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Praying for Streets
When the monthly Parish Prayer Diary started including lists of streets to pray for, several people asked me how to pray for streets. My response was usually to say that we could pray for the people who live or work in those streets, about 90% of whom do not attend church but are the community in which we are placed. Technically, as part of the ‘established’ church we are in a parish with defined boundaries and the spiritual welfare of Fleet Parish’s parishioners falls into the remit of the Vicar of Fleet. By praying for all our parishioners we are helping Roy to fulfil that responsibility, in addition to all the other things we do to extend a caring hand into our local community.
The Mission Committee felt that we could actually go a stage further by letting Fleet’s parishioners know that we care about them, and are praying for them that week. We could give them opportunities to tell us about specific prayer needs, and how to get in touch to find out more. To this end, the committee set about proposing to the PCC a leaflet to be put through the 7019 letter boxes in the parish in the week that their street appears on the Parish Prayer Diary (This excludes Elvetham Heath, which is in Fleet Parish but is amply served and prayed for by the Church On The Heath.)
In January we started to put the streets on the Prayer Diary into geographical groups rather than alphabetical, to assist in the distribution. Then the PCC chose a final leaflet design for a 3-month pilot distribution and the Mission Committee began distribution in February. At the time of writing, we have already reached 1/12 of our parishioners and after a year, everyone in our parish will have read that the members of our churches do care about them – that is the title message of the leaflet. There is a letter from Roy on the back of the leaflet including contact details and methods for submitting specific prayer requests. I will leave some leaflets at the back of each church so that you can read what the letter says.
After the 3-month pilot (May) we will be needing some additional help with distribution – it takes two people between 30 and 60 minutes each week and we have a roster so you can opt for a week when the streets are near you. (See my contact details below to volunteer.)
The Mission Committee felt that you should be aware of this initiative in case you are asked about it by neighbours or friends. The aim is to reach out into our community and, in an age when people are increasingly independent, let people know that we do care about them and will try to help them in any way we can. So please respond positively and knowledgeably if you are asked about the prayer leaflets, and think about helping with their distribution from May onwards. Thank you.
Robert Smith
On behalf of the Mission Committee and the Parish Prayer Programme Team
Contact for further information or to volunteer: Tel: 624171.
E-mail: robert.smith77@btinternet.com