Wednesday 6 - Thursday 7 May 2026, 10am - 12noon
Churches, schools, chaplaincies, fresh expressions, the cathedral and plenty more across the diocese are invited to join together in a day of prayer as per the schedule below. (This time lasting 26 hours rather than 24 so that we can fit in more prayer!)
All sessions below, apart from where stated otherwise, accessible by the Diocesan Prayer Zoom Room;
- Direct Link: here
- Meeting ID: 829 5163 4231
- Passcode: 774732
Many of the sessions will also have an in-person element, either with the Prayer Day coordinator Richard Barrett at St George's Shrewsbury, or in certain other places as indicated below. Please drop Richard an email if you'd like to join him saying which sessions that you may have in mind.
On this occasion, after the Closing Prayers and and a shared lunch, there will be a prayer walk around a number of Shrewsbury churches; do please similarly advise Richard if you'd like to join us, especially if you have any dietary requirements.
Diocesan Day of Prayer - table showing Deaneries, Overseas Links and other initiatives due to take part: |
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| 10:00 | Opening Prayers (with Bishop Sarah) | |
| 10:30 | Praying for the 34,000 | |
| 11:00 | Strengthening Communities | |
| 11:30 | TBC | |
| 12:00 | TBC | |
| 12:30 | Diocesan Staff Prayers | |
| 13:00 | TBC | |
| 13:30 | Shrewsbury and Wrekin Deanery | |
| 14:00 | West Bromwich Deanery | |
| 14:30 | Leek Deanery | |
| 15:00 | Hodnet Deanery | |
| 15:30 | Shallowford House | |
| 16:00 | Tamworth Deanery | |
| 16:30 | OVERSEAS LINK: Qu'Appelle | |
| 17:00 | Prayer with Images | |
| 17:30 | Cathedral Evening Prayer: Lichfield Cathedral Daily Worship | Facebook | |
| 18:00 | Encounter and Mission in Stoke Schools | |
| 18:30 | OVERSEAS LINK: Nordkirche | |
| 19:00 | Newcastle Deanery | |
| 19.30 | The Fifth Mark of Mission | |
| 20:00 | The Community of Evangelists and The First Mark of Mission | |
| 20:30 | Children and Families Ministry | |
| 21:00 | The Persecuted Church | |
| 21:30 | Penkridge Deanery | |
| 22:00 | Pioneering and Pioneers | |
| 22:30 | Chaplaincy and Chaplains | |
| 23:00 | TBC | |
| 23:30 | TBC | |
| 00:00 | Alstonfield Deanery | |
| 00:30 | Rugeley Deanery | |
| 01:00 | Stoke on Trent Deanery | |
| 01:30 | Those afflicted by Addiction | |
| 02:00 | TBC | |
| 04:00 | TBC | |
| 04:30 | Mother's Union | |
| 05:00 | Lichfield Deanery | |
| 05:30 | Education | |
| 06:00 | Vocations and Training | |
| 06:30 | Trysull Deanery and Melanesia | |
| 07:00 | Ellesmere and Oswestry Deaneries | |
| 07:30 | Third Mark of Mission | |
| 08:00 | Cathedral Morning Prayer: Lichfield Cathedral Daily Worship | Facebook | |
| 08:30 | OVERSEAS LINK: Hyderabad | |
| 09:00 | Telford Minster, Telford Deanery, and Edgmond and Shifnal Deanery | |
| 10:00 | OVERSEAS LINK: Matlosane | |
| 10:30 | Wulfrun Deanery | |
| 11:00 | Second Mark of Mission | |
| 11:30 | Closing Prayers (with Bishop Sarah) | |
