Welcome! You have been invited to follow this blog by either a student or leader of Salem First Baptist's Student Ministries. We are so glad you are here! It has been on our heart to have God move through our students in a big way, and we know that the main way to get that done is by having a body of believers praying for us constantly. Our goal with this blog is to keep you informed and up-to-date on prayer requests we have within our ministry, whether they be from an individual student or from the group as a whole. We want to thank you for your willingness to pray for us and the work God is already doing within the lives of our students.


Friday, May 29, 2015


PRAYERS OF THE WEEK:
For Our Students
We continued in our series about Heaven this week, talking about what the Bible says Heaven will be like. Pray that students we truly see the awesomeness and majesty of Heaven. That it wouldn't be somewhere they think is "boring", but that they see their true potential and gifts will be revealed for God's glory. Heaven will be a grand adventure full of jobs we enjoy, an eternity to go exploring, and all of it in the presence of God.


For Our Ministry
Pray that the light of the church and the heart of the family would continually come together to reach and raise the next generation in Christ Jesus.

 
PRAYER REQUESTS FROM OUR STUDENTS:
- Strength to talk to more people about God. Confidence that God will take care of me.
- That I finish strong the last few days of high school.
- Our financial problems to not get in the way of us finding a home.
- My friend Katie coming to Thrive. Finishing the year strong.
- That my autoimmune meds keep working so I can live life without being tired all the time.

STUDENTS IN OUR MINISTRY:
Please take a moment to pray for these students individually. Pray over their week, family life, friendships, and character.

Tracy
Winn
Josie
Brenden
Adam
 

Friday, May 22, 2015

PRAYERS OF THE WEEK:
For Our Students

This week we took a break from our series to honor our graduating seniors at our annual Baccalaureate. It was a very sweet time of parents and leaders being able to speak love, encouragement, and blessing over those who are leaving our ministry in a matter of weeks. Continue to pray for each of them, that the things they have learned here at Thrive would stick with them as they go; that they all would get plugged into a church when off at college, and that God would continue to grow them into young men and women after God's own heart.

For Our Ministry
Pray that our students and leaders would experience the joy of Christ as they worship Him in word and deed. Pray that with thanksgiving in our hearts we would reflect Jesus in all we say and do.

GRADUATING SENIORS - CLASS OF 2015
Please take a moment to pray for these students who are graduating in the next couple of weeks. Pray over their week, family life, friendships, character and future.

Emily Axtell
Jessica Bohnstedt
Hailey Bushek
Liv Pond
Cheyenne Shepherd
Lexie Simpson
Katie Hansen
Michal Kammerer
Kayla Lorenz
Sarah Bennett
Austin Kunders
Dane VanDyck
Forrest Gill
Adam Jendraszek
Josh Kuhl
Jedidiah Hunter
Zach Ripp

Friday, May 15, 2015

PRAYERS OF THE WEEK:
For Our Students
This week we started a new series about Heaven. Pray that as we delve into this subject for the next couple of week, students eyes will be open to God's majesty and the riches He has in store for us. Pray that as they ask questions, students who do not yet have a relationship with God will come to know Him as their personal Savior. Pray that as the Gospel is proclaimed, God will continually be drawing those students to Himself.

For Our Ministry
Pray that students and leaders would depend on prayer for their direction, life, and purpose, that apart from Him we can do nothing. Pray we would boldly come to the throne of grace to seek God to do more then we could possibly ask or imagine. Pray that we would trust God is good, hears us, and responds.

Pray also for the Thrive Guy's Retreat - they head off to SeaKrest today! Pray that they will have a great time of digging deeper into God's word and fellowshipping with each other.

 
PRAYER REQUESTS FROM OUR STUDENTS:
- Wisdom and strength from all kinds of temptation as I go to college.
- To feel more secure about myself as I grow with uncertainty about what the future holds.
-  Relationship with my mom, battle of child support, lack of friends.
- Pray for my best friend, she has cancer
- Break old habits

STUDENTS IN OUR MINISTRY:
Please take a moment to pray for these students individually. Pray over their week, family life, friendships, and character.

Maddie
Phillip
Andrew
Emily
Brenden
Hannah

Thursday, May 7, 2015

PRAYERS OF THE WEEK:
For Our Students
 We wrapped up our series on God's glory with a challenge; a call to action, that we would boldly worship Christ in all that we do. Pray that our students would see what that looks like. Pray that they know that they are able to point people to Christ with their lives, and that they would live out of that - that they were created to be worshippers.

We all get to be the soundtrack to the greatest story ever, the story of God’s glory. Our prayer is that our students  would be excited to be a megaphone to Jesus, bold and unashamed. That they would be seeking God’s tuning to be like Jesus.

For Our Ministry
Pray that the Gospel is proclaimed boldly, clearly, and often. Pray that the good news of God’s grace would be received and trusted. Pray for revival to come to Fusion and Thrive.  
 

PRAYER REQUESTS FROM OUR STUDENTS:
- My friends so that they can come to church and learn more about God.
- My faith to grow and to be a witness to people who don't know Christ.
- I ask for help in the last few days of school left and for me to be able to conquer my depression through Jesus and learn to manage stress.
- Please pray for my family, my grandma just passed away and we’re going through a tough time. Also please pray for honesty in my life and that I will talk to my friends in a true and honest way

STUDENTS IN OUR MINISTRY:
Please take a moment to pray for these students individually. Pray over their week, family life, friendships, and character.

Bre
Paul
Albert
Winn
Emily
Adam