The Grove Methodist Church and Centre

10/06/2026

Join us in prayer a Pride Month, shared by Pam Gold, Coordinator of the Solidarity Circle for LGBT+

Loving God we thank you for the richness of Diversity which you have created.
As we go through the month of June, when the LGBTQ+ community celebrate Pride, we ask of you:
Teach us the real meaning of 'All are welcome' where all are fully and richly included in every aspect of our Christian Lives.
Reach out to those who do not know you yet but are seeking.
Work on the hearts of those who cannot accept us, that they may have a change of heart and mandate a willingness to be inclusive.
We thank you God for the love you give and we trust that even now hearts are being touched by the power of your Holy Spirit.
Amen.

10/06/2026

Pray with us today.

What song shall I sing today? What prayer shall I pray today?

Abide with me, O Love Divine.

Thank you, God, for music and song in our hearts and lives.

I pray to you every new morning, anticipating what might lie ahead.

I pray to you in the afternoon, thinking of family and friends.

I pray to you in the evening, repeating “Thank you, God” for life in all its richness, remembering all who cannot sing or pray because of pain and sorrow in their lives.

What song shall I sing tomorrow? What prayer shall I pray tomorrow?

Pamela Stenson, President, Methodist Women in Britain, Darlington District

Find more ways to pray at methodist.org.uk/prayer.

09/06/2026

Pray with us today.

We thank you, our Father and Mother, for teaching us the value of hope in the midst of the storms that accompany our lives. We thank you for being able to share with the poorest people the hunger and thirst for love that gives meaning to life. From our humble condition as your children, we pray that the wars will end. We beg you to perform one of your miracles of love and wisdom so that armies may be transformed into sowers of peace, justice and fraternity for their countries and for our world.

Thank you for allowing us to be resurrected everyday thanks to the water of new life of the gospel. Amen.

Félix A Posada Rojas, Director of CEPALC, Colombia

Find more ways to pray at methodist.org.uk/prayer.

08/06/2026

Pray with us today.

Loving God, Fill us with your grace, so we can: know the way and walk in it, hear your word and respond to it, see injustice and address it, be attentive to pain and alleviate it, seek transformation and bring it, through your empowering Spirit. Amen.

Andrew Charlesworth, Chair, Wales Synod Cymru

Find more ways to pray at methodist.org.uk/prayer.

08/06/2026

07/06/2026

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07/06/2026

Congratulations Retford Book Festival
Fabulous first sold out day. Wonderful venue and organisation. Really enjoyed both speakers very much.
Didn’t get a photo of Mark Steel however he was also excellent and very funny.

07/06/2026

Pray with us today.

Come as a dove flying over still waters of hope, putting peace into the hearts of people who would wage war.

Come to the captives and the refugees. Comfort all people who wait for freedom and all people who wait for them to be free.

Come as the sound of silence to hear the cries of people whose lives are limited by gender-based violence and domination. Stir up the hearts of all who abuse their power and privilege.

Come as flames of justice to a world where children are hungry; a world ripped apart by untruths and greed.

Come as water cascading down a mountain washing away the inequities of wealth and poverty. Come change the story. Come Holy Spirit, come now.

Amen.

Penny McCulloch, worship leader, Balsall Common Methodist Church, West Midlands

Find more ways to pray at methodist.org.uk/prayer.