Weekly Prayer Focus

Grays Baptist Church is a friendly, multicultural community in the heart of Grays Town Centre. The church is led by Revd Tony Ashley, who has served as the minister for the past two years, alongside a dedicated leadership team of seven deacons and two elders. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the church has made a strong recovery, with attendance steadily growing month by month The church offers various activities and services to support the local community, including Tea and coffee at “The Space” on Wednesday mornings.  Rascals, a carer and toddler group on Monday mornings. Wednesday evening Bible studies. Friday morning in-person Bible studies. A Ladies’ meeting is held once a month. Cafe Connect on the first Wednesday of each month, in partnership with Community Church,…

Great Shelford Free Church lies within a large village on the outskirts of Cambridge and is led by their pastor Diana Parr. They are a friendly bunch of people who meet together every Sunday morning. They hold a monthly café service and also regular prayer meetings. Activities during the week include small groups, a Community Café, Little Steps and Tiny Toes for children and babies, together with Open Space: A monthly collaborative venture between the village churches, for families where regular activities occur outside on land behind the two churches. In the church’s property next door a charity called Romsey Mill runs Cara Coffee, a lovely cafe, along with volunteers from the church and the local community. In addition to all this, events are held…

Frinton Free Church is a growing family, excited by God, becoming disciples and bringing blessing. It is an increasingly diverse church family with 450 members in Frinton-on-sea, Essex. A lot is happening at Frinton Free Church, with groups like Alpha, a post Alpha discipleship course and the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality course. However, each day, the Oasis Community Café is also open on the high street, a regular way of blessing and gently sharing faith with their community. The café becomes a Hub of Hope in the afternoons, where support and wellbeing groups meet. The weekly outreach to seniors called Welcome Break blesses a number of people and has been a means of people also coming to faith. The church are grateful to God for all…

Light of Life Baptist Church is a creative and vibrant community that shares life together as they seek to follow Jesus and grow in faith, hope, and love. They have a unique monthly rhythm of meeting together. On the first Sunday, there is a time to eat together and a short, contemplative service. The second Sunday is a podcast, reaching a wider audience than just church members, and provides time to meet with non-Christians. The third Sunday is a more traditional, but interactive and multi-voice with lots of cake! The fourth Sunday is for a Sabbath rest, they may walk along the beach, meet with people in their life group or spend time with family and friends – anyone who they may not meet in…