Parent Prayer Group
At Parent Prayer Group we gather to pray for students, faculty, staff, CBU and each other. Join us in uplifting each other and the Lancer Family each month.
All meetings are at 10 a.m. (PST) unless otherwise noted. Meetings are held in the
Yeager Center at California Baptist University.
For dates indicated below, you can also join the Parent Prayer Group meetings via
WebEx, just click below.
Email your prayer requests to parentspraying@calbaptist.edu.
Please join us at our 2025-26 Parent Prayer Group Meetings:
September 20, 2025 (In Person Only)
Please pray for:
- Structuring Lives for success/putting God first
- Meaningful, healthy, and encouraging new friendships
- Safety during commuting and transit for those students on campus
- Godly campus culture/student identity rooted in the Lord
“I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love” (Ephesians 3:17b-18)
October 18, 2025 (Online Only)
Please pray for:
- Professors to be proficient with online and in-person teaching
- Grace given to students where needed
- Students to build strong connections with faculty, staff, and peers
- Frustrations/difficulties given to the Lord
- Healthy life choices - devotions, exercise, diet, and church
“But in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, ready at any time to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you” (Peter 3:15)
November 15, 2025 (In person during Parent & Family Weekend)
Please pray for:
- Avoiding tendencies toward procrastination
- Students/staff/faculty - spirit of truth and discernment
- Staying Healthy
- Being grateful for family, friends, and educational opportunities
- Final exam pressure/anxiety
“For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, joyfully.” (Colossians 1:9-11)
December - No Meeting
Please pray for:
- Adjustment at home over Christmas break
- Missing new friends/reconnecting with old friends
- God's financial provision for students/families
“I will instruct you and show you the way to go; with my eye on you, I will give counsel.” (Psalms 32:7-8)
January 24, 2026 (Online Only)
Please pray for:
- New semester/New year
- Decision making for success
- Evaluating friendships
- Witnessing opportunities
“And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19)
February 21, 2026 (In Person Only)
Please pray for:
- Major choice anxiety
- Exams/pressures with midterms
- Career opportunities and success
- Godly campus culture/student identity rooted in the Lord
“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful.” (John 14:27)
March 31, 2026 (On campus during Grandparents Day)
Please pray for:
- Housing arrangements for next year
- Summer jobs/internships
- ISP training and raising support
- Thinking ahead for summer plans
“Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9)
April 18, 2026 (Online Only)
Please pray for:
- Grade salvage attempts
- Finals
- Leaving friends
- Home for an extended period of time
- Summer job panic
“'For I know the plans I have for you'—this is the Lord’s declaration—'plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.'” (Jeremiah 29:11)