Our 24–7 prayer scroll crosses Strangford Lough
The prayer scroll has continued its journey around the diocese and on Wednesday 14 May it crossed Strangford Lough.
Up on the deck of the 9.45 am ferry, Revd Gill Withers, rector of Greyabbey and Kircubbin with Ballyphilip and Ardquin, passed the scroll to Dean Henry Hull who was representing parishes in the Lecale Area. They will hold the scroll and pray continuously until 19 May before handing over to Kilmegan and Maghera.
The scroll has travelled through 30 parishes in the diocese since Down and Dromore’s year of 24–7 Prayer began in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter at midnight on 31 December.
It has been a blessing in each location and Revd Giill Withers’ experience was no exception:
“Everyone just worked together to get our prayer room up and running,” she said. “When people came down into the space they said things like, ‘it was an oasis of calm and warmth in the midst of darkness,’ because the peninsula can be a very dark place.
“People wrote down comments saying they came and met with God and went home feeling a bit more at peace and in control of their situations and their lives. There was a sense of God’s presence there and people thought it was awesome and amazing.”