Please support our student Mission teams in your prayers

 11 March 2025

In our Commissioning Service at the final college communion of the term, our Principal Revd Dr Michael Lloyd commissioned Wycliffe students going out on mission to 6 centres at the end of Hilary Term.

Mission preparations

Throughout this Hilary term, starting on 27th January, Mission Team Members have been gathering for 30 minutes each Monday for sessions on:

• Week 1: Motivation for Mission: Bruce Gillingham
• Week 2: Sharing Your Story: BG & Jacob Wigley
• Week 3: Through Culture to Gospel: BG & Dominic Palmer
• Week 4: Questions of Faith: BG & Monique Reichberger
• Week 5: Engaging with Schools: BG & Marieke Sybrandi
• Week 6: Preaching for a Verdict: BG & Andy Stuart
• Week 7: Offering Pastoral Support: BG & Anna Cross
• Week 8: Commitment in Community: BG & Jacob Godsell

Prayer pointers

We would be very grateful if you would please support our missions through your prayers. Thank you so much.

Mission Team Leaders have suggested these themes for prayer:

	(1) Bradmore Road Nursery, Oxford We are grateful for such a warm welcome from the staff, and a creative set of events to be arranged We pray that these special occasions of music, play, church visit & Easter Egg hunt will be a beautiful contribution to the life of children, staff and parents.
	(2) St Mary's Church, Amersham We are glad that our Orientation Day in January worked so well with interviews in the service, conversations over lunch and a walk around the parish. We pray for good preparation for set pieces of addresses in church and lessons in schools , as well as spontaneous opportunities in the fun run , the tea dance and some visiting of the housebound.
	(3) Hereford Diocese We are grateful that 5 churches have united in a combined mission programme, and are looking forward to welcoming a Wycliffe team back for a second season. We pray for flexible approaches to market town and deep rural settings, and for all the opportunities in primary & secondary schools and the sixth form college.
	(4) Betel in Birmingham We are grateful for the team ready to share in the life of a Christian Recovery Community working with those seeking deliverance from addictive behaviour through daily worship and regular work. We pray for safety in accommodation and service, with the sensitivity of listening, speaking and praying.
	(5) Churches in North London We are glad that a unified programme has emerged for 3 Turkish churches to welcome the team into their style of Christian life and witness. We pray for cultural and spiritual sensitivity in a new setting of Christian witness across cultures and world views , and for the special events planned for Speakers Corner & the British Museum.
	(6) Three countries in West Africa We are grateful that new dates have been agreed to visit Guinea, Sierra Leone and The Gambia, and for all the travel plans arranged by the Relay Trust We pray for energy, safety and good health in each country, and for cultural sensitivity in churches, schools and the theological college.

Thank you for your support.

Bruce Gillingham