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​Prayer Request

Updated in September

HOKKAIDO 
Region

  • Give thanks for Christ-centred fellowship in each district of Hokkaido. Following the Lord’s blessing and protection on the lives of students over the summer break, pray that the second semester would see many gatherings where God’s Word continues to be heard.

  • Pray for blessing on the Hakodate-Aomori joint camp (September 2nd-4th in Aomori) and the KGK Members camp in Sapporo September 5th-6th. Pray that they may be opportunities for faith to mature.

  • Pray for salvation for the not-yet-believing students who have been attending campus and local area meetings. Pray that they would know Jesus to be ‘my Lord and my God’ and be led to profess faith in Him. Also, that they may be connected to a local church.

  • Pray for Godliness for each of the KGK regional committee members, and leaders of different activities. Pray that they would respond to the Lord and serve God and people with joy. Pray for future KGK leaders to be raised up from among students in lower years.

  • Pray for protection on blessing on the work of Staff Workers Jun Sugimoto and Atsuki Inoue. Especially pray for safe travel around Hokkaido, that they would draw alongside students in the various places the Lord has put them, and together with the students look to the Lord in all of life.

TOHOKU Region

  • Pray for KGK activities in the second semester – especially pray that the students leading them would receive the necessary encouragement. Pray that the Gospel would impact the hearts of students who gather.

  • Pray for God to bring other students alongside those who wish to start new groups on their campuses. Pray for rich, significant times together at the monthly online Bible study for students at campuses currently without a group.

  • Pray for God to uphold the Tohoku KGK Regional Committee, the Spring Camp Planning Committee, and the Monthly Gathering Preparation Committees for each prefecture. Pray that they would be partnerships rooted in God’s Word and prayer, and places of rich encouragement.

  • Pray for the Tohoku KGK staff team. For Sosei Nagai (Responsible Staff Worker for Tohoku, Assistant Field Director, Member Care Director) and part-time Staff worker Kaho Nawaya to be a good team in caring for students. Also, pray for blessing and protection on their lives.

HOKURIKU Region

  • Pray for those affected by the Noto Earthquake and Flooding. For blessing and protection on the volunteer activities with students recruited from all over Japan (September 3rd-6th, volunteer work 4th & 5th, and September 10th-13th, volunteer work 11th & 12th).

  • Pray for God to richly use the KGK Seminar for local church members (Theme: ‘A church which invites into fellowship – putting flesh onto a heart of hospitality’. The speaker will be Staff Worker Jun Sugimoto, and the Venue will be Joshū church.

  • Pray for blessing and protection on the second semester activities of each group. Pray for more and more students to join them.

  • Pray for the ‘KGK Graduates Presents…’ camp scheduled for October 12th-13th. Pray for many to attend, and for the speaker Pastor Nozomu Oimatsu.

  • Pray for well-laid plans to make Jesus known over the Christmas season.

  • Pray for God’s protection on the KGK Graduate Fellowship Committee members, the service of those on the Supporting Churches Group, and the work of Staff Worker Tomoko Narumi.

KANTO Region

  • Pray that Kanto Region KGK will be increasingly used for the salvation and maturing of students, sharing in a vision of world mission, and mutual support in student evangelism. Ask that the Gospel may spread amongst the 1.17 million plus students studying in the 280 universities and many junior colleges in the 8 Prefectures and one Metropolitan Area (Kanto and Koshin) which make up KGK Kanto region. Pray for students and graduates to be enlivened by the Gospel wherever they are placed by the Lord.

  • KGK Kanto Summer Camp was held on August 20th-23rd, and Challenge Camp held from the 26th-30th. Pray that the Word which was sown will take root and result in salvation and growth of students.

  • During September many KGK campus and local area groups will have overnight camps. May each one be greatly used in the maturing of students’ faith.

  • The Kanto KGK Regional camp (for KGK members) will be held on October 3rd-4th, and the IFES World Student Day prayer meeting is planned for October 18th. Pray for the Love of God and KGK’s vision to be productively shared.

