24-40 Prayer arrives in Carryduff
24-40 Prayer has left Mourne and passed into the hands of Dufferin Area Deanery, where a prayer room has been set up at Carryduff Parish Church on the corner of the Saintfield Road and Comber Road.
"The Prayer Room will be open from 9am to 9pm each day," says Rev Willie Nixon, Area Dean. "It will provide a space for the people of the Dufferin Deanery to pray in silence for the Spiritual Renewal and Revival of the Diocese of Down and Dromore, together with the needs of parishes and individuals. A photocopied prayer guide, books of prayers, Bibles, and pictures, will be available to help guide your prayers. Please drop in to join others who will be praying in silence.
To cover the nights, a group of people have agreed to pray from 9pm-9am in hourly sessions, for the four nights, in their own homes. This is very much a 24 hour a day initiative in prayer."
Leaving prayer requests
If you would like to ask for prayer you can do so through the the 24-40 website http://www.24-40prayer.org/.
You can also phone Tom & Liz Dunning on 02890813369 who will be happy to write your prayer request in the Diocesan Book of Prayers, and ensure that someone will personally respond to your request for prayer. This facility is available from 7pm on Monday 5th October until 7pm on Friday 9th October. You may also email prayer requests to the Carryduff Parish Office on: carryduffparishchurch@btconnect.com
Formal Prayers
At the following times formal prayers will be led by the Clergy of the Dufferin Deanery in the Carryduff Parish Prayer Room. These will vary in nature, from the formal Offices of the Prayer Book, to the more contemporary: Monday 5th October 8pm-9pm Canon Warren Russell
Tuesday 6th October 10am-11am Rev Raymond Devenney
Tuesday 6th October 8pm-9pm Canon Robert Howard
Wednesday 7th October 10am-11am Rev Willie Nixon
Wednesday 7th October 8pm-9pm Rev Chris Pollock
Thursday 8th October 10am-11am Canon Jonathan Barry
Thursday 8th October 8pm-9pm Rev Allen Delamere
Friday 9th October 10am-11am Canon Robert Neill
Friday 9th October 7pm-8pm Rev Wille Nixon
At 7pm on Friday 9th October a Prayer Service will be used to end the Dufferin Deanery input to the 24-40 Prayer initiative. Some people from the Lagan Deanery will join us for this service, as we pass on the baton of prayer to the next deanery in the 24-40 cycle of prayer.