Pray with us this April
This month we are praying for the Connect to Community service, which supports men and women leaving prison to integrate into their local community.
National statistics on re-conviction rates show that 73% of people who leave prison are re-convicted within 12 months. Through Connect to Community, we are seeing that those with our support are remaining out of prison at a higher rate – 85% of people in our care stay out of prison for at least 12 months.
We pray for this essential service and the part our staff and volunteers play in helping people successfully reintegrate into community life after prison.
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.”
Isaiah 61:1
How to pray with us
Our goal for this calendar is to engage you, our supporters, with the wider contexts and challenges that people experiencing homelessness are facing in Scotland, and to provide statistically-informed prompts for your personal prayers.
Each month this year we have provided two prompts: Pray for Scotland and Pray for Bethany. As well as this, we aim to update our website with current prayer requests for the service or area that we are focusing on that month.
We hope these help to guide your prayers, both for Bethany and for the the nation.
Thank you for joining with us in prayer.
Prayer points this month
Please join us as we give thanks and pray for specific areas of Bethany’s work this month.
Pray for those being released from prison after long periods of detention. They are coming out to a world that they may no longer recognise, where things like the benefits system and housing have radically altered. Pray for God’s help for people navigating these changes.
We are working with over 100 people every year and are very grateful for our current volunteers who help us achieve this. Pray for more volunteers to come forward so we can provide more regular contact with those we are walking with after prison.
Pray for the housing crisis in Scotland. Many of the people we support through Connect to Community have lost tenancies due to incarceration and struggle to find suitable accommodation after they are released. Pray for housing availability across the country.