Praying for the transformation of Ipswich

By the presence and power of God!

Commit Ipswich to God afresh in 2025!

Let us keep lifting this special town to God at every opportunity this year and see Him work out more of His purposes around us, and in us!

Upcoming prayer events:
31st May - Prayer Breakfast - 8.30am at Salvation Army, Woodbridge Road. See this link for more information and publicity to share.

6th June - Half Night of Prayer for the Rising Generation (6pm-Midnight) at St. Augustine’s Church, Bucklesham Road. See this link for more information and publicity to share.

Another opportunity for local area prayer is via local Houses of Prayer for your area. Please see the introductory video and one that gives more details.

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Crown Him with Many Crowns 2025 - this annual celebration gives thanks for what God has done and seeks Him for the coming year. It had a special young people focus this year. Please see this year’s accompanying prayer information leaflet for use through the year to pray for the wide range of God’s work in the Ipswich area.

Note that there are a number of follow on cross church prayer opportunities coming up including Breakfasts and “Crown Him, Ipswich!” evening prayer gatherings. Please see the Events list for more details.

The following Declaration was used at Crown Him to bless the town and commit to contend for it in prayer - it will be used throughout the year including by the Ipswich Town Pastors:

Lord God, we thank You and praise You for all that You have done in, for, and through this town over the years. We thank You for stirring our hearts to look to You again and again.

We pray Your blessing and leading for Your church in this town and we thank You for what You are going to do.

We continue to pray Your Kingdom come in these days, in increasing measure.

We commit to contend in prayer for this generation - and the next - that Your Name, the precious Name of Jesus, would be lifted high and many, many more would come to know You as their Lord and Saviour. Amen

The final blessing at Crown Him was as follows and can be used throughout the year:

God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit
Send your love upon our town and all who live within it
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit
We know you are the King, loving Ipswich without limit!

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Ipswich 24/7 Prayer Room - a space to intercede for this town

There is a 24/7 town wide Prayer Space which has been running since 14th February 2024. It has been revamped for Lent!
This is a space for Christians in Ipswich to intercede for this town, read prophecies that have been given over many years and record encouragements from God as we pray.
This document gives key background to the setting up of this room.
Please signup for a slot(s) here !

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Tuesday Morning Prayer Gathering - almost every Tuesday you can gather with others to pray for Ipswich from 7.30-8.30am, All Saints Church, Chevallier Street, IP1 2PQ. Please use the picture below as a poster to advertise this.

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Monthly prayer focus - each month IIP is looking to encourage pray-ers in Ipswich to focus on a few specific aspects of the life of the town. Please go to this link and then click More for all the relevant information.

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March 2025 Prayer Breakfast update

At this breakfast we heard and prayed about:

- CYM Chaplaincy to special educational settings - where God is making a difference in young people’s lives including through use of Kintsugi Hope material. Please be in prayer for all the CYM chaplains and use Home :: CYM Ipswich for more information.

- Talitha Koum - passionately sharing the benefits of the Hope Centre to ladies who have come from challenging situations - many more than they can accommodate. There are plans for some self contained units to help ladies transition into the “outside” world less stressfully. See Women Only Residential Centre | Suffolk | TK for more information and pray fuel.

- Help Is Here website lists community support activities run by churches and Christian charities in the area. Help Is Here is part of Together For Ipswich.
Please consider:-

a) signposting people to Help Is Here to see what relevant help is available.

b) list any public open community support initiatives you are leading Help Is Here.

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Ipswich In Prayer leads the “Prayer sphere” within Together for Ipswich praying for the cross-church work which is going on around Ipswich. One example is the annual “Crown Him with Many Crowns” event in January.

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Doubling the number of children and young active disciples!

The Church of England has a vision to pray in a doubling the number of children and young active disciples by 2030. It’s about young lives being won and shaped by the goodness, beauty and truth of Jesus. It is about asking God for his enabling and empowering, his leading and guiding, his work to open hearts and draw young people to himself.

The prayer meeting will be every Tuesday on Zoom for 20 mins from 13:00-13:20. The link you’ll need for the Zoom (https://cofe.io/doublecyp) is the same every week.

The prayer meeting will be reasonably fast-paced, and start and end bang on time. Some of the time will be spent in breakout rooms, but, all the way through, prayers can be offered verbally, in the chat, or silently.

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Request Prayer
Please note that at any time you can request prayer from the Ipswich In Prayer team via the button below or the top level menu link.