The Church of the Redeemer youth group meets at our tutoring center each Wednesday night for Bible study, discipleship and fun. This summer they will have regular meetings in June and July, then take a break for the month of August. Many of these kids are graduates of the Adventures Ahead tutoring program and live in the immediate neighborhood. We asked Elliot Ling, Church of the Redeemer's youth pastor, to share some ways you can pray for these middle school and high school students. He writes:
"In these last two months our lessons will focus on compassion, mercy and care for the needy around us. Most of our kids are living around or below the poverty line, yet loving the poor is still quite counter-intuitive. Pray that the Holy Spirit would break through and reveal Jesus in a new way to the youth. At the end of July, 7/24-7/26, we’ll be taking the kids on their first ever youth group retreat! It is such a blessing to have the opportunity, for a weekend, to be with our youth outside of the city and away from the distraction of everyday life. The youth have been working hard to raise funds through bake sales and garage sales and it looks like we’re almost fully funded! That said, we certainly need your prayers:
- good communication with parents
- traveling mercies & safety at camp
- soft hearts that are open to God
- logistics, details, final fundraising
- spiritual protection
This is our first attempt at something like this and we're fully expecting the enemy to bring opposition. With that, we greatly desire your regular intercession in the weeks leading up to the retreat and throughout the weekend itself. Please let me know if you'd like to be one of our intercessors. The prayers of the righteous are powerful and effective!"
If you would like to make a commitment to intercede during the youth retreat (7/24-7/26) please contact Elliot by email: elliot.ling@gmail.com
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