April 2025 Prayer Newsletter

We are glad to welcome spring and grateful for God’s faithfulness in every season. As we enter into April join us in lifting the following requests to our Heavenly Father:

• Food Center: We continue to see a large need for food in our community and have experienced fewer food donations. In this first quarter, we have received 20% less donations than we received last year at this time. Pray for God’s continued provision and the resources necessary to continue serving our neighbors.
• Tutoring: We are grateful for our tutors who faithfully continue to walk alongside our students. As students have spring break next week, pray for safety and protection.
• Streams ‘U’: Praise God for great engagement with our recent trauma workshop. Pray for neighbors to participate in our upcoming Finance Tune-Up workshop this month.
• We are planning our Summer Community Nights. Pray for God to lead the right people to participate in these nights and for good community engagement.
• As we look toward a new season, pray for guidance and wisdom as we plan programming for the summer and fall.

Current News

• Food Drive Needed! We are running out of key food items and need donations. We would love it if you, your small group or church would consider doing a food drive. Donations can be dropped off at Streams, Monday through Thursday between 9 am and 4 pm. Email heidi@streamsgr.org with questions! The items we need most are:
  • Cereal
  • Cereal bars
  • Pasta
  • Rice
  • Crackers
• Neighborhood Cleanup Day: Mark Saturday, May 10 on your calendar. From 9am-3pm Streams is hosting a neighborhood cleanup day. We will have dumpsters for neighbors to throw away trash, yard waste, mattresses etc. We also invite volunteers to help us get us ready for summer by helping clean up our campus. Stop by for a few hours or the whole day. More information here. Questions? Email sue@streamsgr.org.
• Finance Tune-Up: On April 16, 23 and 30 local finance professionals will lead a workshop on debt management, budgeting and credit scores. Sign up using this link. Free childcare is available for ages 1-11 with preregistration.
• Sleep in Heavenly Peace Build Day: SHP is a community organization that builds and donates beds to kids ages 3-17. Streams has referred people to them before and they let us know about an upcoming volunteer event. They are hosting a build day on Friday, May 16th and need people to help build beds. More information here.