APRIL 2025
MINISTRY PARTNERS
The Njuguna’s: Church planters in South Sudan. Pray for the clinic they are currently building in Wardong to respond to a dire need in the community for preventative and curative care. Pray that they would quickly build and staff the clinic to address things like malaria, typhoid, diabetes, wound care, maternity care, and more. Pray that the people of South Sudan would hear, understand, and spread the gospel.
Houston Welcomes Refugees: Mobilizing our city to welcome refugees with compassion, hope, and honor as they resettle and start a new life in Houston. Pray for the HWR families that have been directly affected by funding freezes and case worker cut-backs. Pray for volunteers to engage with grocery deliveries, welcome kit assemblies, and welcome teams, as the need has dramatically increased.
Hope Walks: Help free children and families from the physical, emotional, and economic burden of clubfoot. Pray for families who have children born with clubfoot to find their way to a Hope Walks Clinic. Pray they would be discipled by the care team there, and for healing over their child. Pray for the Christian Advisors to be a source of hope for the parents, and that they would have ample opportunity to share Christ’s love.
NightLight: Committed to addressing the complex issues of commercial sexual exploitation through prevention, intervention, restoration, and education in Bangkok. Pray for the volunteers going out to bars and the red light district to build relationships with women they meet. Pray for the women making the decision to voluntarily leave the sex industry to have confidence and commitment to a new life. Pray for their restoration programs to make life long changes for these women, and ultimately bring them to a life with Christ. Pray for our GBC team that will be coming alongside Nightlight at the end of April to be a help and encouragement to all they are doing.
WITHIN THE CHURCH
Men’s Retreat: April 25-27. Pray that the men of GBC would spend meaningful time with the Lord, make new connections, grow existing relationships, have fun, enjoy fellowship, and rest well. Pray for our speakers (Cole McMillan, Parker Auld, and Fritz Maxwell) as they teach from God’s Word in order to encourage and challenge.
Vacation Bible School: June 16-20. Please join us in praying for the children that will come to VBS at GBC this summer - that hearts and minds would be open to hearing the truth of the gospel story. Pray for more volunteers to sign up as VBS approaches!
GBC Missions Giving: Pray for the teams of lay leaders who will meet throughout the month of April to make decisions on our church’s support for ministries and missionaries in Houston and around the world. Pray that GBC would be great stewards of God’s resources.
AS SCRIPTURE TEACHES US TO PRAY
“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:9-10). Let your name be revered and worshiped among the nations. Help our lives on this earth sincerely reflect the truth, goodness, and glory of your kingdom.