1) There are some amazing staff members who are very loved at Howard Payne but have been called to new places next semester. Please pray that God blesses them in their new places, and that God sends amazing godly people to fill the empty positions.
2) There are many students at Howard Payne who are doing amazing things with their summer; including working at Christian camps, Oversees mission work, internships in churches, and other great things. Please pray for those who have to raise funds within the next couple weeks; they have a lot to raise and very little time to do it.
3) Pray for supernatural peace to flow into the hearts of students as they prepare for the last three weeks of school. There will be a lot of tests, huge projects due, and finals are just around the corner.
4) There are many students graduating in a few short weeks and many of them are still unclear as to what God holds for their upcoming future. Please pray that they seek God first, that God opens doors for jobs or other opportunities and that they are able to discern God's perfect will.
1) Finals are next week, please pray for super natural energy in our students. Thanksgiving break was awesome, but it seems like most the campus has come back dreary, tired, and ready to be done.
2) Howard payne has some "stress-reliving" activites planned for the next few days, please pray that students take advantage of them, and are able to make it through the next two weeks with as little stress as possible.
3) Please pray for students as they make their final christmas travel plans. Pray that they choose wisely and are able to rest up for next semester.
4) Mono just started going around a few of the athletes, please pray that they are able to keep it contained so no one else gets sick, and that they are able to recover fully over the holiday.
1) Stress: students are really starting to feel stress during this time of the semester. Some are homesick, many are trying to figure out next semesters classes and balance that with work, church, and ministry. Pray for the student body as a whole that God rains down a spirit of peace upon our campus.
2) Basketball season is beginning! Pray for an injury free, safe season, where God grows our student athletes closer to Him, and where we can be effective witnesses for Jesus Christ to all the other schools we compete against.
1) There is a new dorm bible study starting this Monday for girls in Veda, it's focus is to reach girls who are currently not involved in any other church or bible study activity. The goal is to reach girls with the love of Jesus Christ and then grow the girls in their walk with the Lord. Please pray that many girls show up and that the leaders have wisdom on exactly how God would have them lead the group.
2) Empty Bowls is this Friday! It's a big event trying to reach the entire community of Brownwood with the issue of hunger and to raise money for national and local hunger needs. Many Howard Payne Students are involved in serving and volunteering for this event. Please keep it in your prayers as we are hoping to raise a lot of money for hunger needs, and many Howard Payne Students are involved.
3) College Prayer Group on Friday Mornings; please pray that God ignites a fire for this prayer group in the hearts of many students across the Howard Payne Campus.
1. Homecoming is this weekend!
Please pray for:
a. safe travel for all alumni and families
b. the theatre department is completely prepared for all the shows this weekend and that all their actors stay healthy.
c. all the events that will be taking place this weekend.
2. A dear friend, who is only sixteen, of one of our students was just rushed to the hospital with some type of heart infection. The doctors have no idea what is going on and they originally feared his life. They think he is going to survive, but is not expected to be out of the hospital for several weeks-months. He was 100% healthy the day before and is a very active athlete. No one saw this coming.
3. International Justice Missions, is a group that meets on campuses all across America. Their goal is to free girls who are forced into prostition slavery. Please pray that more students at Howard Payne get interested in this group, and come to the weekly prayer meetings, and that Howard Payne is able to raise a lot of money to free innocent girls.
1) We are sending a debate team out to the Metroplex area this weekend. Pray that God guides our team to be Christ-like examples from our school, even in debates with heavy topics.
2) Our Howard Payne representative from TOMS (A brand of shoes that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair of shoes you buy) is putting on a HUGE event in November to get the word out about TOMS and to try and get people involved in all the good things the company does. The event is called Art and Sole. Please life up this event in prayer. It is going to take a lot of work, pray that a lot of people come and show interest, and that people find Jesus!
3) Empty Bowls is a community wide event organized by the Good Samaritan in November raising money for hunger needs across the world, and in the city of Brownwood. Many, many college students are involved in this event, please pray that God will guide our actions and our words and that many people will be reached during this event.
4) This weekend is Fall Break, (we have no school Thursday or Friday) please lift up the student in prayer as many of them will be traveling and catching up on homework and sleep.
5) A new dorm Bible Study is going to get started after Fall Break. Pray for the leaders as they try and find the material God would want them to use, and that the leaders would be used by God in a mighty way. This Bible Study is trying to reach out to those who normally wouldn't be interested in Bible Studies. Please pray that God gives them guidance and wisdom as they try and reach those who don't know Jesus.
This is the first post sharing with alumni prayer requests for current students at HPU. These requests have been provided by the BSM prayer ministry at HPU. Please pray for students in the following areas:
- Midterms are the next two weeks for most classes, so pray for midterm studying
- Greek Life Rushing is this week, so lift up the Greek organizations with spiritual guidance as they plan future activities and choose new members
- Baptist Student Ministry; they are doing amazing things for the students, campus life, the city of Brownwood, and missions across the globe! Pray especially for FLEM (Freshman Leadership and Evangelism Ministry) they are implementing some excited new things starting this week to try and reach out to freshman and to equip them with the tools they need to make an impact on our world!