Would you consider forming or joining a prayer group to meet and pray for your local schools?

The Group: Your group may first meet as a “one off”. If you are keen for the group to have a lasting impact, seek out someone to coordinate regular meetings and gather others together to pray. A wide group of people including teachers, Scripture teachers, local pastors and parents could all be involved. If a student is interested in being involved, you will need to encourage them to attend with a parent/guardian. If that is not possible, make sure you follow the child protection guidelines or policy affirmed by the student’s church, especially if you are meeting on-line.

The Practicalities: If you’re keen to lead a prayer group around your local school, here are some ideas for a successful prayer group:

• raising the possibility with other local people you think might be interested
• developing a distribution list/spreadsheet of people who are keen to be involved
• finding a suitable venue for the meetings (eg. someone’s home, a local church)
• arranging a regular meeting (eg. once a term) and inviting people to come
• gathering prayer points ahead of each meeting (eg. from Scripture teachers, SUPA Club/ISCF leaders, others involved in the school)
• considering whether and how you might let the school know you are praying for them, and asking what things they might like you to be aware of as you pray If you choose to run a prayer group, please contact the SUNSW Schools team so that we can support and pray for you.