It’s Prayer Week from 19-26 January 2025 - let’s get praying and fasting!
You are invited to join the Woodlands Church Family for a dedicated week of prayer and fasting for our church, city, nation and the world. Let's remember the words of Jesus as we pray. Matthew 6 v 33: 'Seek First His Kingdom'.
As we start 2025, it feels wholly appropriate to gather together in one spirit to fast and pray and cry out to God for his kingdom to come here, as it is in heaven. It is a brilliant way to start the New Year, surrendering ourselves to God's goodness and power and his will for ourselves, our church and our world, which so desperately needs it.
A Week Of Prayer & Fasting
There are lots of ways to join in at home and in person. We’d love it if everyone in our church community got involved…
Come on a prayer walk around the local Sea Mills community
On Sunday 19 January, 2.30pm - 4pm starting at Highgrove. Wrap up warm!Come to our Evening of Prayer & Worship
Join people from all eight sites of the Woodlands Church Family on Tuesday 21 January from 7.45pm - 9.30pm in the Main Hall at Woodlands Central for an evening of prayer and worship. Our focus is to pray for all areas of the city to be transformed with the love and power of God and to pray for Unity for us and churches across the City.Join our online 7am prayer gathering on Wednesday 22 January
Zoom access link here or use Meeting ID: 882 9222 4911 and passcode: 794445.Fast during Prayer Week
The Bible teaches the value of fasting in order to focus on prayer and seek God’s will. We would like for our church family to think about fasting and make a plan for how this could fit into your routine during Prayer Week. It could be that you decide to fast a single meal, or fast for a day or even longer. To learn about fasting, read more here or watch this talk from Tim Dobson on Spiritual Disciplines: Fasting & Feasting. If you can only fast one meal or one day, why not fast with others on Tuesday 21 January ahead of the Evening of Prayer & Worship gathering?Download our Prayer Guide (Coming soon!)
Use our handy guide to help you focus and pray throughout the week.Send us your prayer requests
As a Highgrove leadership team (Deborah, Ed, Tom, Jo, Lara and Holly), we love praying for you. If you have any current prayer requests you'd like us to be praying for during prayer week then please send an email to deborah.marsh@highgrove.church.
During Prayer Week, we’d love to hear your stories of what God has been saying and doing. Simply contact us and tell us how you’ve felt encouraged or connected this week.
Praying For Our Churches
To help us pray across the Woodlands Church Family during Prayer Week, we asked the leaders of each church to share their prayer requests so that we can pray specifically for each of their needs. We’ll be posting these on Facebook once a day from Monday through Saturday. Please take some time this week to be praying for:
