Benefice Day of Prayer & Fasting - with evening prayer meeting.

Monthly. Every First Tuesday at for 45 mins
St Michael & All Angels
The Drift Martlesham Heath Ipswich, IP5 3PL, United Kingdom

Our monthly Benefice day of prayer and fasting is the first Tuesday of every month. There are many different ways that we can fast, and it doesn't necessarily have to be food. Perhaps staying off social media or not switching the TV on all day. Some of us will feel compelled to fast from food for the whole day, some may fast for just one meal, others may simply not have the biscuits with our afternoon cup of tea. Whichever way you fast, what's important is that you intentionally spend more time with God. That can be in prayer, reading scripture, or just being still in God's presence.

The monthly prayer meeting will be from 7.00 - 7.45pm and will be held in the chapel at St Michael's. We have a 'prayer booklet' with many things that we can pray for, however you are not limited to it. There is no obligation to pray out loud and no expectation that we will have well formulated sonnets of prayer. You can offer a prayer of just a few words, some of the most heartfelt prayers can be as simple as 'Father, I pray for tomorrow, amen.'

Martlesham, St Mary the Virgin

St Mary's is usually open from 10am through to 3pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays for visitors and for private prayer.

St Mary’s dates back to The Doomsday Book, but the current building dates from around the 14th century with extensive work done in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It currently holds traditional communion services on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month at 11 am. 

The Church is very popular for weddings, baptisms and funerals due to the very traditional and well kept building and graveyard. In spring the church yard is a profusion of snowdrops and crocuses for visitors to admire.

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Benefice Day of Prayer & Fasting - with evening prayer meeting.

Monthly. Every First Tuesday at for 45 mins
St Michael & All Angels
The Drift Martlesham Heath Ipswich, IP5 3PL, United Kingdom

Our monthly Benefice day of prayer and fasting is the first Tuesday of every month. There are many different ways that we can fast, and it doesn't necessarily have to be food. Perhaps staying off social media or not switching the TV on all day. Some of us will feel compelled to fast from food for the whole day, some may fast for just one meal, others may simply not have the biscuits with our afternoon cup of tea. Whichever way you fast, what's important is that you intentionally spend more time with God. That can be in prayer, reading scripture, or just being still in God's presence.

The monthly prayer meeting will be from 7.00 - 7.45pm and will be held in the chapel at St Michael's. We have a 'prayer booklet' with many things that we can pray for, however you are not limited to it. There is no obligation to pray out loud and no expectation that we will have well formulated sonnets of prayer. You can offer a prayer of just a few words, some of the most heartfelt prayers can be as simple as 'Father, I pray for tomorrow, amen.'

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