STPL // Prayer

At St Paul's we want to root everything we do in prayer.
Being a prayerful church means both encouraging one another in our personal prayer lives as well as providing space for us to pursue God in prayer as a church community.

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Thy Kingdom Come

Thy Kingdom Come, taken from the Lord's Prayer, is the name given by the Church of England for the 10 days of prayer around the world between Ascension and Pentecost.

Thy Kingdom Come 2021 is happening from 13th - 23rd May

We also use the name Thy Kingdom Come for all our midweek gatherings which specifically focus on prayer and worship through the year.

Praying Together

We have regular monthly Saturday morning prayer meetings, on the 2nd Saturday of the month, in which we spend time listening to God and praying for what is on His heart for our church and community. These are currently taking place on Zoom. We also have evening prayer meetings from time to time, currently on Zoom too.

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Prophetic Mentoring Group

The Prophetic Mentoring Group is for those interested in learning more about the prophetic ministry and developing their prophetic gifting, in a safe place, where we learn, are encouraged and supported. A place where we can share together, grow, mature and be encouraged to step out in the prophetic.

1 Cor 14:1 ‘Follow the way of love and eagerly desire the gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy… the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort.’

John 10: 27 “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them and they follow me.”  All of us have the potential to hear his voice and to learn to recognise him speaking to us.

We envision our prophetic group as part of the ongoing ministry of our church community. As part of the call to reach out and share God’s love with others in the wider community and be a resource, where needed in St Paul's vision to be a Resource Church.

Our time together each month includes teaching, exercises practicing the prophetic gifting, sharing our experiences and praying together and for each other. We meet monthly on a Thursday evening at 7.15pm. Currently on Zoom.

If you are interested in knowing more about the prophetic mentoring group please contact Andrea Kane, 07833 431393, or email andrealynne23@gmail.com

This group is an extension of St Paul’s Prayer Ministry led by Alison Scott, Ruth Lockyer and Andrea Kane.

Personal Prayer

Any church is made up of its members rather than a collection of buildings, and our hope is that we would be a community of people who pray and intercede for ourselves, each other and the world. However you connect, we hope that you will find time and space to draw near to God in prayer.

Setting time aside is the first thing we need to do in order to pray. In Lent 2018 Jonathan (our vicar) and Juliet Jee produced some simple booklets for those who haven't tried having a quiet time with God before.
They can be found here.

Looking for someone to pray with you?

Wherever we are in our journey with God, sometimes we all find it helpful to have someone pray with us. Regardless of if you are a member of St Paul's or not, we'd love to pray with you. When we meet, prayer ministry is available following all of our Sunday services - longer periods of prayer ministry are available through appointment, please speak to the office or a member of clergy for more details.

Whilst we are not meeting in the same way as a gathered church, we'd still love to pray with you. We can do this via Zoom or by telephone. Somone from our prayer team will be ready to pray with you immediately after our 10.30 am service or you can arrange another time. The Zoom link to join them is in the weekly email sent on Fridays. Alternatively, please contact Caroline Castle (caroline.castle@stpl.org.uk) and she will ask a member of our prayer ministry team to be in touch.

If you would rather not speak in person, but would still value someone to pray for you, you can complete the below form, and it will be sent to our prayer team. Only our Prayer team members and church staff team will receive this prayer request, and it will not be posted in any form to our wider congregation.

Name:

Prayer Request:

Please tick here if you would like someone to be in touch following our prayer for you

If you have ticked the above, please leave some contact details (phone or e-mail) below

Contact Details

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The Well Prayer Ministry Appointments

The Well Christian Healing Centre, led by Anne Hibbert, is a place where people of all faiths and none can have prayer for healing, both spiritual and physical. The aim of these sessions is to allow God to speak into your life through his Holy Spirit in order to find breakthrough in certain areas of your life.

Whether you need physical healing or breakthrough in your spiritual life this is for you. This might include having difficulty in hearing, seeing or sensing Him, or issues such as fear, anxiety, jealousy, addiction, bitterness or anger.

During the Covid19 Outbreak, the Well has transitioned to providing prayer appointments and Quiet Days online, to find out more go to their website https://www.wellhealing.org

Contact

If you would like to be part of a prayer triplet or 4mation, please contact Caroline.

Caroline Castle // Ministry Support Administrator
E: caroline.castle@stpl.org.uk
T: 01926 427149

At St Paul's we want to root everything we do in prayer. Being a prayerful church means both encouraging one another in our personal prayer lives as well as providing space for us to pursue God in prayer as a church community.