Pray with us this March
This month we are praying for all the volunteers that help us work towards our vision of ending homelessness in Scotland.
We give thanks and praise to God for the nearly 2,000 extraordinary volunteers who share their time and gifts to support and expand the work of Bethany. From Dumfries to Aberdeen, people from all backgrounds come together to join in the work of ending homelessness, one person at the time.
We are humbled by their trust and how they have caught the vision of our work.
“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Acts 20:35
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.
Volunteers enrich the work of Bethany and expand our capacity, and they encourage the people that we support. Volunteering is great for our volunteers, as they find purpose and meaning in being part of this work which is so close to God’s heart. Please pray that we can continue to foster belonging and flourishing for all.
It is often more difficult to recruit for volunteering positions which have an occupational requirement of being connected with a local church/having an active faith. Please pray that people from churches connect with our mission and listen to the calling to join us!
We are particularly looking for: Passing the Baton befrienders (Edinburgh), volunteers to support young people who live at our residential support service (Bathgate, West Lothian), and activities volunteers to support folks in recovery (Dundee).
After the Covid pandemic, volunteering in Scotland has declined substantially. In 2023, the lowest number of adults (18%) were volunteering in formal ways in recent recorded history. Promoting volunteering is a priority for the Scottish Government, and in 2026 Volunteer Scotland is running the campaign ‘Nation of Volunteers’. Please pray for the campaign, that more people in Scotland get involved in volunteering again, and that we can be part of that.