Dear Campus Family,
Our next First Tues. day of prayer (and fasting) is next Tues., Dec. 4th. Thank you to all of you who took the opportunity to actively participate last month as we prayed for our church. This Tues. I would ask that we turn our minds and hearts to the many who in this holiday season are homeless or alone: nothing makes those realities more poignant for those individuals than seeing others around that are happy, content and warm. Here are a few pointers for our prayers this next Tuesday: • Let’s pray for those that have suffered recent loss and find their hearts aching for those they miss • Let’s pray for the refugees, wherever they are, that they may find a place to call home • Let’s pray for those on the streets, who for whatever reason, have found themselves alienated from family • Let’s remember those who have lost their homes through fire and other natural disasters and don’t know what the future holds • Let’s remember those in our own midst who while smiling are still struggling with loneliness, anxiety or depression • Let’s pray for concrete ways we can touch the lives of somebody or somebodies this holiday season with our love and faith • And in all this, let’s remember that above all this is about the season when God made the sacrifice to send his Son from His home to ensure hope for each of us and for those we pray for. So please find some time to pause on First Tuesday and pray. Let’s make our prayers a little longer than normal, and let’s reach out and intentionally pray with and for those we may not know so well. And as we fast in our own way, let’s focus our minds on those who are facing a holiday season with the needs only God fully understands. And blessings to you too for this season. May you reach out and touch another life.
Andrea Luxton
President