SoHOP is working with church leaders in Southampton to coordinate a citywide prayer gathering each month. We want to be together with people of all ages, all denominations, all cultures.
We hope that Citywide Prayer will be hosted at a different church each month, celebrating the diversity of the Body of Christ in Southampton.
The Schedule
- Sunday 1 December – 18:45 – St James by the Park, Church Street, SO15 5LW
If you have any feedback for us about these gatherings, please contact us.
What are we hoping for?
…For Southampton to be transformed by the love of God.
…For a great increase in the presence and activity of the Holy Spirit in our city.
Some call this revival, awakening, outpouring or empowering. Whatever name you use, this is what we need and this is why we are gathering for city prayer.
How ?
How will we work towards what we hope for?
.. By gathering people who pray and asking the Holy Spirit to give us fresh faith, revelation and empowering. And then committing to prayer in our lives throughout the month ahead.
Our simple belief is that as we come together we are:
- recognising our brothers and sisters across the Body of Christ
- standing united in our worship of God
- declaring that Jesus is the Hope for our city
- asking the Holy Spirit to teach us to pray
- releasing the blessing of God on Southampton
We believe the Holy Spirit will bless these times, resulting in new faith and stamina in our prayers. As we hold our city before the Lord, we are believing God for fresh insight and inspiration and an intensification and multiplication of prayer throughout the churches.
With what attitude?
We gather with a dependence on the Holy Spirit.
If you are like me, you have reached the end of your own efforts and now desire the Holy Spirit to bring life. Holy Spirit come and revive the things that are dead or dying.
We think of the Lord telling his disciples to wait in Jerusalem “until the Holy Sprit comes and fills you with power from heaven” (Luke 24).
And so we gather each month, standing together in this dependence.
Spirit of the Living God, fall afresh on us!
Practical Details
We will usually gather on the first Sunday evening of each month. The timing changes according to the church that is hosting the meeting.
We hope to be at a different host church each month, celebrating the diversity of the Body of Christ in Southampton. Please contact us if you would consider hosting the City Prayer at your church.
Remember, because we are at different churches each month, the times may vary…
Invite everyone who prays!
So please, spread the word. Invite everyone who prays. Come in faith and expect to be encouraged, envisioned, and receive a fresh filling of faith and revelation.
History
2021:
- 5 September – our in-person prayer meeting for quite a long time! Hosted by Covenant Church at the Destiny Centre, Kent Road, SO17 2LJ
- 3 October – hosted by Covenant Church at the Destiny Centre, Kent Road, SO17 2LJ
- 7 November 7.30pm – hosted by City Life Church at Townhill Park Community Centre, Meggeson Avenue, SO18 2FH (more info…)
- 5 December 6.00pm – hosted by Above Bar Church at 69 Above Bar Street, SO14 7FE (more info…)
2022:
- 2 January 7.30pm – Consecrate ourselves for 2022 and pray especially for Schools.
Hosted by Covenant Church at the Destiny Centre, Kent Road, SO17 2LJ - 6 February 5.00pm – Worship and prayer for the city hosted by Pastor Benee Culado and Passion Church International.
- 6 March 5.00pm – Worship and prayer for the city with Misheck Manhanha and Riverside Family Church, 131A Northam Road, Northam, SO14 0QH
- 3 April 7.30pm – Holy Savoiur Church, Bitterne
- 15 May 6.00pm – King’s Church Centre, 414 Coxford Road, Lordswood SO16 5LL
- 5 June 4.00pm – Watts Park, central Southampton. There was a picnic feel as we gathered in small groups and focussed on two scriptures: I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high. (Luke 24:49). They all met together and were constantly united in prayer (Acts 1:14). It was a bit wet, but we managed to get through to the end. See the order of service here.
- 3 July 7.45pm – St James Road Methodist Church
- 7 August – Colne Avenue Baptist Church – 7.30pm
- 4 September 7.30pm – City Life Church at Townhill Park Community Centre, Meggeson Avenue, SO18 2FH.
- 2 October – Riverside Family Church, 7.30pm, at 131a Northam Road Southampton, SO14 0QH
- 6 November – Shirley Baptist Church, Church Street, SO15 5LG. Summary of the evening….
- 4 December – Southampton Lighthouse International Church – 2.30pm, at St Mary’s Road, SO14 0BB
- SATURDAY 31 December – New Year’s Eve Service – Covenant Church – 9.30pm to 1am.
This year there is no Citywide Prayer meeting on the first Sunday in January as it is new years day itself.
Instead Pastor John Paul Oddoye invites us to join Covenant Church at 9.30pm on Saturday 31st December. The New Years Eve (Crossover) service usually starts with Prayers of Thanksgiving, followed by a time of Praise and Worship. Then Opportunities for Testimonies, followed by a Sermon, a session of Prayers for the New Year. Then we round up the service with Communion and a Thanksgiving Offering. It is at The Destiny Centre, Kent Road, SO17 2LJ.
2023
- Sunday 5 February – 6.00pm RCCG, Oasis of Life Parish, 118-120 Lodge Road. SO14 6QS
- Sunday 5 March – 7.30pm Townhill Park Community Centre, Meggeson Avenue SO18 2FH
- Sunday 2 April – 6.00pm Riverside Family Church, Northam Road, SO14 0QH
- Sunday 7 May – 5.00pm prayer walk starting at the bandstand in Palmerston Park.
- Sunday 4 June – 6.30pm – Holy Trinity Weston, Weston Lane, Weston, SO19 9HL
- Sunday 2 July – 7.00pm – Portswood Church, Portswood Road, SO17 2FY
- August – no meeting this month.
- Sunday 3 September – 7.00pm – St Albans Church, Swaythling, at the junction of Honeysuckle and Tulip Roads, SO16 3BD
- Sunday 1 October – 7.30pm – St Boniface Church, Shirley Road, SO15 3JD
- Sunday 5 November – 7.00pm – St James Road Methodist Church, St James Road, SO15 5HE
- Sunday 3 December – 6.30pm – Thornhill Baptist Church, Thornhill Park Road, SO18 5TR
2024
- Sunday 4 February – 4.00pm – New Community Central, Central Hall, St Mary Street, SO14 1NF
- Sunday 3 March – 6.30pm – Church of Pentecost, St John’s Centre, St. James Road SO15 5FB.
- Sunday 7 April – 4.00pm – King’s Church Southampton, 414 Coxford Road, Lordswood, SO16 5LL
- Sunday 5 May – 4.00pm – Aldermoor Community Farm, Aldermoor Road, SO16 5NN
- Sunday 2 June – 6.00pm – Covenant Church, Christ Centre, 309-311 Shirley Road, SO15 3HW
- Sunday 7 July – 4.00pm – Elim Christian Centre – 78 Park Road, Freemantle, SO15 3DE
- Sunday 4 August – 4.00pm – JS Fresh Fish, Building 5, Shamrock Quay, William Street, SO14 5QL
- Sunday 1 September – 4.00pm – JS Fresh Fish, Building 5, Shamrock Quay, William Street, SO14 5QL
- Sunday 6 October – 4.00pm – Shirley Baptist Church, Church Street, Shirley, Southampton, SO15 5LG
- Sunday 3 November – 19:00 – Life Church, The Boathouse, 11 Cranbury Terrace, SO14 0LH