An Invitation after Sunday

After John’s message to us as a Church on Sunday morning, you are invited to the Upper Room….to take a walk….and to the Church Gathering for Prayer…..

As a Church we usually set aside a Tuesday each week and provide a place with space – the UPPER ROOM – a place for time-out in our busy days. This is a safe place, and COVID-19 guidelines are carefully followed.

* A space to be still in a busy world – in the room above the Kirkgate Cafe 7.30am-7.30pm
** Private prayer for yourself and for others – come and go as you wish
* Listening to God – Father Son and Holy Spirit
** Opportunities to pause and pray with others at 8am…12 midday…7pm

You are invited to take a walk…
We would invite you to take a walk around the Kirkyard and consider what God is saying to you at this time from the words displayed at various locations from John 14….starting at the Offering House.
You are invited to use the bench at the top left of the Kirkyard (under the large tree) to pause and pray – to be still with God – to ask, seek, knock, wait and receive.

You are encouraged to be part of the Church Gathering for Prayer this Tuesday evening – on Zoom.
We will be puting courageous prayer into practice as we offer prayers of thanksgiving, as we wait together in God’s presence, as we focus on the General Assembly meeting this week and as we pray for others and each other.
Take courage – and join us!

Daily Devotions for Monday 24th May, 2021

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit

Reading : MATTHEW 18 verses 1-5

Meditation : take time to consider these words from Jesus as your day starts.
What do they teach you about Kingdom living?
What is your response?

Then Pray with honesty in response to the LORD our God

Pray your own words at the start of this day
Of praise and thanksgiving
Of confession and trust
For our nation
For our world

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on those who work in nurseries and schools
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from MATTHEW 18
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then pray to our God in response

Eternal and Faithful One, hear my evening prayers
As I lay myself and this world before you at the end of today
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Thy Kingdom Come at Midday

You are invited to pause on this Pentecost Sunday and reflect on the youth daily video from Thy Kingdom Come on the theme of PENTECOST

A Prayer from TKC
Overflowing God, breathe the spirit of Jesus into me and into all those who long for peace, especially those who have drifted from your way, got stuck in their faith, or who have not yet found a way to believe. You believe in them. Renew them by your Spirit. And today may your Church be filled with joy! Amen!

Daily Devotions for Sunday 23rd May, 2021

PENTECOST SUNDAY

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the Living God
‘Thy Kingdom Come’

Reading : ACTS 2 verses 1-42

Meditation : take time and consider this passage on this particular Sunday morning.
The Spirit is poured out. The Church is born.
What does all it mean for you?

And then pray in response with others on this Pentecost Sunday

Spirit of the Living God
Fall afresh on us
Fall afresh on me
Fall afresh around this world

Break me, break us
Melt me, melt us
Mould me, mould us
Fill me, fill us
Use me, use us

Spirit of the Living God
Fall afresh we call out!
In Jesus’ Name, Amen and Amen and Amen.

Midday
Pray the Prayer for the Month as your own midday prayer

Our Father in Heaven
May your holy name be honoured
In our lives
In your Church

Our Father in Heaven
May your kingdom rule be seen
In our lives
In our community

Our Father in Heaven
May your will be done
In our lives
In our nation

Our Father in Heaven
May your kingdom come
May your will be done
In our world

In Jesus’ name
Amen

Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from ACTS 2
Reflect on the words and images and then Pray in response to this God
Father, Son and Holy Spirit

O LORD our God, hear our evening prayers we ask
As we thank you for the blessings of this Sunday
As we believe and trust in you
As we pilgrimage on towards tomorrow
As we call on you to pour out your Spirit afresh
On all who ask, on all who believe, on all of us
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Thy Kingdom Come at Midday

You are invited to pause at this time in your day and reflect on the daily video from Thy Kingdom Come on the theme of SILENCE

A Prayer from TKC
Loving God, our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you.
Hold me, for the storms are raging and the waves crash over.
Be my rest and my security.
And even though human touch and human love is so beautiful and so longed for; help me to know today that it comes from you and, like everything that is good and beautiful, will return to you in the silence of your eternal and never changing love.
Be with me as I hold myself and hold others in your silent embrace.
Amen.

Daily Devotions for Saturday 22nd May, 2021

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit
‘Thy Kingdom Come’

Reading : PSALM 46

Meditation : take the time to consider these words this Saturday morning.
The theme of SILENCE.
What are you encouraged and challenged by?
Which words stay with you as your day starts?

And then take the time to be still in Prayer with this God
Wait….ask….seek….listen….receive…..

Amen

Midday
Pray the Lord’s Prayer as your midday prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be Your Name.
Your kingdom come
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our sins
As we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory.
Now and for ever
Amen


Evening

Reading : read the verses again from Psalm 46
Reflect on the words…. and then Pray in response to what you have read
Taking time at the end of your day to be still with God

Waiting
Asking
Seeking
Listening
Receiving

Amen.