Let’s Pray For Joanne Dunlop, deaconess in Craigavon Area and Antrim Area Hospitals  Pray for increased opportunities to build relationships with hospital staff and provide them with support and encouragement. Pray that Joanne would live each day for Christ and always minister to others out of the place of resting in the Lord and hearing his voice.

Cahir and Fermoy Pray for the congregations as they meet for worship each week and seek to share the love and good news of Jesus with those they encounter.

Word For Today
Read the Word For Today
https://www.ucbireland.ie/word-for-today/todays-word-for-today/

Advent 


There will be a limited number of these available on Sunday for a cost of £6.50


Advent this year begins on Sunday 27th November and on the Blog we are going to follow a series based on the book, “Brightest and Best” by Philippa Ruth Wilson.
You can order it from Faith Mission Bookshops,
Or 10ofThose
https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/28900/brightest-and-best
Or for Kindle from Amazon
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Brightest-Best-Advent-Devotions-Jesus-ebook/dp/B0B299VP16/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

God & Science
Louie Giglio is back with more mind-blowing, faith-building scientific facts and biblical truths about the wonder of God’s creation.
Containing 100 More Devotions About God and Science.

Gary & Mary Reid (global mission workers, Kenya) Give thanks and pray for the local evangelists and worship leaders who lead, teach, preach and are involved with primary and secondary schools and the wider community.

The Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) Pray for Rt. Rev. Patrick Thegu Mutahi, Moderator, along with his leadership team, as they seek to fulfil PCEA’s vision of equipping God’s people for effective service. 

Word For Today
Read the Word For Today
https://www.ucbireland.ie/word-for-today/todays-word-for-today/

​Advent 


There will be a limited number of these available on Sunday for a cost of £6.50


Advent this year begins on Sunday 27th November and on the Blog we are going to follow a series based on the book, “Brightest and Best” by Philippa Ruth Wilson.
You can order it from Faith Mission Bookshops,
Or 10ofThose
https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/28900/brightest-and-best
Or for Kindle from Amazon
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Brightest-Best-Advent-Devotions-Jesus-ebook/dp/B0B299VP16/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Christian Unions Ireland
The prayer points for this week.


19 – 25 November 
Graduates: pray for our final year students as they consider what life looks like after university. That they would know the peace and comfort of our good God and that they would enjoy and glorify him wherever they end up post uni.
Praise God for Queen’s CU small groups. The launch night this year saw some groups having over 30 in them, which of course presents a challenge for the leaders! Please pray for the small group leaders, and Chris as small group coordinator, as they work through the blessing of having so many people, and may these numbers of people continue throughout the year to come together, encouraging one another to grow in Christ as they study God’s word and pray together.
Pray that the CU as a whole has captured the vision of CU and are willing and enthusiastic to share their faith as the semester gets busy. That the students in UCD would rely on Christ through everything and staying grounded in his word in busy times.

Open Doors - World Watch List
Open Doors has updated the World Watch List. The list of countries where it is most dangerous to be a Christian in 2022. 
The full list can be found here
https://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/world-watch-list/


This week the focus is on Qatar the 18th most dangerous country in the world to be a Christian. Read about it here 
​https://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/world-watch-list/qatar/

Pray For Christians In Qatar

There are no publicly known followers of Jesus among the Qatari people.
Read more here:
​https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/world-cup-pray-qatar/

Bible Society
John’s Gospel and copies of the New Testament in 14 different languages will be distributed during the World Cup finals that kick off in Qatar on 20 November.

Read More Here

Let’s Pray For Rev Lesley Ann Wilson (chaplain in Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre)  Pray for Lesley Ann and the opportunities she has to get to know young people in Woodlands and to pray and share Bible stories with them.

Cootehill, Drum and Kilmount Give thanks for the week of meetings participating in the “What’s the story?” initiative at the end of October. Pray for the Christianity Explored course running as a follow up and that through the opening up of God's Word at these meetings some would come to Christ.  

Word For Today
Read the Word For Today
https://www.ucbireland.ie/word-for-today/todays-word-for-today/

Advent 


There will be a limited number of these available on Sunday for a cost of £6.50


Advent this year begins on Sunday 27th November and on the Blog we are going to follow a series based on the book, “Brightest and Best” by Philippa Ruth Wilson.
You can order it from Faith Mission Bookshops,
Or 10ofThose
https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/28900/brightest-and-best
Or for Kindle from Amazon
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Brightest-Best-Advent-Devotions-Jesus-ebook/dp/B0B299VP16/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Let’s Pray For ModeratorPray for the Moderator as he attends a meeting of the Church Leaders Group (Ireland) this coming Friday. Pray for him as he attends other important engagements during the coming week.

Worship that empowers     You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely. Psalm 59:17.
Ask that as we worship today God would empower us with his strength for current challenges we face.

St Petersburg Christian University  

Give thanks for the new Masters course that commenced in early November. Please pray for all involved in its delivery and interpretation.  

Hungarian Reformed ChurchPray for Bishop Sándor Zán-Fábián, the Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Church in Transcarpathia (Ukraine), in his support of local ministers who work with so many displaced by the war.

Word For Today
Read the Word For Today
https://www.ucbireland.ie/word-for-today/todays-word-for-today/

Advent 


There will be a limited number of these available on Sunday for a cost of £6.50


Advent this year begins on Sunday 27th November and on the Blog we are going to follow a series based on the book, “Brightest and Best” by Philippa Ruth Wilson.
You can order it from Faith Mission Bookshops,
Or 10ofThose
https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/28900/brightest-and-best
Or for Kindle from Amazon
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Brightest-Best-Advent-Devotions-Jesus-ebook/dp/B0B299VP16/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Let’s Pray For National Safeguarding Adults Week 
Taking place from 21-27 November, this is an opportunity for organisations to come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues. Please pray for Jacqui Montgomery-Devlin, PCI Head of Safeguarding, as she continues to raise the profile of Adult Safeguarding by providing training sessions across a number of presbyteries. Pray that the week will enable more organisations and individuals to feel confident in recognizing the signs of abuse and neglect, and recording and reporting their safeguarding concerns. 

Policing & Crime 
​Give thanks for the work of An Garda Síochána and the PSNI in tackling criminality and 
protecting local communities, including many vulnerable people in society. Pray for breakthroughs that will bring those seeking to cause harm to justice, and for protection as they go about their work.

General Council

Pray for the General Secretary’s Department as staff continue to support large numbers of committees, panels and task groups meeting over these weeks. Pray that this important administrative work might facilitate good decision making in these various bodies.

Training in Ministry The Ministerial Studies and Development Committee oversees the training pathways of trainee ministers, and their congregational placements. Pray for the Committee, for its convener, Rev Andrew Faulkner, and for Prof David Leach, the Professor of Ministry. Ask God to give wisdom in all of the decisions about the training of students.

Advent 

There will be a limited number of these available on Sunday for a cost of £6.50

Advent this year begins on Sunday 27th November and on the Blog we are going to follow a series based on the book, “Brightest and Best” by Philippa Ruth Wilson.
You can order it from Faith Mission Bookshops,
Or 10ofThose
https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/28900/brightest-and-best
Or for Kindle from Amazon
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Brightest-Best-Advent-Devotions-Jesus-ebook/dp/B0B299VP16/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=