Bi-annual Prayer Event

We hope that you were one of the many who joined our bi-annual prayer meeting last Friday. It was an encouraging time with whole Mahabba groups joining on Zoom for the first time. We listened to music from the Resonance Band and heard testimonies on faithfulness and perseverance, our theme for the evening. We stirred to pray for families of MBBs and for there to be welcoming churches. We heard about 3,600 Bibles given out at Leicester Freshers Fairs, about an Alpha course running in Farsi and about the opportunity to talk about the Bible and church in an English class.

New blog post

Check out the new blog post that ties in with the theme of our prayer meeting.

What are circles all about?

You may have heard us talking about Mahabba circles in these newsletters, but what are the circles? What does it really mean? We chose the term circle to reflect the grassroots nature of Mahabba, avoiding corporate, hierarchical terminology. We aim to operate in a very flat way. The circles are made up of volunteers who give their time to help Mahabba run smoothly and achieve its aims. We have the following circles: Prayer, Promo, Resource, Sharing Faith and Support. We hope to tell you a bit more about these groups in coming updates.

Meet the volunteer

I volunteer for the Mahabba network by being part of the Resource Circle. This means that I meet up with three other volunteers every other month for an hour to suggest and plan the updating of the resources we point to on the Mahabba website. We try and make sure that we watch the calendar so that important Muslim and Christian dates are recognised and resources put up which will encourage and enable faith conversations. We’re also keen to have recommendations from people within the Mahabba network and beyond of useful books to read, resources to use, training courses to attend. Being involved in the Mahabba network in this way helps me to feel part of a bigger vision and it doesn’t take too much of my time!

Your thoughts

Do you find what you read in this newsletter helpful? Are there better ways that we could be serving or equipping you? We’d love your feedback, email hello@mahabbanetwork.com