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Weekly Prayer Focus: Pilgrims Hatch Baptist Church

Week 29

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 an issue, but they have been encouraged all the way through their past ministerial vacancy as they have pulled together despite being smaller. They see this as a God-given strength due to their closeness as a church family.

Exciting times lie ahead as they have recently called a new minister who will start with them in August and who also shares their vision as a community focused church. This will really help to remotivate and envision them further into the future.

Prayer is valued for:

• Their new minister, her husband and three sons as they relocate and settle in.
• The planning of and arrangements for the coming induction on 19th September 2026.
• That new families will be led by God into the church.
• And that God will bless them as a church and lead them forward under their new leadership, that the community around will see the light of Christ radiating from them.

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