Prayer walking

Wednesday Prayer Walking Guidelines

10am - 12pm every Wednesday @ Mariners Chapel

“Prayer walking is stepping out in groups of 2 or 3, and praying for your community as you walk. It simply involves walking around a place, praying for the spaces, businesses, public services, homes and people you see around you. You may plan to stop at specific locations, or you may just walk and see where the Holy Spirit leads you.”

“God told Joshua: ‘I will give you every place where you set your foot’ (Joshua 1:3). There is something powerful and significant about making our prayers physical. Being prayerfully present in a place is a symbol and sign that God is present.” *

Meet at Mariners Chapel at 10am first to split into groups and decide on routes
As you walk, feel free to pray as you feel prompted by the places and people that you see
As you pray, make sure you also give space to listening, so that God can guide your prayers. Listen to one another’s prayers too
You may have read part of the Bible in preparation for your walk or as you walk, the Holy Spirit may bring a Scripture to mind. Pray about that passage and how it might impact the people in the docks
Do not trespass on property in any way. Stick to the pavements and streets
Do not initiate conversation or do anything remotely invasive. We are not seeking to make ourselves known, just to pray
Do not stand still in one place for too long (we do not want to be seen as loitering). An easy stroll will do.

In weeks where there are enough people, the chapel will be open whilst we are prayer walking. Please refer to the Chapel Opening Guidelines for further information.

Each week, there will be a prayer walking lead, to whom any safeguarding or safety concerns should be raised.

Please check the webpage each week before Wednesday morning - we will post an update here if the Prayer Walking is cancelled.

*Adapted from

https://www.dioceseofnorwich.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Prayer-Walking-v4.pdf