Prayer
At church, we believe that prayer is an essential and wonderful part of communicating with God. The Bible encourages us to ‘pray continually’ and prayer is part of everything we do here at church.
Why not join us at our Monthly Central Prayer Gatherings or be part of our 24-7 Prayer initiative. Our Kirribilli church is also open to anyone every Thursday morning for prayer.
Monthly Central Prayer
We pray together to express the fact that we are utterly dependent on God for all things. Other reasons are that it expresses our unity as believers coming together from different congregations, but part of one larger family; it teaches us how to pray as we listen to others, it enriches our fellowship as we meet people from different congregations and different ages and stages of life and faith; and it encourages our soul as we hear of how God has answered the prayers of the saints. That is one reason why our Connect Groups do not meet on the 1st week of each month – to enable us to come together as one family to pray!
We sing, pray set liturgical prayers, pray in smaller groups for our ministries, neighbourhoods and nations, hear answered prayers and pray for the needs of our church family. You don’t need to pray out loud – you can simply come and listen to the prayers of others and just say Amen.
In 2025, Central Prayer will usually rotate around our various locations on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm, but we will launch (Feb) & meet mid year (Jul) with gatherings at all of our locations. See below for details:-
Feb: Kirribilli, Neutral Bay & Macquarie Park
Mar: Neutral Bay
Apr: Macquarie Park
May: Kirribilli
Jun: Rozelle
Jul: Kirribilli, Neutral Bay, Macquarie Park & Rozelle
Aug: Kirribilli
Sep: Macquarie Park
Oct: Neutral Bay
Nov: Rozelle
Dec: TBC
24-7 Prayer At The Bridge Church
Introduction: The global 24-7 prayer movement started in 1999 with a small group of students in a warehouse on the south coast of England, has now spread across the earth. To date there are 78 nations and 25,000 prayer rooms registered across the planet. The Bridge Church has now joined this phenomenal move of God!
What?: By following an online link, church members can register themselves to pray at a particular time of the day (or night!). On Sundays, those signed up to pray receive praise and prayer points for the week ahead. We encourage those who are part of 24-7 prayer to send in prayer requests so our community can unite in bringing these requests to God.
Please note that we do not meet up over zoom or pray online together. The online community exits to receive prayer requests and then dedicate time throughout the week to pray for these requests.
Ideally, our goal is to cover our church in a continuous stream of prayer, allowing for people’s schedules, life stages and seasons. We also regularly hold in person dedicated days of prayer.
Our goal this year is to establish an in person 24-7 prayer room.
Why?: Simply, we believe that prayer is the very engine room of our faith, the foundation for all that we do and all that we are as children of God and followers of Jesus. The Bible encourages us to pray continuously! (1 Thess 5:17, Phil 4:6, Luke 18:1, Eph 6:18). Since its inception, 24-7 Prayer has seen churches come alive and flourish as God responds to the prayers of his people.
How?: If this sounds like something that you or your prayer partner / small group / family would love to get on board with, follow the link below to book your prayer time slot/s.
The Bridge Church 24-7 Prayer Signup
More info, inspiration & resources for 24-7 Prayer can be found here.
We would love to see our church flourish as a powerful praying community and our church, community and world, positively impacted by the love of Jesus.
SOME TESTAMONIALS FROM OUR MEMBERS
“ I am absolutely loving 24-7 prayer…I feel the Lord has really prodded me to pray more…prayer is starting to take priority in my life.”
“It has been incredible to have a regular time with the Lord intentionally praying – I do Lectio everyday but this intentional prayer has really been amazing.”
“I have known about the amazing history and testimony of the 24/7 Prayer movement, but I had never taken the step of signing-up to join a team of prayers. Now I can say that this has been one of the best decisions I have made.”
“God is moving me to look more deeply into the weekly scriptures, and this has led to deeper insights and prayer for myself and others. 24-7 prayer is flexible, 30 mins is achievable, and a great joy. God is hearing our prayers and it delights Him to answer us for the glory of His name and His Kingdom!”
Open Church to Pray
Every Thursday morning (730-830am), we open the Kirribilli church building for any members or locals who would like to come along and spend time with God and with each other as we seek God’s presence and pray for the things closest to our hearts and to the heart of God.
We’d love you to join us!
