Weekly Prayer Focus

Pilgrims Hatch Baptist Church is set in a residential suburb of Brentwood, Essex, and worships in Bishops Hall Community Centre which lies at the heart of the neighbourhood. The church is very community focused and has close links to a local charity called Manna Meals which provides community meals, and a small baby bank charity set up and run by PHBC which takes in baby equipment and clothes to help those who need it. There are two house groups, a prayer meeting occurs twice monthly, and some individuals also run a service in the local care home. Their current attendance comprises mainly of middle aged to elderly, although encouragingly a younger family has just recently joined. Manpower for running activities and general help can be…

Canvey Island Baptist church is a congregation who believe in God, know His love and share that love with their community. With their new minister, Andrew James, they have agreed that their focus is on three things: the strength of their unity, filling their hearts with more love for God and finding new ways to help people in their community. Since Andrew’s induction on 1st March, they have enjoyed a time of close fellowship and have been greatly encouraged by the strong ties with other local churches, especially our sister Baptist church, Wintergardens. The inter-church work has included regular breakfast meetings, a Maundy Thursday meal, a walk of witness through Canvey Island on Good Friday, and a Pentecost Picnic. They are grateful that the sense…

Worstead Baptist Church in Norfolk is in the small hamlet of Meeting Hill, on the other side of the North Walsham bypass from the actual village of Worstead. It meets in the Genesis Hall behind the chapel and serves the surrounding town of North Walsham and village of Worstead, and welcomes people from as far away as Aylsham, Bacton, Brundall, Cromer and Sheringham. Life in a small rural church is very different from church life in a town or city, with the struggle with admin and building repairs being the most striking. Though few in number (between 20 and 25), its members feel they are there to love and support, refresh, restore and sustain one another and those whom God has sent. These include some…

Parsons Heath is a small church community on the outskirts of Colchester. They have a passion for prayer, and through it a longing for encounter with Jesus. In 2016, they received a specific call to stop their busyness, to be still before the Lord, and to seek the guidance of God for their future and mission. This led to a challenging call to put down all their external activities, as they sought the heart of God for the brokenness around them. This developed into a whole-life discipleship focus and a call to be missional in their everyday lives, in homes, amongst family, at work and with neighbours. Prayer times are highlights of the week as they surrender before the Lord. They have learned to have…