Staff Prayer Items（August / 2012） COCM Headquarters Prayer requests 1. Our long-‐,me volunteer worker Sai Wah Ng went to be with the Lord on 24th July 2012 at 5:10 pm in Hong Kong. His wife Edna told us that he leI in peace, surrounded by his immediate family, amongst much prayer and hymn singing. We give thanks to God for Sai Wah, knowing he has reached the end of his earthly journey following Christ and is now in the blessed res,ng place with the Lord. Please pray for his wife Edna and other family members that God's comfort, peace and hope will be with them during this difficult period of ,me. 2. We ask for God's Spirit and power to move freely in the upcoming PHAT camp and touch everyone at the camp. May all those aUend come to know Christ in a more personal way, be refreshed and challenged to live and shine for Christ. May God's name be liIed up and glorified in worship and all the sessions -‐ talks, games, small groups, workshops and special programme. We specially liI up Ps. Ian Ma from the US who would be our camp speaker. Pray for safe journeys as he travels to the UK and back. May God grant wisdom, strength, and good health to all the leaders (this year we have the biggest group of leaders -‐ 55 in total). May we be good Chris,an examples and inspira,ons to the youths. Pray for unity and peace among the leadership team. 3. Pray for the leadership retreat at the COCM mission centre before the camp (4-‐5th August), that all the leaders aUended would be encouraged, refreshed and inspired, and become ready for the big challenge ahead. 4. Please pray for Wesley as he prepares for the leadership retreat and being the camp director again this year, and also pray for the core planning team -‐ Josh Shek, Dave Ip, Mike Wong, MaU Coulson, Crystal Chan, Eugene Loh, Fenny Kong and Cherry Lau. 5. We also pray for the con,nued progress and development of the COCM second genera,on ministry, that we will con,nue to grow and reach out to more youths in this country.
Henry and Ling Lu (General Director, Headquarter Office; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. Praise the Lord, we have completed our family’s applica,on for our UK permanent seUlement. There had been a few complica,ons during the process due to system failure and errors at the UKBA office, but we have now received all our passports and residence permits in ,me for our out of the country travel in August. Prayer requests 2. Please pray for our PHAT youth summer camp from 6th to 10th of August. Our two teenage children have signed up to aUend. Please pray they will have a fresh encounter with God during the camp and they will meet good friends there. 3. Henry will be in Dublin, Ireland from 10th to 13th of August to aUend the Chinese Gospel Church of Dublin’s 20th anniversary celebra,on. He will speak at Shenley Chris,an Fellowship’s Sunday worship service on 19th August. He will also be the speaker for the Hull Chinese Chris,an Church’s retreat from 27th to 29th of August. Please pray for his travel safety and good health. 4. Ling and the children will go back to the USA from 14th August to 4th September to visit their home church in Amherst, MassachuseUs and Ling’s parents in California. Ling will be speaking at the English worship service on Sunday, 19th August. Please pray for smooth journey and safe driving on the right side of the road.
Rebecca Mao (Director of Member Care; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. Thank God that I had more ,me this month to pray and think about my spiritual need. 2. I enjoyed my ministry trip to Basel: good fellowship with some new brothers and sisters; short walk through park with trees and flowers and beau,ful landscape; saw double rainbow in the sky which reminds me of God's unchanging promise. 3. It is a joy to have study groups with the volunteers and to see them growing in the Lord.
Gordon and Maggie Lam (Student Ministry; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. The Gospel Training Camp went well; par,cipants were involved and ready to serve in the gospel events. The event schedule and worker alloca,on plan have also been finished. 2. There are some students and families willing to serve in Montpellier and Nice, France. Prayer Request 3. Three Gospel Events in August: 3/8 Colchester; 15/8 Norwich; 29/8 Northampton. Pray that God will prepare the team's serving heart and bring more non-‐believers to these events. May God touch their hearts and bring them to Christ in the event. 4. 8-‐13/8 Gordon serving in Southern France, pray that more new students can be reached through the summer events. 5. 22-‐27/8 Gordon Serving in Northern England (leading bible studies, visi,ng students and preaching in church) 6. Gospel Team: Please pray for (1) all prepara,on work including worship and drama rehearsal and promo,onal work in different loca,ons; (2) spiritual unity in our team; (3) road safety and members’ health; (4) we s,ll lack pianists in a few loca,ons, may God provide for us. 7. Pray for our families’ health and that they can come to know Christ.