Deanery pilgrimages
To mark the 10th anniversary of Thy Kingdom Come, our interim Director of Ministry and Discipleship, the Rev Andrew Hargreaves, plans to walk around each of our deaneries, praying every hour, on the hour as well as praying as he walks. You can join in for as much or as little of the walk (in your deanery or even in a different deanery). There will also be evening prayer services in one church in each deanery for you to join in.
The plan so far is as follows:
- Monday 2 June: Bishops Waltham deanery
- Tuesday 3 June: Fareham deanery
- Wednesday 4 June: Havant deanery
- Thursday 5 June: Petersfield deanery
- Friday 6 June: Isle of Wight deanery
- Saturday 7 June: Gosport deanery
- Sunday 8 June:Portsmouth deanery (with final service in our cathedral)
Full details of routes and venues for prayer will follow
Online launch event
Join us on Tuesday 25th February at 11am for the Thy Kingdom Come 2025 resources online launch!
To mark the 10th anniversary, this year’s focus will be the Lord’s Prayer.
Join us as we unveil this year’s offer, including the new Prayer Journal – featuring ecumenical voices, the Novena, daily films and resources for children in the form of the Cheeky Pandas as well as resources for schools.
We also have an exciting NEW Youth and Young Adults strand, including content from the Way UK and others – so book now to find out more.
Resources for 2025
There’s a variety of resources that will help your congregations and churches, including:
- Spotify playlist of songs, hymns, and chants themed around the Lord’s Prayer.
Links to come - Prayer journals, novenas and prayer diaries that you can download or order print copies of here;
- Resources to help children to pray, including new episodes of the ‘Cheeky Pandas’, narrated by Gemma Hunt, Bear Grylls, Mary Berry and Archbishop Justin (download publicity postcards from here and watch the trailer here);
- Resources for young people, from ‘The Way’ (download publicity postcards from here)
- 11 films, one for each day, which will feature different ways in which people can pray, which will ultimately be available here;
- Accessible resources, including a Braille prayer booklet, videos with British Sign Language, and resources that can be used with those on the autistic spectrum,
Prayer spaces in schools
Prayer spaces give children and young people a way to explore personal reflection and prayer for themselves using a selection of engaging and creative activities. There are lots of great ideas available on the Prayer Spaces in Schools website.
Images for social media
You can download graphics for use on social media from the Thy Kingdom Come website here.
Ways your church can take part in Thy Kingdom Come
As Thy Kingdom Come swiftly approaches, here are some simple ways your church can be involved:
- Host a virtual or in-person prayer room, inspired by the Upper Room in the book of Acts. Sign up and unite your congregation in continuous prayer. Let us know so that we can post your event on this page.
- Host an outdoor Pentecost Celebration Service – click on the link to download a PDF help sheet, and let us know what you plan.
- Prayer walking – why not consider praying around your local community?
- Host a Cheeky Pandas family service – why not host a special service using the Cheeky Pandas resources including video series, songs and prayer booklets?
- Pray for 5 – using a simple visual aid, such as a bracelet with 5 knots or beads on, encourage people to take a few moments each day to pray for five different people. Here’s a video by Rt Rev Dr John Sentamu with his thoughts on how to pray for 5.
Prayer Stations – Consider setting up prayer stations around your church building, or outside in the church grounds. Prayer stations can help people to pray in a variety of ways – with a different focus at each station. This year, there is some beautiful artwork available, created by Rev Chris Duffett, with an accompanying Visio Divina PAINT acronym to guide your times of prayer. You can order A6 postcard, A4 size or larger sized sets from CPO here, with a digital downloadable version coming soon.
Thy Kingdom Come App
The award-winning Thy Kingdom Come App is back! The app is now live and is the perfect accompaniment for the 11 days of prayer. Available in several languages, the app contain all this year’s key content including audio reflections from 24-7 Prayer, videos and Bible readings.
