Pray for Schools fortnight: 8-23 May 2011
Bringing together anyone in your area who has a heart to pray for schools for an evening of thanksgiving, strategic planning and intercession for local schools and wider education policy. We have free resources available below that will help you get started, and more will be sent to you when you register your event.
Tips for planning your event
Ideas about how to plan your event and get others involved
Programme ideas
Ideas for what to do on the night
Other publicity
A4 Poster (black and white)
A4 Poster (colour)
A5 Postcard (version 1)
A5 Postcard (version 2)
(N.B these are provided as jpg images for you to use as a background on your publicity)
Logos and publicity
The Pray for School logo and Partnership strip are property of Pray for Schools and are made available for use in publicity relating to Pray for Schools events. Please contact us if you would like artwork sent to you.
Video
A short video for use at your event is available here on vimeo.
Letters of invitation
We have three template letters of invitation for you to use as you invite people to your Pray for School Event. We will email these to you once you register your event.
You might also be interested in some other prayer event dates in the PFS calendar
These include Back to School Sunday, Pray Day for Schools and Education Sunday. You can download specific resources for these events from the website links below.
Back to School Sunday
Late August/early September Encourage your church to pray for, and ‘commission’ the children, teachers and schools workers who are returning to school for the new academic year. In Scotland this is held at the end of August – we suggest a Sunday in September for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Pray Day for Schools
Third Thursday in November. A Europe-wide prayer event promoting prayer in, and for, schools. Information and logos are available from www.prayday.eu and the resource pack will be available in early September
Education Sunday
This is the day when churches throughout the UK join to offer to God the work of education, in schools of all kinds, in colleges and universities and in the church. It is the time to celebrate the achievements of education, to recognise the challenges, and support and pray for all who are involved in education.
