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Kettle Prayer | Cheesemakers It's National Cheese Day! Join us in praying for cheesemakers. When you pop the kettle on today, take a minute to pray the prayer below asking God to work through them in their everyday routines. ~ Lord, we thank you for cheesemakers. As they prepare the milk, add cultures and enzymes, heat and cool the mixture, cut and stir the curds, shape and press the cheese, and monitor the temperature and humidity during the ageing process, grant them precision and accuracy and bless the work of their hands. What’s more, we ask that you’d preserve their expert sense of smell and taste that allow them to evaluate the flavours and textures of the cheese. May they find joy in their creativity, knowing that it will bring joy to consumers up and down the country. Amen

Kettle prayer | Interior designers Every week, we pray for Christians in a particular place, job, or role. When you pop the kettle on today, take a minute to pray the prayer below asking God to work through them in their everyday routines. ~ Lord, we thank you for interior designers. By preparing sketches and mood boards, advising on the use of colour and furnishings, and finding suppliers, they help create beautiful interiors. Grant them good communication skills and boundless creativity as they imagine new spaces that will bless their clients. Amen

A reminder that we’re looking to appoint a Head of Trusts & Foundations to join our Fundraising Team. If you’re a lateral thinker and outstanding communicator this could be the job for you! If you or someone you know has experience in this field, the full job spec and application details are on our website: bit.ly/48mmvFy

We absolutely loved hosting this event. Thank you so much to Justin Brierley and Tom Holland for partnering with us and for having such a thought-provoking conversation with LICC's Grace Fielding and Paul Woolley.

We’re looking to appoint a Head of Trusts & Foundations to research potential donors, write proposals, build relationships, and manage and track applications to trusts and foundations. If you or someone you know has experience in this field, the full job spec and application details are on our website: bit.ly/48mmvFy

Kettle prayer #9 | Safeguarding leads Every week, we pray for Christians in a particular place, job, or role. When you pop the kettle on today, take a minute to pray the prayer below asking God to work through them in their everyday routines. ~ Lord, we pray for designated safeguarding leads. Grant them discernment as they identify at-risk individuals, have and record conversations, refer individuals to specialist services, prioritise a complex case load, and support associated colleagues and families. And help them work thoroughly and with precision and as they develop policies and procedures, train colleagues, work to build a listening culture in their workplace, and report, retain, and store records. Through their work, may others receive the necessary support to help them flourish and thrive. Amen.

Kettle prayer #8 | Aunts and uncles Every week, we pray for Christians in a particular place, job, or role. When you pop the kettle on today, take a minute to pray the prayer below asking God to work through them in their everyday routines. ~ Lord, we thank you for the gift of families, especially for biological and honorary aunts and uncles. Thank you for the love that these individuals have to share with their nieces and nephews. Help them to be a fun-loving, caring, and encouraging presence in these children’s lives. And give them inspiration as they think of activities to do with the children. Grant them discernment as they look for ways to support the parents, whether that be emotionally, practically, socially, or financially. Through these extended familial relationships, may communities thrive — for the good of individuals and society. Amen.

Kettle prayer #7 | Robotics engineers Every week, we pray for Christians in a particular place, job, or role. When you pop the kettle on today, take a minute to pray the prayer below asking God to work through them in their everyday routines. ~ Lord, we thank you for robotics engineers. By designing, programming, and building machines to do automated jobs in everything from manufacturing to medicine, bomb disposal, and handling dangerous chemicals, they help keep humans safe and enhance productivity. Grant them mathematical precision, blue sky thinking, and curiosity as they innovate, create, test, and troubleshoot new robots. Amen.

Kettle prayer #6 | Phlebotomists Every week, we pray for Christians in a particular place, job, or role. When you pop the kettle on today, take a minute to pray the prayer below asking God to work through them in their everyday routines. ~ Lord, we thank you for phlebotomists. By taking blood samples from patients, they work in healthcare teams that help diagnose, manage, and treat a plethora of medical conditions and diseases. Help them put nervous patients at ease, grant them accuracy as they identify veins and insert cannulas, and help them adopt methodical approach to working as they label and send off samples for testing. Through their good work, may healthcare teams be able to support and treat patients with excellence. Amen.

Kettle prayer #5 | Wardrobe assistants Every week, we pray for Christians in a particular place, job, or role. When you pop the kettle on today, take a minute to pray the prayer below, asking God to work through them in their everyday routines. ~ Lord, we thank you for wardrobe assistants. By helping to make, find, and look after clothes and costumes used in theatre, film, and TV productions, they help produce spectacular performances that inspire, educate, and entertain our society. Bless the work of their hands, granting them creativity as they bring characters to life and calmness as they make last-minute alterations in pressured, fast-paced environments. Amen.