During Ascensiontide (29 May to 8 June) Christians all over London will be turning their everyday journeys into prayer journeys, praying that God’s Kingdom would come where they are and that people would come to know Him.
Bishop Ric will be going on prayer journeys with everyday Christians over this time, which he will be recording and uploading to his social media. You can follow them on X and on Instagram. You can see where people are prayer journeying on the prayer walk app and add your own prayer.
Here in London Diocese, our Confident Disciples team and the Gregory Centre (CCX) have partnered in creating a Prayer Journeying practice, following in the footsteps of the Lent prayer practices, to use over Ascensiontide. Find out about the practice and download it here.
Please encourage your congregations to turn their everyday journeys into prayer journeys this Ascensiontide. Maybe you could:
- Show them videos of +Ric’s prayer journeys
- Accompany them on prayer journeys
- Teach about prayer journeys during Ascensiontide and introduce the prayer journeying practice.
- Mention this movement on your own church media
- Use the London prayer journeying app to record your prayer journey
Information
Thy Kingdom Come is a global ecumenical prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray from Ascension to Pentecost for more people to come to know Jesus.
From 29 May – 8 June 2025, every person, household and church are encouraged to pray in their own way.
This year is the 10th anniversary of Thy Kingdom Come, with 85 denominations from all over the world taking part.
Thy Kingdom Come Here
Thy Kingdom Come Here is a London initiative that encourages Christians to turn a journey into a prayer-journey.
It encourages people to walk their streets, to pray for God’s presence and love to be known there and to bless those living in that community, street or estate.
Individual journeys can be logged on a digital map (live from 1 May) so everyone can see street-by-street how their own prayer journey is part of a collaborative effort to cover their area or city in prayer.
Other new resources for 2025
For the 10th anniversary of Thy Kingdom Come, this year’s Prayer Journal is based on the Lord’s Prayer and includes contributions from a variety of voices across denominations and traditions.
This year’s Novena is based on the Lord’s Prayer and is written by the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell.
A novena is a nine-day period of prayer. The word comes from the Latin word novem, which means “nine”.
The digital version will be available to download from the Thy Kingdom Come website shortly.
This journal encourages young people to put down their phones each day, and focus on one line of the Lord’s Prayer.
Suitable for those aged 11 – 20.
There is also a session guide for youth groups.
The digital version of both the journal and session guide will be available shortly on the Thy Kingdom Come website.
