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.

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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, 17 May 26

Dear Lord: You are the God of hope. Fill us with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit we may abound in hope. Bind us together in unity and perfect love, enabling us in the week ahead to forgive each other and demonstrate your love to others through everything we do and say. Amen

Monday, 18 May 26

Philippians 2:12-13\nTherefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfil his good purpose.\nHeavenly Father, we thank you for Nick Wooldridge, our vicar, and his obedience to your calling. We ask you to bless him this week as he attends a diocese leadership conference. We ask for your protection upon his family. Strengthen them in their faith and work in them to fulfil your good purpose. Amen

Tuesday, 19 May 26

Philippians 2:14-16\nDo everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.’ Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labour in vain.\nGracious Lord, when we face difficulties, help us instead of grumbling to rejoice, so that we may shine like the stars in the sky today. Help us to hold firmly to the word of life and imprint it upon our hearts. As our Annual Parochial Church Meeting takes place this evening, would you bring us together in unity. Help us to reflect on the good of the past year and guide us as we seek to serve you in the future. Amen

Wednesday, 20 May 26

Philippians 2:17-18\nBut even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.\nAbba father, when we face suffering, help us to rejoice in it as Paul did. Help us draw closer to you and trust you more fully. As our women’s Bible study group meets this morning, would you draw close to them and enable them to rejoice in you with one another. Amen

Thursday, 21 May 26

Philippians 2:29\nSo then, welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honour people like him.\nDear Lord, as our toddler group JAM meets this morning, would you help those of us who attend to welcome any visitors with joy. We pray that parents, carers and children would all experience a sense of joy as they hear your word and feel it embodied by Roxi, Mary and the other helpers today. Amen

Friday, 22 May 26

Philippians 3:1\nFurther, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord!\nGracious Lord, as our youth group meet at LOVE EG this evening, help them to rejoice in you. We pray that as they meet with other Christians, their faith will be strengthened. We ask you to provide us with a youth minister who can help them to keep rejoicing in you. Amen

Saturday, 23 May 26

Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20\nGracious Lord, we thank you for the work the Asikus are doing to promote the Gospel in Uganda, so that people can read the Bible in their native tongue. Help them to know your presence with them as they seek to serve you. Bless their work and translation teams they support. Amen