1. That all the saints would have a hidden life of fellowship with the Lord (Matt. 6:6) and develop deeper roots in Him (Jer. 17:8); that they all would “take root downward and bear fruit upward” (Isaiah 37:31)
2. The salvation of the children in grade 5–The next citywide gospel gathering will be held this upcoming Saturday at Hall 8 in Elmhurst
3. The Citywide Senior Saints’ Conference which will be held on Saturday, May 16, at Hall 1 in Jamaica Estates
4. The Northeast Spring Middle Schoolers’ Conference to be held at Camp Penuel over the weekend of May 15-17
5. The full-time serving ones’ retreat taking place this week–The saints serving full-time in the churches in North America are gathering this week in clusters according to geographic regions; the saints from the churches in the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic, and Eastern Canada are meeting in Piscataway, NJ; let us pray for the Lord’s blessing on this fellowship, for the going on and further perfecting of all these saints, and that each one would be constituted as a channel of blessing in and to the church in which they serve
6. The 2026 International Memorial Day Blending Conference to be held in Dallas, TX over the weekend of May 22-25
7. The various needs of the saints both locally and in other localities (e.g. physical and emotional, health-related, job-related, family-related, etc.)