Man at Prayer

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

Sunday, 12 Apr 26

Dear Lord: Forgive those things we have done which have caused you sadness, and those things we should have done that would have brought you joy. In both we have failed ourselves, and you. Bring us back to that place where our journey began, when we said that we would follow the way that you first trod. Lead us to the Cross and meet us there. Amen

Monday, 13 Apr 26

pray for this afternoon’s Holy Communion Service, that it will be a great time of fellowship and praise for those attending

Tuesday, 14 Apr 26

pray for all children and students returning to school this week, for those who are taking exams and for teachers and staff, that they will have returned rested and ready to face their day-to-day challenges. Pray especially for our local schools and the links that St John’s has with them, that these will continue to grow

Wednesday, 15 Apr 26

pray for our troubled world and especially for peace in Ukraine, Lebanon and throughout the Middle East, that leaders will come together and negotiate lasting peace despite their entrenched positions

Thursday, 16 Apr 26

JAM meets today – pray for all those who attend and those who will be leading this week. Pray especially for Roxi, who will not be there, that she will continue to recover from her recent accident and that there will be no lasting injuries

Friday, 17 Apr 26

continue to pray for all those St John’s members who are currently on our Prayer Chain, that God will meet their various needs and give healing, whether physically or mentally. Help them to know our Lord’s presence

Saturday, 18 Apr 26

pray for tomorrow’s morning service, that it will be well attended and that new people who have come recently will continue to join us. Pray for Nick as he prepares to preach on Philippians 1