Prayer & News 2025

At this point of the year, I am carrying out termly reviews with staff – please pray for positive and affirming conversations.

Please thank God today for our Trustees. We’re grateful for their investment in our work, as volunteers, within their busy lives.

I’m currently in contact with Chaplaincy schools ahead of the next academic year. Please pray for positive conversations about our future work.

As we approach the Easter holidays, please pray for all school staff – may they experience rest and relaxation before the new term.

We have another ’Gathering’ youth event this evening. Please pray for all the young people attending; that they will draw closer to God as they worship and pray together.

We thank God for each young person that attends sessions in the Nacton and Gainsborough community. Please pray for those who live near the project but do not currently attend.

We thank God for the launch of a new prayer room at Ipswich Academy. May this space open new opportunities in the school.

Please pray for the Youth Alpha that has been happening in the local community. We pray for young people to choose to follow Jesus and be transformed.

We pray for the different gardening sessions that are happening at Ipswich Academy. Please pray for the development of students and for positive conversations.

We pray for the Christian staff at our school - that they would be able to meet more and that there would be opportunities with other staff to share their faith.

Pray for our School Chaplains as they support students preparing for their exams later this term. May they be bringers of hope and peace to the students they work with.

Our Chaplains recently gave ‘staff blessings’ to everyone working in their schools. Please pray these would bring hope and encouragement, as well as starting some great conversations.

I’m so grateful for our School Chaplains! They are faith-filled, compassionate and dedicated. Ask God to encourage them, may they know they are seen, valued and making a difference.

Today, praise God for the incredible conversations about him that many students are continuing to seek out our Chaplains for! We pray for more opportunities to talk about faith.

Please pray that our Chaplains will find moments to be still, pray, and listen. We ask the Holy Spirit to meet them in the midst of the busyness of school.

Let’s take time to pray for students and their exams. We pray that they will remain calm and relaxed and do the best that they can do.

Please pray for the students who don’t have exams but instead have assignments to submit.

Let’s thank God for the work all the Chaplains do within CYM in different schools and colleges. Ask God to keep us safe and strong for the end of the school year.

Let’s take time to pray for the staff across both Abbeygate and West Suffolk College. Pray for strength to finish the school year positively.

Please pray for me as I keep listening to what God wants me to achieve, in supporting staff and students in the best way, honouring God as I do that.