Southend Street Pastors at ‘Southend ’24 Love Essex’ Southend High Street event

The Southend Street Pastors had a stall at the “Southend ’24” event in the city centre on Saturday 14 September. At least ten Street Pastors, Prayer Pastors and Prayer Partners attended over the day and had many chats with interested visitors. These included Bishop Adam who accepted an invitation to our Commissioning Service!

Our Prayer Co-Ordinator helped out at the Prayer/Reflective gazebo. She reported that:

1. one of the Community Safety Team shared their take on the day and said they found it very encouraging and uplifting. They said there was a lot of darkness around Warrior Square but here, at the event, she sensed there was hope.
2. after praying for a lady in a wheelchair, she could stand up from her wheelchair for the first time in 14 years! She then gave her life to Jesus!
3. they also prayed for a young girl (5 years old) who was troubled by ADHD type behaviour. Jesus sent His peace and calm, and she and her Dad went away blessed.
4. prayers placed on the Prayer Tree will be continued to be prayed by the Love Essex Prayer Team.

At our stall, we spoke to two young lads – they were given Bibles by Good News for Everyone, and then spoke to Snatcha and the team in the Youth Corner. We pray that they will go to a church and get to know Jesus in a real way.

It was more noticeable this year that the orange-shirted ministry team spent a long time (sometimes more than 15 minutes) talking to individual members of the public, and many conversations ended with prayer being offered and accepted.

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