Prayer
At St Matthias prayer is at the heart of everything we do and we encourage you to make prayer a priority in your life. We'd love you to join us in praying for our city and the life of St Matthias and here are some ways in which you can get involved.
Weekly Prayer - Wednesdays 7.30-8:00am
Join our prayer group on zoom, led by Tom and the team. This group meets weekly to pray together for the life of St Matthias and our wider family of churches in the city.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2255417208?pwd=bFBJMHRRdzZOUFltdVc2NjU5N1VPZz09
Meeting ID: 225 541 7208Passcode: prayer
For more information email tom@stmatthiasbrighton.org
Kingdom Come
Join us for Kingdom Come to worship and pray for our city as we seek to listen to God's prophetic words for the season ahead. Our next events are....
Tuesday 4 OCTOBER - ST Matthias Church - 7:30 - 9:30PM
monday 14 november - St Richards Church 7:30 - 9:30PM
24/7 Prayer Week - Everyone Everywhere Prayer Room
Sign-up to pray for an hour in our 24/7 Prayer Room here. You can pray at home or at St Peter's dedicated prayer room. To help us out, pop (H) beside your name if praying from home or a (P) if praying in the St Peter’s Prayer Room. Please Note – the St Peter’s Prayer Room is open 10am -10pm Monday – Friday with only one person/party praying in the Prayer Room each hour.
For inspiration on what to pray for.... Join our Facebook Page for more ideas on how you can pray & to post a prayer, prophetic picture, word or testimony to encourage.
3rd october- 9th october
24/7 Prayer Week Event @ St Richards
Friday 7th October (pm) - Saturday 8th October (pm)
Join us at the St Richards prayer room - open for 24 hours to pray or our city. For more information email quin@stmatthiasbrighton.org
Prayer Ministry Training
Pray in the power of the Spirit for others - a short training course over two consecutive Monday evenings, with worship and opportunity to practise.
NEXT COURSE: Get in touch with jon@stmatthiasbrighton,org for more details.
Need Prayer?
These are challenging times but God is our ever-present help in times of trouble. Whatever you are experiencing and dealing with, we would love to pray with you. Email your prayer requests to tom@stmatthiasbrighton.org
Resources
There are plenty of great resources to help you get praying or go deeper and further in prayer. More than we can list here but here are some of our top recommendations.
- Lectio 365: Take a moment and download (Android / Apple) this outstanding daily devotional prayer app which will help you pray and connect with God. Available in both text and audio format, we can’t recommend this app more highly.
- The Prayer Course: Give your prayer life a refresh with this eight-week journey through the Lord’s Prayer on this online course here.
- The Be Still Course: Explore the simple, transformative practice of a daily quiet time with God here.
- The Inner Room: The best way to learn to pray is by doing it. Inner Room turns your phone from a distraction into a prayer guide, with all kinds of tools to help organise and inspire your prayer times here.
BOOKS
Fancy something to read? Here are some of the recommendations for the people of St Matthias.
- God On Mute by Pete Greg: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer. Find out more here.
- See Love Be by Tim Stead: Mindfulness and the Spiritual Life. Find out here.
- Dirty Glory by Pete Greg: Go where you best prayers take you. Find out more here.
- Sun Stand Still by Steven Furtick: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible. Find out more here.