Last updated 30th May 2022
#ThyKingdomCome 2022
A festival of prayer and worship for 2022
Welcome to this year’s opportunity to celebrate #ThyKingdomCome.
We are using this period to encourage you to pray for five people that they might come to know the love of the Lord Jesus.
With so much creativity and ingenuity within our Diocese we know there will be many exciting stories and testimonies to share which will encourage us all in our discipleship.
Who might you pray for? Who needs to hear God’s voice and God’s welcome to “come home” and find rest and peace for their souls?
The Being Witnesses team would love to hear from you ... please email: beingwitnesses@blackburn.anglican.org
Resources
Below are links to access more #TKC resources:
- Prayer Journal - written by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby
- Novena - reflections on 1 Peter written by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby
- Ideas for praying for five friends
- A Short Act of Commissioning for Thy Kingdom Come - designed to be included in a Eucharist or Service of the Word on the Sunday before TKC starts (Sunday 22nd May 2022)
- Ideas for running an Upper Room prayer room - virtual or physical prayer spaces
- Cheeky Pandas resources that seek to get children excited about Jesus, the Bible and prayer.
- Youth resources include The Way, faith-based video content, made by young people and for young people.
- Resources for services are available including welcome, prayers, hymns, sermons, orders of service, songs, liturgy and blessings.
Prayer ideas from around the diocese
- Pray using a prayer cairn: idea from Becci from Buckshaw Village Church
- Go on a prayer hunt around your local area: idea from Naomi from St James' Church, Clitheroe
- Pray for roads in your local area and post pictures on your local Facebook group page
- But First Pray for children and young people to be transformed using inspiration from popcorn
- But First Pray by prayer walking around your local area
- But First Pray for schools and their communities
- But First Pray using inspiration from things around your home
Listen to and share testimony
Listen to and share stories from the Bible
Watch #WhatsYourStory videos about answering the call ...
In the weeks since Easter Sunday 2022 we've heard 20 great stories (one a day) on our diocesan YouTube channel of ways in which lay/ordained people have been called to serve for our #WhatsYourStory campaign across our Diocese.
Catch up here via the dedicated YouTube playlist for the campaign: https://bit.ly/38ISXbS
Joy Rushton and Ronnie Semley, May 2022