I was delighted to take part and support Pray Day for Schools this year. It was a powerful prayerful day together and so I am pleased to be able to share the recent update from Pray for Schools all about this Day - if you weren’t able to make it or want to find out more, there are all sorts of updates and resources in their newsletter below. (Sara Iles FCG education assistant).
”Dear praying friends,
Thank you so much for joining us for our Pray Day Zooms on 17 November. We were thrilled to see you and be a part of the wonderful ongoing prayer and support for our schools across the UK. We look forward to hearing how God answers our prayers. At the 5.30 session someone shared a picture of a mature oak tree with us. She felt it related to the flourishing of God’s people in school communities and being a planting for His splendour. I’m sure many of us have seen how Christians can make such a difference in our schools. We hope that the genuine, authentic experience of God helping us to come through the Covid challenges will be a beacon to others searching for meaning and hope…. (Isaiah 61:3). We pray that this will happen in your local area. We promised to send you the links from the day. The full resources can be found on the Pray For Schools website.
The Ten Ways to Pray pdf can be found below and other prayers are here including a meditative prayer for your school community.
To sign up for our termly newsletter and to let us and others know which schools you are praying for, please click here or email Jane.
We are planning similar prayer events during Love Our Schools fortnight (31st January – 14th February) - working with Lichfield and Worcester Diocese as well as our PFS partners on some national zoom days. We will keep you posted!
Do send us feedback from the day along with any answered prayers and encouragement you may have received.
With best wishes Jane Newey PFS England Coordinator Claire Wall PFS Wales Coordinator “
(photo courtesy of Dev Benjamin at Unsplash)
“to provide for those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a garland instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.”