Please pray for the pre-Christmas evangelistic programmes in Novi Marof and Sesvete, 19-20 December. We will also be handing out shoe boxes to children and their families from a non-church background. We are regularly meeting our neighbours and friends and trying always to evangelise. Please pray for openings and conviction of sin. Pray they sense their need of Jesus.

For the last two weeks of December, we are planning to have an open-air evangelism to explain to people what the real Christmas is. Very few people know what Christmas is and that is what Catholics do. Muslims do not know and do not want to know more about Christmas. This will be a good opportunity for us to invite them to our Christmas Service. We will distribute shoe boxes to children around our church for Christmas. Pray with us for these activities.

Today, Sunday 14 December, we’re celebrating our Christmas service and sharing our first Christmas dinner with an evangelistic message and children’s activities. Pray that everything comes together, that many invite loved ones, and that hearts are opened to begin a relationship with Jesus.

Today, 13 December, we are going to celebrate the birth of Jesus with our neighbourhood during a Christmas market. We will take the opportunity to tell people about the real reason we celebrate Christmas. Pray for people to help, come and get to know Jesus.

As a church we look forward to celebrating the birth of Christ and having some outreach events from our new building. The Ladies will be having a Christmas coffee and get together tomorrow, 13 December. We will have a Carol Service on 14 December at 7.00pm to invite people from the town and neighbouring houses.

The international student church has the Christmas service on 14 December here. Please join with us in praying for the students organising it, and that their friends would come and discover new life in Christ.

Pray for Rachel as she helps coordinate the MumCo Christmas event at Kypseli church. Please pray that many neighbourhood mums attend and experience the love of the Lord this Christmas.

You can pray for our Christmas service and outreach event, which is Sunday, 14 December, for a joyful time, not too stressful preparation, for people to hear the good news of Jesus.

Please continue to pray God's Spirit would speak to our friends F and W and their two teenagers. That they would enter the narrow gate and take the road that leads to life.

Pray for good health as a family as we head into winter and that we would know the presence of Christ in the midst of the dark season. Please pray for housing in Tübingen; we have been discouraged and we are very tired of looking at places only to be turned down. Praise God that the BERG church in Tubingen is growing. Pray for a long-term venue where we can meet for worship.

Please pray for the Doctrine 1 students as they finish their final papers by mid-December. Praise God for the opportunities students have told us about where they have already been able to turn around and train others in their churches with what they have studied this trimester. Please also pray as Dan prepares for Doctrine 2 to begin in mid-January, that the students who will register will find it edifying for their faith.

Today, 5 December, a team from church will help with crafts and facepainting at a community family Christmas event and on Sunday, 14 December, we will have a Christingle service with church and hope to invite friends, family and wider community.

Please pray for our creative workshop in the beginning of December. In December and January we distribute many calendars to many contacts and friends. Please pray that the people may be touched by the Lord.

Please pray for continued strength and healing for Astrid who works in the ECM Britain office as she recovers from complications following surgery. Also pray for the staff team as they cover her work in this extended period of absence.

Today, 2 December, please pray for Kent Anderson as he begins the final part of his sabbatical during December. Pray that God would continue to speak and encourage him.

Please pray for Tim and his family after his wife, Christine, suddenly died at the end of October. May they feel God’s presence and comfort at this very sad time.

We praise God that our final certification came through for our new Church Building which means we can now meet there. There are still some internal work and furnishings to complete but this came through much quicker than anticipated for which we give thanks. We also give thanks for all who have prayed and supported this Project, "Building for the Future". Also please pray for us today, 30 November: as a Church we will have a table stand at the Winter Market in the Town Hall with books, Bibles and kid’s craft.

So far, the responses from the 24 hotels we have contacted about hosting the Biennial in 2027 have been slow. Please pray that we can move forward on this more quickly, with more responses and to know which other hotels to contact. Please pray that some hotels with suitable accommodation, conference, seminar and children’s rooms respond, and at an attractive price.

From today, 28-30 November, Ireland & Britain Cluster will meet in Castle Daly Manor in Athlone in an area called Ireland’s hidden heartlands. Our theme will be ‘Diversity in Unity in Christ’ – we will share stories of particular people in our places of ministry and seek the Lord together and listen for what we have in common. Who we are together and who we are together for. Pray for a strengthening of meaningful and supportive relationships together.

Thank God for the growing community in Schwerin-Lankow. People are starting to notice Jesus! Pray that they acknowledge that they really need Him. Thank Him for the progress we are making in the restoration of our community centre ‘the Green House’. Thanks for the construction leader from the Netherlands who is supporting us for one year by living and working here. Please pray for dealing with conflicts in the community, for dealing with alcoholism. Pray for wisdom, mercy and love. That God helps us to see others through his eyes.

We are grateful for the provision of school supplies to each Roma child! Their smiles and excitement reminded us once again of God’s faithfulness through His people. Pray for our team – may God renew our strength and deepen our unity as we serve together. This is a full season for both of us and we ask your prayers for wisdom in balancing our ministry lives as we share the hope and peace that only God can give.

Today, 25 November, ECM Ireland Trustees meet for a planning and strategic thinking time. Please pray for wisdom and direction.

Please pray for our Women's Breakfast tomorrow, 25 November, in Varaždin, where some 80 women should come, many not Christians. Please pray that God would open doors for the Gospel in the three churches we work in. Also, pray that God would lead us all spiritually and protect us from any Satanic attacks.

My prayer request is for God’s wisdom and blessings in my new role, and also safety and peace as I am working away from home through the end of May 2026.

This afternoon, 22 November, we will be trying something new in the church at Rovereto: a meeting for people with neurodiversity or with children with neurodiversity. Often such people don't want to talk about it, because of shame or fear of not being understood. But we want to create an environment where they can feel free to talk about their experiences. In fact, the name of the event is, "You are not alone". Pray that people will come and that they will feel welcomed.