7 days to go

Well our journey of prayer for 50 days reaches its final week. It's been very helpful for us to engage with God and pray for our neighbourhood. On the last day, next Sunday (14th), we are going to celebrate with a few friends that are joining us to pray around the estate. If you would like to come then please drop me an email on andrew@andrewgrinnell.com for more details.

some thoughts from our prayer day

On Saturday we spent the day praying together for our community and neighbourhood. A number of things came up which may help guide you in your prayers for East End Park.

Establish
There was a sense that God is wanting to establish something that is consistent and continuous which builds towards a better future for East End Park. Our neighbourhood is all too used to projects and programmes breezing in and breezing out. God's love and grace are obviously eternal and we're praying that his work will be something that East End Park is known for.

Faith
We need God to increase our faith to pray 'bold' prayers for ourselves and our neighbourhood. For instance, we regularly pray that we would not retaliate when things happen to us in life. We are praying that this will be the natural standpoint for people in EEP - an area where retaliation is the norm.

Love
We prayed that God would help us to love people. Even those who are not necessarily doing things the way we'd like to see them being done.

Observations
There were a number of observations that we made as we prayer walked for the afternoon. Grafitti seems to be on the increase; there's quite a lot of video and audio tape draped around the estate; and the sun really brings people out on to the streets.

Undoubtedly fifty days of prayer is helping us as a community. We are so encouraged by the support that so many people are giving us around the world. Please continue to pray for us. We've decided to commit to meditating upon a different prayer for each day of the week. Some of these have been written by us, others have been borrowed. Over the coming days we'll be posting some of these so that they may act as an inspiration for your prayer.

Prayer Day

Today we are having a day together as a community to pray for East End Park. We try to do a day a month for prayer, reflection and discussion to engage with God and each other as to what is happening in our community and neighbourhood. We'll be posting again soon any thoughts, words or pictures that we have received. If you have anything to add then please email us here.

Week 2: Sunday 4th - Saturday 10th May

We're so grateful to everybody who's prayed this first week - thank you. Here's the timetable for our second week. If you'd like to sign up then either place a comment below or click here and send an email outlining when you'd like to pray.

Sunday: 7am Paul M, 11am Ben, 3pm Bill H,
Monday: 7am Paul M, 8am Bram, 3pm Bill H, 4pm Hannah, 8pm Karen G
Tuesday: 7am Paul M, 8am Bram, 9.30am Valerie, 2pm Esther, 3pm Bill H, 10am Andrew B
Wednesday: 7am Paul M, 8am Bram, 11am Mags, 3pm Bill H, 6.30pm Isaac, Macy and Erin
Thursday: 7am Paul M, 7.30am Dave and Dot, 3pm Bill H, 4-6pm Vicky, 8pm Karl
Friday: 7am Paul M, 8-9am Vicky, 8.30am Alison and Ian, 9am Andrew G, 11am Tim J, 3pm Bill H,
Saturday: 7am Paul M, Andrew G, 8.30am Alison and Ian, 3pm Bill H,

the start of 50 days

Well we started our prayer journey yesterday and are greatly encouraged by everyone who has signed up to pray for us over the coming week. If you've found it difficult to post a comment you can email us at andrew@andrewgrinnell.com to post a time.

Week 1: Sunday 27th April to Saturday 2nd May

The following times are when community members are praying. If you want to pray at all during this during 'fifty days of prayer' then please add a comment below. Add your name and when you would like to pray. There are topics to pray for in the left column.

Sunday: 8am Margaret Y, 10am Deborah P, 8pm Catherine, 10pm Andrew G, 10.30pm Stephen P
Monday: 6am Wendy, 11am Jo U, 4pm Hannah, 10.30pm Stephen P
Tuesday: 6am Wendy, 9am Tim S, 2pm Esther, 5pm Isaac, Macy & Erin, 6.30pm Mandy W, 10.30pm Stephen P
Wednesday: 6am Wendy, 11am Mags, 1pm Pete P, 3pm Bill H, 9 Church in the Home, 10.30pm Stephen P
Thursday: 6am Wendy, Ruthie S, 11am Cliff College, 3pm Bill H, 7.30pm David & Dot, 8pm Karl & Hope Asha, 10.30pm Stephen P
Friday: 6am Wendy, 8.30am Ben, 10.30am Valerie, 3pm Bill H, 10.30pm Stephen P
Saturday: 8am Tom, 2pm Andrew B, 3pm Bill H, 10.30pm Stephen P