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Join the Prayer Team!
Because we believe in the power of prayer, we’re inviting you to pray for Connected Families and to share your prayer requests with us. Each month we send an email to the Prayer Team, and then as needs arise during the month. Enter your name and email address to join*.
September 2024 Prayer Requests
Renewed Urgency to Prayer
Praise: All members of the Leadership Team have either read or are reading the transformative book Lead With Prayer. It has inspired us to elevate our prayer times as we are in the midst of some significant decisions, projects, and initiatives. We have added extra time to our staff meetings to pray as a team.
Prayer: It is not uncommon to experience spiritual opposition when praying for a work of God to happen. Please pray for spiritual, physical, and emotional protection for our team, our families, and Connected Families as a ministry.
Year-End Fundraising Initiative
Praise: What a joy it is to give! Giving fills our hearts with warmth, purpose, and blessings (Acts 20:35b and 2 Corinthians 8.). God’s given us the very air in our lungs and the grace that enlivens us. As we enter this season of giving, let’s rejoice in the privilege of partnering with Him to transform families.
Prayer: As year-end philanthropy approaches, we’ve begun this season in prayer and invite you to join us. Please pray that God inspires new and existing donors to care deeply for struggling parents alongside us. Pray that long-time supporters and potential first-time donors would be moved to give generously, allowing us to reach even more discouraged parents. Pray for hearts to be stirred towards sacrificial giving, as the need is greater than ever. Pray that joyful, abundant contributions will enable this ministry to bring more hope to homes in 2025 and beyond. Together, let’s trust God to do immeasurably more as we support families in these challenging times.
Discipline That Connects With Your Child’s Heart
Praise: Over the years, nearly 10,000 households have been blessed through the content in the Discipline That Connects With Your Child’s Heart online course, and the testimonies of powerful transformation keep coming!
Prayer: This fall, our primary focus will be starting or joining a Discipline That Connects small group. Pray that many parents will have the confidence to start and lead a group and that hearts will be stirred to learn in a supportive and encouraging community with other parents. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up…”
Podcast
Praise: We are preparing for our 200th episode and 2,000,000 downloads mark next month! (more on that in October)
Prayer: We are gathering information to consider engaging with a podcast consultant to maximize reach and impact. Please pray for guidance in continuing to refine our podcast vision and expertise.
Certified Parent Coaches Gathering
Praise: Registration has closed for the 2024 CF Certified Parent Coach Gathering, which will occur September 25-27. Fifty-one coaches will attend, representing six countries and 21 US states. What a blessing! God is up to something uniquely special through the CF Parent Coaching community.
Prayer: The theme for this Gathering is an invitation to “Come to the Table.” Churches and parents alike are hungry for better ways to prepare kids to love and serve Christ, and Connected Families offers such a way. We serve a delicious and compelling “meal” of God’s grace and truth. Please pray that this time together will sharpen each attendee’s ability to prepare, invite, and serve this meal well.
Board Growth
Praise: We are so grateful for a board of directors who cares so beautifully about the CF vision and team.
Prayer: As Connected Families grows toward changing the ministry landscape into the future, we are praying for additions to our Board of Directors who can strengthen and sustain the ministry into the next generation.
Ongoing Prayer Requests
Share your prayer requests with us
We would be honored to pray for you.
*When you join the prayer team, you can expect:
- A minimum of one email per month highlighting the prayer needs of CF Board, Staff, and Families to whom we minister.
- An occasional S.O.S prayer request that needs immediate prayer.