The Circuit has published a Lenten Prayer Guide which you can find at each of the Circuit’s churches, download as a PDF or follow week-by-week on the Fulwood Methodist Church website from Ash Wednesday onwards.
The PDF version contains suggestions on different ways to pray with hints and tips and things to try.
We want to encourage you to try different ways of praying this Lent and to read the Bible passage set for each week. We have set only one passage for each week to allow you to spend time with each passage or to read around the passage, or to continue with your usual daily readings as well.
During the 40 days of prayer, Circuit churches will be open for prayer at the times indicated on the cover of the Prayer Guide, which is a separate download.
For each day of Lent, 40daysprayer.org.uk will be posting a different idea for prayer.
The idea is that you devote some time each day, to receiving an email or visiting the website, and then focusing on this suggested way of prayer.
Have a go at trying this way to pray, but don’t worry if you don’t like it! The idea is to explore and try out different ways of praying.
For some people a particular way works really well, and for others, it won’t work at all. As long as you find a way that suits you and God, then that’s all what matters.
12 noon on Saturday, 8th April – 12 noon on Sunday, 9th April
- Prayer walk starting in Longridge and visiting all the churches in the Preston Circuit— walk some or all of the route or come in your car and join us as the different prayer stops— details of the route will be available shortly.
Interested in helping? Contact Zoe Ainsworth or Gillian Houghton.
- Prayer bracelets— topics for prayer during Pray Without Ceasing. Contact Gillian Houghton if you are interested in making some bracelets.
- There will also be special prayer displays in each of the Circuit churches. Opening times will be made available soon.
- Circuit services on Saturday, 8th April as a prelude to the sleepover at Ashton Methodist Church.
- Quiet Taizé-style service at 7.30pm.
- Inspirations service at 9.30pm
- Sleepover at Ashton Methodist Church
Look out for the Pray Without Ceasing programme coming to your church shortly and giving further details of the events as well as guidance on how to pray. You will also be invited to sign up for times to pray through the 24-hours for which the Preston Circuit is responsible for Pray Without Ceasing.
God, we share our horror, shock and anger at the news of the explosions in London.
We pray for
those who have died in the underground and on the bus; those who have survived but are physically or mentally scarred; those still waiting to hear from people they love
those who have been bereaved; those called on to go and help in the aftermath of this disaster.
God, have compassion and give peace.
The consequences of this disaster affect us all;
we pray that something new and good might come from it
to make our world a safer, more caring place.
Listening God, we call to you. Amen
Copyright: Christine Odell 2005
