In the recent Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, we held a Prayer Event on Tuesday 24th January, kindly hosted by The Grove Methodist.
Using the clear and informative displays put together especially for this event, people browsed and prayed as they went, chatted with others, and joined together in prayer times on each hour to pray for specific themes.
Display Board Themes
The themes of the 8 display boards were as follows:
- Worldwide Issues
- Ukraine
- Praying for each other’s churches in HCT
- Children and Youth
- Refugees / people seeking asylum
- Upcoming HCT events
- Businesses (incl. Farmer’s Market)
- Community Needs and Community Work
Prayer ‘on the hour’ themes:
Volunteers led short prayer sessions on specific themes on the hour during the afternoon on these aspects:
- Children and Youth
- Our Churches’ prayer requests
- Ukraine
- God’s heart for Horsforth and those in need
In the evening session we went round all 8 boards and prayed in front of each one to bring all our prayers together before God.
Feedback
Here are some comments from those who attended:
- ‘The displays are really well presented and easy to see’
- ‘I have had a great time today reading, praying and chatting with people from other churches’
- ‘It’s good to take time to pray together’
Book the Displays for your Church
We would love the displays to be used well, so we are offering to bring them to your church for you to use for a week or two. Maybe you could use them as a highlight for intercessions on a Sunday, or a focus for prayer at a mid-week meeting, or just for people to browse for information and individual prayers.
We suggest using the 6 boards below, but if you have less room you can choose less boards:
- Praying for each other’s churches in HCT
- Children and Youth
- Refugees / people seeking asylum
- Upcoming HCT events
- Businesses (incl. Farmer’s Market)
- Community Needs and Community Work
Each display needs a table to sit on, as shown in the photos above.
Please email RHODA at rhoda@horsforthchaplaincy.org if you would like to book the displays.
Thank you.