WE APPRECIATE the many people who bring the work of the YMCA before the Lord in prayer.  We know that your prayers make a difference to our work.  To encourage you to pray for our work we suggest that you print out the prayer points below so that you can pray alongside others for the grace of God to manifest itself through the work of Aberdeen YMCA.  You can use the prayer points for personal use, as part of your house group, fellowship or prayer meetings.

Prayer points:

Pray and give thanks for the directors of Aberdeen YMCA who volunteer their time, gifts and skills to serve the Lord in YMCA work.  Pray particularly for the Board of Directors as they seek the Lord for a vision for a 3-5 year development plan for 2008 - 2011/13 and the big projects that could be part of this. 

Pray and give thanks for the developing relationship with Sheddocksley Baptist Church and for the development of a 'Street Football Project' in partnership with the Church due to begin in early 2008.  Pray that this detached youthwork project with unchurched youth would reach the vulnerable teenagers who are involved in anti-social behaviour in the community there.

Pray for YMCA personnel who deliver YMCA programmes.  Pray for their witness to remain strong, pray for their spiritual protection, pray for encouragments and blessing upon their various aspects of work.

Pray for meetings with folks from Stockethill Church of Scotland, One Trust and Youth for Christ and the possibility of developing 'Street Football Project' there also.

Pray for development of relationships with secondary schools and, in particular, Northfield Academy and for YMCA work to provide teenagers with "more choices and more chances" as part of the developing curriculum for excellence.

Pray and give thanks for 150 years of YMCA work in Aberdeen in 2008.  Pray for 150th anniversary of Aberdeen YMCA.  Pray that this would be a good opportunity for YMCA to reconnect with local churches and vice-versa.

Pray for a forthcoming Ian White concert in the Music Hall, Aberdeen as part of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations.  Pray that it would be a good opportunity to reach others with the gospel and the YMCA work in promoting this.

Pray and give thanks for the volunteers who labour in the harvest field and pray for the ongoing recruitment of new volunteers to undertake various aspects of YMCA work (admin, gardening, childrens' work, youth work, community work, street football, etc.)

Pray for YMCA staffing/volunteering issues:

1.   Pray for the employment of a female sessional youthworker to work alongside our full-time youthworker in outreach youthwork with young people in Skene Terrace.  Pray that the right person would be identified and fill this important post.

2.   Pray that we could find a volunteer to take on the responsibility of writing our quarterly newsletter and maintaining our website.

Pray for the work of YMCA Scotland.