Prayer is so vital. It has been described as the ‘engine room’ of the church where we get down to the real work! It is so important to meet together and pray for one another and for our world.”

“The prayer meetings always have a different focus and I like that there is such variety so we make sure to be praying for lots of important areas.”

“I was so touched to be able to pray with someone after the service. It made such a difference to talk with someone and share my situation in prayer.”

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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

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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

Monday, 19 Jan 26

Father God, we thank you for providing for all our needs. Help us to discern the difference between what we need and what we want. Thank you for the blessing of the Connections Community. Thank you for the joy, fun and laughter that this group provides. Amen.

Tuesday, 20 Jan 26

Father God, we thank you for providing us PCC members who know and love you. We ask you to give them wisdom this evening as they meet together, guiding them by your spirit in all their decisions. Amen.

Wednesday, 21 Jan 26

Lord Jesus, we thank you that you give us living water through faith in you, so that we need never be spiritually thirsty again. As the Watercolour on Wednesday group meet today, would you bless them with a renewed understanding of Revelations 7:17, that you are the shepherd who leads us to springs of living water. Amen.

Thursday, 22 Jan 26

Father God, we thank you for the joy of a child’s smile. Would you bless all the children who come to our Jesus and Me toddler group and plant in them a longing and a thirst to know you. Help Roxi and Mary to forge relationships with the parents and carers who come along. May they shine like cities on a hill, as beacons pointing to you. Amen

Friday, 23 Jan 26

Father God, we thank you our youth and our youth leaders. We ask you to give our youth leaders energy and wisdom, integrity and perseverance to keep going until you provide us with a full time youth worker. We ask you to send us a youthworker quickly, Lord, to help support Nick, Roxi, Julie, Tim, Sarah, Suzy, Ian, Penny, Ros and Lis.

Saturday, 24 Jan 26

Dear Lord, we thank you for the work the Leakes.are doing in Argentina, for the gifting you have given Andrew to teach a master’s programme and for the opportunity for him to attend COP30. We ask you to help the government in Argentina see the wisdom in how to implement environmental safeguards as well as restore the economy.