
Video prayers: Live | Pray | Serve
This is where we’ve embedded the videos of lay people and clergy from around our diocese praying one-minute prayers each Monday and Friday during 2021 for our Live | Pray | Serve vision and process:
July 23: the Ven Peter Leonard, Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight
Peter prays our final video prayer before we take a break for the summer:
July 19: the Rev Allie Kerr, vicar, St Cuthbert's Church, Copnor
Allie talks and prays about one of our diocesan values: collaboration
July 5: the Rev Dawn Banting, lead chaplain, Queen Alexandra Hospital
Dawn prays that we effectively share God's love with those who don't yet know him:
June 25: the Rev Neil Smart, associate vicar, St Jude's, Southsea
Neil prays for our churches to grow in number as people come to know the love of Jesus - one of the three aspects of our diocesan vision
June 14: the Rev Andrew Sheard, rector, Warblington-with-Emsworth
Andrew prays that our churches would have a greater impact on our society
June 11: Hildah Mapeta, worship leader, St Margaret's Church, Southsea
Hilda prays for us all to display one of our diocesan values - generosity
June 7: the Rev Ian Snares, vicar, St Wilfrid's Church, Cowplain
Ian prays that the depth of our discipleship would increase - one of the three aspects of our Live | Pray | Serve vision
June 4: Vanda Leary, lay chair, Petersfield deanery synod
Vanda prays for one of our diocesan values - being courageous
May 31: the Rev Richard Hutchins, vicar, Clanfield and Catherington
Richard shows us the view of our diocese from his parish, and prays for one aspect of our diocesan vision: that our churches might grow in number
Prayer resources: Live | Pray | Serve
Download these prayer resources for meetings, focusing our minds on our Live | Pray | Serve vision, and particularly the work being done in our diocese to ensure we grow in depth, impact and number.
May 28: Canon Kathryn Percival, Canon Chancellor, Portsmouth Cathedral
Kathryn prays for our diocesan value of being 'resourceful':
May 24: the Rev Amy Webb, vicar, Cosham and Wymering
Amy introduces us to the work of the Cosham Larder, which helps to make food accessible to all. She then prays that all of us can be inspired to have a greater impact on society:
May 21: Simon Whitbread, diocesan strategic development programme manager
Simon prays for one of our diocese's five values: being pioneering
May 17: the Rev Janette Smith, vicar, Church of the Good Shepherd, Crookhorn:
Janette links our diocesan value of generosity to the reorganisation of parishes that is currently being discussed:
May 10: the Rev Kate Macfarlane, deacon-in-charge, Hart Plain Church
Kate prays for one of the three elements of our diocesan vision - that the depth of our discipleship should increase
May 7: the Rev Jude Greenfield, team vicar, North Gosport
Jude is one of our newly-licensed team vicars in a newly-created parish. She prays for one of our diocesan values - collaboration - and asks that God helps us to collaborate between parishes and between church and community.
May 3: the Rev Steve Sutcliffe, team vicar, Newport and Carisbrooke with Gatcombe
April 30: the Rev Mike Terry, joint vicar, St Mary's, Hook-with-Warsash
Mike prays for God to inspire our churches in evangelism and mission as they seek to grow numerically
April 26: the Rev Wendy May Jacobs, curate, Holy Trinity with St Columba, Fareham
April 23: Emma Taylor, Harbour Church, Portsmouth
Emma, who runs the Foodbank based at Harbour Church, prays that our churches would have a greater impact on their local communities
April 19: Fran Carabott, pioneer minister, St Margaret's Church, Southsea
Fran prays that we all embrace one of our diocesan values and find ways of being pioneering
April 9: Chris Nicol, trainee Reader, Portsmouth Pathway
Good Friday (April 2): Bishop Christopher
Bishop Christopher recalls the impact on our world made by Jesus on the cross, and prays that God might inspire us as his followers to make a positive impact on our communities
March 29: the Rev Dion Mabey, St John's Church, Ryde
Dion prays for us all to exhibit one of our five diocesan values: generosity
March 26: Ruth McCabe, St Jude's Church, Southsea
Ruth prays for the depth of our discipleship to grow
March 22: Jane Kelly, diocesan RE adviser for church schools
Jane prays for one of our five diocesan values: collaboration
March 19: the Rev Matthew Grove, Christ Church Portsdown
Matthew prays for a growth in the number of those locally with a Christian faith
March 15: the Rev Hugo Deadman, St James, Milton
Hugo prays for one of our five diocesan values: being resourceful
March 12: Steven Smart, treasurer, RBE North Gosport
Steven thanks God for the way in which his parish and others have been able to serve their local communities during the pandemic, and prays that we may be inspired to have an even greater impact on society.
March 8: Elaine Andrews, a reader at St Wilfrid’s, Cowplain
Elaine prays that we would all be courageous in following what God wants us to do as a diocese, and to be bold and to step out in faith together.
March 5: Elizabeth Grainger, headteacher, Yarmouth and Shalfleet C of E Primary Schools
Elizabeth prays for the deepening of discipleship in our churches and the development of the Christian ethos in our C of E schools
March 1: the Rev Dom Clarke, vicar, Blackmoor and Whitehill
Dom prays for us to embrace one of our five diocesan values: pioneering
February 26: the Rev Emma Racklyeft, All Saints Church, Denmead
Emma pray for our diocese to grow in terms of numbers
February 22: the Rev Max Cross, St Thomas and St Nicholas, Bedhampton:
Max prays for one of our diocesan values: generosity
February 17: Deb Henning-Vears, Clanfield and Catherington
Deb prays for our vacancy-in-see process to find a new Bishop of Portsmouth in the context of our Live | Pray | Serve vision:
February 15: Lay worship leaders, West Wight
These worship leaders pray about one of our five diocesan values: collaboration
February 12: Becca Chamberlain, St Faith’s Church, Lee-on-Solent
Becca prays for those working and volunteering to deepen the discipleship of our children and young people:
February 8: the Ven Jenny Rowley, Archdeacon of Portsdown
Jenny prays the Live | Pray | Serve prayer, the wording for which you can read here.