Please pray for the Girls’ Brigade at St John’s, giving thanks for the work of the officers and the girls, following their motto “Seek. Serve. Follow”.
Prayers for Girls Brigade, Zambia
St John’s Choir sings on YouTube
Give thanks for the witness of two of St John’s Mtendere choirs – the St John’s Choir and the Shepherd’s Choir – for their worship singing posts on You Tube.
Prayers for the Holy Land — by Diana Paulding, URC
The following prayer was written by Diana Paulding from the context of the participants of the URC’s educational visit to Israel and Palestine in 2019. Lord Jesus, Prince of Peace, we bring to you prayers for the land of your birth and ministry, as individuals and as part of the body of the Church. As […]
Prayer requests from Zambia
Please give thanks that the anti-COVID vaccination programme is going on in Zambia. Please pray for health workers as the pandemic continues. At St John’s, pray for fundraising work for the church, so difficult with the rise in cost of living. Please pray for Revd Godfrey Gama and his family in his ministry with St […]
Meg Abel & Peter Pay make a difference! — breaking news for URC!
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE URC… URC vaccine appeal tops more than £31,000 (May 2022) and the amount continues to rise! Generous donors have helped the United Reformed Church (URC) raise more than £30,000 for Christian Aid. Make a donation now — Donation page link The initiative started in 2021 when Salisbury URC member Meg Abel, […]
Prayers for St John’s United Church of Zambia
Thank you for your persistent prayers for our congregation and country. Please pray this week for the elders and stewards of the 13 sections of St John’s congregation, giving thanks for their pastoral ministry and their trustworthiness in receiving people’s gifts to the church. Please continue to pray for the vaccination programme. Please pray for […]
What you do matters
Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing. — 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NRSV) What you do matters. It may be hard to know that in the middle of any given day or meeting or moment. You may leave more than one task unfinished, more than one email waiting for […]
Eco-Church
Take a stand. Make a difference. Act for change. Our Junior Church children have challenged our congregation to make decisions to care for our environment, and to explore becoming an official Eco-Church. Latest News! We have been awarded a Bronze Eco-Church award by A Rocha in 2023! A Rocha, the organisation that assists congregations […]
God’s Garden – a poem by Alice
This is God’s garden, he wants us to care. He also has asked, ‘Could we manage to share?’ God’s words plant a seed in our mind And he really wants us to try and be kind. Jesus was sent to help us all out. We can help all God’s creatures if we speak out. The […]
Connecting your faith and your finances: Ethical Banking
Is it possible to love our neighbour and care for creation through our choice of bank account? It might not be the first thing that springs to mind, but who we bank with has an impact on the world. What do you know about your bank’s values and practices? Who does it lend to? It’s […]