Who is Blaze?

Blaze the Bee helps children and families in congregations right across PCI explore how God is at work in the world and what it means for them to be a global disciple, doing what they can to play their part in God’s global mission.

This includes learning about, and praying for, global mission workers, God’s church around the world and a Christian approach to big issues like creation care. 

Each congregation has been provided with a Blaze character (cuddly toy) for use in children’s addresses and other activities such as Sunday school or uniformed organisations. You will know best where Blaze fits and will have most impact in the particular shape of your congregation’s children’s ministry.

To read stories of how congregations are using Blaze click here

Read Ruth Bromley's blog Introducing Blaze the Bee to find out more.

2025 Blaze Prayer Calendar

This year the Blaze calendar offers a monthly way of encouraging children, families and the whole congregation to think about how they can pray for different countries in which PCI has partners and friends in ministry and mission. 

• A downloadable calendar is available below to distribute to everyone in your congregation.
• Up to date prayer points for each country will be shared each month on PCI’s social media channels and on this webpage. 
• PowerPoint slides to use in children’s addresses or all-age slots in church are available for download.

“I will bring these people to my holy mountain. I will give them joy in my house of prayer … This is because my Temple will be called a house of prayer for people from all nations” Isaiah 56:7 (ICB)

August

Malawi

Prayer points

• Pray for the people of Malawi, who are living in difficult times, when they often don’t have enough money or enough food.
• Pray that there would be peace around the General Elections in September.
• Pray for the climate in Malawi – sometimes there is no rain and sometimes there are big storms and both of these things cause problems for the farmers who grow food.
• Thank God that so many young people are involved in the Church and pray that they will continue to be active members.
• Thank God that CCAP Livingstonia Synod is 150 years old and pray for the Church as they celebrate this milestone.
• Pray for the hospitals that the Church runs, that they would have enough doctors and enough medicine so they can care for the people and show them God’s love.

September

Facts about Pakistan

Pakistan is located in Asia. It borders Iran, Afghanistan, China and India and also has a coastline along the Arabian Sea. has a population of 252 million people, making it the fifth most populated country in the world. Over 60% of the people live in rural areas. Most people in Pakistan are Muslim (about 96%) and the languages are English and Urdu.

Although Urdu is the main language spoken in the country less than 10% of the population in Pakistan speak it as first language. English is the main language in all schools in Pakistan.

Prayer points:

• Pray for Christians in Pakistan, who make up less than 2% of the population. Pray that they would be safe and that they would be able to openly worship and serve God.
• Give thanks for Rev Reuben Qamar, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan, as he seeks to provide godly and effective leadership amidst challenging times. Pray also for all the endeavours of the church and its pastors, not least through outreach, church planting, and in women’s and youth ministries.
• Pray for people who have lost their homes and their jobs because of the floods in Pakistan. Pray that they would be able to rebuild their lives and would know that God is close to them.
• Pray for organisations like PakMission Society and Tearfund who are helping people affected by the floods. Pray that they would have all they need to support the people who most need help.
• Pray for the United Bible Training College in Gujranwala, Pakistan, particularly for the women and girls who are doing the Bible courses, that they would be equipped well to serve God.

Creating a buzz …

We will regularly be making materials and resources available be used in conjunction with the Blaze character. They will be made available at several times throughout the year, offering simple and readily usable outlines to give a child-friendly window on a variety of aspects of global mission.

To download our resources to introduce Blaze as a global disciple in your children’s ministry check the downloads section in the right hand menu.

Digital Dispatches

When Blaze travels to visit one of PCI’s global mission workers, they record a digital dispatch to document the visit. These digital dispatches also come with a children’s address idea, children’s ministry extension activities and ideas for families to do together at home.

You can watch the latest dispatch below and accompanying resources can be found in the downloads section.

Other Dispatches

All the previous dispatches can be found here on our Vimeo channel and you can download the accompanying resources below.

Malawi with JinHyeog Glissmann (2024): Children's Address; Children's Activity Ideas; Ideas for Families.

Hungary with Csaba and Ilona Veres (2024): Children's Address; Children's Activity Ideas; Ideas for Families.

Nepal with Helen Johnston (2023): Children's Address; Children's Activity Ideas; Ideas for Families; Photos for Children's Activities.

Romania with Rosie Kennedy (2023): Children's Address; Children's Activity Ideas; Ideas for Families.

Kenya with Naomi Leremore (2022): Children's Address; Children's Activity Ideas; Ideas for Families.