This weekend 25-26 July we will be holding our Identity in Christ seminar and looking at how we can maintain living out of that definition rather than being snapped back into our learned patterns of thinking and identity. Pray that each person would hear clearly from God about what He says about who they are. Pray that the enemy's plans to stop us living out of that identity would be brought to light and lose their power. Pray that we would be able to communicate clearly in our teaching and love people dearly as we fellowship together. Pray also that God would call people to attend and surprise us with what he wants to do.

Prayer for continued onboarding of new staff, that they may settle into their roles and help us serve our workers and supporters better. Also, continued prayer over the new systems required to provide crucial reporting to workers and supporters after months of delays. Praise God for candidates that have made it to mission worker status and have moved to Europe in the last few months. May God help them settle into their communities.

Please pray for my final month (July) of intensive language learning, for ongoing consolidation and increasing fluency in Spanish, and for deeper conversations with teachers and students as I finish up. Pray too for wisdom as I pray and talk with other workers about the 'what and where next' after summer.

Please join with us in praying for a new asylum-seeking family to whom Roland is a buddy. The 11-year-old son has multiple physical and mental health problems. The family is now registered with a GP and waiting for a paediatric referral for him. We thank God for progress in obtaining medical care and pray for an opening at a specialist school. Do please join us in prayer.

Please pray for our Children's Summer Camp, taking place from today, 20–24. Pray that many children would clearly hear the Gospel, experience Christ's love and take steps of faith. Pray for energy, and good health for the American and Slovenian team members serving together. Please also pray for safety throughout the week, especially during activities and swimming. Finally, pray for the visit from the national television crew, that their coverage would open doors for future ministry opportunities

Thanks for the wonderful 10 days we had with our art installation in the park under the theme ‘An Open and Free Heart’. Please pray for our summer activities with the kids in the park. Please pray for strength and health for all responsibilities during the summer.

Please pray with us as we thank God for His faithful work in us and for His material provision for our needs. Pray that He would continue to work deeply in our hearts, opening the eyes of our hearts so that we may see Him more clearly in His glory and beauty. Pray that His presence and glory would become the source of everything we do. Please also pray for our family vacation, that God would provide the finances we need and guide us into a much-needed time of rest together as a family.

The baptism of 19 Czech prisoners is a powerful step of courage, accountability and inner transformation that brings hope behind bars and paves the way for a successful return to society. Please pray for the prison volunteers guiding this journey — may they be blessed with wisdom, patience, and strength as they restore dignity and faith.

We thank God for His provision in the purchase of the AD Transforma church building in Lisbon. Please pray for God's guidance and preparation as we enter a sabbatical period from September through December.

Please pray for Marc, Jana, Livia and Henry Hepton, as they spend some time in South Wales with friends and supporters. Marc is seconded to Trans World Radio Europe, from ECM Britain, and this is their first visit back since moving to Slovakia in 2025.

Praise God that we are increasingly settled and finding our feet a few months after arriving in Romania. Please pray that we would find a home to live in; we need to move out of our current rental in mid-July. Please pray that as we begin to engage in ministry in the life of the Church, that we find the places and ways of serving most effectively for God's kingdom.

Please be praying for our youth and student camp running from today, 13 to 16 July. We will be looking at a Bible Overview through the lens of life in God's land. Please pray for all the young people who will be coming, that they would have a good time together, but most importantly that they would be turning to God and seeing the benefits that come from living his way.

Today, 12 July, Stuart Rowell ends his ministry with ECM – 36 years exactly from when he was interviewed for ECM leadership along with Ellsye. Give thanks for these years of faithful service and pray for Stuart as he moves into this new phase of life.

The majority of foreigners in Hagenow are workers from East Europe and most of them do not speak German. We can serve them by helping with the documents or going together to the doctors. Please pray that we can also help them with their spiritual needs.

We had a great children's week in Novi Marof in June. Pray that many will decide for Jesus and come to church. The first week in July we have our church's Summer Camp on a Croatian island. Pray for much fellowship, discipleship and evangelism for the 110 people who come.

Our Nea Zoi (New Life) outreach team is growing, and we are exploring opportunities to reach more studios and massage parlours. Give thanks for those who have chosen to serve people trapped in sexual exploitation. Pray for wisdom, discernment, and courage as we seek to expand our ministry and respond to the many needs we are not yet able to meet.

We give thanks for the first Roma volunteer from Bulgaria who served alongside our team. We ask for continued empowerment of Roma believers, that God would raise and send many into the mission field with boldness, faith, and a deep sense of calling. Pray for wisdom and joy in working together with the volunteers and teams coming to serve this Summer, that every interaction would reflect God’s love and that each person would contribute meaningfully.

Thanks to God for my talk at the inauguration of an exposition on May 30 was very well accepted. I had an intensive conversation on salvation arising from one of my paintings with Ute and Mariagrazia. Eleisa is still waiting for bureaucratic knots to be solved. Pray for Alessandra that God speaks to her heart.

The whole summer is very busy at Camp Timok with many activities. Please pray for guidance and protection for children's camp from today, July 6-11, and teenager’s camp from July 20-26. These children mostly come from Roma families; they need more attention, care and love, which is a special joy for us to be able to serve them.

I will be travelling to Northern Ireland to speak at my home church. Please pray that I will be a blessing and encouragement to those I meet there. Please also pray for the various activities I will be involved in, as well as for the preparations for upcoming events and ministry opportunities in August.

From today, 4-11 July, pray for Al MacInnes helping lead a mission team in a week of outreach in southern Crete as part of Hellenic Ministries' annual 'Oikos Project'. Then, on 15 July, there is a World Cup Outreach event at Kypseli church in Athens with Al leading and speaking.

Ukraine: The overarching impression we came away with from our April trip is just how tired people are. Our workshops on resilience were very timely and well received. Please pray that our teams put what they learnt into practice. The other main workshop focused on communication with potential partners – to garner more prayer and engagement for the teams and their ministries.

Féy’s brother Paul (a missionary with Pioneers working in the highlands in Papua, Indonesia) fell off the roof of his house in Papua on the 8 June. He had multiple fractures, some of which needed surgery, which they were advised not to do in Papua. He was medevac’d from the village to Sentani on the coast, and then on 11 June he was finally medevac’d from Sentani to Auckland. Please pray for ongoing wisdom for the medical team, and for good healing for Paul. This has been traumatic for the whole family, so please also pray for our family – especially Paul’s immediate family.

Please give thanks to God for the life and faithful witness of Judy Hutchinson, who passed away recently after a courageous journey with illness. Many will remember Judy and her husband Steve, from leading the children's meetings at the past two Biennial conferences. Steve also led the Safeguarding seminars, which many found both helpful and encouraging. Please pray for Steve, their family, and all who loved Judy as they grieve her loss. Ask that they would know God's comfort, peace, and strength in the days ahead, and be upheld by the hope we have in Christ. Pray too that precious memories of Judy and the impact of her life and ministry will be a source of thanksgiving and encouragement.

Please pray for the Biennial Planning Committee as they have begun the hard work of sorting out the Biennial Conference program and details.