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Prayer Walks, Staff Network Day 9th of May & Police Day of Prayer 10th May

The last few weeks some of our members have been attending Prayer Walks in London, I managed to get to one with Les Isaac from Street Pastors, Deborah LCPF Deputy Chair and a whole host of community members in the Penge area.

It was wonderful to be welcomed by Pastor Mel who has organised this walk and had event and she quickly put me to work, I went and spoke with members from the Local SNT who where doing an anniversary of the sad murder of a young man in a nearby park from November.  We then quickly got split into groups and off we went praying and walking asking for God’s influence on the streets, in the homes and with the people of Penge.

It was a wonderful event and other members have attended the Croydon Prayer walk as well as the Lambeth and Lewisham walks so many people out praying in the weather and so glad it was so well attended and we all pray it continues.

Tomorrow some of us from LCPF will be at ESB for the launch of the National Staff Network Day, we will be their to let people know who LCPF are, what we can do in way of help, praying for, praying with or being that friend at the end of the phone. If you are at ESB please feel free to come along and have a chat we will be on the 1st floor all day with out stand and some giveaways.

Very importantly with our family from the CPA we also have the National Pray for Police day on the 10th of May, this event is for anyone across the world in conjunction with the Archbishop of Canterbury’s prayer event “Thy Kingdom Come” to pray for the world and all that is happening within it, please have a look at the event (Link below) or feel free to contact us about it.

https://www.thykingdomcome.global/

I hope you have had a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend, for those of you like me that had to work I pray you got home safely and you have had time to enjoy with your families and friends.

God Bless to each and everyone of you, have a safe week and I look forward to seeing many of you on the 23rd October at our event if not before.

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Prayer Letter 12th May 2017

Dear All

Unfortunately Alice has had laptop issues this week, so you have got me again this week!

Whilst I have the opportunity I would like to thank Alice for all the time she spends on us and the prayer letter each week.  If you’re like me I read the emails each week with much anticipation, and I always come away feeling more blessed than when I started. J

 

Date for your diary –

The National Day of Prayer for the Police is approaching – 25th May – Stick this date in your diary.  If you haven’t seen the video clip you can view it from this link https://youtu.be/-3SL4L0U32w. Thanks to ‘Thy Kingdom Come organisers at Lambeth Palace’ who have supported us in pulling this together.

[EDIT by LCPF – come to our National Day of Prayer event at St Aloysius Church nr Kings Cross. Click here for the details]

So at Church, we are Journeying Together using a Daily Guide called Paraclesis from CWR.  It’s all aboutcoming alongside others, those in our churches and those who are unchurched.  If you have eyes to see it, there is need all around us, and this guide is challenging us to think about lives that can be ego-centric, and the barriers to reaching out to people.  I know that I do not always feel qualified to reach out, but from my own experience, I know that God does honour and magnify what we do.

I want to encourage you – You may have benefitted from someone in the past coming alongside yourself, then “look up” you are an ideal person to get alongside someone else; or you may need someone to come alongside you, if so “reach out” there are people willing and able to help. J

 

The verse for this week is from 1 Corinth, 13:2-8, “If I…don’t love, I’m nothing…Love never gives up.  Love cares more for others than for self. Love…isn’t always me first [and] always looks for the best.”

 

May God bless you all this weekend.

 

Simon

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National Day of Prayer for Police

Thursday 5th May is Ascension Day which means that it is also the National Day of Prayer for the Police. Londoners will know it’s also the day of the Mayoral Election.

Please support the national day of prayer for the Police Service, by praying throughout the day on the following points.

Please also encourage your churches, and small/home groups to do the same.

Here is a prayer guide which breaks up an hour into 5 minute slots each with specific points to pray on. Even if you can’t spare a whole hour, please download and print, and spread the points out through out the day. prayer guide

If this isn’t for you, but you’d still like to be involved, please focus on the following points:

  • The morale of officers and staff in these challenging times.
  • Officers to remain safe at a time when staffing levels remain stretched.
  • Honesty and Integrity remain central core values.
  • For strong inspirational managers and leaders.
  • Innovate & inspire to do things more effectively and efficiently.
  • Peace & new jobs for staff who are facing redundancy.
  • Wisdom to balance and resource the management of serious crimes, terrorism and the wide range of important local community issues that the police strive to deal with every day.

Specifically for the London Mayoral Election: please pray that the voting will be peaceful and without controversy, spare a thought for the many officers who have had a rest day cancelled to help keep this election safe and fair.