  • Pray for Kanto KGK Staff Team members to deeply know the salvation of Jesus, and to serve with joy.

TOKAI Region

  • Pray for students to be challenged by the Lord, leading to KGK activities taking place on their campuses and structures being set up which facilitate their friends receiving the Gospel.

  • Pray for the study time during September on marriage and love-relationships will be a good time for students to think personally and Christianly about how they ought to live.

  • Pray that the second semester activities will encourage student Gospel-partnerships and be good preparation for passing on the baton to new leaders.

  • Pray for the KGK members camp and the Tokai Region KGK AGM on 24th-25th October. Pray over the process, beginning in August, of new committee members being asked to lead, which will be ratified at the AGM. Pray for God to raise up the necessary workers, so that the together they will be able to grow the work in the Tokai Region.

  • Please pray for the Supporting Churches Group in Tokai: Next academic year will see the 40th anniversary of the KGK Tokai Region, and preparations for marking that are beginning to be made. Pray that we will be able to arrange a good meeting for this purpose.

  • Pray for the Tokai region Staff Workers. Judith Ricken will return from deputation in October. Pray that even as we give thanks for the work of the Lord in the first semester, the Staff team will be all the more used by the Lord for his purposes.  

KANSAI Region

  • Give thanks for the new office provided since April. Pray that this space will be greatly used for evangelism.

  • Pray for the Lord’s protection on KGK Kansai Regional activities, Local Area activities, and Campus activities, that the Gospel may advance. Pray for blessing on the Local Area camps in September, and the Kansai KGK Regional Autumn Camp in November.

  • Summer Camp was held in August. Give thanks to the Lord for not-yet-believing students who attended, and the opportunity it was to listen to God’s Word. Pray that each one may be able to come to know Jesus.

  • Pray for the Kansai Region KGK Staff Team. Ask God to sustain the health and godliness of each one, that as a team they may serve the students well. Pray for the Lord’s protection on Graduate Assistant Kiyonobu Sugihara who started in July. Pray that the West Region Staff Workers Meeting in October (Tokai and Kansai) will be a fruitful time of study and fellowship.

  • Pray that along with the KGK Kansai Graduate Fellowship and the Supporting Churches Group, we would, with thanksgiving, share the needs for the work, that God may drive forward the work of KGK in the region.

CHUGOKU and 
SHIKOKU Region

  • Pray for students to respond to God’s Word, and for the Gospel to advance in very campus in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions. Pray for students to step up to leadership and mature in faith. May the blessings of summer flow into the activities of the second semester.

  • Pray that KGK activities will be taking place in each of the prefectures in the region (Okayama, Tottori, Hiroshima, Shimane, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Tokushima and Ehime).

  • Pray for good preparation for the events planned for the second semester: The Gathering, the KGK Members Camp (in October), and the End of Year Camp (December). May they be opportunities for the students to remember the grace and blessing of the Lord and respond accordingly.

  • Pray that the KGK Graduate Fellowship would continue grow wider and deeper. Pray that fellowships might begin in prefectures and regions where there isn’t one.

  • Pray for the Staff Workers (Toshiaki Suzuki and Haruka Inoue) and the Graduate Assistant (Ritsu Iwai) in the Chugoku and Shikoku region to be upheld in health and godliness, continuing to serve both the Lord and students.  

KYUSHU Region

  • Give thanks for God’s hand of protection on the Summer Camp held August 26th-28. Pray for the ongoing walk of faith of each attendee. May they participate in campus, local area and regional activities, know the riches of the Gospel, build up the church of Christ, and witness through every part of their lives.

  • Pray that some first-year students who have stopped coming to KGK activities will reconnect; and receive the Lord’s call to evangelism on campus.

  • Pray for God’s blessing on the Graduate Fellowship Groups in each prefecture, and that the faith of each attending would be encouraged. Pray for groups to be formed in Saga, Nagasaki, and Kagoshima. Ask that God would uphold the Regional Graduate Fellowship Committee members and the leaders of each prefectural group.

