Prayer is a vital part of our life as a church. We believe that God delights to hear and answer prayer, which is a crucial part of everything we do.

Prayer meetings

Described as the “engine room” of the church, our monthly prayer meetings are where we gather as God’s people to pray for our world, community, and church. These occur directly after the Sunday morning service at 11:30 am in the church hall on the second Sunday of each month. They are open to anyone, and we encourage everyone to come along. Please connect via Zoom for those who can’t be there in person. We pray for different areas and topics each month, and there are always activities for children so that families can get involved, too.

Prayer Chain

To keep us praying for one another as a church family, we send an email out weekly with requests for personal prayer from congregation members. If you would like to request to be on the prayer chain for any given week or to receive the weekly email if you don’t already, please get in touch with the office who will be in touch (you will also need to have completed a church GDPR form). Due to the personal nature of the requests, the prayer chain is not made publicly available, and we would not grant permission to receive it from someone not known to us.

Other opportunities to pray

Prayer themes

Subscribe to daily prayer suggestions from St John’s in the Prayermate app

Scan the QR Code, and PrayerMate should allow you to subscribe to our Prayer feed.

QR Code for St Johns Payer feed

Or you can subscribe to RSS feeds from many popular feed reader applications using the feed URL below.

https://www.prayermate.net/feeds/f4587d9c97e8c43fb37fb63ea7301f4e8d50e/rss

Download the PRAYERMATE app to receive weekly prayer themes or access them here.

Prayer Calendar

Receive daily prayer prompts in your calendar: please get in touch with the office for more details. Prayer during our services: All our services include a time of corporate prayer that a church member leads.

Prayer after the service

Opportunity to be prayed for by a member of the prayer team.  

Would you like us to pray for you?

Please feel free to submit a request to be shared in confidence with members of our leadership team, who will be praying for you.

Submit a Prayer Request. Please get in touch with the office for more details.

Prayer Calendar

Tuesday, 19 Mar 24

We continue to think of those in our church who have health issues requiring serious or long-term medical intervention, and also of those who have been bereaved recently. May the Lord grant them all perseverance and encouragement in the midst of difficulty and sadness.

Wednesday, 20 Mar 24

We continue to pray for ourselves during the incumbency, firstly that the Lord would send us the right person to be Mark's successor, and secondly that in the meantime we would all use our gifts to help St John's continue its calling, especially in the preaching of the gospel.

Thursday, 21 Mar 24

We continue to pray for kings, rulers and authorities everywhere, for peaceful rule and honest government. We also pray for a just and peaceful resolution to ongoing wars, particularly the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, the Middle East, Nagorno-Karabakh and Sudan.

Friday, 22 Mar 24

With the two main candidates now confirmed for the US pesidential elections in November, we pray for the USA, that the elections will be free, fair and unmarred by underhand practices or political violence. We also pray that the US would use its strength and influence for good in the world, regardless of who becomes president.

Saturday, 23 Mar 24

As we prepare to enter Holy Week, we pray that we would have a regained sense of the power of the Cross and the Resurrection, and also be given fresh impetus to preach these in the world around us.

Sunday, 24 Mar 24

Dear Lord: Show mercy on us and forgive us for our acts. Impart a new song of celebration and joy. O merciful Lord, we are entering the Holy Week. Set our hearts on Jerusalem and guide us with the gift of faith so that we praise You not only verbally but also follow You in the way of the holy cross. Amen.