A busy world

John Greenall, Head of Student Ministries, writes: So much is happening in the student world. God is at work and he is calling medical and nursing students to join him; our role is to listen and then encourage and exhort them to follow him with their whole lives.

This must be fuelled by prayer to have any impact, so please pray for:

• The Deep:ER programme which launches in September - as we finalise the details, and for our new volunteers.
• Nursing student groups - one year into the process and nine groups have been established! Do pray for them and the new leaders, that God would direct and grow this work as we depend on him in prayer.
• The three summer teams going to Lithuania, Belarus and Philippines. We have launched a short-term missions committee and are looking at several exciting opportunities to envision students and juniors for mission; please pray for students to have a heart for mission.
• Freshers - we are launching a Freshers' Nucleus edition later this year; please pray for the thousands of students who will arrive at medical and nursing schools in the UK over the coming months. We long for them to begin well; please pray for student links and graduates as they welcome them and call them to live and speak for Jesus.
• Resources - for wisdom as we review and develop our multimedia resources.
• The National Students' Committee, that they would develop as godly leaders as they oversee the work.
Congratulations Warmest congratulations to Howard Lyons, former CMF Treasurer, who was awarded the CBE in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to Healthcare Management. Howard was until recently Managing Director of Healthcare UK.