Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.
 
Outreach
 
Please give thanks for

• the Easter Sunday Baptism service with four adults baptised and 260 people in attendance.
• the schools’ ministry and the opportunity to share the gospel with over 3000 children, young people and adults.
• the amazing work of the South Room hub and food larder.
• the growth we are seeing as a church family.

• God’s spirit to be poured out and at work in the people of Herne Bay, Whitstable and beyond to bring people to faith in Him.
• the continuing ministry of the food larder and the South Room hub.
• wisdom so we use the food resources in the best way possible.
• the people who come to the food larder to recognise their need of Jesus as well as food.
• the South Room hub and the people they work with to engage with the gospel as well as finding their needs met.
• the new Christianity Explained group that those who expressed an interest in it will fill in cards and attend.
• the school assemblies and the opportunities at Hampton, Herne Bay Juniors and Herne Bay Infants.
• each church member at Christ Church St Andrews to be more confident to share their faith with family, friends, neighbours and people they meet.
• the four who were baptised as they have a great opportunity to talk to family and friends about Jesus, praying also for God to protect them in these days following their baptism.
• those who attend any of our services (children, young people and adults) who do not know the Lord to have their ears opened to the glorious, good news of the gospel.
• the wisdom to know how to better reach out to the towns we serve.
• the monthly prayer walks led by Denise when we pray for God to grow his kingdom and bring people to faith.
• us to trust that God will work in and through us as a church family and as individuals to build his kingdom.

• the spiritual growth we have seen in many of our church family.
• the homegroups and the way they help people grow.
• the men’s and women’s ministries and the growth in those who attend.
• the Easter services and the encouragement they were to many of our church family.

• our church family to have a culture of growth so that all of us are growing closer to Jesus and becoming more and more like Him.
• deepening friendships in our church family that enable us to encourage each other to be more holy and godly.
• our church family to be a place where we encourage each other by meeting together regularly.
• our church family to be a place where we are able to engage with God’s Word regularly and pray often individually and together.
• the settling down of the 11am Sunday children’s work and the spiritual growth of all the ages represented at that service.
• the services to be places of encouragement and growth in the faith.
• the creche leaders needed to come forward so parents can grow in their faith.
• the Bay Ignite teaching to engage all who attend on Tuesday or Thursday.
• the women’s ministry to prosper with the breakfast this week.
• the men’s ministry with the breakfasts and the Bible studies to flourish.
• the homegroups as they finish Ephesians and over the next months look at a Bible overview.
• the annual meeting to be a celebration of what God is doing with the right people standing and elected for the various roles.
• the new homegroup which is just settling down under the leadership of Alan and Sue Rogers.
• those who do not attend a small group, or the men’s or women’s ministry to still have opportunities to grow deeper in their faith.
• our regular opportunities for prayer to be well attended and to help us all grow in our individual prayer lives.

Please pray for anything else that the Lord lays on your heart.