Category: Prayer

This guide is used at the monthly online lunchtime prayer meeting, but is also commended for use in personal prayers, and in leading intercessions at a service in church.  Our July prayer meeting is on Thursday July 6th, 1 – 1.30 pm. This month our prayer guide begins with an extract from a sermon preached … Continue reading July 2023 Prayer Guide

This guide is used at the monthly online lunchtime prayer meeting, but is also commended for use in personal prayers, and in leading intercessions at a service in church.  If you have used it when it’s your turn on your church’s intercession rota we hope you find it useful, and would welcome your feedback and … Continue reading June 2023 Prayer Guide

We use this guide at the monthly online lunchtime prayer meeting, and commend it for use in personal prayers, and in leading intercessions at a service. Our May prayer meeting will be from 1 – 1.30 pm on Wednesday May 3rd, with the next meeting on Tuesday June 6th. May brings an unprecedented number of … Continue reading May 2023 Prayer Guide

In April there will be no online lunchtime FWW prayer meeting – the next will be May 3rd 1 – 1.30pm. The month starts with Holy Week and Easter Day, a time to travel with Christ to the Cross, and beyond. It is a season of contrasts – death and resurrection; despair and hope; endings … Continue reading April 2023 Prayer Guide

In a speech on March 1st the Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, spoke about inflation and what the bank is doing, through interest rates, to bring it under control. Amongst all the figures - food inflation up 17%, fuel inflation beginning to fall - perhaps the most important comments were two reminders, … Continue reading March 2023 Prayer Guide

After what feels like a long, cold winter signs of Spring are appearing. Green shoots in the garden, lighter afternoons and warmer temperatures point us towards the season of new beginnings and new life. This is in contrast to much that darkens the experience of work and economy for many. Strikes continue, inflation and energy … Continue reading February 2023 Prayer Guide

As the New Year begins so the economic challenges of 2022 need still to be faced. Inflation, with its various causes, continues to place many under pressure. The pattern of strikes in public and private sectors rolls on. In these dark days of January hope is in short supply – in contrast to the message … Continue reading January 2023 Prayer Guide

Prayer Guide for December 2022 Advent encourages us to look for the presence of God, in Christ, in our world. We light candles as signs of Christ’s light that dispels the darkness.  There is, in this, a message of hope which is much needed in our current economic context. Inflation has produced a real squeeze … Continue reading December 2022 Prayer Guide

November sees increasingly dark evenings after the return to GMT with the clocks changed at the end of October. This reminds us of those whose work is in the open and for whom dark, cold and wet conditions bring extra risk. The theme of our prayers is therefore safety in the workplace, and especially those … Continue reading November 2022 Prayer Guide

On October 13th Faith at Work in Worcestershire is taking part in the Business Expo organised by the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce, of which we are a member. We will be one of more than 100 businesses and organisations exhibiting.  Our aim is to raise the profile of FWW, and seek out those … Continue reading October 2022 Prayer Guide