We believe in the transforming power of prayer to restore and bring; healing, salvation, freedom and hope to our friends experiencing homelessness. We see people of many different faiths at different stages of their spiritual journey. Many have complex needs stemming from; addictions, poor mental health, abuse, trauma and grief including ex service veterans and those without family.

We pray for our friends every morning and before each session. We also hold a weekly time of prayer and worship at our Support Centre with an open invite for anyone who wishes to attend. Our quiet space is available for personal prayer and we've just started an Alpha course.

Church Support:

We’re also always grateful for volunteers, support with our weekly prayer and worship, practical donations or fundraising and financial gifts in support of our work in the City. Perhaps we could visit your group or church we would love to tell you more so that together we can help bring lasting change to those we support, please get in touch with Neil at [email protected] to find out more or check out our Church Partnership Page which encompasses all of our faith-based ministries at Barnabus and how you can get involved.

This Month’s Prayer Points:

Pray firstly for wisdom as we plan what to do with the new building . God has truly blessed us with this new space and it is full of potential of what we could do with it. We know the Lord’s heart is to use it as a place of restoration and healing for our guests, and a place where they can experience freedom from past traumas, addictions and ongoing support with their mental health. But we are still seeking the Lord for wisdom and discernment of exactly how to best utilise the space. Pray with us that God would make it clear what He intends us to do and that we would be able to bless our guests and strengthen our partnerships with other charities, the council and our many other partners. 

Pray for the mental health and wellbeing of our guests. So many of our guests are struggling with their mental health and walking through years of trauma and addictions. We are believing that God will resource us with the tools that we need to be able to support them and empower them to get the help they need. We are also praying for breakthroughs and healings for each of our guests and trusting that God will reveal His great love to them and bring them out of darkness into His glorious light (1 Pet 2:9).

Pray for the provision of housing and open doors as we look to purchase our first property. With rising costs of living, increased poverty rates and the housing shortage, we are praying for miraculous provision of more housing for our guests. We are also hoping to be able to take the first steps towards purchasing our own property. We have already established a long term support structure with our resettlement team and the sustain project, so we are hoping that with our own property we would be able to offer deeper and more long term support that is very much needed for our guests. Pray that God would open doors and make the way ahead clear and give us wisdom as we make many decisions and steps towards that goal. 

Pray for our partnership with Festival Manchester 2022. We are partnering with the Festival Manchester to run a banquet for people experiencing homelessness in Manchester hosted at Audacious church. Pray that everything runs smoothly and that we are able to bless our guests. We’re also in need of 30 churches to join us on the Sustain Project as part of the legacy of our partnership with the festival, to help us end the cycle of homelessness for the people that we work with.

Monthly Prayer Meetings:

Join us for our supporter’s monthly prayer meeting. It is a great opportunity to connect with people from across the charity and to join us in unified prayer for our work with those experiencing homelessness in Greater Manchester.

If you’re interested in joining us please get in touch with [email protected] for more details. 

Rising Waters - Praying on site for our work.

We are once again able to make our prayer space available in the Basement of the Beacon Support centre for anyone of our supporters to come in and pray for our work and our guests whilst the centre is open.

Available Monday to Friday between 7am and 3pm - you can come for half an hour and hour or 3 hours if you like! Contact [email protected] to book a slot. 

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Luke 4:18-19

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.”

 

Matthew 25:35-40

‘For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

 Then they asked ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

 The Lord will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’