  • Pray for the KGK Graduates Camp to be held on November 2nd-3rd. Pray for the preparation of speaker Staff Worker Yoshiki Tsukamoto (Assistant General Secretary and Director of Graduate Ministry).

  • Pray for Staff Worker Yuya Kawano, Graduate Assistant Tasuke Kaneda and Volunteer Staff Worker Eiki Kido to be a good team as together they serve the students and graduates. Pray for God to provide all that is needed for each of their families.  

OKINAWA Region

  • Pray for the Lord’s sustaining hand on KGK Okinawa region Staff Worker Hajime Shiroma’s work, family, health and church.

  • Pray that Staff Worker Hajime Shiroma would be building good relationships with students, graduates and churches, joining in prayer for God’s mission in Okinawa as he serves.

  • Pray that through the work of KGK, the students at different universities in Okinawa would discover the joy of living in the light of the Gospel; and share that joy with others.

  • Pray that the second semester activities will be full of heartfelt passion for the Lord Jesus.

  • Ask the Lord that praying groups would be formed at each campus, so that the work of evangelism may go forward.

  • Pray that through the work of the KGK Graduate Fellowship meetings, the faith of each participant would be encouraged, and the meetings would raise up mutual prayer and support.

INTENRATIONAL
STUDENT MINISTRY

  • Currently there are around 300,000 overseas students studying in Japan. Pray for more and more overseas students nationally to be shown the love of Christ through KGK, and be accepted and welcomed in.

  • Pray for God’s work through ‘OCF’ (The Overseas Christians Fellowship) and ‘Crossing’ in Kanto, and ‘IBC’ (International Bible Café) in Kansai. Pray for God to raise up Japanese students and graduates from across Japan with a heart to serve overseas students.

  • Give thanks for the good start to the Chinese Language Bible study which began in April in Kanto. Pray for abundant blessing on it in the second semester.

  • Pray for the Japanese ISM (International Student Ministry) Summit being planned for November 17th-19th, that understanding (of the need for ISM) and cooperation would result.

  • Pray for Staff Workers Yu Kobayashi, Chenny Thie and Yufu Kutaragi in Kanto, and for Staff Worker Kelly Nicholas in Kansai. Also pray for those who serve as volunteers. Pray that more and more people who share the same heart for international ministry would come alongside in this ministry.

NATIONAL OFFICE

  • Pray that KGK General Secretary Yoshizawa Shinya, and Assistant General Secretary Yoshiki Tsukamoto, will be enabled by the Lord to support the 44 Staff Workers and Graduate Assistants who are working around the country.

  • Pray that the work of Student Mission Field Director Ryoskei Ikebuchi and Assistant Field Director Sosei Nagai would effectively support the activities of each region of KGK, as well as the work of the National Student Consultative Committee. Pray also for the Lord to use the work of the Training and Member Care Department (Staff Workers Momoko Watanabe, Mayu Nakagawa and Miyuki Haitaka), and the World Mission Department (Head of Department Yu Kobayashi).

  • Pray for protection on the daily work of the mission office Staff Workers (Department Head Yuki Takagi, and Staff Workers Risa Karikomi, Izumi Kinoshita and Kotoha Sugiyama). Pray that they would faithfully administer the assets such as personnel, finances, real estate, literature and publications etc which the Lord has entrusted to the work of KGK.

  • We give thanks for the many graduates and churches who share the work of Student mission by prayer, financial giving, encouraging words and service. Pray that all the finance needed to sustain the work would continue to be given. May the Lord be pleased to use the work of the KGK Graduates Mission Department (Department Director Yoshiki Tsukamoto, and Staff Worker Hikari Ogawa) and the work of the marketing and media section (Department Director Hisako Tsukamoto).

​遣わされた地で福音に生きる©︎キリスト者学生会

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