Every week pray for our Church Officers, Elders, all who lead worship, those who provide and show the PowerPoint and work the camera and microphones, those who provide music during times of worship, those who prepare the flowers and those who provide welcome and hospitality.

Prayer for Growth: God of Mission,  who alone brings growth to your church,  send your Holy Spirit to give vision to our planning, wisdom to our actions,  joy to our worship  and power to our witness.  Help our church to grow in numbers  and in spiritual commitment to you  and in service to our local community.  Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

To ponder: Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. (Matthew 10:40, NIV)

• Give thanks for all the work with children and young people that happens in our church.
• Pray for all who offer their time and talents to make this work happen.
• Pray for the Fareham Big Weekend and anyone who comes into our church for refreshment on Saturday, 4th July
• God of welcome, help us to welcome as we are welcomed, and to love as we are loved.

To ponder: God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea (Psalm 46:1-2, NIV)

• Pray for the people of Venezuela – all of those who have fallen victim to the devastating earthquakes.
• Give thanks for the work of the emergency teams both locally and those who have travelled from other countries to lend their expertise in searching through rubble, assessing needs and coordinating relief efforts.
• God of love and mercy, may we match your love in the way we respond.

To ponder: So, my son, throw yourself into this work for Christ. Pass on what you heard from me - the whole congregation saying Amen! - to reliable leaders who are competent to teach others. When the going gets rough, take it on the chin with the rest of us, the way Jesus did. (2 Timothy 2:1-2, The Message)

• Give thanks the churches within the Solent Cluster
• Pray for Revd Tim Searle as he prepares for his induction to the cluster pastorate.

• Pray for all ministers of the gospel.

  By the way they live, the words they speak, and the care they have for people, may they be a living demonstration of your love and power.

To ponder: Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground. (Psalm 143:10, NIV)

• Give thanks for teachers and all who work in education.
• Pray for eleven-year-olds moving from junior to secondary school
• Pray for school and college leavers, moving into work, or preparing to go on to further or higher education.
• Pray for all young people being brought up in a digital age where good and bad, truth and falsehood, right and wrong seem hard to navigate with so much on-line influence.
• God of love, bring your love and comfort
  to everyone who is lost or hurt or unsure of what to do.

To ponder: Jesus took the children in his arms, placed his hands on each of them, and blessed them, (Mark 10:16, GNB)

• Give thanks for all carers and grandparents who look after children during the school holidays.
• Pray for the CTiF Holiday Club – for the children and their families, the helpers and those who have planned the theme and activities for the week.
• Pray for families that cannot go on holiday, who are finding it difficult to pay for the necessities of life and have no spare money for trips and treats.
• Jesus, friend of little children, be a friend to me; take my hand and ever keep me close to thee. (W.J Mathams, 1876)