Prayer Space - seeking people to help and pray!

Over the past three years CBC has created a ‘prayer space’ during holy week – a place to experience time with God, retreat from the world and explore creative and artistic ways of praying.

This year we want to work more closely with other churches in the area so we are taking part in a 24/7 prayer initiative that is being run city wide. CBC will be one of three centres for prayer, the other two being St Jude’s and Oasis church.

This is a fantastic opportunity to cover the week in prayer, and see God do amazing things among us.

The prayer space will be open from Monday 25 March at 9am through to Easter Sunday 6am. Since the prayer space will be open much longer than in previous years we will need many more people to "staff" it. We are looking for people for:

RECEPTION DUTY

At various times we will need people present to allow people access to the building and sign people in.

PRAYER DUTY

Because it’s 24/7 prayer, we don’t just need people to staff the space, but people who will commit to praying in the space in hourly slots. 

During daytime hours (9am-10pm) this doesn’t mean you are booking the slot for yourself – other people may join you during your session, but whether people are in the space with you or not, you are committing to making this a place for continual prayer. Of course, if you are keen you can opt to pray for more than one slot!

During night time hours (10pm-9am) only people that have booked in may use the space. During these hours, for safety reasons, we will need a minimum of 2 people present.

However the space doesn’t have to be limited two people - whole groups can take an hour (or block of hours!). Small groups, prayer groups, friendship groups – any group from Knit and Natter to the football team can agree to steward the space. For instance, as a group, you may decide on a time that suits everyone and agree to steward the space in a 5 hour slot. Not all of you would need to be present for the 5 hours, as long as you have agreed who you will pass the baton of prayer onto.

If you are interested in booking into the space as a group or as individuals, either on prayer duty or reception duty, you can sign up in the foyer on Sunday, or contact Sam Twine: samantha.twine88@gmail.com