We pray the Lord will inspire strategies for our entire community to find more efficient ways to move the ministry forward while never compromising on the breadth of impact our extra efforts can make. Teach us the pathways of abundant life, Lord.
We pray for our staff and ask the Lord to turn our attention to the things that require them most, to have the peace with the things we can’t always get to immediately, and for wisdom to know the difference.
We lift up our entire community of staff, volunteers, ministry partners, and supporters and ask the Lord to bless our families. May those who are in need of care find the necessary support. May our family bond be strengthened and secured on every side.
We thank the Lord for how far He has brought us in developing systems for greater facilitation of PFC programs. We pray for our staff team to receive the changes with ease, and for the Spirit of comprehension as we learn new navigate the new processes.
No matter how many the Lord places before us to serve, may our hearts always remain attentive to the compassion the Lord Jesus has for just the one. May we always seek to serve the one as if it were the very Lord Jesus himself.
We continue to pray for open spaces for full or partial bursaries for children to attend camp. We pray for the Spirit to bring together new partnership opportunities for camp with existing partners across Canada.
We pray that returning citizens would continue to see the benefits of being connected to a healthy spiritual community. We pray that every other need would be filled for them effortlessly so that this crucial need can be rightly seen as important.
In the spiritual world where we have an enemy who seeks to divide and conquer, we pray for strong volunteer partnerships that can both recognize the attacks, and stand together in oneness as they seek to support returning citizens in their restorative journey.
We pray that chaplains and program staff across Canada would see the depth of impact that PFC’s in-prison curriculum can make in the lives of prisoners, and we ask the Lord for many new openings to take these Bible studies to new in-prison participants in new ways this year.
We lift up volunteers across Canada who faithfully make themselves available to serve prisoners on the phone lines and pray for God’s covering over them from distractions and discouragement. We ask the Lord to give every volunteer wisdom as they serve callers.
We pray that as we continue to faithfully make known the PFC By Phone program to new institutions across Canada that the Lord will continue to impress upon the hearts of decision makers, the value and benefit these lines of communication serve for prisoners.
As we receive applications from prisoners and caregivers of children excited about attending camp this year, we pray over each child and ask for the preparation of their hearts. May their excitement be met with the life transforming love of God and joy in their spirit through their experiences at camp.
Prison ministry has so many spiritual lessons to teach the Canadian christian church community. We pray for minds and hearts that are continuing to sense and receive the things that the Holy Spirit is trying to show us through the mirror of those we serve.
We pray for spiritual clarity and understanding as we respond to ever changing needs in the jails and prisons. We ask for guidance by the Holy Spirit to equip our national team with the appropriate support staff needed to steward the work of the ministry as we continue to grow.
Spiritual imprisonment can occur in individuals both inside and out of a prison context. We pray for the greater freedom that Jesus envisioned for all of His children through our in-prison curriculum, Bridgecare mentorship, and for those who call the phone lines.
We pray that the Holy Spirit will inspire songs of hope and triumph in the hearts of every staff member, volunteer, and those we serve. May the joy of the spirit be ushered into our hearts through the songs of the Spirit.
With many from the population we serve coming from broken or abusive families, we pray for a deep sense of kinship to pervade the hearts of those we serve. We pray that they both comprehend and experience the blood relation of ourselves to God through the love shown to them by the Christian church community.
We pray that every child application we receive for Angel Tree Camping is met with a divinely appointed Christian camp spot, and a divinely orchestrated experience that help these children to understand the authentic expressions of God’s love in a whole new way.
We pray that the Holy Spirit would lead us all to avoid the pitfalls of those who walk through this journey unaware of the devil’s schemes. We ask God to go before us and clear away the obstacles and direct our pathway to safety. Make a way out of the lion’s mouth; a path away […]
With so many obstacles to reintegration, we lift up all of our Bridgecare applicants and pray for inner resolve and courage to stay the path, continuing to trust in the good work God has begun, and to see the goodness of God for those who endure.
We pray that in every city where a Bridgecare client is returning that the Holy Spirit will raise up a spirit-filled volunteer team to meet the need for every one of God’s children in need of healthy community; spuritual fathers to the fatherless, and spiritual mothers to the motherless.
