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Prayers for today from The Prison Fellowship
“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”
Psalm 27: 13-14 1
Friday May 1st
Loving God, open our hearts to see and receive Your goodness this month. Even as our world is in crisis, would You draw us into Your presence, to wait on You, and find hope and courage.
We especially pray for:
HMP/YOI Altcourse
HMP Ashfield
HMP/YOI Askham Grange
HMYOI Aylesbury.
Amen
To find out more about the work of the Prison Fellowship, click HERE.
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Prison Fellowship Prayer Diary for May - join us as we pray...
The Free Churches Group and our work in prison chaplaincy have worked with The Prison Fellowship (PF) for many years. Last year the Prison Fellowship celebrated 40 years of working with prisoners… their mission is : “to show Christ’s love to prisoners by coming alongside them and supporting them.”
Their work continues, as do the links the FCG and other organisations have with PF. You can join with friends and partners of The Prison Fellowship, by praying together through the month and May and beyond…
This month, they are continuing to pray for all the prisons across England and Wales. There are four listed each day. To find out more about their work and register for their monthly prayer diary, click HERE.
“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”
Psalm 27: 13-14
(photo courtesy of Hanny Naibaho at Unsplash)
Praying with and for the work of The Prison Fellowship
In the Spring 2020 pamphlet from the Prison Fellowship - IN:SIGHT… I read…
Prayer is the foundation of the work of the Prison Fellowship. It is more important now than ever. Will you pray along with us for our prisons in this time of crisis?
The April Prayer Diary can be downloaded HERE for your use…
and the May edition which comes out soon can be registered for HERE.
Prison Fellowship says: “Men and women across England and Wales are committed to praying regularly for their local prison and for everyone connected with them. We've created our monthly Prayer Diary to guide you as you pray for our prisons.”
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Free Church Education Committee work continues...
In the strange and challenging times, things are quite different. The way we meet and share has changed greatly, but the Free Church Education Committee (FCEC) work continues apace, with and on behalf of our member churches and groups.
Papers are being prepared during May for our next Committee meeting, which will be held via Zoom, in June. There is much work to do and so your prayers are welcome as we prepare for the meeting. We were unfortunately unable to meet for our Spring Residential this year, but we are planning on making some good progress, as a Committee, when we next ‘meet’ in June.
Cover photo: Further Education (FE) Working Group - a group commissioned by the FCEC - who last met earlier this year.
From left to right:
Professor Graham Handscomb (FCEC Chair), Sarah Lane Cawte (FCG Education Officer), Rev Sara Iles (FCG), Dr John Wise (FE Working Group Chair), Rev Paul Rochester (FCG General Secretary)
'Coffee and Cake' meet up for chaplains in schools and college - each Friday at 4pm
The pattern of meetings and our ability to get together in person has changed much over the last few weeks. - so we are pleased to share that the Centre for Chaplaincy in Education are be hosting a ‘Coffee and Cake’ chaplains’ chat each Friday at 4pm.
Friday Coffee 'n' Cake (bring your own!) for Chaplains in Schools and Colleges 1st May 2020
Every Friday for the foreseeable future, Maggie Everett, the Centre’s Lead Development Officer, will be hosting a ‘coffee and cake’ hour on Zoom, for all chaplains in schools and colleges. Come and join in with others, (sorry you will need to bring your own coffee and cake!) and have a chat about what’s happening with you, your community/ies and the wider world. Invitation:
Topic: Coffee and Cake
Meeting ID: 829 0639 4114
Password: 780537
Sarah Lane Cawte, our Free Church Education Officer, has been working closely with this group and other partners over recent months and there are some exciting developments in the field of chaplaincy in education which you can read about here.
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