United Kingdom
Island country located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe. The United Kingdom comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain—which contains England, Wales, and Scotland—as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland. The name Britain is sometimes used to refer to the United Kingdom as a whole. The capital is London, which is among the world’s leading commercial, financial, and cultural centres. Other major cities include Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester in England, Belfast and Londonderry in Northern Ireland, Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland, and Swansea and Cardiff in Wales.
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We give thanks with CMS mission partner Garry Ion for the few people who come along to the Friday morning fellowship at the Community Shed in Carlisle. Praise God for those who just sit and listen and the one or two who have started to share prayer requests and are joining in prayer.
Thank God for the long term commitment of our trustees. Pray especially for those who are due to step down in 2025. Pray for wisdom during the process of seeking and appointing new people to join the board of trustees to help steer our mission support agency through the coming years. Praise God that modern technology for communication and video conferencing gives the opportunity for people to become a trustee wherever they are in the world.
Eurasia Education Foundation has entered an agreement with Myrtlefield Trust to translate all the books by David Gooding and John Lennox into Central Asian languages. Pray for these who translate and for the funds to cover their costs. Work on using local cultures to share the gospel is being done using Aesop's Fables, English nursery rhymes, Tolstoy and Mullah Nasr al din stories. Pray for editors to learn how to do this.
Pray for our plans towards 'Xercise', a weekend away that we are running in November for Christian young people who are considering a military career. Find out more information here: sasra.org.uk/xercise
Pray for our preparations towards Remembrance and ask that more would see how it is as important now as ever, that we pray for members of our Armed Forces.
Give thanks that men and women are hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ through SASRA Scripture Readers and that many are responding with repentance and faith.
Pray that more churches would capture our vision of reaching members of the British Army and RAF with the gospel during their time in uniform.
Give thanks for SASRA's pop-up cafe outreach at Redford Barracks during the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo rehearsals. Our Scripture Readers had lots of gospel conversations and many copies of Bibles and Christian tracts were accepted by military personnel from all over the world. Pray the gospel seeds scattered would take deep root in good soil.
Please pray for our day of prayer on Saturday 28th September in Crowborough, East Sussex. You are welcome to join if you can the details are on our website https://www.eurasia.org.uk/
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.
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