6pm Fri 14th - 6pm Sat 15th Mar 2025

Providence Chapel, Northernhay Street

As a church, we want more of God’s presence in our lives. We want to see more of His upside down Kingdom breaking into our community and reaching to those around us, in the people of Exeter and beyond. These things come through a life of prayer, both individually and corporately.

The 24 hour days are an invitation - inviting the ENC community to allow some intentional disruption to our daily rhythms; they are opportunities to learn to pray and listen together, an extended chance to enjoy His presence as well as push through some of the things we find difficult when praying for an hour or so.

We are praying for 24 hours as we are the beginning of a new academic year, at a time of the church transitioning leadership and at a time of seeking God for the future with greater intention, showing our willingness to sacrifice and disrupt our lives for him and for each other.

Sign up

Sign up to let us know that you are coming by clicking the link below and booking onto a one hour slot (or multiple slots if you feel up for it!).

• Some slots have pre-planned led sessions which all are invited to attend (see the schedule above), you can book onto these slots as well to let us know you will be coming

• Some slots are empty, you can book onto these and optionally chose a theme like children and young people, students, repentance or liturgy. Please be aware that others may join you in this too.

• If you are booking as a group, only one of you needs to sign up.

• We will have Gatekeepers behind the door at all times to let you in, explain how the room works, give you prayer guidance (if you would like some), encourage you and keep you safe. No one will be left alone in the prayer room. Even at 2 in the morning!

• We recommend that after dark, you only travel to and from the prayer room in groups, not by yourselves.

If you have any issues, please contact Owain or the ENC offices (office@enc.uk.net, 01392 434311).

Praying from home

If you feel like you pray better at home or whilst out and about, we would still love for you to be involved. We have a separate 24hr calendar for those praying from home, please sign up using the link below to let us know when you will be praying.

Why pray? Why 24 hours?

We have been given the most simple yet profound gift of prayer from God. He created us to be able to communicate directly with Him in a multitude of ways. We have so much to learn and unlearn,  experience and explore through prayer.

A 24 hour prayer day with each other is one form of dedicating spending  time with Him in this intentional and disruptive way. 

Seeking to behold him, simply being with Him, talking and writing with Him, singing to and with Him, Hearing from Him, Experiencing Him, Learning from Him, Accepting His love for us and those around us, Thanking Him, Yielding to Him, Crying out to Him and Interceding with Him are all part of what makes prayer so rich.

At ENC we would love for you to join in to seek Him, enjoy Him and try to Perceive what He is saying to us and our church family.

So whether you have been praying for years or not sure at all about prayer, you are most welcome to come and explore!

Frequently asked questions

Why are we praying like this?

We are praying for 24 hours as we are the beginning of a new academic year, at a time of the church transitioning leadership and at a time of seeking God for the future with greater intention, showing our willingness to sacrifice and disrupt our lives for him and for each other.

Can I lead a themed session?

We would love you to lead a themed session so when you sign up, instead of your name, write the name of the theme you’d like to invite others into to pray for.

Can I just turn up to pray without signing up?

Of course you can! You can come and pray for as long or short as you like without signing up. However, we would love there to be at least one person signed up to every session as an act of commitment to that time.

If I sign up to a session, will I be on my own?

There will always be gatekeepers there to help and assist outside of the room, you potentially could be on your own but be aware others may be there too. You could try and invite others to come with you !

Can I sign up alongside someone else?

Yes ! more than one person should be able to sign up for a session as long as they haven’t booked it exclusively (It then has a little padlock by it). This could be done accidently or it maybe because a Themed time is happening.

What is in the prayer room?

There are 5 stations setup around the room with different focusses – gratitude, intercession for others, intercession for Exeter, scripture reading/meditation and time before the cross

How long can I stay for ?

As long as you like … many people comment that the time goes quickly and they wished they had carved out more time