Egham Boiler Room

So last week was our prayer week, hosted by St John’s Church Egham.  The theme was the architect’s plans, pulling together the fact that st John’s is looking to build a new pastoral and mission centre on the church grounds, that as The Church locally we are seeking God’s will (The Architect!) and as individuals we want to know what it means to walk in God’s will.

The week began on the Sunday with the second morning service transformed into a prayer room style morning, with over 25 prayer stations set up across the grounds, from confession and world prayer, to a room laid out like a house (“my father’s house has many rooms”) through to kid’s prayer with bubbles and plenty of paint.  In the first service I spoke on John 12, looking particularly at the verses where Jesus says, “where I am my servant will be also” and “Father, glorify your name”.

The prayer week began properly on the Monday (2nd) with a number of people coming from the Besom to join with us to launch the week.  It was great to have them there with us, as we joined together to pray for the week and all that God is doing among us and through us.

Every evening we joined with whoever wanted for a meal.  The people of St John’s are well known for their culinary expertise and so many people contributed food to provide a feast every night.  We ranged from about 6 people one night, to over 30 on the Tuesday.

People interacted with the prayer room in all sorts of ways, through the many prayer stations set up, through reading a bible or praying in the corner, reading and engaging in others prayer on the wall.  It was great to see many people meeting friends to pray with them during there time in the prayer room.

We’ve had all sorts of comments about how people found the prayer room, here are one or two….

“God really met us there. For me it was unforgetable.”

“It’s been a really significant week in the life of St John’s”

“It was great to be in a place with a strong sense of God’s presence”

Photos to follow.  Please leave your own comments about the week of prayer