Prayer Relay for 21st February (Crosby Garrett UC) and Nellie Cowey

As a fellowship of 6 or 7 regular worshippers, for whom advancing years is a real problem, we struggle with what we might do as part of the Prayer Relay.

 

Yet we give thanks that:

we can hold the Prayer Baton for a week, as part of our Association of churches;

we share in worship, when we can, with our friends at the village Anglican church, whose problems echo ours.

 

Please pray:

for two of our number, one now unable to attend worship and the other wheelchair bound after a time in hospital;

that we retain the desire to keep our church doors open and the lights on, as a sign of witness.

Ministers: Rev Phil Drew (Methodist) and Mr Donald Marston (Baptist)

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We have also been asked to pray for Nellie Cowey, for her family and for her church family at Westoe Road in South Shields; Nellie is in hospital with a bleed on the brain, from which she is not expected to recover.

Nellie has worshipped all her life at Westoe Road. She became a Deacon there in 1936 (aged 21) and is now a Life Deacon. She has been a faithful servant to both our Association and the wider Union and has served on many NBA and BUGB committees. Nellie celebrated her 100th Birthday last December.

NBA Prayer Relay, 14th February - Billingham BC

For Praise:

 

·                     For planting a church here during the Second World War, to worship the Lord and meet the pastoral needs of local people.

·                     For increasing use of our current building as a centre for mission into the community.

·                     For His great love for us that knows no bounds.

 

Prayer Needs:

 

·                     That our Children's Holiday Club running this week will be a welcoming, stimulating, safe environment, pointing the way to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

·                     That younger volunteer helpers will make a profession of faith.

·                     For other children and youth activities in the Church.

·                     For elderly members who struggle to attend evening worship and evening weekday activities.

Minister: Rev Alistair Jones

Website: www.billinghambaptist.org.uk (and on Facebook)

NBA Prayer Relay - week from 7th February: Alnwick BC

For thanks

The baptism recently of a young woman who grew up within the church family and is now living and working in London - great to hear her testimony of God's work in her life.

Several new people, of varying ages, who have moved to the area and become connected with ABC.

The group that meets at Costa in Alnwick on a Thursday evening, seeking to build relationships and explore faith in a fresh way.

The good relationships between the different churches of Alnwick.

 

For prayer

The prayer relay week will start (Sunday 7th) with John Claydon speaking in the morning and Paul Revill leading a time of listening to God in the evening: pray that we will be inspired and will hear what God is saying to us.

For all of us to be ready for the opportunities God gives to communicate His love to those around us.

At the end of the week (Saturday 13th) our weekly prayer meeting will be going out to the "pants" (the old water courses and springs of Alnwick) to pray for streams of God's Spirit to flow through the town - please pray that we will see this more in the coming months.

Pastor: Rev David Archer

Website: www.alnwickbaptist.org.uk

NBA Prayer Relay, week from 31st January - North Shields BC

Give thanks -

·  for a successful Alpha Course last Autumn, leading to 2 baptisms last week

·  for well attended Christmas events, raising the church's profile in the town

·  for a continued development of our understanding of the power of prayer

 

Please pray -

·  for those that God is calling to take on new leadership and serving roles amongst us

·  for the 'Prayers on the Move' initiative on the Metro system

·  for many in the fellowship who have been and are ill

Minister: Rev Liz Edwards

Website: www.nsb.org.uk

NBA Prayer Relay for the week from 24th January - Whitley Lodge BC (Whitley Bay)

Thanks.

1. For our 'interim moderator' / anchor man Graham White.

2. For a great, in depth 'winter bible school' from Reg, on the subject of 'the Lamb'

3. The school where we meet are happy for us to install a loop system.

 

Prayer.

1. For the right pastor/pastoral team and for the needs of the church to be met while we look.

2. For the children's work 'Good News Club' and for 'light bite and banter'.

3. Our verse for the year is about forgetting the former things and the promise that God will do something new. So please pray that we'll embrace whatever it is that the Lord has for us.

Interim Moderator: Rev Graham White
Website: www.whitleylodgebaptist.org.uk

NBA Prayer Relay, week from 17t January - New Life BC (Northallerton)

Praise

 

We give thanks for
·         a very positive Advent season, with some people coming to faith.
·         the past year: God has blessed us in many ways.
·         a developing mentoring culture which is bearing fruit.

 

Pray

 

Please pray for
·         our annual week of prayer and fasting, 18-22 January, with prayer meetings every evening.
·         the launch of Street Angels in Northallerton at the beginning of May. NLBC is working with the local Police and other churches in the town on this initiative: please pray for all the practicalities and training in coming weeks and months.
·         more people to come to faith and that we will disciple them well as the mentoring culture develops throughout the church.
·         the growth of our ministry to youth, children and young adults, that God will help us to reach out creatively to them, particularly to those families in the community who don't currently go to church. Pray that God will help us to build bridges from those age groups into the church.

Senior Pastor: Rev Glen Cormack

Website: www.nlbc.org.uk

NBA Prayer Relay - Middlesbrough BC (week from 10th January)

Praise: 

• For a happy and blessed Advent and Christmas season, with some well-attended services and encouraging outreach into local care homes.
• For Dave and Nigel's exciting and challenging India trip in Nov 2015 - and that our partnership with Grace Bible College might continue to bear much fruit.
• For exciting signs of growth in our Monday evening youth group and for new partnerships with other Christians locally.

 

Petitions:

• For our NBA Prayer Relay Week, including our Contemplative Prayer Evening and our launch service with Rev Roy Searle.
• For the launch of our Middlesbrough Baptist Church 2016 Year of Prayer.
• For those in our fellowship who struggle, and for any facing difficult pastoral situations. We pray that all will know God's peace.

Pastor: Rev Nigel Riley

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/mborobaptistchurch/home