Intercession and Petition
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I rejoiced when I heard them say (StF 26)
I rejoiced when I heard them say
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We gladly celebrate and praise (StF 120)
We gladly celebrate and praise
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Abide with me; fast falls the eventide (StF 141)
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide
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When I needed a neighbour, were you there? (StF 256)
When I needed a neighbour, were you there?
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Send down the fire of your justice (StF 413)
Send down the fire of your justice
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Author of faith, eternal Word (StF 457)
Author of faith, eternal Word
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Being of beings, God of love (StF 490)
Being of beings, God of love
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Eternal Father, strong to save (StF 517)
Eternal Father, strong to save
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Father, hear the prayer we offer (StF 518)
Father, hear the prayer we offer
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Father, I place into your hands (StF 519)
Father, I place into your hands the things I cannot do
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Give to me, Lord, a thankful heart (StF 520)
Give to me, Lord, a thankful heart
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Here as we kneel, here as we pray (StF 521)
Here as we kneel, here as we pray
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I should like to speak to you (StF 522)
I should like to speak to you
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It's me, it's me, O Lord (StF 523)
It's me, it's me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer
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Listening God, you hear us when we cannot speak (StF 524)
Listening God, you hear us when we cannot speak
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Look around you, can you see? (StF 525)
Look around you, can you see?
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Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy (StF 526)
Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy
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Pray for a world where every child (StF 527)
Pray for a world where every child finds welcome in a sheltered space
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Pray, without ceasing, pray (StF 528)
Pray, without ceasing, pray
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Prayer is the soul's sincere desire (StF 529)
Prayer is the soul's sincere desire
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To be in your presence (StF 530)
To be in your presence, to sit at your feet
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What a friend we have in Jesus (StF 531)
What a friend we have in Jesus
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O Christ, the Healer, we have come (StF 653)
O Christ, the Healer, we have come to pray for health, to plead for friends
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Beauty for brokenness (StF 693)
Beauty for brokenness, hope for despair
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For the healing of the nations (StF 696)
For the healing of the nations, Lord, we pray with one accord
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Pray for the Church, afflicted and oppressed (StF 711)
Pray for the Church, afflicted and oppressed
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We lay our broken world (StF 718)
We lay our broken world in sorrow at your feet
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We pray for peace (StF 719)
We pray for peace, but not the easy peace
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A bloodied child (The boy in the ambulance) (website only)
“A bloodied child foreshadowed by a cross” ("The boy in the ambulance") by Andrew Pratt New on 19 August 2016 – a response to the widely viewed video image of a child rescued from a bombed building in Allepo, Syria
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A prayer in time of crisis (website only)
“A prayer in time of crisis” ("Lord God, creator, life of all we do") by Tony Law New on 29 April 2020 – a prayer of petition, written in response to the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic
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Be the light in my darkness (website only)
“Be the light in my darkness” by Elizabeth Burns New on 8 July 2015 – an invocation to the light of God that causes us to reflect on our own response to God's presence in our lives
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Give voice to the prophets who speak the hard word (website only)
"Give voice to the prophets who speak the hard word" by Michael Docker New on 28 June, 2012
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Holy Spirit, be my Helper (website only)
“Holy Spirit, be my Helper” ("When alone I come before you") by Harold Stutely New on 22 October 2014 - a prayer to the Holy Spirit in difficult times
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Lord, we recall your words (website only)
“Lord, we recall your words that speak of love” by Andrew Brown New on 22 October 2014 - a hymn suitable for Rembrance Sunday that explores the call to lay down one's life for friends
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Tectonic plates beneath the ocean's surface (website only)
"Tectonic plates beneath the ocean's surface" by Andrew Pratt
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Time for God (a responsive round) (website only)
"Time for God" by Barbara Honeyball Young - a sung response that can be sung as a round New on 7 February 2012
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When disaster strikes a nation (website only)
"When disaster strikes a nation" by Norman Goreham
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When innocence is fractured (website only)
“When innocence is fractured” by Gareth Hill New on 21 October 2014 (transferred from Methodist Church website) – written in response to the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004