting
the work at the Murmunske Vorota Centre,
near St Petersburg, Russia. Funds raised will
go toward buying suitable equipment to
support the work with children from deprived
backgrounds and with special needs.
Give thanks for Veronika, the new member of staff
in Moscow, who was a trainee leader at the 2005
International Leadership Training Conference in
Ukraine. Please uphold her in prayer.
Monday 25 March
P7 pupils from Newfield Primary School in
Stonehouse are on a School Residential at
Lendrick Muir, as well as pupils from Our Lady of
Lourdes Primary in Bathgate. Praise God for these
opportunities to work with the pupils and staff.
At present there is sufficient funding for a halftime
regional post in Ayrshire. Pray that support
would increase very soon to provide enough
resources to sustain a full-time worker, or two
part-time workers, in this large region. There is
much going on!
Tuesday 26 March
The majority of teenagers use Facebook to
connect with their friends and to arrange their
social lives; typically they do not use it for
exploring and discussing the Bible – which is what
we’re trying to encourage them to do in our new
SU Scotland Lounge Facebook group. Please pray
for creativity for the leaders’ team as they seek to
inspire faith-based discussion within Facebook.
Wednesday 27 March
The East Team meet today and spend time in
reflecting on the past term and praying for events
taking place around Easter. Pray for a sense of
God’s presence with them.
Give thanks for the many new opportunities that
God has been opening up in the Muirhouse and
Pilton areas of Edinburgh and for the dedicated
volunteers who give their time and energy to
share Jesus with the next generation.
Thursday 28 March
Pray for Kenny and Alison McKie as they prepare
to lead an Easter SU Holiday at Lendrick Muir at
the weekend. Above all, they ask that the team
will shine for Jesus throughout the week so that
young people will be attracted to him and his
Word. Immediately after the camp, Kenny and
Alison fly off to New Zealand with Gordon McKie
for three weeks holiday, visiting daughter Karen
who is studying in Dunedin for a few months.
Friday 29 March
Network, a Bible study for senior pupils, runs
tonight and every month in both north and south
Edinburgh. Pray for real growth to be seen as
these pupils go deeper in their faith.
Pray for Stephen Jones, our Church Partnerships
Coordinator, as he and his team lead the Ski
Austria SU Holiday during the coming week.
Please pray for safety in travel, safety on the
slopes, and real spiritual encouragement for all
who attend.
Saturday 30 March
Colin Carmichael is leading an SU Holiday study
camp that starts today at Glenshee. Pray that the
week provides the young people with productive
study times for school subjects and inspiring
sessions looking at the Bible.
Gavin Berry is leading a week-long study holiday
at Lendrick Muir. Pray for the young people at
a significant stage in their life as they come to
study for exams but also to engage with the Bible
over the course of the week. Pray for the leaders
too, many of whom are teachers and will have
just finished a gruelling term in school.
Sunday 31 March
We have great opportunities and openness in
schools just now. Pray for protection of this
work that enables children and young people
to find out about Jesus and respond to him.
Give thanks to God for around 30 new SU Groups
which have started over the past year, and for
every volunteer who has come forward to lead
them. Pray for much fruit.
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