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

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

Tuesday, 01 Jul 25

Our annual World Mission Gift Day collection has now closed. Give thanks for the money that will have been received, for the organisations and individuals that will benefit and for the St John’s Mission and Finance Teams who give up their time to organise the event and administration

Wednesday, 02 Jul 25

There is a men’s social evening tonight at East Grinstead’s Engine Room. Pray that this will be an opportunity to invite friends along who do not normally come to St John’s

Thursday, 03 Jul 25

Pray for today’s JAM session, that the group will continue to grow and bring in more young ones and their parents and grandparents to St John’s

Friday, 04 Jul 25

Students have now come to the end of their exam term – pray that they will be able to relax as they await results and look forward to their summer break before moving on to new schools, further education or university, or the world of work. Pray that in new surroundings they will be enabled to show their faith to others

Saturday, 05 Jul 25

Pray for all those involved in tomorrow’s church picnic as they make the arrangements for catering – and fun! – and that it will be a great opportunity for the church family to get together, relax and enjoy each other’s company

Sunday, 06 Jul 25

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.