Calvary M

Rick & Cindy Johnston

PRAISES:

- Praise the Lord: Angela gave her life to Jesus last weekend while she was away on a mini-holiday! She was in her hotel room, reading her Bible and realized that Jesus was true and she surrendered all to Him!

- Praise the Lord: We are rejoicing that Connor has continued coming into The Venue and to church again yesterday. He's trying really hard.

- Praise the Lord: The Prayer Convocation this past week led by Pastor Samuel from Uganda was well attended, and a couple of people came to faith.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

Please pray for 2 more prayer initiatives taking place this month:

September 6-13 - Awaken Prayer Rooms - 24/7 Prayer are encouraging world wide prayer rooms - CBV & The Venue are co-hosting a room from 6 am to 6 pm on Thursday here in Ballymena Plus, there are 18 different churches hosting prayer rooms throughout the area, as well as another one being held in a pop-up in a shopping center in town Mon through Sat.

September 17-19 - Pastor John Ssemblya is hosting prayer gatherings with the an emphasis for world-wide revival, which will also be held at Adair Arms Hotel.

All of these prayer gatherings were planned without one another's knowledge - the Lord is moving here in Ballymena!! Praise the Lord for these prayer initiatives. May the Lord use them to draw men and women to himself and enrich and grow the church -

- Pray that the setup of our prayer room on Tuesday and Wednesday goes well and that all those who attend are blessed and encouraged throughout the time.

- We appreciate your prayers for a situation with Cindy's car. Yesterday (Sunday) morning while we were setting up for church, we heard a loud crash, it was like an explosion, which was Cindy's car being hit in the right rear quarter!! The driver had driven off. Thankfully the restaurant across the street has CCTV which recorded the entire incident and the police have identified the driver and also discovered that they have insurance. We don't know if the car is repairable or it will be written off, as we are now waiting on insurance.

- Please pray if a courtesy car is necessary for one to be made available straight away.

- Pray that if it is not repairable that a decent car can be found within a reasonable price.

- This was totally shocking to us and pretty much threw us off guard, but the Lord is extremely faithful and nothing ever catches him off guard. Pray we receive His peace.

- We are extremely grateful that no one was hurt and that the Lord's hand of peace and calm was upon everyone at church, so service (despite the strain on us) went on ahead without a hitch!

- Please continue praying for Daniel, Angela's husband, and Eamonn, Linda's husband, that these men open their hearts to the Lord.

- Please continue to pray for the 14-week New Believers Bible study. This week is week 4 of 14 - and it just so happens that the theme this week is "Trials"! Please pray for participants to continue gaining a good understanding of the Bible whilst having good craic in the conversation around it.

- Please pray for Cindy and a dear friend Beth, who is serving in London, as they will be travelling September 17 to 24 to Vatja, Hungary for the European Women's Leaders Conference (18th to 22nd). Cindy has been asked to teach a workshop on Spirit-Directed Prayer. Praying that the ladies will be ministered to and encouraged by this workshop and the entire conference as well.

Thank you for praying for the upcoming meetings this week:

Tuesday - New Believer's Bible study and Church prayer gathering

Thursday - Our Awaken 24/7 Prayer Room from 6 am to 6 pm

Friday - Our first Couples Outing to a restaurant in Belfast.

Saturday - Thrive - We will have a craft and related devo

Sunday - The Book of Revelation - "What on Earth is Happening?"

ONGOING PRAYER REQUESTS:

- Thank you for your continued prayers for Kristen as she steps out in faith, trusting the Lord to move here in June 2027 to work with HCF Ireland. There are some major needs to be sorted out so let's stand with her in prayer and believe in the God of the impossible!

- Please continue praying with me for the Lord to fulfil a word He spoke to me: "That the churches in the Ballymena area will be full as He brings people from across the board to faith - male and female; young, old and in between; backsliders, the unchurched and those raised in church." - I want to be prepared for whatever the Lord will bring.

- Please continue praying for Elaine - is feeling better, but still a lot of fatigue. Please pray with us that she is able to resume coming to church

- The Lord has put Rick in a unique position with ties to church leaders/ministers from all the different types of churches in Ballymena. And he is praying that the Lord would strengthen him to be confident in taking a more active role in unifying the leaders.

- Your continued prayers for our dear Heather & Jenny are appreciated. Pray they both return to Jesus, their first Love, and to fellowship

- Please continue praying for Connor especially that he stays faithful to his walk with Jesus. We also pray for Ryan that they would use this time locked up to better themselves, get completely clean from drugs and that they would tap into their talents.

- Pray for the drugs issue in Ballymena. News reports have also said that criminals are exploiting the Republic of Ireland's weakness and flooding cocaine into the UK through them and Northern Ireland. Let's pray for this pipeline to collapse and for the freely available amount of cocaine in all its forms to decline in Ballymena.

- Please keep praying for the tinnitus in Rick's ears as there has not been much relief.

Thank you so much for your faithful prayers for us,

Rick & Cindy Johnston

Calvary Braid Valley (CBV) Ballymena Northern Ireland

Received: September 7, 2026