I’m thrilled to say that we have secured Rev Mark Bishop to lead a special Bradwell Area Study Day on Prayer Walking on Thursday 19 March, at Holy Trinity Church, South Woodham Ferrers.
You can read more about Mark and his wife Carrie in this article: “We’re amongst everybody.” The novel communities serving London | Seen & Unseen. Mark leads HOP East, a House of Prayer for East London, in Stepney, for which I am the “episcopal visitor” - a religious community due to come on stream and be known as the “order of the pigeon“! It has prayer and peace-making at its heart, two things that I believe must be at our hearts, too. He will be talking about prayer walking – walking the streets of our towns, cities and villages and praying for them, whether on special occasions such as “beating the bounds” or as a normal part of church life. We will also be making some resources available for prayer walking that draw on liturgy and creative ideas, and link prayer walking with the listening and prayer about sustainability which is the lifeblood of the Diocese of Chelmsford at the moment.
As with our study day with Isabelle Hamley, there will be two identical sessions: one in the afternoon (2.30pm - 5pm ) and one in the evening (6.30pm - 9pm).
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Afternoon session
Evening session
This day is for ministers of all kinds: clergy, LLMs, authorised ministers, and churchwardens. And to be honest, if you know someone in your church that would love to hear more about prayer walking and they aren’t “officially” a minister, please forward this invitation to them, too. I’m really looking forward to seeing you there. (And ministers from outside the Bradwell Area will be made very welcome, too). We all know that we should be praying more and could be doing that but just need some input and part of that is to do with creative and deliberate schemes/methods/ideas for praying. That’s what this study day is all about. It’s about tools, with joy and laughter and some actual praying of prayer.