Day 12: Pray for all the other Churches and Christian organisations that are serving our local schools. Projects such as Love Shouldn’t Hurt, Breathe, Khushi Feet, Gideons, Kidz Klub and many of our local churches all are involved with activities in our local schools. Please pray for their impact. Schools: Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar, Nonnington Primary
Day 11 || Primary || May 14th
http://youtu.be/zr3Goo4p1BE Day 11: Pray for the development of our Primary School Strategy. At present Hannah is voluntary employed. Our desire would be to be able to pay a worker to develop our Primary School team and delivery, so that more schools can have great assemblies. In addition we would love to begin supporting spiritual development … Continue reading Day 11 || Primary || May 14th
Day 10 || Leadership || May 13th
http://youtu.be/83enSdpc9YI Day 10: Today pray for our local school Head teachers, Governors, and Senior Management Teams. Pray for them as they lead our local schools. Pray for their health, their decision making and their finances. Please pray especially for those who have faced Ofsted recently, or who are under a time of transition. In particular … Continue reading Day 10 || Leadership || May 13th
Day 9 || Nationally Rooted || 12th May
Day 9: Pray today for the Department of Education that they would be making wise decisions for our nation. We may not like some of the decisions that are being made but we have chosen for this fortnight to be rooted in love when we pray. Pray especially for Michael Gove and for our Local … Continue reading Day 9 || Nationally Rooted || 12th May
Day 8 || Transition || May 11th
Day 8: Every year CCSWT takes transition lessons in local Year 6 classes. Moving on to secondary school can be a time of excitement but also a time of fear. In our lessons we give space to pupils to voice their worries and create for solutions for them. Our lessons run from June 23rd – … Continue reading Day 8 || Transition || May 11th
Day 7 || Christian Union || May 10th
http://youtu.be/hWco-Fvlqhg Day 7: Pray for the Christian Unions in our schools; they would be rooted in love. There are Christian groups in The Archbishop’s School, St Edmunds, Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School, Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School and Christian groups run by school staff in The Abbey School and Kent … Continue reading Day 7 || Christian Union || May 10th
Day 6 || Assemblies || May 9th
Day 6: Pray that all schools would have excellent assemblies that inspire and empower pupils, especially those delivered by guest speakers. Our aim in primary schools is to ensure excellent assemblies are given by the church community! We are so thankful to all the people from various churches who regularly deliver collective worship through assemblies … Continue reading Day 6 || Assemblies || May 9th
Day 4 || Rooted in Truth || May 7th
Day 4: Pray for our Self Esteem workshops which we deliver to secondary schools. Over the last few years CCSWT has created and delivered workshops which aim to raise self-esteem in pupils. The workshops provide a bridge for churches to meet their school community. Through them, we have met and supported many young people who … Continue reading Day 4 || Rooted in Truth || May 7th
Some Encouragement for our Teacher Friends
If I Knew Then: A Letter to Me on My First Day Te…: http://youtu.be/miPYLJI247g
Day 3 || Love for Teachers || May 6th
http://youtu.be/G5EMTWv-Dyw Day 3: CCSWT asked some school teachers how we could pray for them this week. They said: · Pray that teachers could make the right curriculum decisions for students based on the pupils needs not passing government figures · Pray also for the many teachers who are off work with stress · Therefore pray … Continue reading Day 3 || Love for Teachers || May 6th