United Kingdom

Please pray for Torch Trust’s clients who are attending Torch Together Holidays across the UK. Pray for those meeting in High Leigh, Scarborough and at Torch House for the retreat. Give thanks for the hospitality teams, and pray for all food and accommodation practicalities to run smoothly. Pray for the team running the event: those teaching and leading Bible studies, those leading various activities and those volunteering their time to serve others with sight-loss. Pray for friendships to form and for it to be an enjoyable time for all attending.

Pray more Christians would volunteer to raise awareness and funds for the work of SASRA.

26 July – 2 August: Pray for the SASRA team running a pop-up café at Redford Barracks during the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo rehearsals. Pray God would open many doors for Scripture Readers to share the gospel with this year’s participants and ask the Lord to soften hearts and open eyes.

28th September is the Day of Prayer for Central Asia at All Saints Church, Crowborough. Three missionaries plan to come together to promote seminars on relating to Islam, the first one in Crowborough 26th October at All Saints Church.

Pray for the upcoming summer events that LPUKI will be attending including Keswick in Cumbria and Portstewart.

Pray for 'Xercise', an event we are running in November for Christian young people who are considering a military career. May it help them to see that, whether they pursue a military career or not, their walk with the Lord is paramount. More information on Xercise can be found at : sasra.org.uk/xercise

As we mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings on 6 June, pray more Christians would understand that their prayers for the British Armed Forces are as essential now as ever.

Please remember SASRA Scripture Readers in prayer over Mental Health Awareness Week (13 - 19 May). Every day, they minister to people who are under immense pressure at work and who are often living away from their main support networks. Pray that anyone who approaches a Scripture Reader would feel listened to, understood, cared for and loved, all for the glory of God.

Please pray that churches across the UK will continue to take up Torch's Sight Loss Friendly Church support and resources, helping them to be truly welcoming and inclusive spaces for people with sight loss.

We also run all ages youth clubs. We are having issues with the numbers and regularity. Once these clubs used to be almost overcrowded and immensely popular but lately, we are only having a handful of attendees in all three clubs we run. Please pray for the team for wisdom for the way forward. Amer, delivers free bread, received for free from the local bakery to bless the local residents and establish relationships. Please pray for good friendships!

Please pray for Galeed House in Darnall Sheffield who are looking for a new administrator! Louise Liner who has served diligently for seven years is stepping down in March. Please pray for the right person. Galeed House runs English classes for men and women, the classes are going well. Please prayer for more students to join. These students are all ages from young to old, a lot of them are either Asylum seekers or newly arrived in the UK.

Please pray Army and Air Force Scripture Readers would speak the truth in love as they go "behind the wire" to reach British service personnel with the gospel of Jesus Christ.