Pray for our upcoming Men’s Conference occurring later this week. Pray for Ray Ortlund, our speaker, for Him to preach the Word of God boldly and clearly. Pray the men in our faith family will respond to God’s call to follow His leadership as they lead within their own families and within our church. Ask the Holy Spirit to convict men of any passive neglect of their responsibilities that may exist in their lives. Ask God to unite the men of our faith family together in brotherly love and fellowship. Pray our Men’s Conference will have lasting results on the life of our church.

This week we are praying for Apartment Life (apartmentlife.org), a ministry that partners with the local church to place teams of missional believers, or “CARES Teams,” inside apartment communities with discounted rent to demonstrate Christ’s love by caring for residents in times of need, welcoming new residents to the community, and hosting events so that community can flourish. We are also praying for Liberty Baptist Church and Pastor Tim Cox.

DAY 1: Pray for the two CARES Teams currently serving in apartment communities in Birmingham as they demonstrate God’s love to their neighbors in real, tangible ways.

DAY 2: Pray for Brook Hills members Steve and Karen Dewhirst, who serve as a CARES team in a nearby apartment community. Pray for God to grant them favor with the apartment staff and residents.

DAY 3: Pray for God to call out passionate, missional believers to serve in the seven available apartment communities in Birmingham that are currently waiting for CARES teams.

DAY 4: Pray for residents living in CARES communities to participate in the outreach events, connect with the CARES teams, and be receptive to the gospel.

DAY 5: Pray for more apartment communities in Birmingham to open their properties to CARES teams.

DAY 6: Pray and ask God how He would call you to participate in this ministry, either by becoming a CARES team, praying for a team, or supporting a team as they serve their community.

This week we are praying for Brook Hills Field Partner Compassion International. Compassion is a long-time partner with The Church at Brook Hills that helps to release children from the cycle of poverty in Jesus’ name. The Church at Brook Hills has partnered and sponsored Child Survival Programs through Compassion International since 2009. This year we are sponsoring nine programs in the unreached areas of Northern India, one in Ethiopia, and one in Dominican Republic. Join us this week as we pray for our partner Compassion International and the children who are part of the projects around the world. For more information visit compassion.com. We are also praying for our Short-Term team serving in the Middle East.

DAY 1: Pray for God to continue to use Compassion throughout the world to help children living in poverty know the hope of Christ.

DAY 2: Pray for the mothers and babies who are part of the Child Survival Programs. Pray for God to transform their lives through Christ Jesus.

DAY 3: Praise God for Compassion International and the 1.3 million children living in poverty who are currently sponsored through this organization.

DAY 4: Pray for the nine Child Survival Programs in Northern India we as a church get to sponsor. Pray that through this partnership many families in these areas will have what they need to survive and that many unreached peoples can hear the gospel.

DAY 5: Pray for the Child Survival Program in Ethiopia we as a church get to sponsor. Pray for the pastor and his church that host the CSP. Pray for their faith family to be strengthened as they care for the poor through Compassion in their community.

DAY 6: Pray for the ministry of Compassion International to expand. Pray for God to give wisdom to leadership as they continue to work to release children from the cycle of poverty in Jesus’ name.