Thankyou for your continued essential prayer support at this challenging time.

Top of the list this month is to pray for all school staff and children.

What is it like in schools at the moment?

Life in school is very intense, one teacher said to Andy that every day at the moment was like the intensity of a school trip day
Give thanks for the opportunities the Joy Foundation has. e.g. at one school we presented four consecutive Collective Worships with four different bubbles across the school. One teacher described this experience as "beautiful" and other teachers have commented that The Joy Foundation coming school is great for them as it provides some much welcomed normality.
Here is a message Andy received from a teacher - sent from her class. "Thank you for sending us a personal message, it made us smile! We really enjoy your videos and we particularly like your teachings of Jesus. We are sorry that we cant see you right now, and that times are difficult. Please know that we are thinking about you and hope that you stay safe during lockdown. "
Another headteacher described the live streamed Collective Worship that we provided through Zoom to every class in the schools was the "Lift I needed"

Pray for staff

Please pray for the exhausted school staff, cleaners and caretakers, dinner ladies and administrators, teaching assistants, teachers, head teachers and governors. Pray for Gods grace, peace and love and His blessings to rest on each one of them and give them patience, compassion and energy for the rest of the term. Pray for rest over the holidays.

Pray for children.

Pray they might know the Light of Jesus in this season to give them a bright hope for the future.

Those children from families where the food bank is a Godsend, where mental health issues are surfacing and Christmas will be difficult.

Pray for The Joy Foundation

Pray for Andy Housam and Helen Pennington physically present in six schools, for protection, health, inspiration, energy and Gods continued blessing.

Please pray for the three Christmas videos The Joy Foundation is producing, focussing on the meaning of the Advent Crown, which is available to all our contact schools and distributed much further afield via social media.

Thank you for agreeing to pray for the work of the Joy Foundation.

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