Many churches across the country get involved in Thy Kingdom Come by holding an event linked to prayer and mission during the period between Ascension and Pentecost.

It might take the form of 24-7 prayer, virtual prayer meetings, or a Thy Kingdom Come-themed service on Pentecost Sunday, for example.

If you're planning a TKC event, be sure to gester it here: https://www.thykingdomcome.global/list-your-event

Around the Diocese

How will your church get involved?

Thy Kingdom Come is about helping churches to do what we are called to do by God - to pray for our communities and those in them to hear, experience and receive the Good News of Jesus.

Churches can get involved however they want, in any way that works for them.

See also: All about Thy Kingdom Come | #candleofhope | TKC resources 

Thy Kingdom Come is a global prayer movement, which invites Christians around the world to pray - between Ascension and Pentecost - for more people to come to know Jesus.

What started out as an invitation, in 2016, from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to the Church of England has grown into an international and ecumenical call to prayer.

In 2019, Thy Kingdom Come happens between the 30^th and the 9^th of June.

The hope is that:

• people will commit to pray with God’s world-wide family - as a church, individually or as a family;
• churches will hold prayer events - such as 24-7 prayer, prayer stations and prayer walks - across the UK and in other parts of the world;
• people will be empowered through prayer by the Holy Spirit, finding new confidence to be witnesses for Jesus Christ.

“In praying 'Thy Kingdom Come' we all commit to playing our part in the renewal of the nations and the transformation of communities."
Archbishop Justin Welby

Ways Your Church Can Get Involved

1. Initiate a prayer station (see ‘Bright ideas for your church’ for examples). Let it be somewhere that people can leave the names of the five they are praying for. If the use of candles is in your tradition invite the congregation to light a candle for their five people before the service starts.

2. Download the Morning and Evening prayer booklets and invite people to join you for the period of Thy Kingdom Come. For those at work invite them to have them on their phones and pray it either as they commute or at work. You never know it might set a new discipline for folk.

3. Sunday Intercessions. From now on, why not include one slot at which people are encouraged to name out loud, or silently, the five people they are praying for to know the love of God for themselves?

4. Try a community prayer walk using the Icthus fish symbols – acting as a prompt to pray for people locally to come to know Jesus Christ?

Have a look at thykingdomcome.global for more information on all the ideas above.

Thy Kingdom Come in the Diocese of Derby

We are encouraging every church, parish, benefice or deanery to join in with this simple yet powerful way of fulfilling God’s call to share the good news of Jesus Christ with others. Our desire is to find ways to help every church in the diocese to respond to a simple invitation:

For people to pray in whatever way they want, with whoever they want and wherever they can, that others might know Jesus Christ.

The other pages in this section tell you how you can get involved, and what support there is available to help you. Please take a look at the Resources page of this section.

If you'd like someone to come and talk to a PCC, synod or chapter, do get in touch with Jason Kennedy (details below) and he would be more than happy to come and and help you to get involved.

Thy Kingdom Come is about helping churches to do what we are called to do by God - to pray for our communities and those in them to hear, experience and receive the Good News of Jesus. Churches can get involved however they want, in any way that works for them.

Rev Jason Kennedy

Diocesan Missioner, Derby Diocese
jason.kennedy@derby.anglican.org 
01332 388691
Derby Church House, Full Street, Derby DE1 3DR

The Deanery Synod meets 3 times per year.
Elections for the synod take place at Annual Parochial Church meetings in all the parishes involved with the number of representatives being determined by the size of the parish electoral roll.

Downloads

>> Deanery report for APCMs 2024

>> Deanery report for APCMs 2023

Deanery Synod meetings 2024

Wednesday, 17 July 2024, 7.00pm for refreshments, 7.30pm for meeting, St Giles Church Hall, Church Drive, Sandiacre.
Theme: Encouragement for Ministry.
Bishop Libby will be with us to commission Andie Brown to his role as Acting Area Dean.

Thursday, 10 October 2024, 7.00pm for refreshments, 7.30pm for meeting, All Saints Ripley.

Greater Chapter 2024

We produce a newsletter with  information and  events in the deanery plus links and ideas for forthcoming events and resources i.e Lent or youth activities . Any ideas for inclusion are gratefully received. The newsletter is published every 4-6 weeks.

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2023

October/November