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Prayer Walks

Over the last two years, we have gathered from churches across Tower Hamlets on Thursday mornings in different parts of the borough to pray and walk — a simple way of lifting up our many neighbourhoods and needs to God — often finishing at a coffee shop. We’re excited to have prayer walked every parish in Tower Hamlets with each other as well as the whole boundary of our borough in that time.

We also helped pilot an initiative called ‘Thy Kingdom Come Here’ May-June 2024 which was a great challenge and deep act of prayer - 193 people prayer walked over 70% of our streets, that’s just under 1000km! You can read more about it here . This spring from 1st May - end of June we’ll be doing it again and helping spur on other London borough’s to do the same! What if every street in London was prayed for?

See below for upcoming walks and get in touch or come along if you want to mobilise more prayer in your area.

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Winter 2025

A few different walks have been happening through the winter led by local people for ‘their patch’ of Tower Hamlets.

If you would like to lead a walk in your patch or get some help planning a walk please get in touch.

Get out with a friend or on your own

Through the House of Prayer and local churches various people go on regular prayer walks with a friend or on their own.

We suggest reading Psalm 24 to begin, walking slowly and looking around, ask God, ‘What do you want me to pray for?’ And ask yourself, ‘What am I noticing?’. Pray for light in the darkness, healing, freedom, faith. End your time with the Tower Hamlets prayer (below).

You may also want to download the ‘Holy Ground’ app onto your phone so you can track and share your walk and see it amongst all the others going on :0)

KNOW HOPE.

Find out more about House of Prayer East.

A Prayer For Tower Hamlets

We finish each prayer walk praying together our Tower Hamlets Prayer:

Father Almighty, may your name be praised in Tower Hamlets.
Have mercy on our many neighbourhoods and needs;
shine your great light on our darkness and disappointments.

Jesus our Saviour, we give you thanks for the rich history of the East End;
Heal the hurt of bombs and scars, of death and injustice.
Help your good-news-church to bring our borough hope.

Spirit of peace, let there be peace;
from Victoria Park to Island Gardens;
from Petticoat Lane to the River Lea.

For you, O God, are stronger than the Tower
and mightier than the Thames,
You are the Lord of heaven and earth.

Amen