We pray that the chain of cyclical thoughts, addiction struggles, homelessness, joblessness will be completely broken off of prisoners seeking spiritual support in Jesus’ Name! We pray for new hope to arise and the Holy Spirit of revival to take root in hearts across Canada.
We pray for the church community throughout all of Saskatchewan and ask the Lord to raise up and continually fill volunteers, Angel Tree sponsors, Spirit-filled chaplains, and institutional access to Prison Fellowship Canada. Do a new thing once again, Lord!
We thank the Lord for His faithfulness in setting apart those volunteers called to prison ministry. We pray that every need is met with an open door to effective ministry. Remove the barriers, Lord, and usher in a new wave of volunteer opportunities.
We pray for the Bridgecare initiatives moving into place in Newfoundland, and we ask the Lord to make divine connections between the preparing teams and returning citizens. May the Holy Spirit guide returning citizens to our organization and community in all the variety of ways that only He can.
We continue to pray for opportunities this year to partner with halfway houses to run our Re-Entry curriculum and help returning men and women prepare both spiritually and practically for reintegration.
We continue to pray for inspired creativity that really helps us to communicate the heart and character of Prison Fellowship Canada’s ministry to both the Canadian Christian church community and the public at large.
We pray that every attack of the enemy against the work of PFC’s dedicated volunteers would be stopped in Jesus’ Name! We ask for a spiritual covering over those who serve in prison, in community, and on the phone lines. May a garment of praise be the covering over each one.
We thank the Lord for those who feel called to partner with PFC to assist in ancillary supports to returning citizens. We pray for discernment as we seek to support returning citizens, to recognize those organizations that seek the highest good of those we refer.
We pray that as we continue to build out PFC’s Bridgecare Directory that we become aware of more and more local resources to assist returning citizens with food, clothing, and other crucial supplies for getting firmly planted back into daily life.
We pray that this year we will find divine connections to many supportive employers who are willing to hire those with a criminal record who have shown an earnest desire for change - no matter what they’ve done in the past. May the Canadian Christian church community rise up to be pillars of change for […]
With conflicting agendas at work between God’s kingdom and the kingdoms of mankind, we pray that as we honor the Lord, He will continue to make a way to move the mission of Prison Fellowship Canada forward in our field of ministry.
We pray that in-prison Bible study conversations would be so heavenly infused that the often upside-down seeds of spiritual truths of God’s kingdom will find their way deep down into the hearts and minds of participants, breaking the yoke and setting the prisoner free.
We pray that as PFC continues to roll out new methods for reporting on the crucial details of our work across Canada that the new reporting links would not be burdensome to volunteers, but instead come easily to all, promote stronger community, and inspire feedback.
We continue to pray that the Lord would make us one. May the surrounding world know us by our camaraderie, love, and selfless support of one another. Give us clean hands and pure hearts, Lord. Let our words and actions in You be true.
We pray for the Holy Spirit’s guidance in finding new ways to build connection points between incarcerated parents and their child(ren) through PFC’s Angel Tree initiatives. We pray for divine confirmation to clearly recognize when the Lord is leading.
We lift up all of the children who will be attending Christian summer camps across Canada this year. We ask the Lord to go before us and prepare every detail necessary to lead each heart to find exactly what it needs through the experience.
We lift up the women at Nova Institution who have signed up for PFC’s restorative justice program, The Sycamore Tree, and ask the Lord to begin to prepare each heart to do the deep and intricate work necessary to experience greater healing and restoration with the greater community.
With so much to learn in the ministry to prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families, we pray that our entire volunteer community is continuing to expand their knowledge and awareness of the issues that surround marginalized communities so that we can better serve those God entrusts to us.
We ask the Lord to lead the PFC community to communicate the restorative heart of our Heavenly Father in every capacity where He places us. We surrender our hands and feet and ask Him to lead us wherever is necessary to bind up the wounds of those in need.
We thank the Lord for the many who find support through spiritual conversation and prayer on the PFC by Phone lines. We ask the Lord to continually give wisdom and words of knowledge to volunteers serving on the line so that they might be equipped to effectively do so in increasing measure.
We thank the Lord for the many camp partners who invest in the lives of little ones every summer and pray that their every need would be amply met so that they can continue to offer bursaries and subsidies. We pray that no child goes without the memorable experience of summer camp.