Services

Thursday 3rd July 2025 Silent Prayer from 13.00-13.30

You are invited to join others in church on 3rd July for our monthly silent prayer session. You may find this prayer sheet helpful – please bring a copy with you. If you are not able to join us, we hope you will pray with us wherever you are.

Our text for July: ‘God our Father has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.                                                                                                                           Colossians 1 vv13-14.

Let us pray for the church and the world and thank God for his goodness. Heavenly Father we pray for the fellowship of the church that supports and helps us to put our faith into practice.

Strengthen us Lord in your service that we may be an encouragement to others and hold fast to all that is good.

We pray for our ecumenical friends at St Joseph’s Church, Wesley’s Chapel and Jewin Welsh Church and the covenant we share to support each other and live a Christian life.

We pray for all children as they come to the end of the school year and look forward to holidays and spending time with their families. We remember families struggling with the cost of living, for those living in poverty, for those who are homeless, and all in their local communities who seek to help them.

We pray for members of the Corporation of London and all who work to provide services to residents and businesses in the City, including those in the Barbican and Golden Lane Estate Offices.

We pray for peace in all areas of the world were war, violence, unrest and terrorism are faced by so many, especially in Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Iran and Sudan. We pray that world leaders will have the wisdom and courage to know what is right for their own nations but that also brings peace and harmony between nations in our troubled world. We pray for the United Nations and other humanitarian organisations that work to bring peace, humanitarian relief, justice and reconciliation.

Comfort and heal all who suffer in body mind or spirit, remembering all who are in hospital, hospice or care home and all care for them. Give them courage and comfort in their troubles and bring them the joy of your salvation. We pray for those known to us who need our prayers. 

We give thanks for the beauty of God’s natural world around us and time to relax and be refreshed in our gardens, parks, countryside and by the sea. We pray for all who work to stop climate change and pollution with green and sustainable programmes to safeguard God’s world for future generations.

Give grace to us, our families, our friends and all our neighbours that we may serve Christ in one another and love as he loves us.

Merciful Father, accept our prayers for the sake of your Son our Savour Jesus Christ Amen

We finish by saying the Lord’s Prayer.

A Prayer for all the people of the Holy Land

God of mercy and compassion, of grace and reconciliation, pour down your power upon all your children in the Holy Land: Jews, Muslims, Christians, Palestinians, Israelis.

Let hatred be turned into love, fear to trust, despair to hope, oppression to freedom, occupation to liberation, that violent encounters may be replaced with loving embraces, and peace and justice can be experienced by all. Amen

Prayer for Peace in Ukraine 

God of peace and justice, we pray for the people of Ukraine today.

We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons.

We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow, that your Spirit of comfort would draw near to them.

We pray for those with power over war or peace, for wisdom, discernment, and compassion to guide their decisions.

Above all, we pray for all your precious children, at-risk and in fear, that you would hold and protect them.

We pray in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Amen