March 2026 Prayer Requests

Below, find the prayer concerns and requests from leaders of the Baltic Methodist Theological Seminary and the congregations in Estonia.

Gratitude to God

• (added by Taavi) For the newborn baby of Rector Laur and his wife Lisanna. The delivery came earlier than expected, and the baby needed extra care. Thanks be to God that both mother and baby are now safely home. May the Lord bless Laur’s family, now with four children.
• For the successful open courses Media in Christian Ministry and Foundations of Church Growth.

Please Pray

• For the students preparing for the upcoming field trip to Rome, taking place March 21–29.
• For Taavi, who will travel to the USA (March 9–14) for the ministry celebration of Dr. Kimberly Reisman during the Order of the FLAME gathering at Epworth by the Sea, St. Simons Island, Georgia. In addition, J. Paulo Lopes has been appointed the next Executive Director of World Methodist Evangelism and will be formally installed during this gathering.
• For Brent and Colleen Weaver, who are traveling in the US visiting churches and plan to return to Estonia in April.

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With Gratitude, Yours in Christ,

Laur Lilleoja

Dear friends,

We are very grateful to you for your prayers for the Methodist Church in Estonia!

We thank the Lord for our country, as Estonia celebrated 108 years of independence on February 24. Let us continue to pray that the Lord would bless Estonia, protect it from all harm, and draw many people to faith in Christ.

During the first part of the year, I visit our congregations and conduct charge conferences. In February, I had the joy of visiting the churches in Kuressaare, Reeküla, Jõhvi, and Haapsalu. I am so grateful to the Lord for these congregations and for their dedicated pastors. Please pray that these churches would continue to shine as lights in their communities, grow in faith and mission, and experience God’s renewing presence. Please also pray for me as I continue my visitations in March.

Please also pray for the upcoming called session of our Annual Conference on March 14. Among other important matters, we will hold an election to select a bishop for the Estonian Methodist Church. This is a historic moment for us, and we ask for the Lord’s wisdom and guidance throughout this process.

Thank you so much for your faithful prayers and your support for the Methodist Church in Estonia! Your partnership in the Gospel means a great deal to us.

In Christ,

Robert Tserenkov

Pictures below from Jõhvi and Haapsalu

Hello

Thank you for caring. Please pray for our camp, Gideon. We are building a heating system that takes heat from the ground (geothermal). Pipes are buried deep, and they collect the earth’s heat. The project costs about 60,000 euros. 50,000 was donated by our friends in Norway.  Our objective is to finish the work by April. Then we will be able to use the “hotel” building year-round. So we will be able to do seminars and winter camps for children. God bless you!

Artur Pold

Dear Friends,

Warm greetings to you during this Lenten season. May we all find God and His heart as we seek Him in this time of prayer and fasting.

In February, we had the joy of welcoming our Superintendent, Robert Tšerenkov, to Reeküla for our congregation’s Annual Conference. It was a blessing to have him with us and a meaningful opportunity to look back on 2025. As we prepared and shared our reports, it was both touching and beautiful to see how much good has taken place in our small congregation over the past year. We feel humbled and grateful to see how richly we are blessed, even though we are a very small congregation in a rural setting.

We are deeply thankful for each of our members and their faithful contribution, for our children and youth, for our friends in the local villages and across Estonia, and for all of you—our dear friends in the United States. Everything we accomplished last year was truly a shared effort. Through each friendship, each prayer, and each contribution, we have walked this journey together. This is a great blessing for us. Thank God—and thank you!

I also had the great joy and privilege of visiting our friends at Calvary Church (UMC) in Nashville, Tennessee. It was a beautiful and blessed time of sharing life and hearts together, ministering together, meeting old friends, and making new ones. As a Reeküla congregation, we are very grateful to Pastor Brian, Andy, Peter, and the whole congregation for inviting me and for such a meaningful friendship. We are already looking forward to welcoming friends from Calvary Church later this year. 🙂

Please join us in prayer during this season of prayer and fasting—for peace in the world, for wisdom for our leaders, for strength for Christians everywhere, and that God’s light would reach and touch people all over the world in this difficult time. Please also pray for the members of our congregation—for strength, renewal, and healing, and for a fresh touch from God so that we may continue to love people and share His love and light with them.

With love and blessings,
Lemme

L to R: Peter and Patti van Eys, Lemme, Henry, Andy, and Roxanne Morris

L to R: Erin Racine, Lemme, Brian Marcoulier

Lemme and Brian with a special gift from Reeküla congregation

We started on the first Friday of the month with prayer and worship evenings. Pray that people will come to praise the Lord, and we will hear God’s will.

Pray for a new confirmation group. Pray for all of them, for their spiritual growth.

Pray for our families, for youth and children.

Pray for our pastors and their families.

Blessings!

Vilja Ventsel

We are grateful to God that our cook Siiri is back at work after three months of illness. We thank God that 6 children from our children’s center took part in the church’s teenagers camp during the winter school holidays. Some of them have since also taken part in the church’s teenagers’ meetings. We pray that their desire to take part in church events will not diminish. We are also very grateful that the Social and Health Care Board finally signed an agreement with us last week to support our activities. Their support covers about 40% of the children’s center’s budget.
We are very grateful for your prayers!