We pray for the almost 300,000 students in financial peril, particularly mature students and those from minority and working class backgrounds. God, we pray that poverty would never be a barrier to education and for greater financial provision for students.
We give thanks for the work of churches, campaigners and activists who are challenging material poverty in the UK. We pray especially for the work of Church Action on Poverty and No Child Left Behind, combatting food poverty in communities and schools.
We give thanks for the work of campaigns aiming to reinforce and restructure the social security system in the UK in order to reduce poverty. We pray especially for the work of the Trussell Trust and Christians Against Poverty, currently running campaigns to improve social security.
We pray for those deciding who the next UK Prime Minister will be. God, we pray for wisdom, and for a politics characterised by listening, kindness and truthfulness that benefits everyone.
We pray for all those going hungry due to food prices increasing at the sharpest annual rise for 42 years. God, we pray for those feeling the cost of living crisis most acutely, and for solutions so that vulnerable people don’t go hungry.
We pray for those affected by the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, with the civilian death count of the last 2 years estimated to be between 385,000 and 600,000. God, we pray for a swift end to this conflict and for reconciliation in this contested region.
We pray about river pollution, with 200 tonnes of plastic being pulled by Thames21 each year. God, we pray for a reduction in single-use plastics and better systems for its disposal, so that these pollutants do not damage your creation further.
