FESTIVE

This week we are praying for FESTIVE who seek to equip and inspire Gospel work in the often-overlooked area of Further Education (16-18 year olds).

They support individual students and Christian unions around the country
offering mentoring, encouragement, prayer, and free resources.

• After a lot of work on updating the copy for the new edition of Beyond Beans on Toast, we can give thanks that a great designer has been found to work with this project. Please pray for the book to be a powerful tool in the Lord's hands and for His hand upon the design team as they get cracking this month.
• We have received a few orders for tract flyers from students and staff in FE colleges, wanting to give them out for Easter. Please pray that this literature would be well received and that it would be a part of people’s journey to coming to faith in the Lord Jesus and that many more bundles would be ordered in the coming days.
• As exam time approaches, we are seeing an increasing number of prayer requests from students about anxiety and stress, lack of motivation and loss of concentration. Please pray for them, that they would take their worries to the One who can take their worry in exchange for such great peace.
• Pray that through this time, they can witness to their friends about the hope and peace that comes only from trusting in Jesus.
• Students have recently shared various answers to prayer with us, including seeing new faces at their CUs, receiving permission to start a CU, and finding another Christian in their college where they previously thought they were alone. Let us give thanks to God for these answers to prayer.
• Pray that the students would really see the power of prayer as part of their evangelism.
• As a staff team we’ll be meeting face to face on 28th March. These days are always so valuable, as we are normally working so far apart across the country. We enjoy the fellowship and prayer together, and are always blessed by God’s ideas and direction that are shared on these days – please pray that the